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#EstaSemanaEnLaHistoriaSefaradi: El 24 de julio de 1944, los nazis deportaron a casi 2.000 judíos de las islas de Rodas y Cos. La Comunidad Judía fue arrestada y deportada al campo de concentración de Auschwitz, donde fueron masacrados 1.522. En lo que se conoció como “el viaje más largo”, los judíos …

#EstaSemanaEnLaHistoriaSefaradi: Hoy se cumplen 81 años del Sábado Negro, donde 9.000 hombres judíos en #Salonika fueron obligados a reunirse en una plaza pública y fueron humillados bajo el sol abrasador y públicamente deshumanizados en 1942. Unos 2.000 hombres judíos fueron arrestados ese día y fueron enviados a campos de trabajos …

English here La Sinagoga de Larissa, simbólicamente llamada «Etz Hayim» (El árbol de la vida), que hizo que la vida de los judíos de esta ciudad «flor», es hoy una ruina en riesgo de colapso… El hermoso, sencillo e imponente edificio, con el enorme valor histórico y cultural, gravemente dañado por sus 160 años de …

En español aqui The Synagogue of Larissa, symbolically named «Etz Hayim» (The Tree of Life), which made the life of Jewish people of this city “blossom”, is today a ruin at risk of collapse… The beautiful, simple, imposing building, with the enormous historical and cultural value, severely damaged by its …

Once thriving communities in several Greek cities, about 59,000 Greek Jews were victims of the Holocaust or 83 percent of the total number living in Greece at the time of World War II and the German Occupation. Thessaloniki was the cultural hub for Sephardic Jews who had been expelled from Spain in 1492. The …

Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin took part in a foundation ceremony at the site that will honour the Greek Jews from Thessaloniki who were exterminated during World War II (L-R) Israeli president Reuven Rivlin and Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras at the foundation ceremony of the museum on Tuesday. Photo: Fox …

As part of last month’s Holocaust Memorial in Veria, Central Macedonia, an estimated 2000 people attended The Thread of Memory, in memory of the 460 members of Veria’s Jewish Community who perished in the Nazi Death Camps. The Thread of Memory was a three-day program of events culminated with an …

L- R Photographer Emmanuel Santos, President of the Greek Community of WA, Savvas Papasavvas, Filmmaker Carol Freeman Gordon and Rabbi and Adi Cohen. Photos: Richard Sowada Last week up to 200 guests attended the opening of The Jews of Greece: Then and Now exhibition at the Hellenic Community in Northbridge. The Hellenic …

Did you know that Sephardic Jews have a long and rich history in the Balkan countries, such as Greece, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Bosnia? This past summer a group of 21 Sephardic Jews from the New York area, eager to learn more about their roots, embarked on an exciting trip …

The inferno that decimated Thessalonica left 70,000 people, including 52,000 Jews, homeless and penniless. A Jewish family left homeless by the fire that was relocated to a temporary tent camp. Photograph from the Folklore Research Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem The fire started on a Saturday afternoon. What began with …

Only 10 members of Trikala’s Jewish community survived the Holocaust, several of whom were rescued by Prince William’s great-grandmother The Jewish cemetery in Trikala, Greece.Arie Darzi / Wikimedia Commons Unidentified individuals smashed eight tombstones at a Jewish cemetery in Greece, including those of the local communal leader. The incident happened …

Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony Join us for a very special Shabbat celebrating the Romaniote and Sephardic traditions of the Jews of Greece! We are honored to welcome community leaders from Greece, Seattle, Indianapolis, Portland, Miami, Atlanta, and Philadelphia, including the following distinguished Hahamim: Rabbi Gabriel Negrin, Jewish Community …