Tag Archives: Kehila Kedosha Janina

This past month we celebrated our 11th annual Greek Jewish Festival. It was so moving to welcome thousands of new friends and welcome back many of our extended community members and families. Thank you to all who helped make our festival such a success. Check out festival photos and more …

Best wishes for a Happy and Healthy 2023. We have returned to some semblance of normalcy with in-person Shabbat morning services and our museum open to the public on Sundays from 11am-4pm. We have had some very successful live events and hope to continue throughout the new year. January 27th is …

Our Museum is back in full activity with the recent launch of our new exhibit on the Jews of Corfu and two special events coming up this month. Do join us for our events with Stella Levi on November 13th and Dr. Joe Halio on November 20th. While there are no …

Best wishes to all our readers who celebrate Pesah. In this issue you will find the traditional order of the Seder (transliterated from Greek) in the Romaniote tradition. We also send best wishes to our non-Jewish readers who celebrate Easter, both the Greek-Orthodox tradition and in the western Catholic and …

In March we celebrate the Holiday of Purim, the Holiday commemorating the saving of the Jewish community in the Persian Empire. This is a Holiday of Deliverance and is told in the Book of Esther (the Megillah). Jews throughout the world will celebrate our savior Esther and stamp their feet …

This issue is dedicated in memory of Leonard Colchamiro, beloved member of our Board of Trustees, who passed away on January 4, 2022. His brothers Elliot and Jesse are sponsoring this newsletter in his memory. We stand on the shoulders of those who have come before us. Just as Leon …

We wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year. As we welcome in the secular year 2022, let us wish for an end to the horrors of COVID and a return to a semblance of normalcy. While we have returned to hosting synagogue services every Shabbat, we have had to …

As we close out the secular year of 2021, we would like to thank our ever-growing number of followers and supporters. When we started our E-Newsletter in February of 2008 we reached a little over 2,000 households. Now, as we enter our 14th year, our readership has grown to over 10,000. …

This year, from November 28 to December 6, Jews throughout the world will gather to celebrate Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. As we light our Hanukkah menorahs, let us remember how much we have to be thankful for and let us enjoy the presence of our family and friends, along …

In Greece and in Greek Diaspora communities around the world, October 28th, Oxi Day, is celebrated as the date Greece stood up to Fascist aggression. It was celebrated around the world as the first open confrontation with Fascism. As Winston Churchill said, “From now on we won’t claim that the …

As we celebrate the High Holy Days at Kehila Kedosha Janina, we invite you to join us for in-person services at the only Romaniote synagogue in the Western Hemisphere located at 280 Broome Street in New York City. A full schedule is included in this newsletter. In this time of …

Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the month of Av (July 18, 2021), is the darkest day on the Jewish calendar, on which we fast, deprive ourselves, and pray. It is the culmination of the Three Weeks, a period of time during which we mark the destruction of the Holy …