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Double Jeopardy: The Holocaust and the Sephardic Women of Salonika
A Jewish couple in Salonika in 1942 or 1943 (US Holocaust Museum). Judith Baumel coined the term “double jeopardy” to explain the double...
Nathalie Ross
Apr 16 min read

The Greek Jews Who Boxed for their Lives to Survive the Nazis
Greek-Jewish boxers Salamo Arouch, above, and Jacko Razon, photo below, both of Thessaloniki, were forced to fight other prisoners in...
Alexi Friedman
Apr 14 min read

Ex-Thessaloniki Mayor Who Fought to Recognize City’s Holocaust History Dies at 82
Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris sports a replica Nazi concentration camp Star of David after his swearing-in ceremony in...
Magazine Staff
Jan 72 min read

Thessaloniki Breaks Ground on New Holocaust Museum
German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier participates in the planting of two trees at the location of the Greek Holocaust museum in...
Larry Luxner
Jan 74 min read


Historic Greek Synagogue on the Island of Kos Inaugurated
On Sunday, July 23, 2023, the Municipality of the island of Kos, the Central Board of the Jewish Communities of Greece (KISs), the Civic...
Magazine Staff
Sep 5, 20232 min read


Rededication of the Synagogue of Trikala in Greece, Nearly 90 Years after it was destroyed
With much emotion, solemnity and infinite memories, the reopening of the renovated synagogue of the Kal Kadosh Yavanim of Trikala was...
Magazine Staff
Mar 1, 20233 min read


The Synagogues of Greece: an exhibition, new books and an archive
The origins of the Jewish heritage of Greece are lost in antiquity. According to the ancient historian Strabo, there were organized...
Elias V. Messinas
Sep 15, 20225 min read


Young Professionals Tour of Jewish Greece 2022
Our 2022 Young Professionals Tour of Jewish Greece was the trip of a lifetime! 24 members of our community, most with Romaniote or...
Andrew Marcus
Sep 15, 20222 min read
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