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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


Holocaust Museum of Thessaloniki Finally Gets Building Approval
The municipality of Thessaloniki finally approved the construction of the Holocaust Museum, a decade after the project was conceived. It...
Magazine Staff
Jan 15, 20242 min read


Greece Commemorates the 80th Anniversary of the Deportations of the Jews of Salonika
Republished with Permission from the Greek Reporter On Sunday Greece commemorated the first deportations of Greek Jews from Thessaloniki...
Magazine Staff
Apr 18, 20232 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


Sephardic Book Review - Don’t Forget Me
“Don’t forget me, my dear children, my beloved children, my only reason for living.” With these words Neama Cazes, a 54-year-old Jewish...
Dr. Leon Saltiel
Sep 1, 20213 min read
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