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Greek Jews today largely "live side by side in harmony" with Christian Greeks, according to Giorgo Romaio, president of the Greek Committee for the Jewish Museum of Greece, [7] while nevertheless continuing to work with other Greeks, and Jews worldwide, to combat any rise of anti-Semitism in Greece. Currently the Jewish community of Greece ...
Recorded Jewish presence in Greece dates back over 2,300 years to the time of Alexander the Great. [3] The earliest reference to a Greek Jew is an inscription dated c. 300–250 BCE , found in Oropos , a small coastal town between Athens and Boeotia , which refers to "Moschos, son of Moschion the Jew", who may have been a slave .
The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki (Greek: Εβραϊκό Μουσείο Θεσσαλονίκης, Ladino: Museo Djudio de Salonik) is a museum in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. It displays the history of Sephardic Jews and Jewish life in Thessaloniki. The museum is being run by the Jewish community of the city.
The Etz Haim Synagogue (Hebrew: בית כנסת עץ חיים) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at Melidoni Street 8, in the Thiseio area of Athens, Greece. The synagogue was completed in 1904 by Greek Romaniote Jews [ 1 ] who came from Ioannina , and for this reason it is also called the "Romanian" or "Yannonian ...
The Etz Hayyim Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת עץ חיים) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Chania on the island of Crete, in Greece. [2] Constructed as a church, the building was converted into a synagogue in the 17th century. It is the only surviving remnant of the island's Romaniote Jewish community.
The Beth Shalom Synagogue (Hebrew: בית כנסת בית שלום) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 5 Melidoni Street, in Athens, Greece.The synagogue serves as the principal place of Jewish worship in Athens.
The Jewish Museum of Greece (Greek: Εβραϊκό Μουσείο της Ελλάδος) is a museum in Athens, Greece. It was established by Nicholas Stavroulakis in 1977 to preserve the material culture of the Greek Jews. [1] The museum displays the 2,300 years of Greek Jewish history through the material artifacts in its possession.
In June 1978, the structure of the building was severely damaged by an earthquake. It was restored by the Greek government and today is used primarily during the high holidays. In 2016 the historic restoration [3] of the synagogue was completed by architect Elias Messinas and KARD Architects, Dimitris Raidis and Alexandros Kouloukouris. [2]