Greek Jewish Community
History
The Holocaust of Greek Jews: When 59,000 Perished in Nazi Camps
The Holocaust of the Greek Jews was one of the darkest episodes of the Nazi occupation of the country.
Once part of thriving communities in several Greek cities, approximately 59,000 Greek Jews were victims of the Holocaust -- at least 83...
Greece
Greek Jewish Group Claims Closure of Holocaust Row
The World Jewish Congress on Tuesday urged the German state to satisfy a longstanding request by the Greek Jewish community concerning the return of a ransom, currently worth some 50 million euros, that was paid to Nazi occupiers during World...
Greece
Greek Jews Strategize on How to Combat Golden Dawn's Anti-Semitic Streak
Community leaders already have begun a campaign to educate Greeks about the dangers of allowing a Nazi-like party to flourish, and Greek Jews are trying to figure out what more they can do to arrest Golden Dawn’s rise. For every Jew who lives in Greece, there are about 100 Greeks who voted for the country’s far-right party, Golden Dawn, last spring.
Greece
Greek Jewish Community Protest Against Golden Dawn MP
The Greek Jewish community in a letter to the country’s political leaders and President Kaloros Papoulias expressed its “revulsion” to the swearing in of an anti-Semitic musician as a Member of the Greek Parliament.
Artemios Mattheopoulos of the far-right Golden...
Greece
Greek Jewish Community Protests Against Far-Right MP, Former Member of Band Praising Nazis
The Greek Jewish community sent a letter to the country's political leaders and the President expressing its aversion towards the decision of far-right party Golden Dawn to select an anti-Semitic musician as an MP, after former Golden Dawn MP...
World
Jewish Agency of Israel to Financially Support Greek-Jewish Community
JERUSALEM (JTA) -- The Jewish Agency will provide emergency aid to the Jewish community of Greece, which is now facing a serious financial crisis.
The Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel on Monday voted to grant about $1 million...
Greece
Greek Jewish Community Asks for Financial Support
The Jewish community of Greece might be unable to pay its bills by 2013 unless it receives aid from Jewish organizations abroad, local leaders have told the Jerusalem Post.
Benjamin Albelas, president of the Jewish community of Athens, said his...