Think Valentine’s Day, but with a twist of history – Tu B’Av brings together timeless love and today’s romance. Celebrated on the 15th of the Hebrew month of Av (July – August), Tu B’Av is all about love, unity, and new beginnings. In ancient Israel, this day was a major celebration. According to the Mishnah […]
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Tisha B’Av, 9th of Av in the Hebrew calendar (July – August), is a sad day in Jewish history – a solemn time to remember the many tragedies that have shaped the Jewish people. The fasting is observed in late July or early August and marks the destruction of the First Temple (586 BCE) by
Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 in Rhodes On 20.7.2025, took place the main event for this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day, at the Kal Shalom Synagogue, in the Medieval City of Rhodes, which included a memorial service by the Rabbi of Athens Gabriel Negrin, candle lighting, greetings, a keynote speech and the laying of wreaths at the
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Visit of the President of the Holocaust Education Center of Japan to the Jewish Museum of Greece The President of the Holocaust Education Centre of Japan, based in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Mr. Makoto Otsuka, together with his wife Takako, paid two visits to the Jewish Museum of Greece during this period. Mr. Otsuka and his
The JMG honours its American Friends in the person of Dr. Dimitris Argyriadis On Monday 30 June 2025 the Jewish Museum of Greece honoured its American Friends, in the person of Dr. Dimitris Argyriadis, veteran member and Secretary of the Council of the American Friends of the JMG and donor of the Museum, with the
On Wednesday, 4 June 2025, the opening of the new temporary exhibition of the Jewish Museum of Greece “Like Hounded Birds: Greek Jews after WWII” took place. The exhibition, which focuses on Greek Jews in the period following the Second World War, is the first of its kind to be presented in Greece and its
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New Temporary Exhibition of the Jewish Museum of Greece Curated by Eleni Beze, historian Ph.D. Exhibition title: «Like hunted birds, Greek Jews after World War II»: June 4–December 31, 2025 Noulis Vital (left) and Sam Levy (centre) together with Telemahos Reymoundos, who arranged their hiding place, walking in the streets of the liberated Athens, 12 October 1944.
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New Virtual Reality Application The Jewish Museum of Greece presents and invites you to “live” the VR experience entitled “548 days with another name“, in the Museum’s premises. The film is based on Rosina Pardo’s diary, which was the starting point and inspiration for the script, in which the participants become the protagonists. Rosina Asser
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