Celebrating Women’s Resilience & Art on International Women’s Day “Girl in red.” Flora Saltiel-Modiano, oil on canvas, Athens, 1999. © JMG Contemporary Art Collection. Young woman lying down, with the lower part of her body turned sideways. Her crossed legs, the orange-red color of her hair, the red and blue dress, and the pink socks, […]
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The Jewish Museum of Greece participates in the global #WeRemember campaign for International Holocaust Remembrance Day – a small action that will have a big impact. Together, we will honour the past and protect the future.
Important testimony from the Oral History Archive This year marks the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Few witnesses remain alive to share their personal experiences of the relentless persecution and genocide of Europe’s Jews. Thus, audiovisual archives with recorded testimonies of survivors have become even more valuable. In this context, the Jewish Museum
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Dear Friends, From Monday 1 July 2024, the Jewish Museum of Greece changed its opening hours. The opening hours are: Monday – Friday: 09:00 – 16:00Saturday: closedSunday: 10:00 – 16:00 We are waiting for you!
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Νew exhibition: “HerStories. In the Footsteps of Jewish Women in Europe” On Sunday, 7th of April, the official opening of the new exhibition “HerStories. In the Footsteps of Jewish Women in Europe”, which is part of the EU project HerStories took place with great success. The exhibition brings the multifaceted Jewish history of 20th century
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Memorandum of cooperation signed between Greece and Cyprus on Holocaust memory and combating antisemitism In February, a memorandum of cooperation for the preservation of the memory of the Holocaust and the fight against antisemitism was signed between the Ministries of Education of Greece and Cyprus, the Orthodox Church of Greece, the Orthodox Church of Cyprus,
A new commemorative series of stamps, titled “Synagogues of Greece”, was presented at an event organised by the Hellenic Post (ELTA) and the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS), in the Old Parliament, Athens, on 18 April 2024, the first day of issue of the stamps. The six stamps in the series are
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Remember the Holocaust, Act for Democracy The aim of this project is to consolidate students’ and teachers’ European identity by supporting them to move away from nationalist interpretations of history – which are still prevalent, despite slight improvements. Teachers from several European countries will be involved in a process aiming at broadening and deepening their
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