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Graffiti

17-10-2011
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On the morning of the 15th October Goodys Fast Food restaurant greeted a rainy Sunday morning with a graffiti on its front ‘Juden Raus!’ –’Get out Jews!’.  The mentality behind this is deplorable and for those of us who lived in the Depression and have...

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Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kipour

11-10-2011
Events

Due to the economic crisis that is endemic everywhere It was expected that we not have a great attendance for either Rosh HaShanah or Yom Kipour though we did for both have a minyan.  As usual during the interim days the shofar was blown every morning...

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Invitation for Rosh Hashana

21-09-2011
Events

[singlepic id=165 w=600 h=400 float=left] Σας Ευχόμαστε Καλή Χρονιά και Χρόνια Πολλά. Σσανά Τοβά -5772- Shana Tova We wish you all a Blessed New Year. Σας προσκαλούμε να γιορτάσετε μαζί μας τη Ροσς Ασσανά, Τέταρτη, 28 Σεπτεμβρίου. Οι προσευχές θα αρχήσουν στις 19:00 και θα ακολουθήσει γεύμα στο εστιατόριο Έλα (Οδός Κονδυλάκη) ώρα 20:30. Για...

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Visit to Etz Hayyim by High School Students from Germany

19-08-2011
Events

As part of their summer camp on Crete, a group of about fifty high school students from Germany visited the Synagogue on 11 August. The Protestant parish of Ehrenkirchen-Bollschweil in southwest Germany organizes this biannual summer camp which is integrated in the History and Religious...

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Memorial Service 2011

23-06-2011
Events

Όπως κάθε χρόνο, από το 2001, έτσι και φέτος στην Συναγωγή Χανιών (Ετζ Χαγιιμ) πραγματοποιήθηκε  επιμνημόσυνη δέηση για τα μέλη της εβραϊκής κοινότητας των Χανίων που σκοτώθηκαν το 1944 κατά την διάρκεια της Ναζιστικής κατοχής. Ο χώρος της Συναγωγής ήταν γεμάτος με πολίτες των Χανίων...

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Memorial Service Invitation

03-06-2011
Events

Σας προσκαλούμε να παρευρεθείτε στο ετήσιο μνημόσυνο για τα μέλη της Εβραϊκής Κοινότητας Κρήτης που χάθηκαν μαζί με τους Έλληνες συμπολίτες τους και Ιταλούς αιχμαλώτους το 1944. Μετά την ετήσια επιμνημόσυνη δέηση θα ακολουθήσει η ανάγνωση των ονομάτων των θυμάτων και το άναμμα των κεριών. Τρίτη, 21 Ιουνίου, ώρα 20:00 Συναγωγή...

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Update on the Etz Hayyim Library

03-06-2011
News

Since January 2010, when two arson attacks damaged and destroyed large parts of the library of Etz Hayyim Synagogue Hania, Crete, as well as damaged the walls and ceiling of the Synagogue proper and two offices, we’ve received many generous donations for the reconstruction as...

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Pesach 2011

26-04-2011
Events

This year Passover was celebrated with some 70 people attending the community Seder.  Most attended the Arvith service that was held in the Synagogue and led by Rabbi Nicholas de Lange of Cambridge University.  At the end of the service everyone assembled at the Myrovolos...

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Concert by Ros Bandt and Gabriel Negrin

12-03-2011
Events

Ros Bandt Ros Bandt is an award winning international sound artist who has pioneered sound sculptures, installations and site specific artworks since 1977. She is at once composer, performer, visual artist and sound culture researcher. In 2010-11 she is touring and living in Europe with site specific concerts in the...

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