Reburial of 15 recently exhumed bodies
28-09-2009
Historical Information The completion of the sarcophagus in the south courtyard of the synagogue....
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News
European Day of Jewish Culture
25-08-2009
Events On Sunday, September 6 at 7 p.m. Etz Hayyim Synagogue will host an evening of Sephardi Festival food and recipes, music and a small exhibit of reproductions of Jewish art....
Read MoreJune 28 – Memorial Service for the Jewish community of Hania killed in 1944.
11-08-2009
Events Since the rededication of the Synagogue in 2000 we have had an annual memorial service to commemorate the Jews, Greeks and Italian prisoners of war who were drowned in the sinking of the Tannais in 1944....
Read MoreRecent Article in the Guardian
04-08-2009
Historical Information The UK newspaper Guardian, recently ran an article featuring the Synagogue, written by Tony Lerman. To read the full article follow the link below...
Read MoreReading from “Darwin a Life in Poems” by Ruth Padel
21-07-2009
Events How did Charles Darwin and his wife handle the painful gulf between their religious beliefs?...
Read MoreSaltiel Family gathering at Etz Hayyim – 26-29 June 2009.
11-07-2009
Events After more then a year in preparation over 50 members of the (geographically) quite extended Shaltiel (Schealtiel) family gathered in Heraklion...
Read MoreMemorial Service (Askava) of June 28th
02-07-2009
Events The annual memorial service for the Cretan Jewish community that was killed during WWII was held on Sunday, June 28th....
Read MoreWedding for Lydia Abastado and Dimitris Andriotis
17-06-2009
Events On May 22nd the Synagogue was filled with family and guests from throughout Greece and beyond...
Read MoreRecent Acquisition: an 18th cent. Tombstone
15-06-2009
Historical Information The tombstone was found in discarded rubble in the vicinity of the old Xenia Hotel at Top Hana not long after WWII....
Read MoreThe recent exhumation of fifteen burials from the former Jewish cemetery of Hania.
15-06-2009
Historical Information Recently the exhumed skeletal remains of 15 Jews were discovered in Nea Hora that have been subsequently brought to a small ‘cemetery’ at Etz Hayyim....
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