News

June 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....

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Recent 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...

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Reading 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?...

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Saltiel 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...

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Memorial 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....

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Wedding 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...

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Recent 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....

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The 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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Wedding Of Aharon and Blythe Hribek

09-06-2009

Events

On Sunday, June 7th we celebrated the wedding of Aharon and Blythe Hribe...

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