Overview of the past few days at Etz Hayyim – 6th – 15th January 2010 Our own situation here in Hania assumed a quite different dimension when news broke of the disaster in Haiti. Quite naturally our own problems became less of a burden when one...
Read MoreAt approximately 12:20-1:00 AM on the night of the 5th January, a serious attack was made on the fabric of the Synagogue. One or two or even more individuals made their way into the south garden of the synagogue by climbing over the iron gate....
Read MoreDespite the absence of a proper Jewish Kehila in Hania we have been especially committed to insuring that the religious aspect of the Synagogue (i.e. apart from its place amongst the Venetian and Ottoman sites to be visited in Hania) be maintained. Ever since the first...
Read MoreThe completion of the sarcophagus in the south courtyard of the synagogue....
Read MoreOn 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 MoreSince 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 MoreThe UK newspaper Guardian, recently ran an article featuring the Synagogue, written by Tony Lerman. To read the full article follow the link below...
Read MoreHow did Charles Darwin and his wife handle the painful gulf between their religious beliefs?...
Read MoreAfter more then a year in preparation over 50 members of the (geographically) quite extended Shaltiel (Schealtiel) family gathered in Heraklion...
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