Neos Kosmos

Two sisters, one story of survival: Remembering Thessaloniki’s Jewish past

A powerful forum in Melbourne will spotlight the story of Greek Jewish sisters Maria and Lola Seror, with Holocaust survivor ...
The Forward

Claims Conference Boosts Help for Greek Jews

The Claims Conference will significantly increase its aid to Greece’s Jewish community in light of the country’s economic crisis and the recent rise of a neo-Nazi party. The Conference on Jewish ...
The Forward

Right-Wing Greek Leader Says Jews Don’t Pay Taxes

A prominent Greek Jewish communal organization condemned a right-wing politician after he claimed that Jews don’t pay taxes. Panos Kammenos, leader of the small right-wing Independent Greeks Party, ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Surviving Greek Jews Impoverished; Little Prospect of Property Returned

The few thousand Jews remaining in Greece are so impoverished that former wealthy bankers, lawyers and doctors wander the streets barefoot, begging for a few drachmas to purchase Red Cross rations, ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Greek Jews Voice Thanks for Assistance Given Them by Entire Greek People

The Greek flag which flew over the town hall of Athens last Saturday to mark the fourth anniversary of the Italian invasion of Greece, was sent to Premier Papandreou by representatives of the Jewish ...
Naija Gist - Latest

Greek city remembers first train that sent its Jews to Auschwitz

Two thousand people held a silent march in Greece's second city Thessaloniki on Sunday, marking the anniversary of the departure in 1943 of the first train taking members of its Jewish community to ...
Barron's

Greek Jews Alarmed By Series Of Antisemitic Acts

Greek police said Friday a synagogue in the central city of Larissa had been vandalised, the latest in a series of antisemitic acts condemned by the country's Jewish community.
Washington Examiner

Greek Jewish community seeks return of Nazi ransom

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s biggest Jewish community said Monday it has taken Germany to Europe’s top human rights court, seeking the return of a huge ransom paid to Nazi occupiers more than ...
balkaninsight

The Keyholder: Guarding the Secrets of a Greek City’s Ancient Jewish Cemetery

A retired merchant in his nineties holds the keys to the oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe - and to centuries of Jewish history in Greece. As a child in the city of Chalkida, I used to climb the huge ...