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The Central Jewish Council of Greece expresses the deep sorrow of Greek Jews for the death of former Prime Minister Kostas Simitis. A great personality who left his mark by serving the Greek people consistently and soberly, charting paths of progress and prosperity.
At the same time, Costas Simitis was the first Greek political leader to implement secularism in Greece by abolishing the inscription of religion on the identity cards of Greek citizens.
The Greek Jews do not forget that Costas Simitis proposed and the Greek Parliament legislated and defined the 27η January as Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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The Central Jewish Council of Greece wishes you happy holidays and a happy, blessed and full of light and hope HANUKAH, with a symbolic video for Hanukkah HERE.
Starting tomorrow, December 25, and for eight days, Jews around the world will light the Hanukkah candles, the symbol of faith in the freedom of the Jewish people. This year, the Hanukkah holiday coincides with the Christmas holiday celebrated by our fellow Christians. Two holidays that symbolize light, love and hope.
The spirit of the holidays is common and unifying, the wishes for everyone, for peace, prosperity and progress.
With our thoughts and prayers anticipating the release of the Israeli hostages, we hope this year's Hanukkah will light the way for them to return home and to their families! We hope that eventually the light of freedom will prevail over the darkness of captivity!
HAG CHANUKAH SAMEACH – MERRY CHRISTMAS
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The Central Jewish Council of Greece, together with Hellenic Jewry participate in the mourning for the loss of Yiannis Boutaris, the man who left an indelible mark on the collective consciousness of the citizens of Thessaloniki and the citizens of our entire country.
For the Greek Jews, the Yannis Boutaris It is A brave man who was not afraid and on 29/8/2014 he stood up against the followers of fascism and was sworn in for the second time as the mayor of Thessaloniki wearing the "Star of David" on his lapel publicly acknowledging that the Jews of the city are also genuine "Thessalonians".
For the Greek Jews, the Yannis Boutaris It is A fair man who on November 10, 2014, at the unveiling of the monument at Aristotle University commemorating the destruction of the city's Jewish cemetery, in a monumental speech acknowledged that "The city of Thessaloniki took an unreasonably long time to break its silence, but today it can say that it is ashamed for those loyal Thessalonians who collaborated with the conquerors, for those neighbors who misused property, for those who betrayed those who tried to escape. Above all, he is ashamed of the authorities of the city: of the mayor and the general commander who agreed without complaint that the workers of the municipality in one night destroy 500 years of memory and turn the largest Jewish cemetery in Europe into a place of skulls.
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The KIS and Greek Jewry express their strong condemnation of the attacks carried out by Islamist extremists against Israeli fans after the end of a football match in Amsterdam. We express our solidarity with the victims and their families and wish the Israeli citizens who suffered the attack a safe return to their country.
We expect that the Dutch authorities will take immediate measures to arrest and punish the perpetrators in order to avoid similar phenomena that endanger the safety of Jews in Europe.
As modern-day pogroms, in the heart of Europe, such manifestations of anti-Semitism bring to mind dark times that humanity as a whole should take care not to repeat.
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Israel in the gun sight of terror and brutality. Scenes of horror were unfolding in the cities and villages of Israel where thousands of Hamas terrorists attacked, in the early hours of that Black Saturday, October 7, 2023. Parents and children were slaughtered, raped, burned alive! Through the painful process of the identification of the bodies, it is revealed that 1.200 people were brutally murdered, 250 men, women and children were abducted and taken hostages to the Gaza Strip, thousands were injured.
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