On 9.8.2023 the Mayor of Ioannina Dimitris Papageorgiou and Deputy Mayor Giorgos Arletos had a meeting with G.G. of KISE Victor Eliezer and Director Ilias Frezis, at the KISE Offices.
Matters of common interest were discussed, primarily that of preserving the legacy of the late former Mayor, Vice-President of KISE and President of I.K. Moysis Elisaf of Ioannina. Referring to the valuable work of M. Elisaf and the importance the Municipality attaches to relations with the Jewish Community and to the promotion of Romaniotic Judaism, the Mayor of Ioannina announced the organization of a special event in honor of M. Elisaf next Autumn.
Also, Mr. Papageorgiou and Arletos confirmed the excellent cooperation with the new leadership of the Israeli Community of Ioannina and emphasized the desire of the Municipality to contribute both to the promotion of the Yom Kippur celebration abroad and to the continuous promotion of the history of Roman Jewish Judaism in cooperation with the KISE and the University of Ioannina.
For his part, G.G. of KISE thanked the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor for these initiatives that demonstrate the ties of the city with its Jewish community and emphasized that KISE will actively support the initiatives of the Municipality of Ioannina which aim both at highlighting the personality of Moses Elisaf, as the first Greek Jewish Mayor in the history of the country, as well as in the transmission of knowledge of the Jewish history of the city of Ioannina.
At the end of the meeting, G.G. of KISE offered the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Ioannitos KISE commemorative publications on the history of Greek Jews.