NAMING OF A STREET TO "PHILHELLINES SPIERER" IN THE AREA OF SAINT BARBARA IN DRAMA

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By Thanasis Polymenis

With an extremely solemn ceremony, the naming of a street in the city of Drama, with the name "Filellinon Spierer - Filellinon Spierer" took place late in the afternoon of Thursday, September 7, 2023.

The name was given in honor of the Spirer family, Swiss with Jewish roots, whose grandfather owned the well-known Spirer tobacco warehouses in Drama, in the area of ​​Agia Varvara. The well-known tobacco warehouse has today been turned into a hotel, our well-known "Hydrama Grand Hotel".

The descendants of the Spierer family were in Drama for the second time, after October 2022 when they had come for the first time and were honored at a special event held by the Chamber of Drama.

In the meantime, the Society of Friends of the Archaeological Museum of Drama, through its president Ms. Hatzidimitriou, had submitted a request to the Municipal Council of Drama to give the name of the family to a street in the city, specifically, to the point in front of the tobacco warehouse, in the alley.

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MEETING OF THE G.G. KISE WITH THE MAYOR AND DEPUTY MAYOR OF IOANNINE

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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.

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KISE SUPPORTS THE 5TH MEDITERRANEAN CELLO MEETING

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From July 24 to 29, 2023, the 5th Mediterranean Meeting of Cello Classes will take place in Corfu. 60 cello students and 16 professors from 8 countries meet at the Department of Music Studies of the Ionian University to "conquer" the island of Corfu for a week with the sounds of the cello.

The international institution, which started on the initiative of the Department of Music Studies of the Ionian University in the summer of 2016, returns again to the place where it all began, after a magical journey full of music, in the countries of the Mediterranean.

The aim of this meeting is to encourage direct cooperation between the musical educational institutions of the wider Mediterranean region and the highlighting of the particular musical & cultural characteristics of the Mediterranean countries, through a stable framework for the exchange of good practices, joint artistic creation and the development of joint research activities, relating to the performance and teaching of the cello.

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EVENT BY AN ISRAEL CHARITY ORGANIZATION AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF RHODES AT THE ELPIDA CENTER AND THE CHILD CARE CENTER FOR WOMEN

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A special surprise was reserved by the municipality of Rhodes and the charitable organization Simchat HaLev for the beneficiaries of the Elpida Center and the children of the Women's Childcare Center. Specifically for the event, the municipality in a statement issued states:

On the initiative of the Mayor, Antonis Kambourakis, a special event was held in Rhodes by Congregation Simchat Halev, a charitable organization based in Israel that offers important social work.

In particular, the "Simchat Halev" organization has the Clowns at Heart team, with approximately 500 volunteer clowns in dozens of hospitals, medical facilities and various institutions throughout Israel, who work with local medical staff and participate in regular training courses and workshops at the charity's teaching centre.

The mission of "Simchat Halev" and the Clowns at Heart team, is to provide support, encouragement to adults and children who are in emotional distress and to provide emotional and moral support to people in various "therapeutic" settings.

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TRIBUTE TO THE GREEK JEWS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DAY OF ACTION FOR THE GENOCIDES

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G.G. of KISE Viktor Eliezer participated in the Day of Actions, with the theme "From Genocide and National Destruction to Rebirth", organized by the ND Program Secretariat, at the ND central pavilion, Syntagma Square, on Wednesday 21.6.23.

The Day of Actions included special thematic sections dedicated to Armenians, Jews, Pontians. G.G. of KISE, in the program dedicated to the Jews, spoke with pr. Minister Haris Theoharis, MP Sofia Vultepsi, Hon. ND program secretary Antonia Dimos and many other ND officials, about history, the Holocaust and the post-war reconstruction of the Jewish communities of Greece.

At the same time, topical issues concerning Greek Jews were discussed, such as the need to progress the case of building the Holocaust Museum of Greece in Thessaloniki, anti-Semitism, educational programs about the Holocaust and the importance of education for society in general and mainly for the new generation .

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  3. KISE'S MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF TURKEY
  4. MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE GREEK PARLIAMENT WITH ISRAEL'S NEW AMBASSADOR

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