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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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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 .
More: TRIBUTE TO THE GREEK JEWS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DAY OF ACTION FOR THE GENOCIDES
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The Jewish Museum of Greece participated again this year in the celebration of the International Day of Museums on Thursday, May 18, 2023, offering free admission to the public and a guided tour of the periodical exhibition "Stone Routes - Stories from Stone: Jewish Inscriptions in Greece" and subtitled "Art of Memory and of Commemoration".
The visitors who chose to celebrate International Museum Day with us had the opportunity to "travel" in time and through the dialogue of ancient inscriptions with modern works of art to discover new aspects of an ancient world.
May 18th is celebrated all over the world as "International Museum Day". Each year it focuses on a specific topic related not only to museums but also to the protection of cultural heritage in general. For 2023, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) has chosen the theme "Museums, Sustainability and Quality of Life".
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Dear Friends,
The new KIS website is now a fact! We present it to you after the site is upgraded. With a new format, modern technology, a flexible and comprehensible structure, the KIS website maintains all the rich material that was listed on the old website, offering global information with a high aesthetic, with an emphasis on current affairs but also on history and culture, while the visitor has the possibility to browse various topics related to Greek and world Jewry.
The two rows of the horizontal menu of the Home page include categories, subcategories and external links that cover the entire range of activities of Greek and World Jewry.
New categories: the Holocaust (with an emphasis on education, actions to preserve memory and research), o Anti-Semitism (with an emphasis on the initiatives to combat it), and the Israel (with rich articleography, sub-category on Greece-Israel relations and external links).
An attractive slide show alternates the main current issuesIn the columns that follow, news from the Greek and World Jewry and one useful calendar of upcoming events and activities.
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KISE sent the following message of support to the Jewish community of Turkey, following the devastating earthquakes that have claimed the lives of thousands of people in Turkey. Among the victims was the president of the small but historic Jewish community of Antioch, and his wife, who were trapped when the apartment building where they lived collapsed. They were recovered dead after three days. With a history of 2.500 years, the Jewish community of Antioch numbered only 18 members, who are safe. The city's Synagogue, a 250-year-old building, despite the severe damage it has suffered, is one of the few buildings in the city that have been saved and are still standing.
The KISE message mentions characteristics, among others:
"We are deeply disturbed by the sweeping earthquakes that hit southeastern Turkey. As the death toll continues to rise we mourn the massive loss of life and pray for the safe recovery of the survivors.
More: KISE'S MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF TURKEY
- MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE GREEK PARLIAMENT WITH ISRAEL'S NEW AMBASSADOR
- AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN OTE & PRESIDENT KISE - IKTH FOR THE DIGITIZATION OF RECORDS OF THE ISRAELI COMMUNITIES OF GREECE
- THE NEW SHOCKING SERIES OF ERT "THE BRACELET OF FIRE" ON THE JEWISH HOLOCAUST WAS PRESENTED AT THE TET
- LETTER OF 1530 IS PUBLISHED IN THE NEW CALENDAR OF THE ARTAS BAR ASSOCIATION