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Albert Burla's mother, Sara, sometimes volunteered in social institutions in Thessaloniki, offering in personal labor what she could not give in money.
"He didn't have the financial means to offer money, but he had the kind soul to want to help and go to help, working in these institutions many times" recalled today 21.12.2022 the CEO of Pfizer, following in his mother's footsteps , was in Thessaloniki, to offer in his own way support to 10 institutions in the city, most of which he grew up "knowing and hearing about".
$600.000 from the worldwide sales of Albert Burla's book, Moonshot, in which he describes his perspective on the events of the pandemic and the race to develop a vaccine to combat Covid-19, will allocated to 10 institutions in the city.
More: ALBERT BOURLA DONATION TO 10 INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES IN THESSALONIKI
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These days, our holidays, Hanukkah and Christmas, coincide.
They are holidays of joy and hope. Jews and Christians we celebrate the victory of the light of freedom, love and solidarity, against the darkness of hatred and bigotry.
I wish all our fellow Christians a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, may peace and prosperity prevail in our country and in the whole world.
DAVID SALTIEL
President of Central Israelite
Council of Greece
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The Minister of Education and the leadership of Greek Jewry exchanged wishes for Hanukkah, Christmas and the New Year in the context of a hearty and celebratory dinner hosted in a central hotel in Athens, on 16.12.2022.
The Minister of Education Niki Kerameos sent warm wishes to the leadership of Greek Jewry for the celebration of Hanukkah, the festival of Light for the Jews, underlining the responsibility of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs to pass on knowledge, to preserve memory through educational programs, to fight intolerance and anti-Semitism.
The president of the Central Israeli Council David Saltiel thanked the Minister for the close cooperation and wished the new year to be a year of peace, prosperity and progress for our country.
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On the occasion of the Hanukkah holiday, Archbishop of America Elpidophoros posted on 18.12.2022 on Twitter the following wishes:
"To our Jewish brothers and sisters we extend our best wishes on the occasion of the joyous holiday of Hanukkah.
May the miracle of the oil and the radiance of the Menorah inspire every man, and fill him with hope instead of despair, with faith instead of doubt, and love to conquer all darkness."
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of Sofia Christoforidou
At the end of 2023, ten years after the initial conception of the idea, the construction of the Holocaust Museum of Greece will begin. Despite the fact that the money was secured by donations, from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the federal government of Germany, even though there was no involvement of the Greek public in the project and even though an institution outside Greece was initially chosen to "run" the procedures, in the end it did not the encounter with the Lernaean hydra of bureaucracy was avoided. On the contrary.
Until we reached the point where we are today, two presidential decrees had to be issued, a complex ownership regime regarding the plot granted by GAIAOSE had to be clarified, plots exchanged with the municipality of Thessaloniki and the location of the Museum essentially changed.
The role of the vice president of the government, Panagiotis Pikramenou, was a catalyst for the project to move forward, agree the president and vice president of the Museum, David Saltiel and Yiannis Boutaris.
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