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From July 28 to August 4, 2024, more than 350 young people from 37 countries, members of the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS), participated in their annual summer meeting, SUMMER U, which this year took place in Ioannina.
Workshops, lectures, exchange of views, search for new programs and activities, combined with entertainment, sports events and tours, were just some of the components of the successful event.
In the context of this year's SUMMER U, the young people convened the General Assembly of the Organization, adopted resolutions on their positions and future commitments (HERE), visited the Ioannina Synagogue, learned about Romaniot Judaism (HERE), were guided around the city and took a cruise on Lake Pamvotida.
At the official gala, the Mayor of Ioannina, Thomas Begas, addressed the greeting, who welcomed the new visitors to the city. G.G. participated on behalf of KISE. of the Board of Directors Victor Eliezer, who spoke about anti-Semitism and its expressions after October 7 and Israel's war on terror, focusing on the separation between criticism of Israel's policy or calls for a ceasefire and bigoted voices calling for destruction of Israel.
Speakers at Summer U were, among others, Dr. Leon Saltiel, on behalf of the WJC (HERE), who spoke about the development of diplomatic relations and the role of strategic partnerships between organizations, MEP Anna Michelle Asimakopoulou and the President of I.K. Markos Batinos of Ioannina, who mentioned the Jewish history of the city.
Summer U concluded with awards for innovative actions implemented by European youth (HERE), while EUJS did not fail to capture snapshots (videos and photos) of this year's event in its many social media posts. See related HERE- HERE - HERE and HERE.
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The photographic exhibition "Jewish presence in Ioannina" by Diamanto Matsa is presented by the "Joseph and Esther Gani" Foundation from Wednesday, July 3 to August 23.
Diamanto Matsa dedicates the exhibition to the memory of her father Joseph Matsa, who saved, recorded, studied and researched many elements from the Jewish tradition of Ioannina, but unfortunately passed away before he could complete his work. Its aim is to record what today proves the existence of a Jewish element in the city, but also what existed and suddenly disappeared.
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On 21.6.2024 the members of I.K. Ioannina were greeted with emotion and hosted in the Synagogue a group of American Gianniot Jews, who visited their place of origin. The Kabbalat Shabbat service was held in the Synagogue as well as a memorial service for the victims of the October 7 terrorist attack.
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A different meeting, which focused on people, was the commemoration event in Ioannina for the 80th anniversary of the deportation of the city's Jews on March 25, 1944 and the extermination in the Nazi camps of more than 1.800 Ioannina Jews. The Israeli Community of Ioannina and Epirus Memories organized last Monday at the General Archives-Historical Archive of Epirus (Sufari Sarai), the group exhibition "80 Years Later", which moved on multiple levels, catching the thread of memory through people's stories who perished, but also of those who survived.
Η photography exhibition presented by Artemis Alkalai with photos of Jews from Ioannina who survived the Holocaust and which were exhibited for the first time in the city, it attracted interest because, among other things, it showed the faces "returning" to their homes, the people who, with their lived lives, formed part of the collective identity of the city city as it was formed during the centuries of coexistence in Ioannina.
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