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The Community Assembly, which resulted from the elections of July 10, 2024, in its meeting, held on July 17, 2024, elected the new Board of Directors of I.K. Volos, which was formed into a body, as follows:
President: Mordecai (Marcel) Solomon
Vice President: Michael Sabetai
General Secretary: Haim-Victor Philosopher
Treasurer: Markos I. Maisis
Auditor-Member: Haim-Victor Sakkis
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On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at her invitation Eleni Beze, lecturer at the Department of History, Archeology and Social Anthropology of the University of Thessaly, to president of I.K. Volos, Mr. Marcel Solomon, a speech was given to the undergraduate students of the Department, who attend the course "Jewish life in Greece after the Holocaust: testimonies, memory, identities".
More: SPEECH OF THE PRESIDENT OF I.K. VOLOU TO STUDENTS FOR JEWISH LIFE
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On Saturday, March 23, 2024, I.K. Volos, organized an event for the celebration of "Purim" during which the family of Aaron S. Abdella was honored for their donation of a "Sefer Torah" and a "Megillah of Esther" to the Synagogue.
The family of Aaron Abdelas was unanimously declared a donor, by the Community Assembly on 17.12.2023.
The honorary event and the celebration of "Purim" took place in the presence of the members and their friends, as well as friends of the Abdelas family and I.K. Volos.
Earlier, in the Synagogue of Volos, the "Megillah of Esther" was read by the religious minister Mr. Makis Moisis and Mr. Matoulis Ovvadias.
More: PURIM CELEBRATION & EVENT IN HONOR OF THE A. ABDELA FAMILY
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The Israeli Community of Volos regrets to announce that Matthias Kones passed away on March 23, 2024, in Beersheba, Israel.
M. Kones was born in Volos on March 23, 1947, where he grew up. His parents were Moses and Rosa Kone. His brother is Leon Kones. The family moved to Athens and he studied at the School of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens. He graduated in 1971. He was an active member of the Jewish Youth. After his service in the army he went to Israel, where he completed his master's degree at the Haifa Technion in the field of "Ecological Urban and regional Planning".
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An event on the occasion of the anniversary of March 25th was held on 21.3.2024 by the University of Thessaly, during which three excellent students of P.Th. scholarships from the Israeli Community of Volos.
The event was attended by the Metropolitan of Dimitrias and Almyros Mr. Ignatios, the rector of P.Th. and representatives of military units in the area and representatives of the Security Forces.
In his statement, president of the Israeli Community of Volos, Marcel Solomon, said that the Community always tries to contribute to the progress of the city, to solidarity and especially to the University, which is a high-level institution, and to the students who bring brightness to the city and upgrade it. "We consider it our duty to exhaust our energies and offer to the place where we were born and live," he pointed out.
Mr. Solomon mentioned that the scholarships were given this year for the 15th year in a row, which correspond to checks of €1000 for each honoree and for the last 10-12 years the Zacharia Saki family has been covering and added that the students are selected by the University with a unique criterion their high score.
Ο rector of P.Th. Charalambos Billinis he emphasized that the scholarships of the Israeli Community, granted since 2009, are an institution and the educational institution is grateful to its community for supporting education and students.
