The Center for Jewish Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life of the University of Connecticut organized on 6.11.2024 a talk on "The Impact of the Holocaust on the Jews of Greece" and the director of the I.K. Rhodes Ms. Carmen Cohen. Ms. Cohen's speech was also streamed online and there were many questions from those who watched her via zoom.
On 10.11.2024, the Center for Greek Studies "Paideia" and the University of Connecticut, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the deportation of the Jews of Rhodes and Koos, presented at the Center "Paideia" an exhibition of the Jewish Museum of Rhodes which will remain open to the public until early March 2025.
During the event, students of the "Paideia" Study Center presented the history of the most important Jewish Communities of Greece and lit candles in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. Ms. Cohen gave a speech on the history of the Jewish Community of Rhodes and the creation of the Museum.
The event was accompanied by Ladin songs by Sarah Aroeste, singer, composer and author of children's books in Ladin.
The event was attended by the Most Reverend Bishop Athenagoras, representing the Most Reverend Archbishop of America Elpidophoros, Mr. George Toppos, Deputy Mayor of Rhodes, members of the Pan-Rhodian Association of America "Apollo", professors and students of the University.
