As Ms. Ricketta Tarfon-Zaccar writes:
"For the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel, the choir of the Israelite Community of Thessaloniki was there from June 10 to 16, 2008.
The Hellas - Israel Friendship Association of Thessaloniki, with the support of I.K. Thessaloniki, made a seven-day visit to Israel between June 5 and 12, 2008,
On Sunday 4.5.2008 the Israelite Community of Thessaloniki held a memorial service for the Day of Mourning for the victims of the Holocaust at the Monastery Synagogue.
A narrative - document about life in Thessaloniki, end of the 19th century, beginning of the 20th, is Leon Siaki's book "Farewelling Thessaloniki", "Barbounakis" publications,
"A violinist on the roof. Crazy, isn't it? But in our village here in Anatevka, this name suits each of us. A violinist perched on the tiles who wants to play his violin for a sweet purpose