Progress at Etz Hayyim, 20 January – 6 February
After the second arson at the Synagogue we were deluged with reporters, requests for interviews and of course – letters from friends from all over the world. ...
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08
February
Author: Etz Hayyim Synagogue
08
February
An update on the fundraising efforts in the US.
Just a couple of days after the first fire, Dr. Sam Gruber of the International Survey of Jewish Monuments contacted us offering his help by collecting money for the Synagogue through his charitable organization. For the lates information on the fundraising being done you can follow the link...
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24
January
Update on events at Etz Hayyim Synagogue, from the Parnas Director N. Stavroulakis
This past week (15 - 22 January) began with Erev Shabbat prayers as usual. Some 20 people gathered in the Kal itself which had been re-painted and polished - it was quite exquisite an atmosphere as all of the benches had been polished in lavender...
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21
January
American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) Condemns Continued Anti-Semitic Attacks
Ενώνω τον αποτροπιασμό μου με αυτόν των άλλων Ahepans και αξιοπρεπών Ελλήνων που καταδικάζουν αυτή τη χυδαία πράξη. Ακολουθεί το Δ.Τ. της ΑΧΕΠΑ Αμερικής. Τέτοιες πράξεις δεν εκφράζουν τους Ελληνες και τον Ελληνισμό που δίδαξε τη Φιλοξενία στα πέρατα του Κόσμου. Κρίμα που ο κάθε ανισόρροπος...
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21
January
Petition to the Greek Parliament: Για τον εμπρησμό της συναγωγής των Χανίων
Ψήφισμα για τον εμπρησμό της συναγωγής Χανίων, απευθύνεται στο ελληνικό κοινοβούλιο. Το εξέδωσαν ιστορικοί, κοινωνικοί επιστήμονες στις 17.01.2010 στη ΔΙΗΜΕΡΙΔΑ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΗΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ (16-17.01.2010) στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνώνμε με θέμα: ΔΕΚΑΕΤΙΑ 1940 Η ΕΠΟΧΗ ΤΩΝ ΡΗΞΕΩΝ Σε αυτή τη διεύθυνση μπορεί να υπογράψει όποιος θέλει (ή και να την...
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21
January
A Letter from London – The last Cretan synagogue lives on. By Antony Lerman
I felt sick to my stomach when I heard that the Etz Hayyim synagogue in Hania, Crete, had suffered a second arson attack in 10 days. I got the call just after 9 am on Saturday. The attack had taken place at 3.30 that...
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21
January
Letter from Etz Hayyim, Crete, Tuesday 19 January, by Antony Lerman
We said prayers this morning in the Etz Hayyim synagogue in Hania, three days after it suffered a second arson attack, which destroyed an office extension and burnt part of the ceiling. The acrid smell from smoke and water damage, the sight of streaked and...
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19
January
17
January
Second Arson Attack on Etz Hayyim Synagogue
On the night of Friday, January 15, after more than a week of work on the sanctuary - newly scraped, primed and re-painted; the wood-work oiled with lavender and the marble floor polished - we met for Erev Shabbat prayers and Kiddush. Later we locked...
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15
January
New Aquisition
New Acquisition – a silver TAS (breastplate) for a Sepher Torah. Several weeks ago I heard of the existence of what I thought then, might have been a Jewish silver artifact that was for sale in Heraklion. Had this been brought o my attention now it would...
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