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
Events
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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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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07
January
Fire at Etz Hayyim Synagogue Hania – Crete
At approximately 12:20-1:00 AM on the night of the 5th January, a serious attack was made on the fabric of the Synagogue. One or two or even more individuals made their way into the south garden of the synagogue by climbing over the iron gate....
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08
December
03
November
HIGH HOLIDAYS at Etz Hayyim
Despite the absence of a proper Jewish Kehila in Hania we have been especially committed to insuring that the religious aspect of the Synagogue (i.e. apart from its place amongst the Venetian and Ottoman sites to be visited in Hania) be maintained. Ever since the first...
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25
August
European Day of Jewish Culture
On Sunday, September 6 at 7 p.m. Etz Hayyim Synagogue will host an evening of Sephardi Festival food and recipes, music and a small exhibit of reproductions of Jewish art....
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11
August
June 28 – Memorial Service for the Jewish community of Hania killed in 1944.
Since the rededication of the Synagogue in 2000 we have had an annual memorial service to commemorate the Jews, Greeks and Italian prisoners of war who were drowned in the sinking of the Tannais in 1944....
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21
July
Reading from “Darwin a Life in Poems” by Ruth Padel
How did Charles Darwin and his wife handle the painful gulf between their religious beliefs?...
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11
July
Saltiel Family gathering at Etz Hayyim – 26-29 June 2009.
After more then a year in preparation over 50 members of the (geographically) quite extended Shaltiel (Schealtiel) family gathered in Heraklion...
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