On 3 March 1917 – one hundred years ago – Leon Betsikas was born in Hania. As a member of the Hania Jewish community he lived with his family near the Etz Hayyim Synagogue in the old town of Hania. While details of his life...
Read MoreThe ritual cutting of the hair of a male child is a very ancient custom and is one that Jews, Christians, Muslims and members of other ancient religions share in common. In could be said that there is something 'Noahic' about it as it is so ancient...
Read MoreLetter from London – The first Bat Mitzvah in 2,000 years By Antony Lerman | 12/08/2010 As the last of our family and friends leave the old Venetian port city of Hania, Crete, after witnessing and celebrating with us the Bat Mitzvah of our daughter in the...
Read MoreMuch had been written about the fires that we faced in January and how they have affected our Synagogue. Now, after a relatively short amount of time, there is good news to be shared too. We encourage you to read the two excellent articles that ran...
Read MoreAfter 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. ...
Read MoreJust 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...
Read MoreThis 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...
Read MoreΕνώνω 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...
Read MoreΨήφισμα 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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