Joseph Ventura (ז״ל), Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, University of Crete 7 March 1938 – 5 October 2020 | 4 Adar II 5698 – 17 Tishrei 5781 Etz Hayyim Synagogue Hania is saddened to announce the passing of Joseph Ventura. He will be dearly missed as a...
Read MoreWishing you all a kosher and happy Passover. Χάγκ Πέσσαχ Κασέρ Βε Σαμέαχ. Sharing with you an insightful article and holiday greetings from our Visiting Rabbi Nicholas de Lange. The article will be included in the next Jottings, which will be circulated shortly. (Click on the image...
Read MoreThe video of the Memorial Service for Nikos Stavroulakis, which took place on 29 April 2018, is now available online here ...
Read MoreEtz Hayyim’s Interfaith Calendar The publication of this interfaith calendar commemorates Nikos Stavroulakis’ passing one year ago, on 19 May 2017. With this publication we continue a tradition established by Nikos who started publishing the Etz Hayyim Interfaith Calendar to underscore the inclusive spirit of Etz Hayyim....
Read MoreEtz Hayyim Synagogue is now featured in the exhibition “Shared Sacred Sites - Κοινοί Ιεροί Τόποι” at the Museum of Photography, the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and the Yeni Cami in Thessaloniki until 31 December 2017. We hope you will get a chance to see...
Read MoreDear friends of Nikos, We apologize for the technical difficulties with the live-stream of the Memorial Service but have good news today: You can now watch the recording of the entire event including the slide-show of photos of Nikos we showed then. Please go to this...
Read MoreDear friends of Nikos, We would like to remind you of the memorial service for Nikos which will take place on Tuesday, 20 June 2017 at 7pm (local Greek time = GMT/UTC +2) at Etz Hayyim Synagogue Hania. For those of you who cannot be in Hania...
Read MoreDate of Memorial Service for Nikos (English below) Ημερομηνία μνημοσύνου για τον Νίκο Αγαπητοί και αγαπητές φίλοι και φίλες του Νίκου, Ευχαριστούμε θερμά για όλα τα μηνύματα συλλυπητηρίων που αποστείλατε, τα οποία μεταβιβάσαμε στην οικογένειά του και τα οποία, με την άδειά σας, θα συμπεριλάβουμε σε ένα βιβλίο...
Read MorePublished on NYTimes.com from May 22 to May 23, 2017 Nicholas Peter Stavroulakis 1932 - 2017 Nicholas Peter Stavroulakis (aka Peter Stavis) was born 20 June, 1932, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; his parents Petros and Annie were both immigrants. In 1954, he graduated from the University of Notre Dame with...
Read MoreΑΝΑΓΓΕΛΙΑ ΘΑΝΑΤΟΥ Ο Αναστάσιος Δώρης και η Κάρεν Κανέλλος καθώς και η Συναγωγή Χανίων Ετζ Χαγίμ θρηνούν την απώλεια του ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ ΝΤΑΝΙΕΛ ΠΕΤΡΟΥ ΧΑΝΝΑΝ-ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑΚΗ Η κηδεία του θα τελεστεί στην Αθήνα την Δευτέρα, 22 Μαΐου στις 3 μμ, στο Γ΄ Κοιμητήριο Νίκαιας. Επιθυμούμε να ενημερώσουμε τους φίλους και...
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