Important Visitors of the Jewish Museum of Greece

Since it first opened its doors, the Jewish Museum of Greece has been visited by many important personalities, including the following:

1999

Mrs. Learie Deutsch, wife of the U.S. senator Mr. Peter Deutsch.
Students of the summer courses of the University of New York.
American Jews of Greek descent, during a trip organised by the Sephardic House of New York.
The American Senator, Ms. Shelley Berkeley.
Participants in an ICOM conference on costumes.
The former U.S. Ambassador and representative of the Jewish Museum of Canada, Mr. Fromowitz, with his wife. The visit resulted in a collaboration agreement between the two museums, especially regarding Holocaust programmes.
Ambassador Alfred Moses, Special Envoy of the U.S.A. in Cyprus and Honorary President of the Jewish American Committee.

2000

The Greek Archbishop, Mr. Christodoulos.
Participants in the international meeting “Jews in Islamic Lands and in the Balkans: the XIX and XX Centuries until the Foundation of the State of Israel”.
U.S. Ambassador Mr. Nicolas Burns, member of the Association of Friends of the J.M.G., and his wife, Ms. Elizabeth Baileys-Burns.
Mr. Chris Spyrou, president of the Hellenic-American Union.
Joanna και Daniel Rose, members of the Association of American Friends of the J.M.G. and great benefactors of the Museum. After a guided tour they were treated to lunch, attended by Mr. Sam Benroubi and Mr. Isidore Tiano, President of the Association of American Friends.
The Israeli Minister of Development, Mr. Suissa.
44 students from the College of Jewish Studies of Greater Washington.
35 students from the Department of Greek Culture of the University of New York.
Ms. Marilyn Henry, a journalist for the Jerusalem Post of New York.
Mr. Brewster Chamberlin, Assistant Manager of the International Programmes of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Members of the New York synagogue Kehila Kedosha Janina, several of whom became members of the Association of Friends, after their visit.
Ms. Jo-Ann Lewis, Cultural Editor of the Washington Post, in order to write an article on the J.M.G.
The Cultural Association “Pyrna”, from Kifissia, Greece.
About 50 members of the Rotary Club of Southern Athens.

2001

Mr. Stavropoulos, Director of the Telecommunications Museum of the Hellenic Organisation of Telecommunications.
The French Ambassador, Mr. J.M. Ripert.
The director of the film “Shoah”, Mr. Claude Lanzmann.
Mr. B. Jacobs, Director of Strategic Studies of the American Jewish Congress.
The writer Mr. Jorge Semprun.
15 students of the St. Οlaf College of Minnesota.

2002

Ms. Lila Margiou, Cultural Attaché of the U.S. Embassy.
Ms. Sylvia Berladsky, First Secretary of the Israeli Embassy.
Mr. Thomas Miller, U.S. Ambassador, with his wife, Mrs. Bonnie Miller.
The Lithuanian Ambassador, Mr. Dainius Junevicius.
Mr. Oded Distel, Commercial Attaché of the Israeli Embassy.
The German Ambassador, Dr. Albert Spiegel, with his wife.
The Directors of the Claims Conference Committee, Moshe Yahoda and Elvira Glueck.
A five-member Military Delegation from Israel, accompanied by representatives of the Greek General Staff of National Defense.
15 members of the Association of Greeks from Egypt.
24 teenagers from the Moetsa Tsionit and the Sephardi Organization, sent by the Jewish Agency. Students of three departments of the Panteion University of Athens.
Departments of the Brandeis University, Emery University, University of Minnesota, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Long Island University, Concordia College και University of Indianapolis.

2003

Students of the Long Island University, University of Indianapolis, Emory University and Concordia College.
Students of the Department of History of Greek Jewry of the Panteion University of Athens.
Students of the Department of Nursery Education and the Department of History and Archaeology of the National University of Athens.

2004

Members of the German Evangelical Church.
Members of the Anglican Church.
20 members of the American Jewish Committee.
The Association of Friends of the Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Departments of the Panteion University of Athens.
Students of the Department of Theology of the National University of Athens.
Students of the Department of Nursery Education and the Department of History and Archaeology of the National University of Athens.
Princess Irene Glücksburg, accompanied by her secretary, Ms. Alice Stroggylou and Mr. Sakis Leon.
25 students of the Department of Museology of the Aegean University.
Students from the St. Οlaf College of Minessota, Concordia College and New York College.
Students of the Emory University of U.S.A.

2005