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40 years of active presence

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    Athens

    There is evidence of Jewish presence in Athens since the antiquity. Travellers of various periods confirm the presence of Jewish families, whose number varied;...

    Volos

    The Jews of Volos lived scattered in various parts of the city. A somewhat denser concentration of Jewish families was to be found in...

    Zakynthos

    The Jewish Community of Zakynthos always lived in the shadow of the nearby larger Community of Corfu. Ever since the Venetian occupation, the Jews...

    Thessaloniki

    Thessaloniki, also known as ‘Mother of Israel’ (Madre de Israel) was the metropolis of the Mediterranean Jews. The population of the community, which in...

    Ioannina

    The Jewish population of Ioannina was mostly to be found in the old neighbourhood, within the fortress walls, the Megali Rouga (Big Street), next...

    Kastoria

    The Sephardic Community of Kastoria dated from about 1550. Before the war it had as many as 900 members, most of whom lived in...

    Corfu

    The Jewish Community of Corfu was unique among those on Greek soil in being the only one whose members lived in a specific area,...

    Larissa

    The Jewish community of Larissa was the third largest in Greece. Most Jews lived in the neighbourhood of “Six Streets” next to where the...

    Xanthi

    Although today there is but little left of the Jewish quarter of Xanthi, the city was home to quite an active community before the...

    Rhodes

    Although not continuous, the Jewish presence in Rhodes dates from the 2nd century B.C. The arrival and subsequent settlement of Spanish-speaking Jews on the...

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