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Title: Jews in the Byzantine Emprie Author:  Nicholas de Lange Editor: Anastasia Loudaroy ISBN: 978-618-85829-1-0 Publisher: The Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens 2022 Byzantine Judaism is one of the...

OPENING HOURS AND ADMISSION FEES: Opening hours Monday to Friday: 9.00-14.30 Sundays: 10.00-14.00 Saturdays: closed Admission fees: Adults 8 €, students 4 €, elderly (over 65) 4 € Buy here your tickets, on...

1.  What is the Jewish population in Greece today? What was it before the war? In the early 20th century about 10,000 Jews lived in Greece....

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  The Synagogue of Aegina was discovered in 1829 by the German historian Ludwig Ross, near the island’s present-day harbour. Archaeological excavations revealed a mosaic...

The Jewish presence in the capital of the Peloponnesus, was established by the Jews who arrived in Patras from Syria, during the reign of...

The Jewish Community of Arta was one of the oldest in Greece. By 1173 it had about 100 families. After the collapse of the...

In 1522, 30 Jewish families lived on the island of Zakynthos. By 1702 the community had two synagogues, the local or “Zakynthian” and the...

The Jewish presence in the town of Veroia dates back to the 1st century BCE; St. Paul visited the city and preached in its synagogue....

The Jewish Community of Trikala is one of the oldest in central Greece and is of great historic interest. During World War II, it...