Important Visitors 2014

On 23 November 2014, memmbers of the ECJS (European Center for Jewish Students), και της JEP (Jewish European Professionals), visited the JMG.


On 18 November 2014, members of the Association of Friends of the Benaki Museum visited the JMG.


On 5 November 2014, Mr. Alexander Wojda Minister Plenipotentiary in the Embassy of Austria in Athens, visited the Museum.


On 11 September 2014, the new Ambassador of Israel in Greece, Ms. Irit Ben Abba, visited the Jewish Museum of Greece. Ms. Ben Abba, was welcomed by the President of the JMG Mr. Samuel Matsas and the Director of the Museum, Ms. Zanet Battinou. After the end of the guided tour on both the permanent and the temporary exhbitions, Ms. Ben Abba conversed with Mr.s Matsas and Ms. Battinou on the Museum’s programs and priorities.


On Tuesday 8 July 2014, a special organised visit by representatives of the Jewish Federation of North America (JFNA) was held at the Jewish Museum of Greece. They were welcomed by the President of the JMG, Mr. Samuel Matsas, as well as by the Secretary of the Board of the Association of American Friends of the JMG, Mr. Dimitris Argyriadis. The event was attended by Mr. Minos Moisis, President of the Jewish Community of Athens and member of the Board of Directors of the JMG. The Director, Ms. Zanet Battinou briefed the participants on the historical and educational work of the Museum. Afterwards, the distinguished visitors were guided in the exhibition areas by the director, as well as by the special researcher of the JMG, Ms. Anastasia Loudarou, and were informed about the long history and culture of the Jews of Greece. At the end of the tour, guests expressed their delight at the Museum’s multiple research and educational activities.


On 7 July 2014, Ms. Sophia Staikou, President of PIOP, visited the Jewish Museum of Greece accompanied during her guided tour by the President of the BoD Mr. Samuel Matsas, the Treasurer of the BoD Mr. Guy Natan and Mr. Solomon Berachas, member of the Board of Directors.


On Thursday 26 June 2014, the Former Deputy Minister of Justice Mr. Kostas Karagounis, visited the JMG  with his colleagues. Mr. Karagounis was welcomed by the President of the JMG, Mr. Samuel Matsas and the Director, Mrs. Zanet Battinou.


On 29 May 2014, the Rabbi Ms. Nina Mandel visited the JMS with students paticipating on a special educational program on the current temporary exhibition “Synagonisti: Greek Jews in the National Resistance”.


On 8 May 2014, the German Ambassador Dr. Peter Schoof, visited the Jewish Museum of Greece. Mr. Schoof, was welcomed by the President of the JMG, Mr. Samuel Matsas and the Director of the Museum, Ms. Zanet Battinou. Soon after the end of the guided tour  of the museum, Mr. Schoof had a conversation with Mr. Matsas and Ms. Battinou.  


On Friday 2 May 2014, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, Mr. Zeev Elkin, visited the JMG and enjoyed a guided tour, in the framework of an official visit.


On 28 April 2014 members of the KAPI (Centre for the Elderly) from Ilioupoli, Attica, visited the Museum and had a guided tour.


On 11 April 2014, the new American Ambassador in Athens, Mr. David Pearce, visited the Jewish Museum of Greece. Mr. Pearce, was welcomed by the president of BoD of the Museum, Mr. Samuel Matsas and the President of the BoD of the Association of Friends of the JMG, and treasurer of the BoD of the JMG, Mr. Guy Natan. As the director of the museum was absent on a special meeting abroad, Ms. Anastasia Loudarou, offered a guided tour to the special guest. At the end of the tour, both in the permanent  and temporary exhibitionsl, Mr. Pearce conversed with Mr. Matsas and Mr. Natan and was informed of the Museum’s work, while he showed particular interest in the Museum’s educational programs and humanitarian exhibitions, Holocaust education, and the Museum’s commitment to promoting tolerance and combating racism, xenophobia and discrimination in our country.


On 27 March 2014, Mr. Ιra N. Forman, Special Envoy to Monitorand Combat Anti-Semitism, visited the JMG in the framework of an official visit in Athens. Mr. Forman was welcomed by the President of the BoD Mr. Samuel Matsas and the Director of the Museum, Ms. Zanet Battinou. Ather the end of the tour on the premices of the museum, Mr. Forman had a conversation with Mr. Matsas and Ms. Battinou on the museum’s work while he was particularly interested on its educational programs and exhibitions on humanitarian issues, Holocaust education, and the Museum’s commitment to promoting tolerance and combating racism, xenophobia and discrimination in our country.


On Saturday 22 Μαρτίου 2014, members of the European Council of Jewish Communities (ECJC), visited the JMG. Mr. Samuel Matsas, President of BoD welcomed them and accompanied them on their guided tour.


Memebres of the American Jewish Committee, visited the JMG on 5 March 2014.


On 18 February 2014, Sara Yesuah, Resistance Fighter, visited the Museum and talked to students from Doukas School. On the same day, the writer Mr. Kostis Papaioanou visited the JMG and talkded to the same students on racism.   


The Young Ambassadors from Israel visited the JMG on 7 February 2014