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Rhetoric could be called the House of Logic, but Ye have made it a...

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The very first line of Aristotle’s Rhetoric runs thus: “ἡ ῥητορική ἐστιν ἀντίστροφος τῇ διαλεκτικῇ” (1). The quite wise ancient Greeks weened that every law-abiding democratic free citizen should be a dialectician and grasp...

Attempts by ancient rabbis to curb Greek theater a comedy of errors, per new...

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All the rabbinic world was not a stage, and all the halachic scholars were merely players in it telling obedient Jews to avoid the theater at all costs. In the sixth-century Midrashic text, Ruth Rabah, Naomi tells her...
Esther Yaron speaks at the old train station in Thessaloniki, Greece, at an event marking 80 years since the deportation of the city’s Jews, March 19, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

From Macedonia to Pardes Hanna

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It was 1943 in German-occupied Greece. The little girl with the curly blonde hair at the church on the outskirts of Athens was at the center of the Nazis’ attention. Reminded of their children back...
Likud MK Amichai Chikli, now minister of Diaspora affairs, speaks at the Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, Dec. 7, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israeli minister calls out Poland, Greece and Ukraine over antisemitism

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Israeli Diaspora Affairs Ministry Amichai Chikli sent letters to Poland, Greece and Ukraine this week expressing his concern over antisemitic incidents in those countries. In a letter to Greece’s Ambassador to Israel Kyriakos Loukakis on...
Hapoel Jerusalem head coach Oded Kattash seen during the Basketball champions league match between Hapoel Jerusalem and BC AEK Athens, in Jerusalem Arena, October 23, 2019. Credit: Flash90.

‘Nothing less than a terrorist attack’: Israeli fans come under siege at basketball game...

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Israeli fans of the Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball Club came under attack from AEK Basketball Club fans at the latter’s home stadium in Athens on Wednesday. Fans documented and posted to social media clashes between fans,...
A street mural in Patras, Greece, honors two non-Jewish Greek citizens recognized by Yad Vashem for saving Jews during the Holocaust. Credit: Combat Antisemitism Movement.

Art mural pays homage to ‘Righteous Among Nations’ heroes in Greece

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A new street mural in Greece honors two non-Jewish Greek citizens recognized by Yad Vashem as “Righteous Among the Nations” for saving Jews during the Holocaust. The art display in the city of Patras pays tribute to...
Maj. Gen. Tal Kelman (left), head of the Strategic Planning and Cooperation Directorate, takes part in a trilateral meeting with Greece and Cyprus, February 2022. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

IDF commander participates in trilateral meeting with Greece and Cyprus

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A senior Israel Defense Forces commander met with counterparts from Greece and Cyprus in an important trilateral meeting, the IDF announced on Wednesday. Maj. Gen. Tal Kelman, head of the Strategic Planning and Cooperation Directorate,...
Achilles Tsaltas, president of the Democracy & Culture Foundation, with Father Patrick Desbois, head of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center Academic Council, Sept. 30, 2021. Credit: Courtesy of the Athens Democracy Forum.

Athens Democracy Forum highlights rise in anti-Semitism as it marks Babi Yar massacre

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A discussion was held on Thursday at the Athens Democracy Forum marking exactly 80 years since the Nazi massacre of Ukrainian Jews at Babi Yar on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv (Kiev). In...
Composite image of paintings by Nikos Stavroulakis appearing in front of a photograph he took of the Etz Hayyim Synagogue ruins in Hania, Crete, prior to the restoration efforts he led (© Nikos Stavroulakis)

Resurrecting One of the World’s Oldest Jewish Communities

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Jews first arrived in Crete from Egypt some 2,300 years ago, perhaps as part of Egyptian military campaigns. A century or two later, they came from the Land of Israel during the Maccabean Revolt. At...
Tel Aviv, April 21, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

First cases of Brazilian, Chilean coronavirus variants detected in Israel

The Brazilian variant of the Covid-19 virus was detected in Israel for the first time on Monday, in a vaccinated adult and an infant entering the country from abroad. One case of the Chilean...