Jewish history

The Ambassador of Israel to Greece Noam Katz and the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) condemned the latest defacing of a mural in Thessaloniki marking the deportation of the city's Jewish community to Nazi death camps.

By George Gilson

When 44-year-old Leon Saltiel was growing up in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest, the Jewish community, which once constituted the majority group, remained introverted and did not talk about their Jewishness, even 40 years after the city's Jews were deported and 95 percent of them were exterminated in Auschwitz.

By George Gilson

When 44-year-old Leon Saltiel was growing up in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest, the Jewish community, which once constituted the majority group, remained introverted and did not talk about their Jewishness, even 40 years after the city's Jews were deported and 95 percent of them were exterminated in Auschwitz.

Israel's ambassador to Romania, David Saranga, believes that amid the rising anti-globalization trends, the role of multicultural societies must be strengthened. "Despite the past, with both good and terrible times, this bridge between people has shaped a strong relationship between Israel and Germany.

An American with anti-Semitic views started shooting at a synagogue in California on Saturday, killing a woman and injuring three, police said. John Irurnest is 19, and before the attack he posted a public letter in a social network stating that he was inspired by his actions of killing 50 people in mosques in New Zealand and the lethal attack on the Pittsburgh synagogue last year.

A Palestinian man argues with an Israeli border guard outside the house of man accused of the fatal September stabbing of an Israeli-American, after it was partially demolished by Israeli forces on Jan. 18 in village of Yatta in the occupied West Bank south of Hebron. (Photo by Hazem Bader / AFP)

Turkey strongly condemned Israel on Feb.1 for its decision to terminate the mandate of international monitors in the West Bank town of Hebron.

The Government reiterates the commitment for the fight against anti-Semitism and for incriminating the Holocaust denial and the instigation to anti-Semitism.

Rare gold coins and a golden earring have been discovered in the ancient Mediterranean port of Caesarea in northern Israel, possibly left and never recovered as Crusaders conquered the area 900 years ago.

After the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, Jews were subjected to increasingly discriminatory treatment accompanied by organised violence. On November 9th 1938, the Nazis started a pogrom against the Jews. Synagogues were set on fire, according to unitedagainstracism.org