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Oedipus and Leonard Cohen meet in Israeli adaptation of ‘Antigone’ - review

How could the Greek playwright describe a ruler obsessed with “stiff-necked anarchists scheming against me in alleys” two millennia before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?

Israel needs to beware of developing an economy like Greece

Just in case anyone thinks the Greek experience cannot happen in Israel, it already has happened several times.

By LEON HARRIS
04/03/2023

Thessaloniki’s doc. film festival to pay tribute to deported Jews

The city’s documentary film festival is paying tribute to Jews killed during the Holocaust and to the Jewish community’s enduring importance to the city.

By ELISE MORTON/JTA
02/03/2023

57 people dead and 10 missing in a train collision in Greece

Two trains collided head on - a passenger train travelling from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki, and a cargo train from Thessaloniki to Larissa.

By REUTERS
01/03/2023

Moses Elisaf, first Jewish mayor of a city in Greece, dies at 68

Moses Elisaf, mayor of Ioannina, has died after battling cancer.

By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
18/02/2023

'A Brief and Visual History of Antisemitism': Jew-hatred in many forms - review

In ancient times, the fact that the Jews had their own unique understanding of God and their own rituals infuriated certain Hellenistic leaders, who wanted everyone to live life in the same way.

By MIRIAM KATES LOCK
11/02/2023

Voting for a stronger relationship between the Jewish and Hellenic states - opinion

Israel and the global Jewish community continue to advocate for Greece and support the political and diplomatic struggles facing Greece in relation to the tensions and hostilities coming from Ankara.

By ALEXIA TASOULI
09/02/2023

Marriage between cousins surprisingly common in Bronze Age Greece -study

Researchers found that people during the Bronze Age married their cousins with surprising frequency, for reasons as of yet unknown.

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