The European Day of Jewish Heritage 2007 in Greece

European Day
of Jewish Culture 2007
Greece Programme
Sunday 2nd September 2007
Theme – ‘TESTIMONIES’
De Sepharad a Salonik
Από την Ισπανία στην Θεσσαλονίκη
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Museum
will
be
open
from
10am
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3pm,
the
entrance
free
A tour at the Museum
Sephardic music
Videos related to the Jewish history in the area
Taste of traditional food
The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki
13, Agiou Mina Street, 546 24 Thessaloniki, Greece
Tel.& Fax: +30 2310 250406-7
The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki is one of several endeavours created within the
structure of the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki in a building renovated by the Cultural
Capital of Europe Organization "Thessaloniki 1997".
It incorporates a) the Simon Marks Photographic Exhibit "Thessaloniki, Sephardic
Metropolis". This collection was assembled through the efforts of the late Myriam Novitch of
the kibbutz Beth Lohamei HaGettaoth in Israel, b) "Memorias", the Bar Ilan University exhibit
of religious and folkloric material. It is a temporary exhibit and comprises artefacts and
memorabilia that belonged to Jews who immigrated to Eretz Israel when it was still under
Association Européenne pour la Préservation et la Valorisation de la Culture et du Patrimoine Juifs European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture and Heritage 24, avenue Marie‐Thérèse L‐2132 Luxembourg – E‐mail: [email protected] ‐ www.jewisheritage.org Association sans but lucratif the British Mandate, c) The permanent collection of the Museum, which is still in the course
of being studied, documented and exhibited.
The Museum is housed in one of the rare Jewish structures
that survived the fire of 1917.
Located in the very heart of Thessaloniki, this imposing
building has at times housed the Bank of Athens and the
offices of the Jewish newspaper "L' Independent" and is a
silent witness to the great Jewish presence that once filled
its streets with the language of Cervantes, redolent with
the odours of the kitchens of Seville and Toledo, silent
from Friday to Saturday during Shabbat. Apart from the
collections, the Museum is at present establishing a
resource centre and an audio-visual facility. Plans are made
in order to provide access to physically challenged
individuals.
Association Européenne pour la Préservation et la Valorisation de la Culture et du Patrimoine Juifs European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture and Heritage 24, avenue Marie‐Thérèse L‐2132 Luxembourg – E‐mail: [email protected] ‐ www.jewisheritage.org Association sans but lucratif