The Jewish Community of Thessaloniki launched the landmark digital project “Iosipos”, a major online repository documenting the history and cultural legacy of Jewish communities in Greece, now freely accessible to the public, historians and researchers worldwide. The project, co-funded by the
Greece secured the repatriation of 91 Greek Jewish artefacts from Poland, marking the first return of cultural goods by Poland to their country of origin. Culture Minister Lina Mendoni travelled to Warsaw to formally receive the historic collection following an agreement between the Greek and
The connection between Jews and Greece goes all the way back to the ancient world, even before the time of the Roman Empire. Greece was the dynamic cradle of civilisation in the Mediterranean and home to thriving Jewish communities since antiquity. There were two main strands of Jewish culture in
