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Monday, 03 June 2019 14:19 |
 The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece expresses its warmest congratulations to Mr. Moses Elisaf for his election as a Mayor of the city of Ioannina, which seals his long-lasting contribution to the city of Ioannina, as well as to the scientific life of the country.For the Greek Jewry, the success of Moses Elisaf, signals a very important cornerstone for the history of the Jewish presence, both at the city of Ioannina, as well as in Greece, since it is the first time a Greek Jew is elected as Mayor. It is a success that causes admiration and deep emotions. The citizens of Ioannina have shown that they condemn the hate that is born from intolerance and antisemitism and appreciate the value of a person regardless of his religious belief.
At the city, where during the Holocaust the Jewish Community was almost exterminated, that almost 2000 Jews found horrifying death at the extermination camps, 75 years later, at the same city, a descendant of Holocaust survivors is elected as Mayor. Moses Elisaf! The citizens of Ioannina have chosen a worthy person to lead this city towards the path of development and progress. The citizens of Ioannina have also sent a strong message against fanaticism, intolerance and antisemitism.
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Tuesday, 30 April 2019 11:57 |
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece expresses the sorrow and the concern of the Greek Jewry for the recent attack against a Synagogue near San Diego, in California, during a Passover service, that costed the life of Lori Gilbert-Kaye and resulted into injuring three more people, amongst whom a child.
Once more, only a few months after the deadly attack against a Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Jews become an easy target while praying at religious services. As the similar tragedies in Christchurch and in Sri Lanka demonstrate, religious fanaticism, the escalation of incidents of racial violence, the rise of the Nazi ideologies for Aryan supremacy, as well as hatred, have no limits, either religious or geographic, and send yet another alarming signal. This is also manifested in the hate messages, the antisemitic stereotypes and the conspiracy rhetoric that were found in the computer of the alleged perpetrator.
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece expresses its sympathy to the family of the victim and the local Jewish Community and wishes a speedy recovery to the injured.
Athens, April 30, 2019
Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece
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Monday, 18 March 2019 13:35 |
The reference of the renowned ex basketball player and coach Vangelis Alexandris to David Blatt, the Israeli coach of the 'Olympiacos' basketball team, with regard to the latter’s "Jewish blood" as a factor indicating that "he is lying" (!), primarily insults the Greek sports and the sports spirit which aims at uniting and not dividing peoples.
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece expresses the outrage of the Greek Jewry given that this statement includes all the ignoble antisemitic stereotypes that perpetrate hatred against the Jews. We hope that the reaction of the people of the sports will unequivocally condemn such statements and that Mr. Alexandris will acknowledge his fault and will apologize.
In a period that international sports associations launch campaigns against racism and antisemitism, such references, that instigate and escalate fanaticism and hatred in the sports stadiums, should not be tolerated in Greece.
Athens, March 18, 2019
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Tuesday, 12 February 2019 14:24 |
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The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece welcomes the announcement of the Minister of Education Kostas Gavroglou for the adoption of the working definition of anti-Semitism by the General Secretariat for Religious Affairs of the Ministry of Education.
The Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs, during his speech at the ceremony for the presentation of the Yad Vashem awards which was held on 11.2.2019 in Athens, announced that in the context of covering the needs for planning and implementing actions and initiatives on combating anti-Semitism, the General Secretariat for Religious Affairs has adopted the working definition of anti-Semitism as it was set out at the Plenary meeting of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) on May 26, 2016 with the active participation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic.
It is to be recalled that by Resolution B8-0383/2017 on combating anti-Semitism (2017/2692 (RSP)), the European Parliament, inter alia, “[…] calls on the Member States and the Union institutions and agencies to adopt and apply the working definition of anti-Semitism employed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)”.
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