Etz Hayyim Synagogue, Crete, Greece
Jilliana visits the Etz Hayyim Synagogue on the island of Crete in Greece.
Etz Hayyim Synagogue in Chania, Crete, Greece בית הכנסת ״עץ חיים״ חאניה,
בית הכנסת ״עץ חיים״, בעיר חאניה אשר באי היווני כרתים, הוא נקודה מיוחדת על מפת העולם. מוקד משיכה ליהודים, נוצרים, אתיאיסטים ומוסלמים, בעיקר בזכות סיפור השיקום המופלא שלו, ושל האיש שעמד ברא המבצע- ניקולס דניאל חנן סטאברולאקיס, שנפטר ביוני 2017. היה לי הכבוד לצלם אותו לראיון האישי, האחרון לפני שמצבו התדרדר.
שידור כתבה ברואים עולם ערוץ 1, ב 21/9/2013
סיפורו של משקם בית הכנסת היחיד שנשאר בחניה כרתים, ניקולס סטאברולאקיס
Etz Hayyim Synagogue In Crete
The Etz Hayyim Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת עץ חיים) is the only surviving remnant of the once Romaniote Jewish community on the Greek isle of Crete. After being restored, the synagogue (with its Mikveh) has become a tourist destination and has attracted visits from foreign dignitaries like Queen Sofía of Spain, the sister of the former King Constantine II of Greece, who made a sudden and unannounced visit to the site on March 6, 2006.
Poetry in the Etz Hayyim Synagogue Xania, Crete.
Recorded on April 12, 2012 - Jane Sharp reading her poetry in the Etz Hayyim Synagogue, Hania, Crete, as part of a poetry workshop given by the famous poet Ruth Padel.
Etz Hayyim Chania Synagogue 2010 Arson and Reconstruction Project
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At approximately 12:20-1:00 AM on the night of the 5th January, a serious attack was made on the fabric of the Synagogue. One or two or even more individuals made their way into the south garden of the synagogue by climbing over the iron gate. Subsequent to this they set about making an improvised incendiary device by tearing open a large Ottoman cushion in the mikveh and then with the contents stuffed a canister that was filled with some flammable liquid which was then set afire under the wooden stair of the ezrat nashim.
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At 3::30 am on 16 January themain office and library above were burned down and a substantial part of the wooden ceiling of the synagogue burnt...
Nikos Stavroulakis writes:
On the night of the 5th -6th January the synagogue was attacked by arsonists and in the course of a quite rabid fire my office in the newly constructed Ezrath Nashim was destroyed...along with it some 1800 books and the two computers amongst other things. Last evevnig after a week of work on the sanctuary - newly scraped, primed and re-painted - the wood-work oiled with lavender and teh marble floor polished...we met for Erev Shabbat prayers and Kiddush...locked the synagogue and returned to our homes feelign that we had set our steps foward. At 3::30 AM I was wakened by the alarm and rushed there with Dori and Besnik to find the entire main office (Alex's and Anja's) ablaze, As the fire engines had nto yet succeeded in getting their hoses connected I began to do what I could with the garden hose along with Besnik and then the mains where finally connected and the firemen set to work - by 4:45 the fire was only smouldering and all that remained of the upper and lower offce were completely gutted...1/3rd of the wooden ceiling of the synagogue burnt, the benches covered in soot and broken wood, the floor a mess - but the EHAL was not touched!
I cannot go in the details of the hours until 9:00 with police and fire brigade - but I can say that everything in the two offices - two computers, complete Talmud, Midraschim, 2 sets of Rashi lexicons (Aramaic, Greek and Hebrew ) plus many reference books and the entire archive iof the Synagogue - all haev been destroyed/
By noon I took the decision to have the Siphrei Torah removed to my house...along with all of the silver ornaments (rimonim, tassim, yads etc.) and a precious early 17th century illuminated Qur'an. It was a sad moment when I saw them taken away from the Kal as i| remembered how joyous I had been to see them installed in 2000!...but I am determined that they will come back!
Etz Hayyim 6/11
The story of The Jewish Community of Crete, Greece and the restoration of the Etz Hayyim Synagogue in Chania, Crete
Memorial Service for Nikos Stavroulakis - video by John Irvin
The memorial service for Nikos Stavroulakis, founding director of Etz Hayyim Synagogue, took place on 29 May 2018. The service was conducted by the Rabbi of Athens, Gabriel Negrin. Video by New Zealander documentary film maker John Irvin.
CHANIA CRETE SYNAGOGUE .wmv
Visit at Chania (Crete island) Synagogue
E L Goldman: Terebinth & Turpentine, Etz Chayyim Synagogue, Chania, Crete (Aug 2018)
An original song of mine called Terebinth & Turpentine. It's a story of the fate of people and nations...and different kinds of trees, actual and symbolic. Recorded at the Etz Chayyim Synagogue, Crete, Chania, Greece, in August of 2018
October 2013, Athens, Haim Ischakis, Cantor of Athens Synagogue
Haim Ischakis, Cantor of Athens Synagogue, exploration of Jewish Athens.
Απάνω στην τριανταφυλλιά/ On the top of the rosebush - Yorgos Mavromanolakis, Alex di Antonio
Bridal song of northern Greece
Συναυλία στην Συναγωγή Χανίων/ Concert at Synagogue Etz Hayyim Chania, Crete, Greece
Ιούλιος 2015/ July 2015
Ud/ Ούτι: Yorgos Mavromanolakis/Γιώργος Μαυρομανωλάκης
Contrabass/ Κοντραμπάσσο: Alex di Antonio
Serbian Patriarch Irinei has celebrated Hannukah in a synagogue
Serbian Patriach Ireneos took part at Chanukah celebrations at the Synagogue in Belgrade, and lit a candle on the menorah along with the Grand Mufti and a Roman Catholic Bishop.
ראיונות שטח
ראיונות ברכבת הקלה ירושלים - לעבודה בנושא הדרת נשים
Chania Crete, June 11 2015 Part 2
Private Excursion to Arkadi Monastery, Etz Hayyim Synagogue and Chania Archaeology Museum
GENETHLIA EFHS 28 FEB. 2010 .mpg
GERAKAS HOME - ATHENS - GREECE
FAMILY GATHERING CELEBRATING
THE .??????????? EFI'S ANIVERSARY
THE LAST RABBI OF CRETE (2017)
A film by Manoël Pénicaud for the exhibition SHARED SACRED SITES (LIEUX SAINTS PARTAGÉS) at :
- the THESSALONIKI MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY from 23 September 23, 2017 to February 17, 2018
- the NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION HISTORY in Paris from October 24, 2017 to January 21, 2018 :
- the JAMES GALLERY (The Graduate Center, CUNY) in NEW YORK, from March 27 to March 30, 2018:
Direction: Manoël Pénicaud
Pictures: Manoël Pénicaud & Malek Sahraoui
Translation: Karen Barkey
Editing: Francesca Berselli
Duration: 6 mn
Chania, Greece, 2017
Production: IDEMEC
Since the Antiquity, the island of Crete has known many occupations: Romans, Arabs,Venetians, Crusaders, Ottomans... making it a crossroads of cultures and religions. In 1944, the Jewish community of Chania was decimated during their deportation by the Nazis.
In 1999, Nikos Stavroulakis (1932-2017) returned there to restore the synagogue Etz Hayyim. He founded a place of worship open to
the faithful of other religions and non-believers...
Elia Portou Due - Chania Town - Greece
Elia Portou Due hotel city: Chania Town - Country: Greece
Address: Portou 28; zip code: 73100
Elia Portou Due is set in the Chania Old Town district in Chania Town, 100 metres from Archaeological Museum of Chania and 100 metres from Etz Hayyim Synagogue. Each room at this hotel is air conditioned and has a TV with satellite channels.
-- L'Elia Portou Due se trouve dans la vieille ville de La Canée, à 100 mètres de la synagogue Etz Hayyim et du musée archéologique de La Canée. Toutes les chambres de cet hôtel sont climatisées et disposent d'une télévision par satellite.
-- Das Elia Portou Due empfängt Sie im Altstadtviertel von Chania. Sie wohnen jeweils nur 100 m vom Archäologischen Museum von Chania und der Etz-Hayyim-Synagoge entfernt.
-- L'Elia Portou Due vi attende nel centro storico di Chania, a 100 metri dal Museo Archeologico di Chania e dalla Sinagoga Etz Hayyim.
-- Отель Elia Portou Due расположен в исторической части города Ханья, в 100 метрах от городского археологического музея и синагоги Эц Хаим. Все номера отеля оснащены кондиционером и телевизором со спутниковыми каналами.
-- Το Elia Portou Due βρίσκεται στην παλιά πόλη των Χανίων, σε απόσταση 100μ. από το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο και τη Συναγωγή Ετζ Χαγίμ. Όλα τα δωμάτια του ξενοδοχείου είναι κλιματιζόμενα και εξοπλισμένα με δορυφορική τηλεόραση.
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Yom-Kippur 2007 at Ioannina (Greece) - Cantor Haim Ischakis - Terua Gedola
Yom-Kippur 2007 at the Romaniote Synagogue of Ioannina (Greece). Cantor Hain Ischakis blows the Terua Gedola. Video taken by a member of the local Jewish Community.
The Great Conflicts - Emirate of Chandax/Crete
This video shows some of the units from the Emirate of Crete from the upcoming mod The Great Conflicts.
Please take a look at our official side, here:
And I'd like to add that the basic idea the video was made I got from megalitho, who did a vid in some simmilar way I used as idea basis.
Last survivor of Crete’s Jewish community watches its rebirth with gratitude
Last survivor of Crete’s Jewish community watches its rebirth with gratitude
HANIA, Crete (JTA) — Earlier this month, 263 candles were lit at a special interfaith memorial service at lovely Hania’s historic Etz Hayyim Synagogue. The names of local Jews who perished during the Holocaust were read before a delegation that included Chief Rabbi Gabriel Negrin of Athens, Greek Orthodox and Catholic clergy, and ambassadors from Italy, Germany and Israel. One person who wanted to be here was missing. His name is Kostas Papadopoulos, and he may be the last surviving link to a pr...
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