very year the Jewish Community of Rhodes together with the Rhodes Jewish Historical Foundation organizes in the European summer a series of activities to receive rodeslís or descendant to approach with an important activities.
What follows is the Program of Events not yet definitive. Ask the official site of the
Jewish Community of Rhodes for greater information.
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
11:00 AM Jewish cemetery, Rhodes-Kallithea Avenue: Ashkavot8:30 PM Open cinema “Rodon”-Rhodes
Presentation of two documentaries
A) “The island of Roses, the tragedy of a paradise”
B) “Rhodes Nostalgie”
Free entrance
Thursday, 24 July 2008
11:00 AM Jewish Martyrs Square, Old City: Walking tour in the Juderia7:30 PM Cultural Venue “Piges Kalitheas” Kallithea
Ceremony in recognition of the contribution of Selahattin Ulkumen,
&World War II Consul of Turkey, to saving the lives of Jews of Rhodes
Followed by a concert of Sepharadic Music by the group
”Los Pasaros Sefaradis”
Free entrance
Friday, 25 July 2008
11:00 AM Shalom Synagogue, Old Town, Rhodes
Lectures of “Rodeslis” about life in Rhodes before the war
7:45 PM Shalom Synagogue, Old Town, Rhodes
Kabbalat Shabbat service
9:00 PM “Melathron”restaurant, Old Town,Rhodes: Kabbalat Shabbat dinner
Kantikas by Liliana Benveniste
Dinner: € 35 per person
Saturday, 26 July 2008
9:30 AM Shalom Synagogue, Old Town, Rhodes
Shabbat service, followed by “Beraha” brunch
9:00 PM Courtyard of the Palace of the Knights, Old Town, Rhodes
Classical concert of music for violin and piano by
Igor Chaczbabian Podolski and Nina Khachbabyan
Free Entrance
Sunday, 27 July 2008
11:00 AM Shalom Synagogue, Old Town, Rhodes
Memorial service for the Holocaust victims of Rhodes
12:00 PM Holocaust Memorial Site, Old Town, Rhodes: Wreath lying ceremony
Followed by a luncheon at “Four Seasons” restaurant, Old Town, Rhodes
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