Articles written by Gavin Rabinowitz
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How Israeli volunteers on the ground in Europe are helping Syrian refugees
LESBOS, Greece (JTA)-As the small rubber dinghy crowded with Syrians and Afghans emerged from the midnight-black sea to land on a desolate pebble beach, the first people to greet the bewildered and...
On Greek isle of Rhodes, Jews return to celebrate ancient community all but wiped out
RHODES, Greece (JTA)-Each summer, tens of thousands of tourists descend on Rhodes, Greece's easternmost island. They are drawn by the sandy beaches, the turquoise waters of the Aegean Sea, the casino...
Amid their country's financial crisis, Greek Jews struggle and brace for more turmoil
ATHENS, Greece (JTA)-For 55 needy Jewish families, a cash welfare payment is the only thing that gets them through the month. But when they came to the Athens Jewish Community last week for their...
Holocaust trains are jewel of collection of Greek train enthusiast – but are they real?
THESSALONIKI, Greece (JTA)—It was spring in northern Greece, 1943. Efthymios Kontopoulos, 13, had come to Thessaloniki for the day when he saw Nazis rounding up the city’s Jews. “My father...
Holocaust commemoration marks shift for Greek Jews in fight against neo-Nazis
THESSALONIKI, Greece (JTA)—Antonis Samaras stood in the pale morning light coming through the stained glass windows of the only Thessaloniki synagogue to survive World War II and vowed, “Never...
