Friday, March 29, 2013

Greek Jews get sudden boost in neo-Nazi fight | The Times of Israel

Greek Jews get sudden boost in neo-Nazi fight | The Times of Israel: 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 again.”

For Greek Jews marking the 70th anniversary of the destruction of this city’s historic Jewish community, the Greek prime minister’s words were long awaited. So was his presence — the first time a sitting Greek premier had set foot in a synagogue in 101 years.

Google Reader (1000 )

Google Reader (1000 ): For the first time, Israel has become the world’s largest center of Jewry, with the United States at second place with 5.5 million Jews – two million in New York City alone