Greek Jewish Festival


Baklava and Bourekas Abound At Greek Jewish Festival The Forward

May 25, 2019. Thousands of New Yorkers turned up for the fifth annual Greek Jewish Festival, which took place in NYC's Lower East Side last weekend. Hosted by Kehila Kedosha Janina, a nearly hundred-year-old synagogue on Broome Street which preserves a rare strain of Greek Judaism, the festival offered authentic kosher Greek foods and.


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The Greek Festival of Sydney is one of Australia's largest and longest-running annual cultural events, established in 1980 to maintain the Greek community's cultural and artistic practices.


Greek Food At Jewish Festival In Lower East Side The Forward

Recalling the festival, which tells the story of the rededication of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem under the ruling Greeks, Mr Dalidakis opened his speech by quipping, "Hannukah is my favourite.


New York Greek Jewish Festival on Sunday, May 15, 12PM 6PM

In front of 280 Broome St, the Greek Jewish Festival attempted to preserve a forgotten culture. The sounds of a lute and the dulcet tones of Daphna Mor blasted through the streets. Some space was.


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This year, the festival kicks off with a special Greek Jewish Shabbaton with four esteemed Romaniote and Sephardic Rabbis from around the world. The Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Athens in Greece and delegations from Greek Jewish and Sephardic communities in Seattle, Miami, Indianapolis, and beyond will be in attendance.


The Greek Jewish Festival!

By Amy Briggs. Published December 7, 2023. • 6 min read. It's time to celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights that lasts for eight days and nights in honor of a 2,000-year-old miracle.


Greek Jewish Festival at one of the few Jewish Romaniote synagogues

The 7th Annual Greek Jewish Festival returns to 280 Broome St., between Allen and Eldridge Streets, this Sunday, May 15, 2022, from 12pm - 6pm. They have a fun lineup of live performances, lots of dancing, kids activities, craft vendors and tasty treats (kosher Greek foods and pastries), all celebrating the unique Romaniote and Sephardic heritage of the Kehila Kedosha Janina synagogue and.


Greek Jewish Festival Returns to Broome Street The LoDown News

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Greek Jewish Festival

Greek Jewish Festival Experience a feast for the senses including authentic kosher Greek foods and homemade Greek pastries, traditional Greek dancing and live Greek and Sephardic music, an outdoor marketplace full of vendors, arts and educational activities for kids, Sephardic cooking demonstrations, and much more!


May 21 Greek Jewish Festival Lower East Side, NY Patch

Discover the history of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. Discover the history of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights Learn about the history of Hanukkah.. In 167 B.C., the Greek king Antiochus Epiphanes conquers Jerusalem and leads a full-scale assault against the Jewish faith. A tyrant, the new ruler has anyone practicing the.


Inside the Western Hemisphere’s Only Romaniote Synagogue — and Its

Join the Greek Jewish Festival as we celebrate the unique Romaniote and Sephardic heritage of the Jews of Greece. Experience a feast for the senses including authentic kosher Greek foods and homemade Greek pastries, traditional Greek dancing and live Greek and Sephardic music, an outdoor marketplace full of vendors, arts and educational activities for kids, and much more!


Greek Food At Jewish Festival In Lower East Side

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Hanukkah, Jewish festival that begins on Kislev 25 (in December, according to the Gregorian calendar) and is celebrated for eight days. Hanukkah reaffirms the ideals of Judaism and commemorates in particular the rededication of the Second Temple of Jerusalem by the lighting of candles on each day of the festival.


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The eighth annual Greek Jewish Festival is back in the Lower East Side this weekend. The open-air festival celebrates the unique Romaniote and Sephardic heritage of the Jews of Greece.


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The annual Greek Jewish Festival is held by the Kehila Kedosha Janina synagogue, the Western Hemisphere's only Romaniote synagogue and a major center for the diaspora of Greek Jews in New York City.