Salonika – Echoes from the Jewish past
The first Jews arrived in Salonika in the 2nd century BCE from Alexandria, giving rise to the city's rich Jewish history, one also filled with tragedies.
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The first Jews arrived in Salonika in the 2nd century BCE from Alexandria, giving rise to the city's rich Jewish history, one also filled with tragedies.
Hundreds of people marched through the port city of Thessaloniki on March 19, marking 80 years since the deportation of Greek Jews during the Holocaust.
Fifteen years after the country declared independence, its Jews are optimistic about their future in one of the world’s newest states.
The Jewish population of Vlore totaled approximately 2,600 in the 1500s, when the city was a trade hub. Today, the figure has dwindled to 50-100 Albanian-born Jews.