Thessaloniki

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife, Susan, left, visit the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece with members of the local Jewish community on Sept. 28, 2020. (Giannis Papanikos/AFP via Getty Images)

Mike Pompeo’s Yom Kippur visit to Thessaloniki posed ‘dilemma’ for Greek Jews

Hosting the secretary of state on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar was a difficult decision. But the city’s head rabbi says it had enormous significance.

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 29, 2020 6:24 pm

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Thousands hold silent march through Greek city of Thessaloniki to mark 1943 Nazi transport

Fewer than 2,000 of the city’s prewar Jewish population of 55,000 survived the Holocaust.

March 18, 2019 3:17 pm

Escape room in Greece drops Schindler’s List name

The game requires participants to draw up a list of survivors who will be spared a horrible death by enemy forces, roughly the plot of the award-winning Steven Spielberg film.

March 5, 2019 10:52 am

Greek Holocaust memorial vandalized

By Marcy Oster January 27, 2019 11:14 am

Greek Holocaust memorial vandalized for second time in 2 weeks

July 11, 2018 7:10 am

Greek mayor attacked by far-right protesters

May 21, 2018 12:52 pm

Salonica Holocaust memorial vandalized

January 25, 2018 5:41 am

Netanyahu honors Greek Jews at Salonika dedication of Holocaust museum site

June 15, 2017 2:45 pm

Actress Lea Michele discovers her Greek-Jewish roots

April 28, 2016 8:47 am

Thessaloniki Jewish leader wants German funding for Holocaust memorial

March 23, 2015 2:30 pm

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