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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.


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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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Shavuot, second of the three Pilgrim Festivals of the Jewish religious calendar. It was originally an agricultural festival, marking the beginning of the wheat harvest. Celebration of Shavuot occurs on the 50th day, or seven weeks, after the sheaf offering of the harvest celebrated during Passover.


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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.


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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 at one of the few Jewish Romaniote synagogues

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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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.


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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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Hanukkah, also sometimes known as the festival of lights, or the feast of dedication, begins on the evening of the 25th of the Hebrew month of Kislev. The coinciding date in the Gregorian calendar.


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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!


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As much as 90% of Greece's prewar Jewish population was murdered, likely a higher proportion than any other country. The crowd at the Greek Jewish Festival, from across Allen Street. Image by.


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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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Jewish festivals, holidays commonly observed by the Jewish community.Below is a summary of the major Jewish holidays, which traditionally begin at sunset on the previous evening. For fuller treatment of the Jewish calendar and its cycle of Jewish religious observance, see Jewish religious year. Sabbath, or Shabbat, is a weekly day of holiness and rest observed on the seventh day of each week.


Greek Food At Jewish Festival In Lower East Side

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!


For 7th Year Running, Greek Jewish Festival Returns to Broome Street

Owing to a quirk in the Jewish lunar calendar Hanukkah coincides with Christmas this year. While it predates the Christian festival - it is mentioned in the Bible, in the gospel of St John.

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