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  • The last link to a doomed Jewish community in Crete watches its rebirth with gratitude

    Roger Rapoport|Jul 6, 2018

    HANIA, Crete (JTA)-On Sunday, 263 candles will be lit at a special interfaith memorial service at this lovely city's historic Etz Hayyim synagogue. The names of local Jews who perished during the Holocaust will be read before a delegation that is expected to include Chief Rabbi Gabriel Negrin of Athens, Greek Orthodox and Catholic clergy, and ambassadors from Italy, Germany and Israel. One person who wanted to be here will be missing. His name is Kostas Papadopoulos, who may be the last...

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