http://blog.etz-hayyim-hania.org The Etz Hayyim Synagogue of Chania Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:04:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Do not cut down the tree For man is a tree of the field. [singlepic id=171 w=400 h=300 float=center] Μην κόβετε τα δέντρα Αφού και ο άνθρωπος είναι ένα δέντρο του αγρού. We invite you to participate in our Seder for Tu B’Shevat, the Festival of the Trees, the 8th οf February 2012, at 18:00 at Etz Hayyim ... http://blog.etz-hayyim-hania.org/index.php/2012/02/invitation-for-tubshevat/ On the morning of the 15th October Goodys Fast Food restaurant greeted a rainy Sunday morning with a graffiti on its front ‘Juden Raus!’ –’Get out Jews!’.  The mentality behind this is deplorable and for those of us who lived in the Depression and have memory of the German Occupation ... http://blog.etz-hayyim-hania.org/index.php/2011/10/graffiti/ Due to the economic crisis that is endemic everywhere It was expected that we not have a great attendance for either Rosh HaShanah or Yom Kipour though we did for both have a minyan.  As usual during the interim days the shofar was blown every morning to announce Selihot prayers and on ... http://blog.etz-hayyim-hania.org/index.php/2011/10/rosh-hashanah-and-yom-kipour/ [singlepic id=165 w=600 h=400 float=left] Σας Ευχόμαστε Καλή Χρονιά και Χρόνια Πολλά. Σσανά Τοβά -5772- Shana Tova We wish you all a Blessed New Year. Σας προσκαλούμε να γιορτάσετε μαζί μας τη Ροσς Ασσανά, Τέταρτη, 28 Σεπτεμβρίου. Οι προσευχές θα αρχήσουν στις 19:00 και θα ακολουθήσει γεύμα στο εστιατόριο Έλα (Οδός Κονδυλάκη) ώρα 20:30. Για την κράτηση θέσεων παρακαλούμε επικοινωνήστε ... http://blog.etz-hayyim-hania.org/index.php/2011/09/invitation-for-rosh-hashana/ As part of their summer camp on Crete, a group of about fifty high school students from Germany visited the Synagogue on 11 August. The Protestant parish of Ehrenkirchen-Bollschweil in southwest Germany organizes this biannual summer camp which is integrated in the History and Religious Studies curriculum at the students’ ... http://blog.etz-hayyim-hania.org/index.php/2011/08/visit-to-etz-hayyim-by-high-school-students-from-germany/ Όπως κάθε χρόνο, από το 2001, έτσι και φέτος στην Συναγωγή Χανιών (Ετζ Χαγιιμ) πραγματοποιήθηκε  επιμνημόσυνη δέηση για τα μέλη της εβραϊκής κοινότητας των Χανίων που σκοτώθηκαν το 1944 κατά την διάρκεια της Ναζιστικής κατοχής. Ο χώρος της Συναγωγής ήταν γεμάτος με πολίτες των Χανίων καθώς και επισήμους εκπροσώπους της ... http://blog.etz-hayyim-hania.org/index.php/2011/06/memorial-service-2011/ Σας προσκαλούμε να παρευρεθείτε στο ετήσιο μνημόσυνο για τα μέλη της Εβραϊκής Κοινότητας Κρήτης που χάθηκαν μαζί με τους Έλληνες συμπολίτες τους και Ιταλούς αιχμαλώτους το 1944. Μετά την ετήσια επιμνημόσυνη δέηση θα ακολουθήσει η ανάγνωση των ονομάτων των θυμάτων και το άναμμα των κεριών. Τρίτη, 21 Ιουνίου, ώρα 20:00 Συναγωγή Χανίων Ετζ Χαγιíμ Πάροδος Κονδυλάκη You are ... http://blog.etz-hayyim-hania.org/index.php/2011/06/memorial-service-invitation/ Since January 2010, when two arson attacks damaged and destroyed large parts of the library of Etz Hayyim Synagogue Hania, Crete, as well as damaged the walls and ceiling of the Synagogue proper and two offices, we’ve received many generous donations for the reconstruction as well as donations of books ... http://blog.etz-hayyim-hania.org/index.php/2011/06/update-on-the-etz-hayyim-library/ This year Passover was celebrated with some 70 people attending the community Seder.  Most attended the Arvith service that was held in the Synagogue and led by Rabbi Nicholas de Lange of Cambridge University.  At the end of the service everyone assembled at the Myrovolos Restaurant which was reserved for ... http://blog.etz-hayyim-hania.org/index.php/2011/04/pesach-2011/ Ros Bandt Ros Bandt is an award winning international sound artist who has pioneered sound sculptures, installations and site specific artworks since 1977. She is at once composer, performer, visual artist and sound culture researcher. In 2010-11 she is touring and living in Europe with site specific concerts in the Yerebatan cistern, Istanbul, Turkey, Athens, Crete, ... http://blog.etz-hayyim-hania.org/index.php/2011/03/concert-by-ros-bandt-and-gabriel-negrin/