Heritage and Memory: A focus on Jewish Greece through cinema
A 10-Day Virtual Event In Honor Of Greece’s Presidency Of The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
January 27-February 6 | All Events Free Of Charge
Films
- The Queen Of Rebetiko: My Sweet Canary
- Cloudy Sunday
- Magic Men
- Trezoros: The Lost Jews Of Kastoria
- Romaniotes: The Greek Jews Of Ioannina
- Life Will Smile
- Eleftheromania
- The Great Fire Of Salonica: Birth Of A City
- Heroes Of Salonica
- Island Of Roses: The Jews Of Rhodes In Los Angeles
- Kisses To The Children
- My People: The Jews Of Greece (Extended Special Preview)
Zoom Lectures (to RSVP, see https://hellenic.ucla.edu/events/)
January 27 – 10 am PT
Conversation With The Mayor The Honorable Moses Elisaf, Mayor Of Ioannina (Co-Sponsored By The Panepirotic Federation Of America) Introduced By Her Excellency Alexandra Papadopoulou, Ambassador Of Greece to the USA
January 29 – 10 am PT
Marcia Haddad Ikonomopoulos, Museum Director Of Kehila Kedosha Janina, NY “Meet Me On The Corner Of Broome And Allen: A Visit To Kehila Kedosha Janina” (Co-Sponsored By The Panepirotic Federation Of America)
February 1 – 10 am PT
Leon Saltiel, University Of Macedonia, Thessaloniki “Dehumanizing The Dead: The Destruction Of Thessaloniki’s Jewish Cemetery During World War Ii”
February 3 – 10 am PT
Rena Molcho, Historian & International Award-Winning Author “Problems Of Incorporating The Holocaust Into The Greek Collective Memory”
Book Discussion With Author Rika Benveniste (in Greek; to participate, contact szenios@humnet.ucla.edu)
January 30 – 10 am PT Λούνα (Luna)
Sponsored by Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank