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The Consulate General of Greece in New York organized an event ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27th) dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Greek Jewry during WWII. The Holocaust Remembrance Day of the Greek Jewry...

Over one hundred people of Greek-American and/or Sephardic Jewish descent gathered together earlier in March to celebrate their rich, shared history at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). The event, titled "The Jewish Community of Greece Before the Holocaust:...

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an organization fighting anti-Semitism, expressed outrage over the decision by the City Council of Kavala, Greece to cancel the unveiling of a monument dedicated to the 1,484 Jews of the community who were murdered in...

The Conference of Presidents, a body representing 51 major US Jewish organizations, on Thursday strongly condemned statements made by Greek Golden Dawn Party chairman Nikos Mihaloliakos in which the politician denied the Holocaust. Conference of Presidents Chairman Richard B. Stone...

The Board of Directors of the Argonauts Association of Magnisia organized the Annual Holocaust Remembrance.  This is in commemoration for the Jewish Greek victims of the Nazi regime during the German occupation, and to honor their heroic saviors. The event is...

The fate of Greek orphans of the 1821 Revolution in the US is but a footnote in the history of the glorious uprising against the Turks. Nonetheless, it is definitely a fascinating one. What happened to some children who lost...

Pfizer chief Albert Bourla took to X on Wednesday to condemn the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania for their congressional testimonies on antisemitism. "I was ashamed to hear the recent testimony of 3 top university presidents....

The Washington Oxi Day Foundation honored men and women who have contributed to the preservation of freedom and democracy on Thursday in Washington D.C. The Foundation commemorated the day Greece refused to surrender when faced with a demand to allow...

Kanye West will be buying the conservative social media platform Parler, according to the current owner of the platform. Parlement Technologies, which owns the platform, said it had reached an agreement to sell the "pioneering uncancelable free speech platform" to...

In a shocking turn of events on Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the purchase of Amgen’s anti-radiation drug Nplate to the tune of $290 million. President Putin’s threats of Armageddon, it seems, have finally begun...

The Jewish, Armenian, and Greek Communities of Western Pennsylvania are holding a historic first meeting to commemorate the genocide of Christians in Anatolia, the Pontus, and Asia Minor in general. This is the first time ever that the three communities...

A woman whose Jewish family in Greece was saved from the Nazis by a Greek family has found a small way to reciprocate in the US. Josephine Velelli Becker never forgot that brave act to save her Jewish family. Eighty...

DreamWakers, co-founded by Greek-American Monica Logothetis, connects students from low-income families across the US to career role models.

Elon Musk caused outrage in social media on Thursday by comparing Canada's PM Justin Trudeau to Hitler. The world's richest man posted a satirical meme on Twitter. “Stop comparing me to Justin Trudeau,” the meme read. At the bottom, it...

Greek Ancestry and the Hellenic Genealogy Geek are sponsoring the second annual online conference on Greek genealogy later this month, viewable for free on YouTube. Taking place on January 29 to 30, 2022, the conference will offer invaluable insights and techniques...