Greek soccer player gets life ban for Nazi salute

Published on March 18, 2013

A Greek soccer player has been banned for life from playing for the national team after giving the Nazi salute during a game.

Thessaloniki Jews to mark 70th anniversary of Nazi deportations

Published on March 14, 2013

The Jewish community of Thessaloniki in northern Greece will hold a series of events commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first deportations of the city’s Jews to Auschwitz.

Rise of Greece’s Golden Dawn: A presage of doom

Published on March 14, 2013

The undisguised extremism promoted by Golden Dawn is a chilling watershed in Greece’s postwar democracy. Fascist gangs are turning Athens into a city of shifting front lines, seizing on crimes and local protests to promote their own movement, by claiming to be the defenders of recession-ravaged Greece.

Rise of Golden Dawn: A presage of doom

Published on February 11, 2013

The undisguised extremism promoted by Golden Dawn is a chilling watershed in Greece's post-war democracy. Fascist gangs are turning Athens into a city of shifting front lines, seizing on crimes and local protests to promote their own movement, by claiming to be the defenders of recession-ravaged Greece.

Alleged Palestinian terrorist arrested in Athens

Published on February 14, 2011

Athens police arrested an alleged Palestinian terrorist accused of being in Greece to plan a major attack in Europe. Ghaleb Taleb, who who was arrested Feb. 12, is said to be a member of the Fatah-Al-Islam terror group based in Lebanon. He holds a Lebanese passport and citizenship.

Aviv Geffen to open for U2

Published on August 24, 2010

Israeli rock musician Aviv Geffen will be the opening act for U2.

Year of Kivunim unites young travelers

By Noah Stern
Published on January 3, 2008

We wound our way through the busy streets of Athens, dodging loud protesters commemorating the 1973 Greek student uprising, until we came upon an unassuming six-story apartment building and climbed the narrow stairwell to the top floor.

Terrorism of ‘70s Forced Israeli Move

By Hirsh Goodman
Published on December 15, 2005

The dates and times are all one blur. What remains crystal clear, however, is what it was like to be an Israeli in the early 1970s, when the phenomenon of international terror began: Japanese terrorists landing at Lod Airport and gunning down dozens of pilgrims just arrived from Peru; German terrorists trying to shoot down an El Al airliner taking off from Kenya; the hijacking of Israeli and foreign aircraft en route to Israel; attacks by the Red Brigades on Israelis and on embassies in London and Seoul, and in Athens, Paris and Rome. And, of course, the horrible massacre at the Munich Olympics.

Lack of Jewish Life in Greece Just Myth

By Beverly Gray
Published on October 6, 2005

Poets have been known to wax lyrical about "the glory that was Greece." Yet a visitor to Greece today quickly finds that the glory's not only in the past tense. While those who built the shrines to Zeus and Apollo are long gone, the people who inhabit modern Greece are unquestionably alive.

Windsurfer Wins Israel’s First Gold Medal

By Dan Baron
Published on August 26, 2004

Gal Fridman of Israel celebrates winning his gold medal in the men's windsurfer mistral finals race during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games.

For the Kids

By Abby Gilad
Published on August 5, 2004

For the Kids

Israeli Surfs New Turf

By Jewish Journal Staff
Published on December 26, 2002

"He has proved his great potential. He has the attributes of a champion," an ecstatic Gebhardt said Sunday of Friedman. "He has great technique and a strong character, but he needs some moral support to make him even better," he said.