Genealogy Projects tagged with Jewish Rhodes on the Geni Family Tree

Greek Jews

History of Jews in Greece * Musica Romantica Video: The Sephardi Balkan Odyssey The first recorded mention of Judaism in Greece dates from 300-250 Before Common Era (BCE) on the island of Rhodes. In the 2nd century BCE, Hyrcanus, a leader in the Jewish community of Athens, was honoured by the raising of a statue in the agora.According to Josephus (Contra Apionem, I, 176-183), an even earlier me...