A FEW HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT GREEK JEWRY Published in The National Herald, February 6, 2006 Issue ------------------------------ I am excited to announce that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ ----------------------- Jews may have first settled in Greece as early as the Hellenistic Period, using the Greek language in their daily life after extensive contact with ancient Greek culture, the dominant culture in Palestine at the time, and established firm ties with Greece.  According to information recorded in the historical archives of the Greek Foreign Ministry (Documents on the History of the Greek Jews), after the Jewish state came to an end under the Roman rule in 63 BC, many Jews left Jerusalem, and some of them migrated to Greece, where they joined the Romaniotes (Greek-speaking Jews) who were already es...

HELLENIC ORGANIZATIONS Name of Organization :   Pan-Rhodian Benevolent Society of NSW "Colossus" LTD. Location:  New South Wales, Australia Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Pan-Rhodian-Benevolent-Society-of-NSW-Colossus-LTD-230968463641360/ Website :    ? The Pan-Rhodian Benevolent society of NSW is a non profit organization formed in 1958 by a group of Greek migrants whose origins were from the Greek Island of R hodes in the Eastern Aegean sea. The society’s mission was to provide a platform where migrants from their community could come together in this new country and celebrate their “greekness”, memories of their heritage and to provide charitable assistance. Today more than 54 years latter, the second and third generation of the families of those first men and women who formed the society continue to uphold the valu es and mission of the society. It’s year long list of social activities act as a means of bringing Australian Greeks toge...

HELLENIC ORGANIZATIONS Name of Organization :   Pan Rhodian Society of America "Apollon", Inc. Location:  Chapters throughout United States Facebook :  https://www.facebook.com/rhodes.rodos.rodi/ Website :    http://www.panrhodian.org/ This Society was founded pursuant to Article 65 of Law 3534 of the State of Connecticut on January 28, 1927, under the name PAN-RHODIAN SOCIETY “APOLLON." By amendment of a Society Convention, the name was changed to PAN• RHODIAN SOCIETY OF AMERICA "APOLLON",INC. Aims and Objectives a) To unite in one organization all individuals of Rhodian descent, regardless of sex or religion, residing in the United States of America and Canada; b) To promote greater unity within the Greek-American Community; c) To encourage mutual aid and to promote solidarity and brotherly relations among its members; d) To give financial assistance to patriotic, educational, religious, philanthropic, athletic, and agricultural ...