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Synagogue Chants Choir at the Culture Festival
Synagogue Chants Choir at the Culture Festival
The ´Yako Taragano Synagogue Chants Choir´ has performed in the context of the ´Capital Culture Road Festival´ organized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Great Award for ´Jewish Cuisine of Edirne´ Book
Great Award for ´Jewish Cuisine of Edirne´ Book
The book ´Jewish Cuisine of Edirne´, written by Aydemir Ay and Dr. Yilmaz Seçim, and published by the Municipality of Edirne in three different languages, Turkish, English, and Ladino, has been awarded at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2022.
Celebration of Annette Bat Mitzvah Club´s 43 Girls
Celebration of Annette Bat Mitzvah Club´s 43 Girls
The 2021-2022 Collective Bat Mitzvah Ceremony of the Annette Bat Mitzvah Club, which had been established within the Turkish Jewish Community´s Chief Rabbinate Education Commission (HEGKOM) in 2002, was realized in the Neve Shalom Synagogue on Sunday, May 29th.
Traditional Shavuot Celebration in the Historical Italian Synagogue
Traditional Shavuot Celebration in the Historical Italian Synagogue
The Historical Italian Synagogue Kal de Los Francos housed the traditional Shavuot ceremony on Sunday, May 29th, after the two-and-a-half-year break due to the pandemic.
Great Artist Habib Gerez Lost His Life
Great Artist Habib Gerez Lost His Life
The famous writer, poet, and artist Josef Habib Gerez lost his life.
Traces of a Multicultural Heritage by Sephardic Artists
Traces of a Multicultural Heritage by Sephardic Artists
The ´Sepharad - Traces of a Multicultural Heritage´ exhibition, organized in the framework of the 530th anniversary of the Sephardic Jews´ coming to the Ottoman lands, is opened in Spain.
Burgazada Island Summer Camp Awaiting Its Guests This Year
Burgazada Island Summer Camp Awaiting Its Guests This Year
The Burgazada Island Summer Camp (Burgazada Tatil Evi), located in Burgazada, one of the beautiful Princes´ Islands of Istanbul, while entertaining the children and young people, has also been serving as a peaceful recreational place for the old people, for years. We asked a few questions to President Morris Kohen and co-President Sandra Yurgaf as to what awaits us at the Burgazada Island Summer Camp this year.
Norwegian Helsinki Committee´s Report on the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Turkey
Norwegian Helsinki Committee´s Report on the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Turkey
The Norwegian Helsinki Committee Freedom of Belief Initiative has published the Monitoring Report on the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Turkey, 2022. The report titled "An Appeal to Move Forward from Aspirations to Actions" covers the legislative, judicial, and administrative developments on the right to freedom of religion or belief between April 2019 and December 2021 in Turkey.
Renan Koen´s Concert at the Turkish Embassy in Washington DC
Renan Koen´s Concert at the Turkish Embassy in Washington DC
The renowned pianist, composer, soprano, and music therapist Renan Koen performed a concert at the Turkish Embassy in Washington DC, to commemorate Yom Hashoa - Holocaust Remembrance Day.
´Black Frame of the History´ Exhibition at Neve Shalom Cultural Center
´Black Frame of the History´ Exhibition at Neve Shalom Cultural Center
The ´Black Frame of the History´ Exhibition which the KaraKare committee has prepared under the leadership of Alef youth, is open for visiting until May 8th, at the Neve Shalom Cultural Center.
Coming Together to Say "Never Again"
Coming Together to Say "Never Again"
Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day, where the lives lost during the Holocaust are commemorated, is on Thursday, April 28th this year.
Turkish Cuisine of Centennial Recipes Guided by Gastrodiplomacy
Turkish Cuisine of Centennial Recipes Guided by Gastrodiplomacy
Translation by Janet MITRANITurkish Cuisine, which dates back centuries, carries the flavors of delicacy heritage filtered to our day from countless c...
Turkish Airlines: "There will be 89 Flights per Week Between Turkey and Israel"
Turkish Airlines: "There will be 89 Flights per Week Between Turkey and Israel"
Turkish Airlines and AnadoluJet have announced that they will be increasing their flights to Israel. They stated that there would be 89 flights between Israel and Turkey during the summer. Among the cities that there will be flights to and from Israel are Istanbul, Antalya, and Muğla.
Renan Koen will Perform at Carnegie Hall
Renan Koen will Perform at Carnegie Hall
The renowned pianist Renan Koen will perform the ´Hymns from Auschwitz´ Concert created by Koen herself at the Carnegie Hall in New York on April 20th.
Renan Koen Performed at New York Turkevi Center
Renan Koen Performed at New York Turkevi Center
Renan Koen met with music lovers at the Turkish House (Turkevi Center) in New York.
President Erdoğan´s Greetings for Passover
President Erdoğan´s Greetings for Passover
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan conveyed his best wishes in the message he shared for the Passover (Pesach) Festival.
Hanri Benazus´s Name Will Live in Izmir
Hanri Benazus´s Name Will Live in Izmir
The researcher and writer Hanri Benazus´s name is given to a street in Izmir.
Rıfat Behar Seen Worthy of Order of Knighthood of Italy
Rıfat Behar Seen Worthy of Order of Knighthood of Italy
The ´Order of the Star of Italy (Ordine della Stella d´Italia)´, awarded by the Italian President, was presented to Rafael Rıfat Behar, Head of the Italian Jewish Community in Turkey, at the Venetian Palace in the Istanbul Italian Consulate on the evening of April 3rd.
President Erdoğan Condemned the Terror Attacks
President Erdoğan Condemned the Terror Attacks
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, during his phone call to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Friday, condemned the recent terror attacks aimed at Israeli civilians.
Edirne and Bat Yam Became Sister Cities
Edirne and Bat Yam Became Sister Cities
The Mayor of Edirne, Recep Gürkan, who has visited Israel together with a committee upon an invitation from the ´Union of the Jews of Turkey in Israel (IYT - Itahdut Yotsei Turkia), signed a Friendship and Partnership Agreement with the Mayor of Bat Yam, Tzvika Brot.
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