COMMUNITY

Ever since it was reopened, every year during the Foundation Week, the Grand Synagogue of Edirne housed a great exhibition and a concert. This year on April 28th Edirne Synagogue is welcoming the diva of Latin and Sephardic music, Flamenco, Tango and Fados, Yasmin Levy for a concert.

U.S. Consul General of İstanbul, Jennifer L. Davis, took a touristic trip to Edirne. Davis, after a tour to the Old Mosque, visited the Grand Synagogue of Edirne.

The attacker who threw a petrol bomb to Izmir Beth Israel Synagogue a few days ago is captured by the police.

The exhibition “Edirne and Armenian Community” displaying the old photos and postcards of the Armenians living in Edirne, was opened on March 24th in the Culture and Art Center of the Grand Synagogue of Edirne.

CHP’s Istanbul mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoğlu, visited Isak Haleva, the Chief Rabbi of Turkey, at the chief rabbinate. In his visit CHP Istanbul deputy, Aykut Erdoğdu also accompanied him.

Izmir Bet Israel Synagogue hosted an interesting and highly academic concert featuring soprano Linet Saul, mezzo soprano Lori Sen, pianist Jerfi Aji and Linet & Moris Saul’s daughter Kamilla.

'The Tale that Probes the Conscience: Struma' by Destek Publications, has taken its place on the shelves. On the back cover of the book there is a ver...

The Seminar which takes place annually in a different city in Europe, took place in Istanbul Ulus Jewish School for the first time, hosting 40 teacher...

Yunus Emre Institute, a world-wide non-profit organization established with the goal to promote Turkey’s multi-cultural heritage and legacy around the world, opened a photography exhibition in London, on March 8th.

Theatre actor and play director Nedim Saban puts the story of autistic Christopher Boone, one of the most beloved heroes in world literature, on stage for Turkish theatregoers.

Silva Quartet will be performing a concert in the special ambiance of the Ashkenazi Synagogue on Monday March 11th

The event “Artweeks @Akaretler” which took place in September 2018 and was greatly appreciated, is having its second from March 5th until ...

Concert pianist Jerfi Aji, who is also a faculty member at Istanbul Technical University Center for Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM), was among the th...

In December 2018, Niso Maçoro was recognized as a photography artist by the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP - Féd&eac...

We knocked on Ankara Jewish Community Leader Can Özgön’s door to get to know Ankara Jews better, to learn about their problems, to talk about the history of the Jewish neighborhood and where the community stands today. We discussed the heavy burden they bear as a community consisting of only 35 members to preserve their history and keep their synagogue alive.

Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared a Twitter message about the Struma tragedy happened in 1942.

The 6th International Ladino Day- Dia Internasyonal Del Ladino, an event held every year with the goal to preserve the Judeo Espanyol language, was held on Sunday, February 10th, at Ulus Jewish School, this year.

The award-winning documentary Hermana, which was produced in 2017 and is about the untold stories of Ankara Jews, can now be watched on-line.

On January 26th, pianist Renan Koen gave a concert at Ataturk School in New York and touched the hearts of art lovers once again with select pieces from her Holocaust Remembrance/Before Sleep album.

On February 3rd, 2019, Italian Jewish Community in partnership with Italian Cultural Center organized a concert on the occasion of ‘January 27th International Holocaust Remembrance Day’, at the Italian Synagogue.