Etz Hayyim Synagogue

Etz Hayyim Synagogue בית הכנסת עץ חיים

Basic information
Location	Parodos Kondiyaki Chania, Greece
Affiliation	Orthodox Judaism
Website	Etz Hayyim Synagogue

The Etz Hayyim Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת עץ חיים‎) is the only surviving remnant of the once Jewish community on the Greek isle of Crete. After being restored, the synagogue has become a tourist destination and has attracted visits from foreign dignitaries like Queen Sofía of Spain, the sister of the former King Constantine II of Greece, who made a sudden and unannounced visit to the site on March 6, 2006.

The synagogue was the target of an arson attack January 5, 2010.

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Etz Hayyim Synagogue

Coordinates: 35°30′56″N 24°01′00″E / 35.51556°N 24.01667°E / 35.51556; 24.01667

Jews in Greece

Communities	Romaniotes Sephardi Jews

History	Byzantine Jews Jews of Cyprus Internment camps Hellenistic Jews Ottoman Jews Jews of Rhodes Jews of Thessaloniki The Holocaust

Culture	Greek citron Jewish Koine Greek Yevanic language Ladino language

Synagogues	Delos Synagogue Synagogue in the Agora of Athens Kahal Shalom Synagogue Etz Hayyim Synagogue Monastir Synagogue (Thessaloniki) Beth Shalom Synagogue (Athens, Greece)

Notable people	Mary the Jewess Sabbatai Zevi Avraam Benaroya Gina Bachauer Mordechai Frizis Raphaël Salem Roza Eskenazi Karolos Koun Albert Cohen Salamo Arouch

Museums	Jewish Museum of Greece Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki Jewish Museum of Rhodes Kehila Kedosha Janina

Antisemitism	Rhodes blood libel Don Pacifico affair and case National Union of Greece

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