The Consulate General of Greece in New York hosted the Greek Jewish Community Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 18 at Hebrew Union College in Manhattan. The moving event included remarks from dignitaries, the Prayer of Remembrance led by Rabbi Diana S. Gerson and the screening of the trailer for the ERT series “The Bracelet of Fire,” which is an adaptation of the novel of the same name from the event’s keynote speaker, Beatriki Saias-Magrizou, an acclaimed author, screenwriter and playwright who based her book on her father’s real-life survival story.
American Friends of the Jewish Museum of Greece (AFJMG) Secretary Leon Levy served as master of ceremonies for the event, delivering the welcome address and noting that “this year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day seems more heavier than most others, in the context of the incessant violence we have. that I saw in Israel, Gaza and beyond.
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