us-005578-irn60850
title: Records from the Archives of the Jewish Community of Iannina, Greece
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history: Iōannina (Janina), name of town and region in Greece, N.W. of Athens. According to an old tradition, there was a Jewish community in Ioannina as early as the ninth century; the archaic Greek spoken by the Jewish inhabitants suggests that this may be true. During the first half of the 13th century the town was part of the despotate of *Epirus and the Jewish community suffered from persecutions. Jewish serfs are mentioned in two bulls, dated 1319 and 1321 respectively, issued by Emperor Andronicus II Palaeologus (1282–1328). During his reign the emperor placed the Jews under his direct protection. In 1431 when the town was taken by the Turks, there was a sizable Jewish community, which continued to grow in succeeding generations. When Jewish refugees from Spain settled there, they assimilated into the local Romaniot population and adopted their Greek dialect. There were two synagogues, one known as the"old community" the other as the"new" Apulian and Sicilian Jews also settled in Ioannina and retained special circumcision and Purim customs. In 1612 the Jews were falsely accused of having handed Bishop Dionysios, the leader of a revolt, over to the Turkish authorities, who executed him. Ali Pasha, who was governor of the area from 1788 to 1822, imposed a heavy tax burden on the wealthy Jews. In 1821 when the Greek rebellion broke out, some Jews found refuge in Ioannina. In 1851, the community suffered a major blood libel. The 1869 fire ruined half the Jewish shops in the market. In 1872 there were anti-Jewish riots in the town. The local wealthy banker Effendi Davitchon Levy was one of four Jews in the Ottoman Empire elected to the first national assembly in 1876. The Hebron emissary Rabbi Ḥayyim Shemuel Halevy (Ha-Ḥasm'al) remained in Ioannina for more than three decades (1848–81) and prophesied that the redemption of Israel would take place in the year 5708 (1948). Ioannina Jews maintained trade relations with Europe and the East, and also engaged in silk weaving and…
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record resource extent: 2,420 digital images, JPEG
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1947-01-01
identifier: irn60850
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scope and content: Records of the Jewish Community of Ioannina (1947-2014), one of the oldest Jewish communities in Greece, whose members are predominantly Romaniot Jews. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence files of the Community Council as well as documentation related to the restitution of Jewish property after the Holocaust. Among the records are the minutes of the Community Council’s meetings; notes, memoranda, reports, correspondence with other Greek Jewish Communities, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece, institutions inside and outside the country; financial documents: lists of expenses, invoices, acknowledgements of receipts of various costs covered by the Community; petitions to and correspondence with the Greek authorities; decrees, memorandum and issued by the Community Council. In addition to these materials, archives also contains name lists, including lists of the Community's employees, lists of patients treated in sanatoriums or hospitals; lists of Holocaust survivors and Holocaust victims; registry books and various certificates issued by the Community for its members.
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history: Israēlitikē Koinotēta Iannina
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conditions of use: Copyright Holder: Israēlitikē Koinotēta Iannina