Practical info

Type of location: Cemetery

Jewish cemetery of Thessaloniíki

31 rue Karaoli Demétriou, 54624 Thessaloniíki

Historical description

Thessaloníki

When David Ben Gurion moved to Thessaloníki to learn Turkish in 1910, he was surprised to discover a city like none found in “Eretz Israel”: The Shabbat marked the day of rest here, and even the dockworkers were Jewish. He was advised not to admit he ... Read more