BOOKS
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2023
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: (Kahal Shalom: The Synagogue of Kos) Ippokratis, Kos, Greece (ISBN 978-960-9714-05-1) 149 pages, 118 illustrations (black & white, color, sketches, architectural and survey drawings, images from archives), Bibliography. |
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2023
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(The Synagogue) Infognomon Editions, Athens, Greece (ISBN 978-618-5590-42-0) 328 pages, 20 illustrations (black & white, color, sketches and architectural drawings), Bibliography. Press Release |
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| 2023 | Asher
J. Matathias (03/23) Assistant Professor at St. John's University,
NY, USA "Awake to the welcome news of another published jewel to variously celebrate: for the glory that attracted vibrant participation in synagogue life of our decimated coreligionists in Greece [...] The moving force behind the publication project on the synagogues is our dear friend Elias Messinas, one of the still bright candles in our Greek Jewish community that hasn't been extinguished; indeed, he thrives, with others of our community, like a candle in an eternal Hanukkah menorah!" |
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2022
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The
Synagogues of Greece: A Study of Synagogues in Macedonia and Trace:
With Architectural Drawings of all Synagogues of Greece Foreword by Samuel D. Gruber Kindle Direct Publishing, Seattle, WA (ISBN: 979-8-8069-0288-8) paperback (212 pages, black & white, sketches and architectural drawings), Bibliography. order |
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| Reviews and Feedback | |
| Mark
Mazower, Historian, Author, Columbia University. Bulleting
of Judaeo-Greek Studies (22, 1998) "Elias Messinas is an architect who has devoted himself to recording Greece s Jewish architectural heritage. |
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2022
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Samuel
D. Gruber, President of the International Survey of Jewish Monuments
"Elias Messinas has made it his mission to document the surviving Jewish heritage of Greece, to publish this account and remember the synagogues of those towns. |
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2022
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The
Synagogue of Veroia Greek-English Foreword by Samuel D. Gruber Kindle Direct Publishing, Seattle, WA (ISBN: 979-884-6836-06-8) paperback Bi-lingual Greek and English (93 pages, black & white and architectural drawings), Bibliography. order |
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2022
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(The Synagogue) Infognomon Editions, Athens, Greece (ISBN 978-618-5590-21-5) 118 pages, 9 illustrations (black & white, color, sketches and architectural drawings), Bibliography. intro EN | intro GR | order |
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2022
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Press Release (Greek/English/Hebrew) (20/10/22) Read |
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Press Release (Greek) (18/4/22) Read |
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Press Release (Greek) (8/4/22) Read |
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Press Release (English) (8/4/22) Read |
| Book Presentations of 'The Synagogue' | |
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2022
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In a deserted site, under the weed and the earth, most probably a synagogue is buried (11/22) Mazkar Magazine on the Shoah 79 (Israel, Hebrew) Read |
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Book presentation in Aegina (24/8/22) at the Eynardio court by the Public Kapodistrian Library, Aegina. View recording in Greek |
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2022
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Jewish Greece: Stories and Synagogues" lecture at the Greek Center of Jerusalem with Shimon Parnas (7/7/2). |
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Book presentation in Jerusalem (28/4/22) at the Greek Center of Jerusalem. |
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Book presentation in Athens (14/4/22) at the auditorium of Goethe Institute Athens, Omirou 14-16, Athens. Listen to recording in Greek |
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Book presentation in Xanthi (13/4/22) at the Historic Museum of Xanthi, Antika 7, Xanthi. Greek | Listen to recording in Greek |
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2022
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Book presentation in Thessaloniki (12/4/22) at the Monastirioton synagogue, Syngrou 35, Thessaloniki. Greek | English |
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Book presentation in Kos (11/4/22) at the synagogue of Kos, Alex. Diakou 4, Kos. Greek | Watch event |
| Reviews of 'The Synagogue' | |
| 2022 | Marcia
Haddad Ikonomopoulos (12/22) Director Kehila Kedosha Jannina
Museum, New York "Received and read the book. I loved it! A very important book!" |
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| 2021 | ECOWEEK:
Book #2: 15 Paths to Sustainability: from Innovation to Social Design Edited by E. Messinas and D. Kouinoglou ECOWEEK, Athens, Greece (ISBN 978-618-83112-2-0) 148 pages, 224 illustrations (color, sketches and architectural drawings), Bibliography Articles and projects by 15 architects and designers with award-winning projects that bring together sustainable design, circularity, innovation, public participation and social design. More |
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| 2021 | ECOWEEK:
THE WORKSHOPS (2009-2021) Edited by E. Messinas. A compilation of a selection of ECOWEEK workshop projects since 2009 in Athens, Thessaloniki, Milano, Rome, Krakow, Belgrade, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Azaryia, Al-Wallajeh, and other cities. More |
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| 2021 | RESEARCH
OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND SCENARIOS FOR SUSTAINAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
OF AEGINA, GREECE (Greek) By E. Messinas. A comprehensive study of the existing conditions of Aegina island in Greece, and through a SWOT analysis and a preliminary public participation process, three sustiainable development scenarios are presented. read | Published in SARONIC NEWS (12/21) read Download from DSPACE NTUA here |
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| 2021 | ECOWEEK
Virtual Exhibition Catalogue 2005-2020 Edited by E. Messinas, Pavlos Simianakis et al ECOWEEK, Athens, Greece (ISBN: 978-618-83112-1-3) ECOWEEK virtual exhibition catalogue. Features a dome entry pavilion and design pavilions that host sustainable design projects from the ECOWEEK workshops 2005-2020 (57 pages, color illustrations, sketches and architectural drawings and renderings). Read |
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| 2016 | ECOWEEK
2016: THE WORKSHOPS Edited by E. Messinas. A compilation of a selection of ECOWEEK workshop projects since 2009 in Athens, Thessaloniki, Milano, Rome, Krakow, Belgrade, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Azaryia, Al-Wallajeh, and other cities. read |
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| 2016 | ECOWEEK:
Book #1: 50 Voices for Sustainability Edited by E. Messinas and D. Price Articles and projects by 50 internationally acclaimed architects, landscape architects, environmental leaders, academics and students. More |
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| 2013 | ECOWEEK
2013: THE WORKSHOPS Edited by E. Messinas. A compilation of a selection of ECOWEEK workshop projects since 2009 in Athens, Thessaloniki, Milano, Rome, Krakow, Belgrade, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Azaryia, Al-Wallajeh, and other cities. read |
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| 2012 | ECOWEEK
2012: BELGRADE Archintention magazine dedicated a special issue on 'ECOWEEK 2012 in Belgrade' in cooperation with Ambijenti online magazine. Editor in Chief: Mirjana Uzelac Filipendin. With special contributor: Elias Messinas. read |
| 2012 | ECOWEEK
2012: THE WORKSHOPS Edited by E. Messinas. A compilation of a selection of ECOWEEK workshop projects since 2009 in Athens, Thessaloniki, Milano, Krakow, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Azaryia, Al-Wallajeh, and other cities.. read |
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2011
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The
Synagogues of Greece: A Study of Synagogues in Macedonia and Thrace Bloch Publishing Company, New York in association with Bowman & Cody Academic Publishing in 'The Sephardi and Greek Holocaust Library' of the Sephardic House in New York (ISBN 978-0-8197-0789-5 paperback) |
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(new) Greek Holocaust Library Series Presenting from the new series
by The American Sephardi Federation/Sephardic House - a series of five
important books, that fills a serious lacuna in the tragic stories of
the Holocaust. The books present a range of materials heretofore not
available in English: The Synagogues of Greece: A Study of Synagogues in Macedonia and Thrace Author: Elias V. Messinas Edited by: Samuel Gruber The book provides two main themes: First, it is a detailed history of the synagogues of northern Greece (Macedonia and Thrace), from antiquity, through the Ottoman period, until modern Greece. Messinas has dug deep to collect information on all identifiable synagogues, some known only by name, and expanded his research to also include the communities that built them and used them throughout the ages, and the Jewish quarters that surrounded them. The second theme of the book justifies the title The Synagogues of Greece, since it consists of a valuable portfolio of measured drawings - plans, elevations and section - of synagogues from all of the country, including the Peloponnese and the Islands. This section is a valuable comparative tool for understanding a modern country's Jewish architectural heritage. Published for The American Sephardi Federation (ASF) / Sephardic House by Bloch Publishing Company, Inc. in association with Bowman & Cody Academic Publishing. More on the Greek Holocaust series here |
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| Reviews of The Synagogues of Greece | |
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2011
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Gruber, S., New Publication: The Synagogues of Greece: A Study of Synagogues in Macedonia and Thrace. Read online |
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1999
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Doctoral
Dissertation: The Synagogues in Greece, their architecture and relationship with the urban fabric and the Jewish quarter: Comparative study of the history and architecture of the synagogues in northern Greece, their location in the Jewish quarter and their relationship to the urban fabric (15th -20th century) National Technical University of Athens, Greece - Department of Architecture and Urban Planning. Professors: Yiorgos Sariyiannis, Doron Chen, Aleka Karadimou-Gerolympou. The full text of the dissertation |
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1997
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The Synagogues of Salonika and Veroia Gavrielides Editions, Athens, Greece (ISBN 960-336-010-4) 158 pages, 70 illustrations (black & white, color, maps and architectural plans), Bibliography, Glossary, Tables. Reprinted in 2000. order |
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| Citations of The synagogues of Salonika and Veroia | |
| 2016 | Pallini,Cristina & Scaccabarozzi, Annalisa Riccarda, In Search of Salonika s Lost Synagogues. An Open Question Concerning Intangible Heritage in Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History, issue 7 (04/16) read |
| Reviews of The synagogues of Salonika and Veroia | |
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1998
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Mazower, M. Bulletin of Judaeo-Greek Studies 22, pp. 14-5 |
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1998
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Wigoder, G. The Jerusalem Post (10.7.98), p. 18 |
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1998
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Gruber, S. Jewish Heritage Report (vol. 1, nos. 3-4, winter 1997-8), pp. 4-5 |
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1998
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Vatopoulos, N. "The synagogues of Greece" (Greek), Kathimerini (7/3), p. 10 |
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1998
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Carasso, J. La Lettre Sepharade 25, p. 13 |
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1998
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Hatzivasileiou, V. (Greek), Eleftherotipia (25/2) |
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1998
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AIAContinental Europe (2/98), p. 9 |
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1998
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Papadopoulos, A. (Greek), Ethnikos Kirix (7/1), p. 6 |
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1997
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Saryiannis, G. (Greek), Sihrona Themata 64, pp. 141-2 |
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1997
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Kourtovik, D. (Greek), Ta Nea (23/12), p. 40 |
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1997
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"A study on the synagogues ofGreece" (Greek), Ermis (Christmas 1997), p. 34 |
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1997
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"The synagogues" (Greek), Enimerotiko Deltio TEE 1979 (17/11), p. 127 |
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1997
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Padazopoulos, A. "On Greek Jewry" (Greek), Avgi (25/9), p. 12 |
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1997
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Hionidis, G. "Veroiotika Simiomata" (Greek), Makedoniki (17/9) |
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1997
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"Synagogues" (Greek), Vima (10/8), p. 15 |
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1997
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Kerem. Y. Sefarad-The Sephardic Newsletter (Vol. 6, no.7, July 1997) |
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1997
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Vergou, N. "The synagogues of Thessaloniki and Veroia" (Greek), Eleftherotipia (28/7) |
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1997
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Vatopoulos, N. "The synagogues in Greece" (Greek), Kathimerini (2/3) |
| Presentation of book The Synagogues of Salonika and Veroia | |
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1997
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Jewish
community center, Athens (26/11). Presentation by Prof. Nikos Moutsopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece |
