History
“800 Year-Old Torah of Rhodes”
In 2003, the Rhodes Jewish Historical Foundation acquired a short-term permission from the Chalom Temple in Buenos Aires to exhibit and analyze the ancient Torah…
The Rabbis of Rhodes
The Jewish communities of the Ottoman Empire operated as self-governing bodies, known as millets. The Jews of Rhodes organized and conducted their communal life according…
Documents
Sample documents and visual artifacts from “La Juderia”. 1852 marriage contract (“ketubbah”) of Yedidiah Yosef Israel and his wife, Reina. The decorative marriage contracts are…
Emigration
At the beginning of the 1900’s a growing number of Jews left the Island of Rhodes for other lands primarily in search of better economic opportunities. At…
El Boletin
“El Boletin” was a Jewish Publication of Rhodes (1934-1936) written in the Judeo-Spanish language and edited by Hizkia Franco. *The El Boletin collection is part of…
Holocaust
The implementation of the anti-Jewish laws in September 1938 by the Italian Governor caused great alarm and hardship to the Jewish community. This resulted in…
1426 Rhodes Siddur
In October 2008 the Rhodes Jewish Historical Foundation acquired a copy of an ancient prayer book written in Rhodes in 1426. This is the…