Musée et mémorial de la communauté juive de Rhodes (Kahal Kadosh Shalom Synagogue Museum)

The synagogue Kahal Kadosh Shalom (sixteenth century), the oldest synagogue still in active use in the Balkans, houses a museum devoted to the history of the Judeo-Spanish community of Rhodes, established after the expulsion from Spain in 1492. This museum is distinct from the Jewish Museum of Greece in Athens. The collections present Rhodian Sephardic costumes, ornate ketubot, Ottoman liturgical objects, and documents on the deportation of nearly the entire community to Auschwitz in July 1944.

Sources & resources

• Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
• Jewish Virtual Library ↗