Английская Википедия:Etz Hayyim Synagogue
Шаблон:Infobox religious building The Etz Hayyim Synagogue (Шаблон:Lang-he) is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Chania on the Greek island of Crete.[1] It is the only surviving remnant of the island's Romaniote Jewish community.
Overview
After being restored, the synagogue (with its mikveh) has become a tourist destination and has attracted visits from foreign dignitaries like Queen Sofía of Spain and King Constantine II of Greece, who made a sudden and unannounced visit to the site in March 2006.
Today, the synagogue is seen locally as a symbol of coexistence. Uniquely, almost all of its congregants are non-Jews, with an international team taking care of the congregation work.[2] Occasionally, a rabbi or (during the Jewish holidays) someone who is able to blow the shofar visits the community. Christians and Muslims are invited to visit.[3] Despite the community's Romaniote past, the congregation today uses primarily the Sephardic custom of Greece and has developed its own Haggadah text.[1]
The synagogue was the target of multiple arson attacks in January 2010; fires were set inside the synagogue on 5 and 16 January, and a bar of soap was left outside during the latter, presumably invoking a common Greek-language antisemitic threat which translates to "I'll make you into a bar of soap".[4] The first fire was quickly contained, but the second destroyed 2,500 rare books and manuscripts.[5] Two British men aged 23 and 33, and one Greek man aged 24, were arrested in connection with both attacks after the Greek man confessed to police.[5] Two Americans were also being sought by police in connection with the first attack.[5]
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