Introduction to the Country and the Issue

Greece is located at the Southeast end of Europe. It is known and respected by many for it's breathtaking natural beauty as well as it's ancient history and the artifacts and ruins that remain there.

Unfortunately, it's history has been marked by Anti-Semitism as early as post World War II. Although, Jews have been in Greece since Bible times primarily in Thessalonica, Anti-Semitism developped primarily following World War II after Jews were protected in Greece.

The common Anti-Semitic viewpoint judges Jews as not true Greeks, although they have been living there for centuries. As this blog post from an actual Greek Jew comments, "There's a ritual of 'burning the Juda' during the Greek Easter, but many locals call it 'burning of the Jew.' ''
The most recent reference to the issue are the arsonist attacks on one of the last remaining Jewish synagogues on the Greek island of Crete. The fire destroyed historical books and archives. This past week a fourth man was arrested, the other 3 men arrested included a Greek and two English men. The most recently arrested man is reportedly an American English teacher and they are looking for another American. Here you can find one of the most recent articles.