The Romaniotes are historically distinct from the … Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue Photo credit: Mac Chiulli for Big Apple Greeter.

Today, at 280 Broome Street in New York City, there is a synagogue, Kehila Kedosha Janina, with a Romaniote congregation.

Our active community still conducts weekly services in the traditional R omaniote and Sephardic liturgy. Kehila Kedosha Janina, tucked between a Chinese merchant and a glass shop in New York's Lower East Side, is the last remaining Romaniote synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. Romaniote Jews are a unique community of Jewish people whose history in Greece dates back over two thousand three hundred years to the time of Alexander the Great. Aired: 11/16/10 Save. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook. Kehila Kedosha Janina (the Holy Community of Janina) The hanging lanterns in the KKJ synagogue were originally hanging from Greek Orthodox Churches in Ioannina refashioned with Jewish symbols.

Share. Romaniote Jews are a unique community of Jewish people whose history in Greece dates back over two thousand three hundred years to the time of Alexander the Great.

Genee was president of the synagogue for more than 50 years. Kehila Kedosha Janina (the Holy Community of Janina) is the only Romaniote synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. Kehila Kedosha Janina (the Holy Community of Janina) is the only Romaniote synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. Synagogue in East Village & Lower East Side. Museum Director Marcia Ikonomopolous talked about how revered the synagogue is. More information on the Greek Jewish Festival is available online at: www.GreekJewishFestival.com, on Facebook, and YouTube. Kehila Kedosha Janina - The Kehila Kedosha Janina (Holy Community of Janina) synagogue at 280 Broome Street between Allen and Eldridge Streets in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City was built in 1925-27 and was designed by Sydney Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue & Museum. It is the only synagogue of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. Romaniote Jews are a unique community of Jewish people whose history in Greece dates back over two thousand years to the time of the Roman Empire.

Kehila Kedosha Janina, located at 280 Broome St., just west of Allen Street, is a city landmark and the only Greek Jewish synagogue in the Western Hemisphere.

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