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SUNDAY MAY 18, 2025

12PM - 6PM

 

280 BROOME ST

BETWEEN ALLEN ST AND ELDRIDGE ST

LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC

THE ONLY FESTIVAL OF ITS KIND

IN THE WORLD!

DELICIOUS FOOD
LIVE MUSIC
KIDS ACTIVITIES
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- 2024 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE - 

12pm

1pm

2pm

3pm

4pm

5pm 

Stavros Theodorou Orchestra

Hellenic Dancers of New Jersey

Noga Group featuring Avram Pengas

Hannah Dance Performance

Sounds of Cyprus

Habbina Habbina

OUR FESTIVAL

Join the Greek Jewish Festival as we celebrate the unique Romaniote and Sephardic heritage of the Jews of Greece. Experience a feast for the senses including authentic kosher Greek foods and homemade Greek pastries, traditional dance performances with live Greek and Sephardic music, an outdoor marketplace full of vendors, arts and educational activities for kids, and much more!

OUR COMMUNITY

Kehila Kedosha Janina (the Holy Community of Janina) is the only Romaniote synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. Romaniote Jews are a unique community of Greek-speaking Jews whose history in Greece dates back over 2,300 years to the time of Alexander the Great. The Romaniotes are historically distinct from the Sephardim, who settled in Greece after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492.

 

Kehila Kedosha Janina is a NYC designated landmark, and continues to hold services every Saturday morning as well as for all Jewish holidays. In addition, it houses a museum about Greek Jewry that is open to the public every Sunday, as well as by appointment. The museum serves as a repository for both Romaniote and Sephardic history, especially on the Lower East Side, and hosts many educational events including lectures, book signings, movie screenings, and concerts.

 

We are a small but tight-knit community, and we continually open our doors to visitors to provide both a spiritual home as well as a place to learn about Greek Jewish history. The Greek Jewish Festival is our latest effort to not only preserve our unique culture, but also to celebrate and develop new ways of expressing what it means to be a Romaniote or Sephardic Jew. We welcome all people to come celebrate and share in this journey with us.  

SYNAGOGUE TOURS
GREEK DANCING
VENDORS & GIFTS

We are incredibly grateful for the generous support of the following organizations and individuals

- FESTIVAL SPONSORS -

Norris & Judith

Wolff

Maurice & Lena Russo Family Foundation

Julis Dalven Family

Joel & Laurel

Marcus

Ike, Molly, & Steven

Elias Foundation

Miller Manhattan Foundation

Amelia &

Richard A.

Bernstein

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Sephardic

Temple of Cedarhurst

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Sephardic

Jewish Center

of Forest Hills

Chesed

v'Emeth

Kastoryalis

Foundation for the

Advancement of

Sephardic Studies

& Culture

United Brotherhood

Good Hope

Society of Janina

Association of

Friends of

Greek Jewry

Sisterhood

of Janina

Sephardic

Jewish Center

of Canarsie

Delta Realty Group

Omega Realty Group

The Sterling Group 

Sid

Ganis

Halegua

Family

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Katherine

Fleming

Genee

Family

David & Gail

Baruch

Roz

Caplan

- COMMUNITY PARTNERS -

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St Barbara Greek

Orthodox Church

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PRESS COVERAGE

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The Greek Jewish Festival is located in front of our landmark synagogue at 280 Broome St between Allen St and Eldridge St on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
 
Sunday May 18, 2025
12pm - 6pm

Transportation
Subway: Take the F,J,M,Z trains to Delancey St-Essex St or the D train to Grand St.
Bus: M15 Select Bus Service to Hester St or M15 local bus to Delancey St.
Car: Paid parking is available at 59 Allen St and 105 Essex St

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