PLEASE NOTE:
WHILE WE ARE UNABLE TO HOST OUR FESTIVAL THIS YEAR WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING A BIGGER AND BETTER FESTIVAL NEXT YEAR!
SUNDAY MAY 19, 2019
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

- 2019 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE -
12pm
1pm
2pm
3pm
4pm
5pm
Stavros Theodorou Orchestra
Hellenic Dancers of New Jersey
Noga Group featuring Avram Pengas
Hillary Coniglio Lit
Scott Wilson & Efendi
Axion Estin Panegyris
OUR FESTIVAL
Join the Greek Jewish Festival as we celebrate the unique Romaniote and Sephardic heritage of Kehila Kedosha Janina. Experience authentic kosher Greek foods and homemade Greek pastries, traditional Greek dancing and 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. This Greek Jewish Festival is our latest effort to not only preserve our unique culture, but to also 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

DANCING

VENDORS & GIFTS

We are incredibly grateful for the generous support of the following organizations and individuals
- FESTIVAL SPONSORS -
Joel & Laurel
Marcus
Ike, Molly, & Steven
Elias Foundation
Isaac Alhadeff
Foundation
The Maurice & Lena Family Foundation
Norris & Judith
Wolff
Marla & Marty
Genee & Family
Amelia & Richard
A. Bernstein
Mitrani Family
Foundation
David & Gail Baruch
The Sephardic Temple of Cedarhurst
Congregation Ezra Bessaroth
Spain/Portugal Letter
Verification Source
Chesed v'Emeth
Kastoryalis
Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture
Sisterhood
of Janina
Sephardic
Jewish Center
of Forest Hills
United Brotherhood
Good Hope
Society of Janina
Gino & Clarice
Nahum Charitable
Trust
Sephardic
Jewish Center
of Canarsie
Delta Realty Group
Omega Realty Group
The Sterling Group
James
Goldman
Sanford & Rhona
Schneiderman

Hy
Eliasof
GGG Realty
East Village Realty
174 Orchard Realty
Axion Estin Foundation’s Panegyris programming is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature
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