Rhodes Jewish Historical Foundation

Kitchen tools such as the coffee grinder and “mortero” (mortar & pestle) were used to make finely ground coffee, grind nuts and spices, make matzah for meal & farfel, and rice flour for “soutlach.” To learn more about the customs & traditions of Jewish Rhodes, visit: [https://rhodesjewishmuseum.org/la.../customs-traditions/]

Hi everyone, the 17th Rhodesli Jewish Calendar has now shipped!The cover features the 1933 photo of young Rhodeslis in front of a "kabina" (bungalow) with a medieval wall design at Cova Beach near Puerta de la Mar. If you're interested in receiving the calendar, here's the link: [https://rhodesjewishmuseum.org/rhodesli-jewish-calendar/](https://rhodesjewishmuseum.org/rhodesli-jewish-calendar/)

1938 Rhodes Family Portrait of Reina (Cohen) and Solomon Varon with their children: Laura, Stella, Joseph and Asher.“I didn’t know it at that time, but Joseph, Asher, Stella and I were the only brothers and sisters from any family in Rhodes to have survived intact. The odds against us had probably been immense, but we had somehow won this lottery of chance. Mother and Father, of course, had paid t...