Address :3 Zevxidos Street, 546 22 Thessaloniki, Greece

Phone/Fax : 003031/227-578
e-mail : molho@spark.net.gr

Education

1992-1997 Ph.D. in the University of Human Sciences of Strasbourg on Les Juifs de Salonique, 1856-1919 : Une communauté hors norme, under the supervision of Prof. Paul Dumont.
1983-1986 M.A. in History, at the Aristotle Univerisity of Thessaloniki.
1967-1972 B.A. in History, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Research Interests

Social History and Anthropology of the Jewish Communities in the Ottoman Empire, Greece and  mainly Salonica.
Publications

1. «The Jewish Community of Thessaloniki and its Incorporation into the Greek State, 1912-1919», in Greek, in the Proceedings of the conference Thessaloniki after 1912 , held in Thessaloniki on 1-3 November 1985,  Thessaloniki 1986, pp.285-301. Published also in English, in revised version, in Middle Eastern Studies, 1988, vol.24, pp.39-403.
2. «Venizelos and the Jewish Community of Salonica, 1912-1919», Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora XIII/34(1986), pp.113-123.
3. The Problems of  the Assimilationist Ideology for the Jews, KIS Publications, Athens,1990, (in Greek).
4. «Salonique après 1912 : propagandes étrangères et communauté juive», Révue historique , CCLXXXVII/1(1992), pp.127-140.
5. «Le Renouveau...» in G.Veinstein (ed.), Salonique 1850-1918 : La ville des Juifs et le réveil des Balkans, Autrement publications, Paris,1992, pp.64-78.
6. «Popular Antisemitism and State Policy in Salonica during the City’s Annexation to Greece», Jewish Social Studies, vol.L, nos.3-4, Summer-Fall 1988/1993, pp.253-264.
7. «Events and Prominent Figures», in Yannis Megas (ed.)Souvenir, Images of the Jewish Community, 1897-1917, Athens, 1993, pp.158-181.
8. «The Holocaust of Greek Jewry», Demos, 1993, pp.28-31.
9. «Education in the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki in the Beginning of the 20th Century», Balkan Studies, 34/2, 1993, pp.259-269.
10. «The Uncertainty of Greek Sovereignty after 1912:Foreign Propaganda and the Jewish Community», in Greek, Synhrona Themata, nos.52-53, July-Dec.1994, pp.25-32.
11. «The Jewish Presence in Salonica», in Greek, in Paratiritis , winter 1994, pp.13-52.
12. «The ‘Cercle de Salonique’ 1873-1958 : Club of Thessaloniki», in Greek, in the Proceedings of the A’ Symposium of the Society for the Study of Greek Jewry The Jews in Greece : Historical Questions in the Long Duration, Athens 1995, pp.103-127.
13. «The Jews of Salonica», in Greek, Kathimerini : Epta Imeres , 3 March 1996, pp.12-15.
14. «The Zionist Movement in Thessaloniki up to the A’Panhellenic Zionist Congress», in the Proceedings of the conference The Jewish Communities of  Southeastern Europe  from the 15th Century to the End of  World War II , Thessaloniki 30 Oct.-3 Nov. 1992, pp. 327-350.
15. «Le développement culturel à Salonique au début du XXème siècle», Les cahiers de l’Alliance Israélite Universelle / Dossier : Les Juifs de Salonique, novembre 1997, no.17, ??.32-34.
16. «The Judeospanish, a Mediterranean Language in daily use in 20th Century Salonica», (in Greek) in Ta Istorika, vol.15, issues 28,29, June-Dec.1998, pp.123-146.
17. «The Jewish Press in Salonica», (in Greek) in the proceedings of the symposium O ellinikos evraismos, 3-4 April, 1998, Etaireia Spoudon Neoellinikou Politismou kai Genikis Paideias, Athens, 2000, pp.149-169.
18. «Jewish Social Welfare Housing Built in Salonica after the 1890 and the 1917 Fires», in press, in the Proceedings of the conference on The Jewish Communities in the Balkans and Turkey in the 19th and 20th Centuries through the End of  World War II  Tel Aviv -Ramat Aviv 5-8 June, 1995.
19. «The Jewish Press in Salonica», in press, in the Proceedings of the 3d Franco -German Encounter on the Press in the Near and Middle East (XIX & XX Centuries) Querelles privées et contestations publiques : le rôle de la presse dans la formation de l’opinion publique au Proche  et au Moyen Orient , Aix en Provence, 2-4 July, 1996.
20.  «The Educational Reformation and the Vocational Activity of the Salonica Jews in the Beginning of our Century», in press, in the proceedings of the Conference in Thessaloniki 1-2 Novembre 1997, Occupations professionnelles, production-commerce, vie sociale à Thessalonique 18e-10 siècles.
21. «The Judeospanish, a Mediterranean Language in daily use in 20th Century Salonica», in press, in the proceedings of the conference in Girona, 27-29 March 1998 : The Culture of the Book : The Judeospanish, a Mediterranean Language.
22. «The methodological procedure of the interview used by the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation Archives»in press,  in a selective volume of the Proceedings of the conference  organised by the National Center for Social Research on Approaches of Oral History in Greece Today, held in Athens on 29 January, 1999.
23. «Social Issues and Ideological Quest of the Sephardim in Juedo-Spanish Plays», in press in the Proceedings of the 2nd International Judeo-Espaniol Conference held in Thessaloniki on the 16th and the 17nth of April 2000.

Symposia - Individual lectures

? Thessaloniki after 1912 , Thessaloniki, 1-3 Nov. 1985, contributed talk.
? Venizelos and Thessaloniki , Thessaloniki, 2 November 1986, contributed talk.
? The Tenth World Congress of Jewish Studies , Jerusalem, 16-24 August, 1989, contributed talk.
? Greece-France, 1914-1918 , Thessaloniki, 9-11 November, 1989, contributed talk.
? The Jewish Presence in Thessaloniki , Thessaloniki, March, 1990, invited to contribute talk.
? The Jews in Greece : History and Civilisation , Thessaloniki, 22-28 May, 1990, invited to contribute talk.
? The Jews in Greece : Historical Questions in the Long Duration , Thessaloniki, 23-24 November, 1991, contributed talk.
? The Jewish Communities  in Southeastern Europe from the  15th to the End of World War II , Thessaloniki, 20 Oct.-3 Nov.1992, contributed talk.
? The Jewish Communities in the Balkans and Turkey in the 19th and 20th Centuries through the End of W.War II , Tel Aviv - Ramat Aviv 5-8 June, 1995, invited to contribute talk.
? Conference of Judeo-Greek Studies , Cambridge, 15-16 July, 1995 invited to contribute talk.
? Querelles privées et contestations publiques : le rôle de la presse dans la formation de l’opinion publique au Proche et au Moyen Orient, XIX et XX siècles Aix en Provence, 2-4 July, 1996, contributed talk.
? The Jews of Greece during the German Occupation , Thessaloniki, 8 November, 1996, organizer.
? Le génocide des juifs et la question de la responsabilité : Rencontre interdisciplinaire, Thessaloniki, 15 February, 1997, organizer.
? «The Zionist Movement in Thessaloniki» 19th  Panhellenic Congress by WIZO on 16-17 March 1997, in Thessaloniki, invited to contribute talk.
? Il Concetto del Perdono nelle Religioni del Mediterraneo, Teatro stabile Abruzzese Sotto l’egida della regione Abruzzo, in L’Aquila on the 26th of August 1997, invited to represent Thessaloniki and contribute talk.
? Occupations professionnelles, production-commerce, vie sociale à Thessalonique 18e-10 siècles, Chambre professionnelle de Thessalonique et Organisme pour la capitale culturelle de l’Europe, Thessaloniki 1 & 2 Novembre, invited to cotribute talk
? Il viaggio della fede:la cultura sefaradita nel Mediterraneo, Culture Dei Mari Euro-Mediterraneo in collaboration with the comune of Livorno, the region of Toscana and the Foundation Primo Levi of Florence, in Livorno 8-10 November 1997, invited to represent the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki and contribute talk.
? Jews and Seafaring, University of Haifa School of Maritime Civilisations and the Recanati Center for Maritime Studies, 25-27 November 1997, invited to contribute talk.
? Thessaloniki in the Long Duration (I Thessaloniki sto Perasma toy Chronou) : A Multidimensional Approach, Special Educational Events organised by the National Center for Research in Athens, invited to make an individual presentation on the Particularity of the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki, on February 10, 1998.
? The Culture of the Book : The Judeospanish, a Mediterranean Language, International Conference organised by the Centre Bonastruc ça Porta, the Institut d’Estudis Nahmanides, the Patronat Call de Girona and the Culture dei Mari of the EEC, invited to contribute main lecture in Girona, Spain, on 27-29 March, 1998.
? The Greek Jews, symposium organised by the Etairia Spoudon of Modern Greek Civilisation and General Education in Athens, invited to contribute talk on 3-4 April 1998.
? Invited by the Israelite Community of Thessaloniki to lecture on The Jews in Thessaloniki and their Role in the Seafaring Trades, on the 13th of April 1998.
?   Invited by the Holocaust Center of Southern California in the University of Berkeley,  to lecture on The Particularity of the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki, on 25 October  1998.
?   Invited by the Consejeria de Education y Cultura of the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La   Mancha to participate and contribute talk in the conference on La incidencia actual de las religiones en los conflictos mediterraneos that will take place in Toledo, Spain, on the 3, 4 and 5 of December 1998.
?  Invited by the National Center for Social Research to participate as lecturer in the conference on Approaches of Oral History in Greece Today, held in Athens on 29 January, 1999.
? Invited by the Goethe Institute of Thessaloniki to coordinate the discussion on «Was im Gedächtnis bleibt» (Why is there  need for historical memory), in Thessaloniki, 22 March, 1999.
? Invited by the Ecole française d’Athènes to contribute talk in the conference  Les Juifs en terre d’Islam, to be held in Athens on April 2-5, 2000.
? Invited  in the 2nd International Judeo-Espaniol Conference held in Thessaloniki on the 16th and the 17nth of April 2000

Work Experience
? Commissioned by the Department of History, Panteios University in Athens, to hold a 3 hour weekly seminar on the History of the Jews in Greece, during the second semester of the academic year 1999-2000.
? Commissioned with a group of other specialists by the Center for the History of Thessaloniki in Salonica to participate in the spring semester of 1997-1998 post-graduate seminars on the history of Thessaloniki.(The project was calcelled).
? 30th Nov.-3 Dec.1997 - Commissioned by the SHOAH Visual History Foundation in Los Angeles, USA, to participate in the training seminar for new interviewers in Athens.
? Jan.-Dec.1996 - Senior interviewer and coordinator in Greece, for the SHOAH Visual History Foundation in Los Angeles, USA.
? Spring 1991- Spring 1992 - Commissioned by the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki to organize the cultural and academic events for the commemoration of the 500 year anniversary since the Expulsion from Spain.
? Co-founder of the Society for the Study of Greek Jewry.
? Oct.1988-June 1992 - Teaching for the International Study Groups, New York, USA.
Feb.1975 - July 1992 - Executive Secretary in the School of Dentistry of the Aristotle  University of     Thessaloniki.