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Podcast: New Books in Ancient History
Episode: Anastasios Karababas, "In the Footsteps of the Jews of Greece: From Ancient Times to the Present Day" (Vallentine Mitchell & Co, 2024)
Description: “To live, a people must always be able to know its past, to judge it, to accept it.”— Simone Veil, French politician and Shoah survivor
When I sat down with historian Anastasios Karababas to discuss his new book, In the Footsteps of the Jews of Greece: From Ancient Times to the Present Day (Paperback, published January 30, 2024), I was struck by the depth and complexity of the story he tells—a story that spans over 2,500 years and is still unfolding today.
Karababas in the book and the conversation guided me through the origins and evolution o...