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Thessaloniki

A man throws his hands in the air near a bird coop
Lifestyle
Turkey’s ancient practice of pigeon raising sees new life in quarantine 
A Turkish ship with a flag sails in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Borders
Greece and Turkey sail toward a crisis of sea borders 
The Greek city of Thessaloniki, Greece has long struggled to find embrace its Jewish history. But that's beginning to change under the city's current mayor.
Conflict
In Greece, a city struggles to come to terms with its Jewish past
After the ancient Jewish graveyard in Thessaloniki was destroyed, the gravestones were broken up and used as building materials in the city.
Religion
The rescued Jewish tombstones of Thessaloniki
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