He is the author of several books of Judeo-Greek interest including an important guide „Jewish Sites and Synagogues of Greece“ and a book on Judeo-Greek cookery. He has also followed a career as painter and illustrator with work exhibited in the USA, Great Britain, Europe and Israel. Quoting the Old testament, Nikos Stavroulakis said „The people of God should be a light to the nations” and went on to say „We cannot be this light if we hide ourselves away, lock up our synagogues and dwell on the past”.
Nikos Stavroulakis
April 27, 2012, 1:58 p.m.
writer, initiated renovation of the Etz Chaim synagogue in Crete and a programme of cultural meetings within it. Founder and first director (1977-1993) of the Greek Jewish Museum in Athens. During this time he was responsible for creating the museum’s basic collection of religious, ethnic and historical artifacts, the sole remnants of a 2400 year Jewish presence in Greece.