Chania on the northwest coast of Crete has a venetian heritage with many narrow streets. It is also something of a cultural crossroad where east meet west and south meet north. In the synagogue of Chania we attended a meeting and contemplated the various religious traditions in modern society: How are we to be able to meet and reach an understanding with so many disparate traditions behind us? In Chania there is beside the synagogue also an old mosque, and a greek orthodox church. In the synagogue the guide told us about the fate of the jewish congregation of Chania during World War II. They were to be deported to concentration camp in Germany but were lost in a storm at sea, only one girl who had been on an errand in Chania was not present in the synagogue the day of the deportation and she escaped to tell the story of the deported congregation...