6 and 10 September 2026 in Montpellier

As part of the 2026 edition of the European Day of Jewish Culture and Heritage, two events are planned in Montpellier.

Sunday 6 September from 2.00 pm: A tour of Montpellier’s medieval mikveh, a tour of the medieval Jewish quarter including the 12th/13th-century synagogue building, a walk through the narrow streets of the medieval Jewish quarter, as well as the new ‘Vitrophanies’: seven historical display cases explaining the intellectual impact of the city’s Jewish communities during the Middle Ages. Then, at 3.00 pm, a lecture on ‘The long love affair between the Jews, Montpellier and Occitanie’, by Michaël Iancu, PhD in History and Director of the Maimonides Institute.

On Thursday 10 September at the Municipal Archives, Emile Zola Media Library, from 4.30 pm: An introduction to Montpellier’s medieval Mahzor, by Christine Feuillas, director of the Municipal Archives, and Michaël Iancu, director of the Institute.

Edition 2026 de la Journée Européenne de la Culture et du Patrimoine Juifs – IUMAT