16 November 2025 at 11 a.m.
This pilgrimage takes place as part of the National Day of Remembrance for the Jewish Martyrs of Belgium. It is coordinated by the Union of Jewish Deportees in Belgium – Daughters and Sons of the Deportation. Buses will be available to transport participants from Antwerp and Brussels.
PELERINAGE NATIONAL A L’ANCIENNE CASERNE DOSSIN A MALINES – La Maison de la Culture Juive
28 October 2025 at 7 p.m. at the CIG
This conference is part of the series of conferences entitled ‘Jerusalem and Babylon: key cities in Jewish history’, with Jacques Lévy, president of the AAA – ORT Anieres. It will allow the public to discover the story of Cyrus, who enabled the Hebrews exiled to Babylon to return to Jerusalem and rebuild their temple there. A symbol of tolerance, Cyrus already embodied the union of Eastern spirituality and Western knowledge.
“Cyrus le Grand, roi de Perse : un destin biblique et prophétique” – Communauté Israélite de Genève
Until 24 October 2025 at the Maribor Library
This travelling exhibition from the Jewish Museum of Galicia is based on Renia Spiegel’s diary and is presented in the original setting of the reading room of the Maribor Library. It presents the life, feelings and experiences of this Polish Jewish teenager who wrote this diary during the Second World War. A precious document that was discovered by Renia Spiegel’s family in 2012.
We need to leave something behind for the world – Sinagoga Maribor
At the Polin Museum
At the heart of this exhibition is Hebrew, of course, from its ancient version to its contemporary Israeli adaptation. But it also covers Yiddish, Ladino and Judeo-Arabic. The aim is to show their differences, influences and similarities according to region and era. These languages are marked by tradition, survival and rebirth. Visitors are immersed in a space surrounded by the letters of these different languages. Dozens of objects, some of them very old, are also on display.
30 November 2025 at 7.30 p.m. at the Portuguese Synagogue
The synagogue is hosting a new candlelit concert in a sumptuous setting that combines history and emotion. Hundreds of candles will be lit, illuminating the notes coming from the instruments throughout this magical night.
Candlelight Concert | Portuguese Synagogue… | Jewish Cultural Quarter
10 December 2025 at 8 p.m. at the Jewish Museum Amsterdam
The museum offers an astonishing immersive experience in different scenarios anticipating what Jewish life could become in the more or less distant future. It addresses issues of identity, violence and fears in the difficult present experienced by Jews in Europe in recent years. An experience inspired by Afrofuturism, a movement of cultural reappropriation of African diasporas.
Judeofuturism | Jewish Cultural Quarter
Until 4 January 2026 at the Rembrandt Museum
This exhibition highlights the sense of belonging in contemporary art through the work of 13 artists. Among them are Sadik Kwaish Alfraji, Arash Fakhim, Foundland Collective, Arjan van Helmond, Gvantsa Jgushia, Polina Medvedeva, Neda Mirhosseini, Olphaert den Otter, Satijn Panyigay, Pris Roos, Maria Roosen, Tian Teng, Pink de Thierry and, of course, the host of this exhibition, Rembrandt. For Rembrandt, everything took place in his home, where he lived, taught his students, received his clients and created his masterpieces.
19 October 2025, 11 a.m., Place de la Résistance, Esch-sur-Alzette
Luxembourg celebrates its National Day of Remembrance, dedicated to commemorating the struggle of the Luxembourgish people during the occupation of 1940-1945. This annual event allows participants to learn more about the country’s history during the Second World War.
mnr.lu/manifestation/commemoration-nationale-11h00-at-place-de-la-resistance
Since 10 September 2025 at the Gaon of Vilna Museum
Samuel Bak, originally from Lithuania, donated numerous works to the museum that bears his name. In his work and his life, he shares his childhood memories, the words of his family, the evils of war and the ravages of humanity, which he fights against with his paintbrushes.
28 October 2025 at the Danish Jewish Museum
Based on the museum’s recent discoveries, the lectures will shed light on Denmark’s long Jewish history, spanning the centuries from the 16th century to the present day. The four lectures on offer are
1. Between tolerance and anti-Semitism. The view of Jews in 1500th and 1600th century Denmark-Norway by Janus Møller Jensen
2. From chess player to court tailor by Thomas Egebæk
3. Jewish Patrons 1850-1920 by Sara Fredfeldt Stadager
4. Holiday pictures from the escape – photo albums from Danish Jews’ refugee stay in Sweden 1943-1945 by Signe Bergman Larsen
https://www.jewmus.dk/en/aktuelt/nyhedsvisning/4-nedslag-i-den-nyeste-forskning
23 November 2025 at 11 a.m. at the CCLJ
La Mazal Café brings together hundreds of books and numerous authors for the second edition of this literary fair. In a spirit of sharing and discovery, combining discussions, meetings and book signings. The main themes of this edition are Identity(ies), memory(ies), Jewish culture(s) and citizenship. Conferences are also offered throughout the day.
14 November 2025 at 7 p.m. at the Jewish Community Centre
Every month, Cabaret Milmoul shares its stage with artists to rediscover Hebrew. In a spirit of creativity and exchange, performances encourage words, music and languages to twirl around the stage. The name of the event reflects the mix of languages and cultures that we experience here in Belgium, while also giving a nod to the iconic Belgian dish, mussels and chips – a symbol of an appetite for cultural and artistic diversity.
October 24, 2025 – November 9, 2026 at the Sigmund Freud Museum
This exhibition sheds light on the last months spent by the Freud family in Vienna when the city was under Nazi control following the annexation. It explores how the Freud family fell victim to atrocities, particularly Sigmund’s sisters, thanks in particular to the museum’s recent acquisition of previously unpublished documents. The exhibition also highlights how Austria treated survivors and their tormentors after the war.
Documents of Injustice. The Case of Freud – Sigmund Freud Museum
28 October 2026 at 11:30 a.m. at the National Holocaust Museum
Testimonies and period objects are presented as part of this exhibition to give visitors a better understanding of how the Kristallnacht massacre was carried out on the night of 9 to 10 November 1938. The museum’s educational team accompanies visitors throughout the exhibition.
Family-Friendly Testimony and Object Handling Workshop
4 December 2026 at 7pm at the Manchester Jewish Museum
Continuing the momentum of the first two evenings of this kind, previously organised on the themes of travel and communities, this time the museum invites participants to explore the theme of shared identities among Manchester’s Jewish community. The event will combine personal stories of resilience, rediscovery and courage with the diversity of the neighbourhoods that have welcomed this population.
Manchester Jewish Museum — The Table – An Intimate Dining Experience: Identities
From 17 to 19 April 2026 in Youlgrave, Derbyshire
As they have done every year for many years, klezmer music enthusiasts gather in the spring in the hills of Derbyshire. Amateurs and professionals come together to share music, dance and laughter on local stages for three wonderful days. This event is an opportunity to rediscover both classic klezmer music and its contemporary reinterpretations.
KlezNorth | A festival of Klezmer music, dance and song
28 October 2026 at St Johns Wood Synagogue
A unique evening is being held at the synagogue to give the public the opportunity to discover the immense talent of cantor Netanel Hershtik. Selected pieces reflecting the diversity of the repertoire, ranging from introspection and meditation to virtuosity. He will be accompanied on the evening by New York pianist Eden Ladin.
Netanel Hershtik: Songs of Renewal – Jewish Music Institute
Until 15 February 2026 at the Jewish Museum Frankfurt
500 years of family life passed down from generation to generation are presented in this exhibition by French-German photographer Ruthe Zuntz. An epic journey through time and space, taking visitors to the Jewish Museum Frankfurt to England, Israel, the United States and back to Germany. Among the letters on display are those of Leopold Zuntz, considered one of the founders of Jewish Studies.
WHAT A FAMILY! – Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt
28 November 2025 to 12 April 2026 at the Jewish Museum Berlin
The audio archives used by Claude Lanzmann to prepare his documentary, which is essential for sharing the memory of the Holocaust, are available for the first time as part of an exhibition. The director’s collection includes 152 audio cassettes on display. They contain numerous interviews with survivors and perpetrators.
Claude Lanzmann: The Recordings | Jewish Museum Berlin
16 October 2025 at the Museo Sefardi
The Sephardic Museum of Toledo is organising a series of lectures entitled ‘Culture and Recognition: Gypsy Voices at the Sephardic Museum’, which seeks to highlight and value the cultural contribution of the Gypsy people in Spain. The lectures will provide a space for dialogue in which leading figures in Roma activism and culture will share their experiences and perspectives, reinforcing the importance of their legacy and participation in social, political and cultural life.
This autumn, the Café des Psaumes, located in the heart of the Marais district, is offering a number of events, including:
Thursday 9 October at 4.30pm: “Facile ensemble” (Easy together) Digital procedures, by Myriam Allouche, workshop leader and public writer – A group workshop to learn how to search for information and carry out digital administrative procedures yourself.
Thursday, 16 October at 4:30 p.m.: ‘Kashrut, an ethic of life’ with Sandra Jerushalmi. Jewish dietary laws are full of meaning and symbolism. Discover the deeper meaning of these laws, which are more than just constraints; they are a guide to life.
Sunday, 19 October at 2:00 p.m.: Rethinking the Psalms in light of current events in the Jewish world with Yoav Levy and Yeshaya Dalsace ‘New Year and Necessary Change’
Thursday, 23 October at 4:30 p.m.: Political science ‘The Middle East economy in the service of peace?’ with Charles Baccouche
Thursday, 30 October at 4:30 p.m.: ‘Anthropomorphism in the Bible’ What is the meaning of biblical expressions that attribute human form, actions or feelings to God? with Jean Michel Toledano, professor of Talmud
Le programme du Café des Psaumes
20 October 2025, at 7 p.m. at the Marc Chagall Museum
This chamber music concert, performed by musicians from the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra under the artistic direction of Vincent Monteil, is a co-production of the Nice Opera and the Alpes-Maritimes National Museums of the 20th Century. It will be presented in the exceptional setting of the museum’s concert hall, facing Marc Chagall’s stained-glass windows depicting The Creation of the World. The programme features performances by Judith Le Monnier, Jongjia and Julien Gisclard: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 (1946), Philip Glass (1937-) String Quartet No. 2 ‘Compagny’, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (1947-) Rǝqs (Dance) (2015), Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Salut d’Amour, Op. 12 (1888).
Concert de musique de chambre – 20 octobre 2025 | Musée National Marc Chagall
3 November 2025 at Espace Rachi – Guy de Rothschild
Claude Lelouch is known and above all appreciated as one of the greatest contemporary directors, a companion to so many actors and actresses for 60 years. But he is also known for the music in his cult films, such as A Man and a Woman, Les Uns et les Autres, La Bonne Année, Itinéraire d’un enfant gâté… Music that plays a leading role in his films. In particular, that composed by Francis Lai and Michel Legrand.
To revisit this intimate and artistic relationship with music, Laurent Couson — composer, conductor, pianist and loyal collaborator of Lelouch for over twenty years — will host a special meeting with the filmmaker, with screenings of excerpts, music performed by Laurent Couson and vocal performances by Roxane Terramorsi.
6 November 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at the Maison de la Culture Yiddish
This unique programme of short, intense concerts brings together artists as diverse as they are talented: Eric Slabiak on violin and vocals, accompanied by Dario Ivkovic on accordion and Frank Anastasio on guitar. They come together for a grand journey into the world of Ashkenazi music, shared with the audience that evening.
Les Zakouskis : interprètes de la musique ashkénaze – programme.yiddish.paris
16 October 2025 at 7 p.m. at the mahJ
On the occasion of the French publication of his book Hannah Arendt. Biographie (translated from German by Olivier Mannoni, Calmann-Lévy, 2025), philosopher, journalist and political scientist Thomas Meyer will discuss the unpublished sources he drew on to write this book. In it, he paints a portrait of Hannah Arendt rooted in her era, particularly her years in Paris following her flight from Germany and her stay in the United States. An evening organised in partnership with Akadem.
Hannah Arendt | Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme
30 November 2025, from 12 noon to 7 p.m. at JEM Beaugrenelle
This major annual literary event, now in its 36th year, is organised by Evelyne Vitkine and her team and features meetings with around forty authors who come to share and sign copies of their latest novels, essays, biographies, memoirs or stories. At the end of the day, the ‘JEM 2025 First Novel Prize’ will be awarded and the traditional closing conference-debate will take place.
36ème Journée de la Culture et du Livre Juifs – Judaïsme En Mouvement
8 October 2025 at 6pm at the Galerie Saphir
Text and canvas, in constant emulation, form the basis of the unique experience of creation. The book, like the painting, is not an abstract object or ideal form, but a physical, material envelope, meaning, writing of the mind and body. In this way, the presence of the Letter emerges, incorporating itself into the paper to, in the words of Paul Klee, make the invisible visible. Making visible is the work of writing, both profane and sacred. The Saphir Gallery presents a unique exhibition through imagination and elective affinities.
11 October 2025 at 3pm at the Medem Centre
During this encounter, Michèle Tauber will present the first collection of poems by Leah Goldberg (1911-1970), in bilingual Hebrew and French, published by Presses de la Sorbonne Nouvelle. This collection allows the public to appreciate the work of this great Israeli poet, whose writing evokes both nostalgia for her native land and enthusiasm for Israel. Leah Goldberg was also a translator of Western literature into Hebrew.
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23 November 2025 at 5 p.m. at the Théâtre Antoine Watteau in Nogent-sur-Marne
Richard Schmoucler, founder of the Sirba Octet, a unique ensemble at the crossroads of classical music and Eastern European traditions, presents ‘Tsuzamen’, which means ‘together’ in Yiddish, during this fabulous evening. It is a vibrant tribute to the shared memories of peoples who have been victims of genocide—Jews, Armenians, and Gypsies. This musical project brings together their repertoires to resonate, in a single breath, with brotherhood, resilience, and life. Three cultures, three memories, a common emotion carried by a universal language: music.
FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER – SIRBA OCTET – Nogent-sur-Marne – FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER
On the 8th and 15th of November 2025 at Espace Rachi – Guy de Rothschild
A week apart for a long journey between two concerts. First, Lucien Zerra & Mohanad Aljaramani perform works by Khalil Gibran. Texts from ‘The Madman’ are shared in words, sounds and dance steps by choreographer Gabrielle Weisbuch. Then, the following week, it was the turn of the great trumpeter Frank London to present his latest project, ‘Spirit, Stronger Than Blood’, in which he pays tribute to the great musical figures who shaped his artistic and spiritual vision: Charles Mingus, Pharoah Sanders, Clifford Thornton, Alice Coltrane…
FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER – LUCIEN ZERRAD & MOHANAD ALJARAMANI – Paris – FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER
FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER – FRANK LONDON – Paris – FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER