From 11 June to 22 June 2025 at the ACJ
A refugee during the occupation, living with his family in a turret in Ussel, André Lippmann began to observe the world around him. He drew inspiration to represent it on his canvases. Secrecy was not an empty word at the time. And this word would continue to accompany his work much later, in his discreet studios on Rue de la Source and Rue Jeanne d’Arc. His surrealist artistic adventure would leave a mark on young artists in Nancy, notably Myriam Librach, who pays him a beautiful tribute. This exhibition will allow the public to discover the work of this great Nancy artist who passed away in January 2025.
Association Culturelle Juive de Nancy – maison ouverte des cultures juives
12 June 2025, at 6pm at the Galerie Saphir
For many decades, the Galerie Saphir has supported and paid tribute to great contemporary Jewish artists. On Thursday 12 June, it will do so once again with an artist it knows well, Serge Kantorowicz. He died in 2022 and was a powerful and unique painter who did not mince his words when describing and sharing the human condition. During this special evening, Delphine Durand, who holds a PhD in art history and religious history, will sign her monograph dedicated to him.
26 June 2025, at 6pm, at the ACJ
In Romain Gary’s book The Dance of Genghis Cohn, from the very first pages, the author brings his character to life with all the madness that characterises him and all the legendary Jewish humour that makes him so colourful. Didier Francfort looks back at the Roaring Twenties, when Warsaw cabarets were a favourite haunt of fashionable singers, film stars, avant-garde writers and composers, both classical and popular. The Jewish Cultural Association, in partnership with the University of Lorraine-Le Cercle and the Nancy-France-Poland Association, invites you to immerse yourself in the nights of yesteryear in Warsaw. Discover these great artists, the many men and women who influenced numerous contemporary artists, such as Henryk Wars, Julian Tuwim, Marian Hemar and Wiera Gran…
Association Culturelle Juive de Nancy – maison ouverte des cultures juives
1 June 2025, at 3pm, at the Jewish Cultural Association of Nancy
Rwanda embodies a remarkable spirit of resilience 30 years after the genocide. The country is demonstrating its ability to be at the forefront of artistic and literary creation, embracing new technologies and developing the whole country. This is despite the fact that in 1994, more than 1,000,000 Tutsis were victims of genocide. This meeting with Marcel Kabanda will address the painful issues of coexistence between perpetrators and victims, doubts about trust in others and faith in God. Above all, it will highlight the need to continue educating all children for a better future.
Association Culturelle Juive de Nancy – maison ouverte des cultures juives
Until 22 June 2025 at the Musée de l’Armée – Invalides
A refugee in the United States during the war, Jean Gabin volunteered to join the French army at the age of 40 to help liberate the country. The senior officers wanted to assign him to entertain the troops, but he categorically refused, insisting on taking part in the fighting. He did so heroically, reverting to his birth name, Jean Moncorgé, to show that he was just another soldier. The museum’s exceptional exhibition traces the destinies of artists and intellectuals who, during the Second World War, chose exile and waged an intense cultural struggle. These include Jean Gabin, Fernand Léger, Ossip Zadkine, Romain Gary, Alexander Calder, Paul Éluard and many others.
Un exil combattant. Les artistes et la France 1939-1945
25 and 29 May 2025
On 25 May at 4pm, the Café des Psaumes will welcome the Sefardi collective, which brings together generations of artists and friends of Judeo-Spanish cultures to share and pass on the Judeo-Spanish repertoire. Then, on 29 May at 4pm, it hosts a concert by Alain Douieb, sharing an anthology of oriental music and songs by Enrico Macias.
Le programme du Café des Psaumes
19 June 2025 at 4pm at the Institut Cervantès in Paris
Aki Estamos is organising this day-long tribute to this beautiful and ancient culture, featuring a meeting with Myriam Moscona in dialogue with Julia Chardavoine, on the occasion of the publication in French of her novel Sewn Shadows (Lior éditions, 2024) translated from Spanish and Judeo-Spanish by Julia Chardavoine. A return to the family footsteps through numerous journeys through time and space, Mexico City, Sofia, Madrid, Thessalonica, Israel… and the sounds of Ladino.
Journée judéo-espagnole | Aki Estamos
From 14 June to 2 November 2025 at the Musée de Vence
As part of an association with the Musée National Marc Chagall, the Musée de Vence – Fondation Emile Hugues is honouring the artist by exhibiting his works from the Vence period, produced between 1949 and 1966, during which time the artist lived in Vence. The town’s influence on his work, with its vegetation, its light and its gentle way of life, motivated Chagall to experiment with new artistic techniques. Vence cathedral is home to a mosaic by Chagall depicting Moses.
Chagall, les années vençoises. Une renaissance méditerranéenne | Musée National Marc Chagall
27 May 2025 at the Espace Rachi – Guy de Rothschild
To mark the 45th anniversary of the death of Joe Dassin, an artist who continues to leave his mark on new generations with his sweet melodies, his declarations of humour and love, his strolls through Luxembourg, the Champs-Elysées and Guantanamera, a tribute evening is being organised in the presence of his son, Julien Dassin, lyricist Claude Lemesle and singer Candice Parise. The evening was orchestrated and hosted by composer Laurent Couson.
6 June 2025 at 7pm at the House of Yiddish Culture – Medem Library
Armed with nigunim, mystical melodies that have been shared for centuries, Shura Lipovsky invites participants to discover their true voice/way. Art and relaxation combine in this original method based on Shura Lipovsky’s knowledge of traditional Ashkenazi culture and Jewish spirituality.
Voix/voie méditative avec Shura Lipovsky (en français, en présentiel) – programme.yiddish.paris
1 June 2025, 8pm to midnight at JEM Copernic
An evening of reflection and exchange on the theme of ‘Democracy and the Ten Words’ is proposed for this new edition of the night of study on the feast of Shavuot, with Rabbis Jonas Jacquelin and Philippe Haddad. These regular get-togethers foster a spirit of study and exchange between participants, without rushing into the evening, helping to find answers for a troubled world.
Nuit d’études Chavouot 5785 : JEM Copernic – Judaïsme En Mouvement
1 June 2025, 8pm to midnight at JEM East
An evening of reflection and exchange on the theme of ‘Democracy and the Ten Words’ is proposed for this new edition of the night of study on the feast of Shavuot, with Rabbis Gabriel Fahri and Marine de Moliner. For one evening, rediscover the spirit of dialogue and study around ancient texts, drawing lessons from them to combat contemporary disenchantment.
Nuit d’études Chavouot 5785 : JEM Est – Judaïsme En Mouvement
1 June 2025, 8pm to 1am at JEM Beaugrenelle
An evening of reflection and exchange on the theme of ‘Democracy and the Ten Words’ is proposed for this new edition of the night of study on the feast of Shavuot. A look back at the ancient texts in search of contemporary answers to the challenges facing our society, in particular the need to rebuild a peaceful and sincere democratic dialogue. Activities include:
Round table ‘Democracy, our common good’ with Vincent Peillon, Dominique Schnapper and François Rachline, moderated by Yaël Hirsch (8pm)
Dialogue between rabbis and student rabbis, with Delphine Horvilleur, Yann Boissière and Anna Klarsfeld (9pm)
Workshops on ‘havruta, small group work on texts, led by teachers, Matin Torah leaders, Yahad members and rabbis (10pm)
Nuit d’études Chavouot 5785 : JEM Beaugrenelle – Judaïsme En Mouvement
15 June from 2pm at the Mairie de Paris Centre
This town hall has long been the venue for many festive events linked to the Jewish culture that has been so present in its streets for over a century. On this Sunday, there will be association stands, meetings with authors and a round table chaired by Lise-Amiel Gutmann. There will also be an Ashkenazi culinary stand, a Tshiribim concert by Shura Lipovsky (3pm), a concert by Gheorghe Ciumaso & Velizar Assenov (4.45pm) and traditional dances by Régine Viner. In short, the joyful spirit of the shtetl awaits you…
centre-medem.org/EVT/festival-des-cultures-juives-20-ans-de-cultures-juives-partagees/
At the Museum of Resistance and Deportation
A number of events are being organised to mark the 80th anniversary of the discovery of the camps. These include the presentation of Benito Bermejo’s book, Le photographe de Mathausen : l’histoire de Francisco Boix et des photos dérobées aux SS (May 24), Alexandre Doulut’s book, La déportation des Juifs de France : Changement d’échelle (June 4), Elérika Leroy’s guide to places of remembrance of the Second World War in Haute-Garonne (June 12) and Hubert Strouk’s book, Vel d’Hiv : histoire et portée d’un discours (June 19).
programme-page-a-page-avril-2025.pdf
At the Caen Memorial
As part of the opening of a new room dedicated to the Shoah, the Memorial is offering a tour explaining the historical development of the Nazi regime’s rise to power and the implementation of its policy of European conquest and its desire to exterminate the Jews. In particular, it demonstrates the mechanism of Nazi racist thinking, the introduction of discriminatory measures and then the murders. This new presentation is accompanied by a series of screenings and lectures, including screenings of the films Son of Saul, Jojo Rabbit, Schindler’s List and Lee Miller.
Ouverture de la nouvelle salle – Shoah – Mémorial de Caen
1 June 2025 at the Drancy Shoah Memorial
Faced with the disappearance of the last witnesses and the exponential rise in anti-Semitic acts in Europe and beyond, Evelyn Askolovitch and other survivors are doing everything in their power to bear witness for new generations. Born Sulzbach in 1938 into a German Jewish family living in Holland, she was arrested with her parents in 1943 and deported to Bergen-Belsen. She wrote a book with her son, journalist Claude Askolovitch, in 2023, entitled Se souvenir ensemble.
Mémorial de la Shoah | Boutique en ligne
27 May 2025 at 7pm at the Shoah Memorial
Jews played a very active part in the war effort against Nazism, both in the various European armies and in Resistance networks. This day will highlight their commitment to the liberation of France and the fight against Nazism. Laurent Douzou, professor emeritus of history at the Université Lumière Lyon-II and the Institut d’études politiques de Lyon, and historian Philippe Boukara will be in attendance. It will be moderated by Claude Bochurberg, a journalist specialising in remembrance.
Mémorial de la Shoah | Boutique en ligne
Until 7 September 2025 at the Jardins Albert Kahn
For the second edition of this festival, ten photographers from all over the world will be presenting works inspired by Albert Kahn’s visual inventory of the world. Their observations are coloured by the hopes and fears of the contemporary world. Most of these works are presented in the landscape garden.
Festival Mondes en commun 2025 – Musée Albert Kahn
Until 24 August 2025 at the Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp Memorial
This exhibition pays tribute to the courage of women Resistance fighters during the Second World War. Designed as part of the National Resistance and Deportation Competition (CNRD), it was produced by students at the Lycée Rostand in Strasbourg. It is a way of sharing the memory through the efforts of new generations of students, presenting texts, testimonies and archive documents.
Exposition temporaire Résister au féminin – Mémorial Struthof
Until 30 October 2025 at the Musée Judéo-Alsacien
Numerous events are being organised around this exhibition, including guided tours on 12 June, 17 July, 13 August and 21 August. There will also be a mini-festival of Jewish music from the Hanau region on 7 September, the European Day of Jewish Culture and Heritage.
20 May 2025 at 6.30pm at IUMAT
The immense comedian and actor Daniel Mesguich, who has been on stage and screen for more than 50 years, will be on the same wavelength as the Bible at this long-awaited event at IUMAT. So let’s close our eyes between now and that date, just as a curtain opens on a bookshop in his character where he reunited with Marie-France Pisier in L’Amour en fuite, and let’s imagine for a moment the scope of this summit encounter with a Book so shared and interpreted.
Le Premier Livre par Daniel Mesguich – IUMAT
Until 20 May 2025 at Galerie Saphir
Galerie Saphir is in the habit of surprising visitors with its tributes to great established artists and contemporary nuggets that have been discovered. This new exhibition is devoted to Nat Mayer Shapiro (1919-2005), a painter committed to opposing barbarism and its tragic manifestations in the history of the 20th century. Far from giving in to the siren song of disenchantment, his work offers signs of hope, paths of enlightenment…
Until 3 June
Hebraïca is staging this festival at a variety of venues in Toulouse, reflecting the range of emotions generated by these films. Starting with Cupcakes by Eytan Fox, a marvellous kitsch comedy set in Paris when an amateur group takes part in a Eurovision-style show, with Edouard Baer playing a small but delightful role. There are also some deeply moving films dealing with current events in the Middle East, women’s struggles for equality and the courage of sportsmen and women and artists from enemy countries to forge links before politics do: Read Lolita in Tehran and The Syrian Bride by Eran Riklis, The Deserter by Dani Rosenberg, Tatami by Zar Amir Ebrahimi and Guy Nattiv and Mariana’s Room by Emmanuel Finkiel.
Until 20 June 2025 at the Institut Universitaire et Culturel Européen Rachi
This series, under the direction of Gérard Rabinovitch and Danièle Lévy, brings together hermeneutics, political philosophy and psychoanalysis in an approach to this essential work by Levinas in his quest for Wisdom, a quest that has been present for two and a half millennia in both Jerusalem and Athens. Following the lectures by Armand Abecassis, Catherine Chalier and Daniel Salvatore Schiffer, four other events have been announced: Jean-Michel Salanskis on 16 May, Danièle Lévy on 23 May, Christian Hoffman on 6 June and Gérard Rabinovitch on 20 June.
Lectures croisées – Institut Universitaire Européen Rachi
On 18 June 2025 at 12:30 pm at the Maison Juive Dumas
This exhibition highlights the female figures of the Bible, showing the variety of characters and their important role in Jewish history. These are assertive and combative women, facing up to the challenges of their time.
Da’at au féminin Visite guidée de l’exposition “Femmes du Tanakh” – Communauté Israélite de Genève
From 25 April 2025 at the Shoah Museum in Stockholm
This in-depth exhibition shows how the media presented events in Germany from 1933 onwards, followed by the anti-Jewish measures enacted in Europe and the deportations. How certain facts were reported and others omitted, depending on the commitment of the journalists, their editorial line and local and international political pressure. We pay tribute to the courageous journalists who defied these pressures and bans.
In Black and White – Sveriges museum om Förintelsen
Until 22 February 2026 at the Jewish Museum Stockholm
This extraordinary exhibition pays tribute to the Swedish photographer, known for her portraits and advertisements, but who also immortalised Swedish Jewish life in the second half of her career. From the 1930s onwards, she went on reportage to document the lives of the Jewish, Roma and Swedish minorities. Anna Riwkin (1908-1970) travelled extensively, producing books for adults and children that made her famous. For three decades, she photographed numerous events in Swedish Jewish life. With her husband, she also launched a Swedish Jewish cultural institute. Anna Riwkin travelled frequently to Israel from the 1940s onwards, photographing its inhabitants across the country, reflecting the diversity of its population.
Anna Riwkin – A Swedish Jewish photographer | Judiska museet
From 23 May to 7 September 2025 at the Rembrandt Museum
This exhibition allows visitors to discover the Amsterdam of four centuries ago, through the eyes of its great painter. Its houses and vegetation, as well as its inhabitants, are portrayed through the unique eyes of Rembrandt, who blended the people of his neighbourhood and his daily life into the melting pot that was Amsterdam. 60 drawings and prints from the museum’s collection will take you on this wonderful journey through time.
Rembrandt & Amsterdam – Rembrandthuis
Until 1 August 2025 on the Place de la Resistance
The exhibition celebrates the 80th anniversary of the return from exile of Grand Duchess Charlotte (1896-1985). Following the German invasion, the Grand Duchess left for London, then the United States, where she became involved in the war effort to liberate the country, regularly addressing her compatriots on the BBC, becoming a symbol of hope and Resistance. Her son, Crown Prince Jean, also took part in the liberation of the country as a soldier.