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.
centre-medem.org/EVT/rencontre-litteraire-leah-goldberg-une-poetesse-hebraique-et-europeenne/
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
17 November 2025 at 8 p.m. at the Café de la Danse
The surprising and explosive music of Boogie Balagan will set the stage alight at Café de la Danse, marking the release of their new album, which combines humour, nostalgia and hope for a better tomorrow. This evening will be an opportunity to celebrate 20 years of the JUMU label and 20 years since the release of Boogie Balagan’s legendary track Lamentation Waloo. It will be dedicated to Claude Szwimer, who passed away prematurely last year.
9 and 10 November 2025 Chez Georges
The most legendary of the old Parisian cellars from the golden age resumed concert production several years ago, while maintaining its fabulous evenings where young and old alike dance and sing French, Latin, jazz, Yiddish and disco melodies… During the Jazz n’Klezmer festival, Chez Georges hosts numerous concerts over two evenings, featuring Denis Cuniot, Les Marx Sisters, Macadam Shnorer and others.
FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER – KLEZMER DANS LES BARS – Paris – FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER
19 November 2025 at 8 p.m. at the Alhambra
No fewer than 40 musicians will be on stage for this fabulous event! A meeting between jazz and Judeo-Andalusian music, where Omer Avital performs his original compositions and oriental and piyyutim classics, accompanied in particular by cantor and soloist Moshé Look. The first meeting between the Andalusian Orchestra Israel – Ashdod took place last year in Ashdod and led to this wonderful encore performance at the Alhambra for the Jazz n’ Klezmer festival.
FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER – L’OCHESTRE ANDALOU ISRAEL ASHDOD – Paris – FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER
18 November 2025 at 8.30pm at the Studio de l’Ermitage
Surrounding Lou Tavano’s voice, Mathias Levy and his musicians stand in a circle, close to each other, referring both to the musicians and the audience. An intimate and moving musical experience of the Jazz n’ Klezmer festival.
From 6 November to 14 December 2025
A very extensive programme is being presented to the public this year, with the following main events:
Thursday 6 November at 6.30 pm: Transmozaik concert, Ladino music, with L’heure du partage (Time for Sharing) at Atelier n°1, Théâtre Garonne.
Sunday, 9 November at 3 p.m.: Presentation of Hanoch Levin’s play Cabaret at the Salle San Subra
From 5 to 15 November: Exhibition on the Righteous in Occitanie, produced by Terres fraternelles, at the EDJ.
Thursday 13 November at 6.30pm: Hébraica’s Thursdays presents a meeting on the theme of ‘Heroes and heroines of the Jewish Army’ by Maurice Lugassy.
Saturday 15 November at 2pm: Round tables on The Righteous in Occitania, organised by LICRA at the MJC Roguet.
From 19 to 28 November: Exhibition of 26 artists, painters and sculptors at the EDJ.
Thursday, 20 November at 6:30 p.m.: Les Hébraica’s Thursdays presents a lecture by Isy Morgensztern on the theme ‘Reparation, Forgiveness, Revenge.’
Friday 21 November at 10.30am: Literary meeting ‘Les recueils inédits’ (Unpublished Collections) by Gil Presznitzer, published by Editions Hébraica – Bar le Sylène.
Sunday 23 November at 3pm: Les rencontres de Palaprat with Elerika Leroy and Maurice Lugassy on the theme ‘Les Juifs et la Résistance’ (The Jews and the Resistance).
Monday, 24 November at 7:30 p.m.: Debate with Paul Amar at the EDJ, organised with La Marc and FSJU.
25, 26 and 27 November at 8:30 p.m.: Presentation of the text ‘Ana’s Violin,’ narrated by Patrick Ochs, based on a text by Isabelle Kostrzewa and Patrick Ochs at the Théâtre de Poche in Toulouse.
Sunday, 30 November at 3 p.m.: Screening of “Voices in the Silence” by Adam Joulia at the CGR Le Paris in Montauban.
Sunday, 30 November at 4 p.m.: Major event for the Tsedaka campaign at the Tournefeuille lighthouse.
Thursday, 4 December at 6:30 p.m.: Hébraica’s Thursdays presents a lecture by Isy Morgensztern on the theme of ‘The Law’.
Sunday, 7 December at 4:30 p.m.: Andalusian Day with La Marc. The programme includes a concert, lecture and sweet treats…
Tuesday, 9 December at 5:30 p.m.: Study of the Jewish genealogy of Toulouse with the Jewish Genealogy Circle.
Thursday, 11 December at 6:30 p.m.: Les Jeudis d’Hébraica presents a lecture by Maurice Lugassy on the theme of ‘Jewish Identity in French Opera.’
Sunday, 14 December at the EDJ: Study day on the theme of ‘Artificial Intelligence and the People of the Book.’
15 October 2025 at 6.30 p.m. at the IUMAT
As part of the inaugural conference of the 2025/2026 season of the Maimonides-Averroes-Thomas Aquinas University Institute, speakers will present the different stages in the construction of the city of Montpellier. They will discuss the city’s origins, its cultural diversity, and Montpellier’s economic and intellectual development. Thanks to the Edict of Guilhem VIII, Montpellier became a city of tolerance where communities, cultures, religions, and interfaith scholarly elites engaged in close exchanges, particularly in the fields of medicine and philology.
With the participation of Michaël Delafosse, Mayor of Montpellier, Christine Feuillas, Director of the Montpellier Municipal Archives, Pierre-Joan Bernard, Heritage Conservation Assistant at the Montpellier City Archives, Fabrice Bertrand, Historian, and Michaël Iancu, Doctor of History and Director of the Maimonides Institute.
La Genèse de Montpellier – IUMAT
16 October 2025 at 7 p.m. and 22 October 2025 at 3 p.m. at the Caen Memorial
As part of the series on cinema and war, films by Steven Spielberg and Christian Duguay will be screened. These two works have helped the general public to better understand the fate of Jews during the Holocaust. Showing them to new generations is all the more important in these difficult times.
Le cinéma et la guerre – ” La liste de Schindler ” – Mémorial de Caen
12 October 2025 at the Shoah Memorial
The Shoah Memorial is dedicating a day to the major crime of the 20th century perpetrated by Pol Pot’s regime in Cambodia, which decimated 20% of the national population. The day will begin at 2 p.m. with a lecture by Anne-Laure Porée on the crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. At 3.30pm, witnesses will tell the audience how they managed to survive. In the presence of Séra, visual artist, Bounnie Hœung Ong and Thong Hœung Ong, survivors, in conversation with Philippe Mesnard, professor of comparative literature at Clermont Auvergne University. At 5:30 p.m., there will be a screening and discussion of Rithy Panh’s film L’Image manquante (2013), presented by Soko Phay, historian and art theorist.
Mémorial de la Shoah | Boutique en ligne
26 November 2025 at the Museum of Resistance and Deportation in Isère
This evening event offers the chance to discover the immersive experience ‘Live the Liberation!’ by recreating a sound experience. In a workshop, using photographic and film archives of the Liberation of Isère, participants will be guided through a sensitive and creative exploration of this period. In small groups, they will imagine, record and mix a short original sound piece, echoing these fragments of memory. The evening will be hosted by Lorine Le Louvier, founder of La souffleuse.
La fabrique sonore – soirée étudiante | Portail des Musées
Until 20 December 2025 at the Montluc National Memorial Prison
This exhibition is organised by the Association of Montluc Survivors, which was founded in the autumn of 1944 with the aim of identifying Montluc internees immediately after the war and providing them with assistance. Following the closure of Montluc Prison in 2009, the association committed to creating the Memorial. This year, generations of descendants and relatives of Montluc Prison internees will come together to express their family memories in various artistic forms.
Until 8 February 2026 at the CHRD
The Museum offers a tour that allows visitors to discover the permanent exhibition through a specific theme: Jews in France and Lyon during the Second World War. This is done with the help of archival documents, testimonies and individual stories. The tour looks back at the stages of the Holocaust, the policy of exclusion implemented by the Vichy government, and focuses more specifically on the fate of Jews in the Lyon region.
14 October 2025 at 6pm at the Institut Universitaire Européen Rachi in Troyes
While AI seems to offer many possibilities and conveniences, questions arise about its limitations and the direction of the content proposed by research. Gilles Braun, Honorary Inspector General of National Education, Sport and Research, and specialist in the use of digital technology in education, will raise a particularly intriguing question concerning laughter.
Conférences – Institut Universitaire Européen Rachi
19 November 2025 at the Maison Rachi in Troyes
As part of the programmes offered by the Maison Rachi for the 2025-2026 season, it is offering a meeting with Yonathan Arfi, President of the CRIF, who will speak at a lecture on ‘the place of Jews in France,’ and Paul Salmona, Director General of the Museum of Jewish Art and History, who will give a lecture on the archaeology of Judaism.
2025/2026 : Nouvelle programmation des dimanches de Rachi !
5 October 2025 at 4 p.m. at the Shoah Museum of Drancy
This meeting, organised in partnership with the France – Musa Dagh, the Federation of Franco-Armenian Combatants and Resistance Fighters (FCRFA) and the ONaCVG, will evoke a little-known episode: the evacuation, in September 1915, of 4,092 Armenians from Musa Dagh, including 650 combatants and 7 leaders, by the French navy. These combatants would form the core of the future Légion d’Orient, created on 15 November 1916. This journey into memory highlights the notions of commitment and freedom embodied by these heroes. It takes place in the presence of Jean Cordelle, grandson of a young naval officer serving on the Desaix and author of ‘L’épopée des Arméniens et des Marins’ (The Epic of the Armenians and Sailors), Claire Mouradian, emeritus research director at the CNRS, CERCEC, associated with the Centre for Historical Research, and Raphaël Vartanian, PhD student in history and teacher.
Mémorial de la Shoah | Boutique en ligne
On 21 September 2025, from 3pm to 6pm at the Maison Juive Dumas
This Sunday cultural programme is designed for people who are curious to learn Hebrew or improve their language skills. This year, the Jewish Community of Geneva is also offering courses for 5-8 year olds.
Evénements Archive – Communauté Israélite de Genève
Until 28 December 2025 at the POLIN Museum
This exhibition, created by Julia Konieczna, is inspired by the museum’s name, which means both ‘Poland’ and ‘rest here’ in Hebrew, offering visitors a break from the present. By highlighting the harmony of nature, it invites participants to relax, develop their curiosity and explore the realm of artistic possibilities, accompanied by giant stuffed animals, comfortable seats and educational materials.
Until 31 March 2026 at the Jewish Museum of Galicia
This new exhibition presents the dramatic story of the Reiss family during the Holocaust. Unlike most of their relatives, who were murdered, Lucja and Henryk Reiss managed to obtain false papers and hide during the war. More than 50 objects tell this moving story and give visitors a better understanding of the difficulties of surviving in such conditions at that time. They had to constantly change locations, travelling through Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to escape the Nazis.
Henryk Reiss Must Cease to Exist – Muzeum Żydowskie
Until 11 January 2026 at the Jewish Historical Institute
This exhibition explores both the importance of texts in monotheistic religious heritage and the Torah as a work of art. What messages do the ornaments and different representations of the scrolls and ritual objects surrounding them convey in different Jewish communities over time? The exhibition also explores the particular care taken by the Nazis to defile and destroy both the texts and the ritual objects that protected them. Most of the objects on display come from the JHI and other Polish institutions.
Sacred masterpiece. Torah scroll as object and symbol \ Exhibitions \ Żydowski Instytut Historyczny
Until 11 January 2026 at the Jewish Museum Amsterdam
This exhibition presents the history of innovative and daring photographers, many of them Jewish, who captured images of the streets of the great American city. It shows the difficult life during the Depression, the conditions of workers and racial discrimination. Among the works on display are those by photographers Berenice Abbott, Weegee, Lisette Model and Walter Rosenblum.
Photo League: New York 1936–1951 |… | Jewish Cultural Quarter
Until 31 December 2025 at the Jewish Museum of Greece
This is the first exhibition dedicated to Greek Jews from the end of the war to the 1970s. This period saw the reconstruction of Greek Jewish life, followed by civil war, the restoration of democracy in 1974 and the creation of this museum in 1977. On this occasion, numerous archives, objects, photos and recorded testimonies of Holocaust survivors will be presented to the public, providing a better understanding of this difficult period, the fate of Jews after the war and the various societal issues at stake.
“Like hunted birds, Greek Jews after World War II” – Jewishmuseum