27 May 2026 at 12.30 pm at Beth Yaacov Synagogue
This presentation offers an insight into the life of the first female lawyer in modern Morocco, Hélène Cazes Benatar, born in 1898 into a wealthy Sephardic family in Tangier. She also played a significant role during the Second World War, organising a relief operation to assist refugees stranded in North Africa whilst en route to seek asylum in the West. After 1942, she defended the rights of hundreds of former Jewish and non-Jewish soldiers, stateless persons, who had been released from Vichy prisoner-of-war camps in North Africa.0
Until 6 September 2026 at the Klausen Synagogue
This exhibition by photographer Karel Cudlin brings together three decades of work illustrating the changes that have taken place in Israel during this period. 200 photographs taken between 1996 and 2026 capture the country’s diverse landscapes and significant historical and cultural moments, showcasing the diversity of the country and its people.
Jewish Museum in Prague | Exhibitions, Tours & Monuments
Until 15 June 2026 at the POLIN Museum
This is the first time the museum has exhibited this work in 70 years! A major first for the public, who will be able to view it for two months. This work allowed the artist to express his feelings about his experiences during the war. Marek Oberlander was born in 1922 near Lviv. Having served in the Red Army during the war, he was the only member of his family not to be killed during the Holocaust. After the war, he studied Fine Art in Warsaw. His work allowed him to express his experience of the war and the pain of losing his loved ones.
18 June 2026 at the Portuguese Synagogue
Hundreds of candles illuminate the stage where the group Klezmagic, made up of artists from Amsterdam who draw inspiration from klezmer, Balkan and other musical traditions, are performing. They present a set specially tailored to the venue, featuring clarinet, violins, accordion, drums and guitar. Their first album was ‘Makedamsko’ (2019), followed by ‘De grote race’ (2022). The artists who make up the group are: Joosje Holstein, Esther Koolstra, Nick van der Woude, Gijs Stigter, Joey Doorten, Olivia Jaeggi and Bendert van Dijk.
Candlelight Concert | Portuguese Synagogue… | Jewish Cultural Quarter
20 May 2026 at 5 pm at the Jewish Museum of Bologna
The museum is organising this cultural event, inviting participants in this reading group dedicated to new contemporary Israeli writers to share their enthusiasm. Coordinated by Anna Grattarola, participation is free and open to all. The current session focuses on the book ‘Applause on an Empty Stage’ by David Grossman.
Groupe de lecture en ligne sur la littérature israélienne contemporaine — Museo Ebraico di Bologna
19 May 2026 at 5.30 pm at the Museo Ebraico
In partnership with WIZO Trieste and the Friends of Israel Association of Gorizia, this lecture by Lorenzo Drascek and Renato Podbersič will provide an insight into this cultural heritage through a bilingual text recounting the region’s Jewish presence, which dates back 700 years.
A Brief History of the Jews in Gorizia – Museo Ebraico di Trieste
24 May 2026 at 3 pm at the Irish Jewish Museum
As part of Jewish Culture Month, playwright Seamus Finnegan presents his play “From Belfast to Tel Aviv”. The play recounts the author’s journey to the heart of Israel and his personal reflections and cultural inspirations. In 1982, his play “James Joyce & The Israelites” was performed at the first International Jewish Theatre Festival in Tel Aviv. His most recent play is “Shalom, Belfast”.
From Belfast To Tel Aviv – Irish Jewish Museum
6 June 2026 at 11am at the Museo Sefardi
Through creative writing exercises and techniques such as plant printing, this workshop invites participants to reflect on the themes of travel, flight and exile, as well as on how these experiences can help us understand the eco-social crisis currently affecting our biodiversity. The activity is designed to explore, through the visual arts, the cultures of the medieval Iberian Peninsula and their resonance with the present, as well as the collections and areas of interest of the Sephardic Museum, particularly its botanical collection.
21 June 2026 at 12 in Uccle
The Maison de la Culture Juive is organising a day of celebration to discover and share Jewish music. On Stage 1: the opening of the FMJ with the shofar, the choirs of the Beth Aviv School, the Antwerp Klezmer Band, Neta Elkayam & Amit Cohen, Yaïa and Cigarillos en el Shtruddel. On Stage 2: Sagit Ben Natan, KlezJam & Dances and Cigarillos drums.
Fête des Musiques Juives 2026 – La Maison de la Culture Juive
7 June 2026 at 2 pm
This walk, organised by the CCLJ and the Maison de la Culture Juive, will highlight the historical political commitment to fighting fascism and promoting community life in the neighbourhoods of Etterbeek and Woluwe, particularly the resistance against the Nazi occupiers. A visit is planned specifically to learn about the Red Orchestra, the spy network.
L’Orchestre Rouge / Etterbeek et Woluwe la juive! – CCLJ
14 June 2026 at 2.30 pm on Judenplatz
This Jewish street festival, organised by IKG.Kultur, will once again bring together music, food and socialising this summer, in a spirit of family-friendly and open-minded sharing. Among the planned activities are folk music and Israeli dances by the Noya Showband, a traditional Bukharian performance by the Meirov brothers, as well as a foodie corner with tastings of kosher specialities, and the presence of 40 Jewish associations, artists and designers.
Jüdisches Straßenfest 2026 :: Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien
9 June 2026 at 6.30 pm at the Dorotheergasse Museum
This book presentation takes place as part of a discussion between Lisa Silverman, Éva Kovács and Michael L. Miller, in cooperation with the Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies in Vienna and the Programme in Jewish Studies at Central European University. The discussion will focus in particular on how the ‘figural anti-Semite’ played a central role in the narratives of trials, films and literature that allowed anti-Jewish prejudices to persist.
Lisa Silverman : « L’antisémite d’après-guerre. Culture et complicité après l’Holocauste »
7 June 2026 at 1pm at the National Holocaust Museum
The Jewish community of Baghdad dates back more than 2,700 years. In June 1941, a pogrom took place that claimed many lives and led to the gradual departure of this ancient community. This lecture will explore issues relating to the eradication of Jewish communities in Baghdad and many other cities across the Arab world during the 20th century.
Middle East & Holocaust: Baghdad’s Lost Heritage
9 June 2026 at 8.15 pm at the City Picturehouse
As part of this month’s cultural festivities, an evening event is being organised to present a series of short films covering a variety of topics. Among the shorts to be screened are 100 Faces, The Peacock that Passed Over, Hannah Cohen’s Holy Communion, The 10th Man, Orphaned Burial Grounds, Growing up Mizrahi and The Chop.
Best of British: Jewish Culture Month + Q&A – Norwich – UK Jewish Film
27 May 2026 at 6pm at Curzon Aldgate
As part of this month’s cultural celebrations, an evening event is being organised to present a series of short films covering a range of subjects, from bar and bat mitzvahs, the friendship between an elderly conman and a young man, a long-awaited reunion between friends, a black comedy set in the East End, loneliness in the face of passing time, the childhood of a girl of Iraqi Jewish origin in an Ashkenazi community, and a butcher’s career change in the films Hannah Cohen’s Holy Communion, Beshert, Sidney Turtlebaum, Primordial Chicken Soup, The 10th Man, Orphaned Burial Grounds, Growing up Mizrahi and The Chop.Best of British: Jewish Culture Month – Aldgate – UK Jewish Film
11 June at 7pm at the Synagogue
A young group is hosting a musical evening as part of Jewish Culture Month 2026. The musical programme is inspired by popular Andalusian and Sephardic songs. This journey takes the audience to the distant lands of Sephardic life, celebrating the beauty of life in the face of adversity. The group comprises the artists Lily Fowke-Green, Miluka Javadi-Anstey, Mykola Maleikyi, Nicholas Delargey-Crawley, Pia Brondel, Oscar Fairclough, Ben Salwey, Jake Rowley, Maya Joliffe, Naomi Isaacs and Sarah Fore.
Manchester Jewish Museum — Troubadour: In the Footsteps of the Sephardim
25 May 2026, from 11am to 4pm in Manchester
This day out exploring Manchester’s historic Jewish cultural heritage features a range of events, including tours of the museum’s galleries and the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, as well as workshops and presentations of artefacts from the museum. This event is organised as part of Jewish Culture Month 2026.
Manchester Jewish Museum — Synagogue Stories: Discover Jewish Manchester
A four-day long weekend to share in the joys and emotions of Yiddish culture through music, literature, film and a series of workshops and London-based discoveries. Over the course of these days, numerous artists and academics will share the diversity of this language and culture, as well as its contemporary contributions. Among the events on offer: Froyen Lider: Yiddish Zingeray of Songs By and About Women, Advanced Klezmer String Class: Style, Accompaniment, Arrangement, Contemporary Yiddish Poetry, What’s Yiddish about Yiddish Art Song?, Yiddish Masterclass, Jewish Whitechapel: An Archive Workshop, Yiddish London, 1880–2026, Postkartl-klub, Yiddish Choir in Style, Song Lab for Singers with or without Bands, Klezmer Tune Club: Dive into a Tune, Golem Rising: The Afterlives of Yiddish Literature, Session with Merlin Shepherd, Not That Kind of Hora: Moldovan-Yiddish Tunes for Playing and Dancing…
YIDDISH CULTURE WEEKEND 2026 — EARLY BIRD TICKETS NOW ON SALE – Jewish Music Institute
7 June 2026, 6pm to 8pm
This walk focuses on Franz Kafka’s relationship with Berlin and the various aspects of the city and the emotions it evoked in the author. His first relationship with Felice Bauer encouraged him to make several trips to Berlin in the 1910s. Then came his romantic relationship with Dora Diamant, who worked at the Jewish People’s Home in Berlin’s Scheunenviertel. The meeting point for this walk is in front of the entrance to Berlin’s New Synagogue.
Marche du soir à l’occasion de l’anniversaire de la mort de Franz Kafka – Centrum Judaicum
19 June 2026, 10am–4pm at the Jewish Museum Munich
This workshop, organised in collaboration with Mirjam Elsel (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria) and Sapir von Abel (Jewish Museum Munich), explores the topic of religion-sensitive mediation, using Judaism as an example. In a spirit of harmonious cooperation between religions, based on mutual understanding and encounters. The workshop presents the religious and ideological diversity in Bavaria.
Détails – Musée juif de Munich
Until 31 October 2026 at the Jewish Museum Berlin
Daniel Libeskind is renowned as a leading contemporary architect. He has designed numerous Jewish museums, including those in Copenhagen and Berlin. The zigzag-shaped building designed by the New York architect has, in fact, become one of Berlin’s most famous architectural landmarks. To mark its 25th anniversary, the Jewish Museum Berlin has organised an exhibition focusing on the building and the era in which it was created.
Between the Lines | Jewish Museum Berlin
19 April 2026, at 2 pm
The Maison de la Culture Juive is offering a series of themed guided walks. This walk focuses on the Jewish section of Dieweg, where some of Brussels’s most prominent figures are buried – symbols of the emancipation of Belgium’s Jewish community following the country’s independence. More than just a stroll through the paths of a cemetery that has now become a rural park, this is an opportunity to discover the Jews who helped shape Belgium.
Le carré Juif du cimetière du Dieweg – CCLJ
Until 5 May 2026 at the Maribor Synagogue
This exhibition presents the drawings of the Austrian Jewish artist Gisela Rottonara, who was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto on 10 July 1942, where she died in January 1943. Around sixty pencil drawings in a diary depict the terrible daily life of those who were imprisoned and killed there.
Images de Theresienstadt – Synagogue de Maribor
19 April 2026, from 9am to 6pm
To celebrate its 120th anniversary, the Jewish Museum in Prague invites visitors to explore the Josefov district and its magnificent historic synagogues. The aim is to help visitors understand the complexity of Prague’s Jewish heritage and its significance within the city’s cultural landscape. Free tours and cultural programmes are being organised, including an exhibition by photographer Karel Cudlín and a talk on vegetarian Jewish cuisine.
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Until 8 November 2026 at the National Holocaust Museum
This exhibition, organised in partnership with the USC Shoah Foundation, presents the stories of 12 Holocaust survivors – 11 Jews and one Romani person – from various European countries. As part of the exhibition, technological tools enable visitors to ask questions and receive answers based on the themes explored. The USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive has collected 59,702 filmed testimonies from 69 countries and in 44 languages.
Exhibtion: Please Continue… Conversations… | Jewish Cultural Quarter
On 22 April 2026, at 7.30 pm at the National Museum of the Resistance and Human Rights in Esch
This round table brings together historians Laurence Schram (Kazerne Dossin) and Daniel Thilman (C2DH), as well as Henri Juda (a second-generation survivor). They will discuss the history of the camp, Convoy XX and the fate of the Jews from Luxembourg deported to Mechelen. Convoy XX, which left Mechelen for Auschwitz on 19 April 1943, carried 1,631 Jews. 236 of the deportees managed to jump from the train thanks to the intervention of the Resistance.mnr.lu/manifestation/table-ronde-le-camp-de-transit-de-malines-et-lhistoire-du-xxe-convoi-19h30-at-musee-fr
Until 30 June 2026 at the Jewish Museum of Bologna
This in-depth documentary investigation into the networks of complicity and the routes that enabled thousands of war criminals to escape international justice after the fall of the Third Reich is on display at the museum. It traces how the Nazis organised their escape, the establishment of networks and the assistance provided, notably by ‘reputable’ international organisations, as well as the ‘welcoming’ destinations for Nazi criminals, particularly in Syria and South America. The exhibition pays tribute to ‘Nazi hunters’ such as Simon Wiesenthal, Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, and the public prosecutor Fritz Bauer.
As every year, the Jewish Community of Turin is taking part in numerous events organised to mark 25 April, celebrating Italy’s liberation from fascist rule. These include, on 14 April at 6 pm, a tribute to Giuliana Fiorentino Tedeschi, who was deported to Auschwitz and to whom a garden in Piazza Bernini is dedicated; the Emanuele Artom march, which will take place from Pier 17 at Porta Nuova to Piazzetta Primo Levi on 15 April at 11.00; and the lecture, to be held at the Community Social Centre on Sunday 26 April at 17.30, led by Liliana Picciotto, a leading researcher at the CDEC, on Jewish participation in the Resistance.
25 AVRIL DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ JUIVE – Communauté juive de Turin
Until 5 April 2026 at the CDEC
This documentary exhibition, thanks to loans from public and private archives, reconstructs the lives ofDino Molho and Dario Molho, two Jewish boys from Milan affected by the Holocaust. Having grown up on the same street and both of Greek origin, Dino and Dario experienced the horrors of the Holocaust in different ways: Dino managed to flee, whilst Dario was deported. The exhibition highlights the persecution of Jews in Italy as a process punctuated by administrative measures, progressive restrictions and harassment, interwoven with chance circumstances, acts of assistance or indifference.
7 May 2026 at 5pm at the Aalborg Theatre
A series of talks accompanies the staging of this cult play, which has been adapted into an equally cult film, and whose humanist values are shared and cherished around the world, particularly in Japan and Denmark. In collaboration with Aalborg Folkeuniversitet, exhibition curator Sara F. Stadager provides insights into the play.