Wednesday 19 August 2026, at 6.30 pm
In a unique and lively style, the Jewish community of Geneva is hosting a get-together on a rooftop, almost level with the Jet d’Eau, with breathtaking views of Geneva and the Salève. The programme includes a cocktail reception and an evening with a DJ.
La soirée de la rentrée – Communauté Israélite de Genève
At the Jewish Museum in Stockholm
What remains of Jewish life when the synagogue has been demolished and all traces in the urban landscape have almost vanished? This difficult question is the central theme of this remarkable exhibition, which traces Jewish life in Karlstad and the Värmland region from the 19th century to the present day, through the stories of people, places and memories. Organised in collaboration with the Värmland Museum, the exhibition features photographs, archive documents and personal accounts that illustrate how Jewish families settled in the region, how a community developed, and how it gradually disappeared during the 20th century.Jewish Värmland | Judiska museet
10 September 2026, at 7.30 pm at the Portuguese Synagogue
Held regularly, these concerts in such a unique and welcoming venue bring together worship and culture, and are attended by an audience that remains as enthusiastic as ever. Hundreds of lit candles surround and inspire the Argentine pianist Gabriel Palatchi, who blends different styles, including jazz, tango, funk and world music.
Candlelight Concert | Portuguese Synagogue… | Jewish Cultural Quarter
From 21 September 2026 to 3 January 2027 at the Rembrandt Museum
The museum is showcasing works by a diverse range of artists in one of its main galleries, from Rembrandt to contemporary artists, all of whom share two characteristics: they have all created works on paper and have experimented without restraint. They have done so by testing different techniques and materials in their quest for innovation. Sometimes this has involved revisiting a theme time and again, yet always with a fresh perspective. Among the artists on display, alongside the museum’s namesake, are Hercules Segers, Geertruydt Roghman, Käthe Kollwitz, Willem den Ouden, Glenn Brown, Guy Vording and many others.
Experimentation | Rembrandthuis
14 September 2026, at 6.00 pm
The Jewish Community of Turin is organising this event to present Franca Rizzi Martini’s book, ‘Storie di Lucette’. The story of a little girl and her extended family amidst the turmoil of the Holocaust. ” The author will be in conversation with Silvia Maria Ramasso, publisher at NEOS, with contributions from, amongst others, the writer Gabriella Bonansea and Alessandro Pan, the protagonist’s nephew. The story of a family’s quest for freedom, interweaving childhood memories with the pain of an immense loss during the Holocaust.
Présentation de « Histoires de Lucette » – Communauté juive de Turin
From 20 September to 29 November 2026
As part of an initiative under the ‘City of Ideas 2026–2027’ project, supported by Padua City Council, a guided tour of the sites where these stones are located will be organised over three days. The aim of this collective effort is to clean the stones and share the stories of the victims of the Holocaust who are commemorated in this way.
Sunday, 20 September, 11:00 a.m. – Guided tour and collective cleaning of the Stumbling Stones on Via delle Piazze, Via San Martino e Solferino, Via dell’Arco, and Via dei Fabbri.
Sunday, 25 October, 11:00 a.m. – Guided tour and collective cleaning of the Stumbling Stones on Via Prati, Via Barbarigo, Via Roma, Via VIII Febbraio, Via Damiano Chiesa, and Piazza del Santo.
Sunday, 29 November, 11:00 a.m. – Guided tour and collective cleaning of the Stumbling Stones on Via Calatafimi and Via Petrarca.
POLISHING MEMORY: A VISIT TO THE STUMBLING STONES
Monday 31 August 2026
The Sephardic Museum is relaunching its book club for anyone wishing to make the most of the holidays by immersing themselves in the adventures found within books, as turning the pages provides the literary inspiration and a breath of fresh air needed to cope with the summer heat. We will be exploring Art Spiegelman’s masterpiece Maus. In which the author drew inspiration from the life of his father, a Holocaust survivor, to create this graphic novel: the first graphic novel to win the Pulitzer Prize.Club de lectura: “Kuentos de kolor” – Museo Sefardí – Sinagoga del Tránsito | Ministerio de Cultura
25 August 2026, from 4.30 pm to 6.00 pm at the Danish Jewish Museum
On this day, the museum is celebrating the launch of this fascinating book by Bent Blüdnikow, Jews in the Provinces: Brushwood weavers, bakers, rabbis, horse traders and soldiers. Readers will discover the remarkable life stories of Jews living in Danish provincial towns, who, until the mid-18th century, made up half of Denmark’s Jewish population. The author will be present for a discussion with the museum’s director, Janus Moller Jensen, and the day will be rounded off with a concert by Ayala Zimbler Hertz.
23 August 2026, from 2 pm to 6 pm at the Anderlecht Synagogue
The Maison de la Culture Juive invites the public to celebrate the New Year 5787 with their families through dance, during an afternoon of music, conviviality and fine food. The programme includes a dance workshop (for adults and children) from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, featuring an introduction to traditional Jewish dances, followed by the Grand Klezmer Ball from 4.30 pm to 6.00 pm, where both long-standing and newly acquired talents will be showcased in a spirit of joy and togetherness…
Bal klezmer de Rosh Hashana + atelier de danse – La Maison de la Culture Juive
27 September to 6 December 2026
With ‘Open Studio’, the Jewish Museum of Belgium is transforming the neighbourhood around it into an exhibition space whilst its building is closed for renovation. Around ten paintings by Arié Mandelbaum – an artist born in 1939 whose family originated from Poland and who settled in Brussels, near the Gare du Midi, like many Jews at the time – are on display in venues in the immediate vicinity of the museum. His work centres on the themes of traces, erasure and memory. The exhibition route runs between the CINEMATEK, the Cinéma Galeries, the Maison des Arts et de la Culture Sociale (MACS – Grands Carmes), the Bruegel Cultural Centre, the Brussels CPAS, the Maison CFC, the Théâtre des Tanneurs and the Jewish Museum of Belgium.
Atelier ouvert. Autour d’Arié Mandelbaum – Musée Juif de Belgique
7 September 2026 at 12.30 pm at the CCLJ
A passion for genealogy – which enables us to trace the history of a family’s ancestors and the journeys they undertook, whether by choice or necessity, in order to build their lives – has been widespread in Judaism since time immemorial. The Dibook round-table discussion organised by the CCLJ will provide an opportunity to share best practice on this subject, with Xavier Jacques-Jourion, Director of the Archives du Royaume, as a guest speaker.
Dibook | Recherches généalogiques – CCLJ
8 September 2026 at 7.30 pm
Organised with great enthusiasm by the Jewish community of Vienna since September 2022 and proving a huge success, this annual event returns once again to mark the start of the year, in an ode to life and the healing of the world. It is organised in partnership with the Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, whose orchestra is celebrating its 90th anniversary under the motto ‘Le’Chaim – To Life’. The centrepiece of the evening is Franz Schubert’s Octet in F major – one of the most important works of Viennese chamber music.
Concert du Nouvel An juif 2026 :: Communauté juive de Vienne
Until 26 October 2026 at the Austrian Jewish Museum
The painter Soshana is one of the few Austrian artists of the classical modernist movement to have achieved worldwide renown. Forced to leave Austria during the Holocaust, she sought refuge in the United States, where she devoted herself to art, rubbing shoulders throughout her life with figures and sources of inspiration such as Picasso, Giacometti, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Schweitzer and Arnold Schoenberg… Her brushes have taken her to paint in places as diverse as Cuba, Japan, China, India, Africa, Italy, Mexico, South-East Asia, the Caribbean and Israel.
Expositions – Musée juif autrichien
Until 8 November 2026 at the Dorotheergasse Museum
The Israeli artist begins every painting title in this way, as if it were a well-known joke repeated with a few slight variations. His works humorously explore the similarities and differences between the three monotheistic religions, focusing in particular on the wishes, dreams and hopes that are more common than they might seem.
A Muslim, a Christian, and a Jew – Eran Shakine
5–26 August 2026 at the National Holocaust Museum
The museum is offering a series of historical exploration sessions centred around themed boxes. These boxes contain objects relating to carefully selected historical stories, providing a deeper understanding of the museum’s exhibitions and the topics covered. Here are the selected themes and the dates of the exploration sessions:
5th August: Jewish Resistance
12th August: Jewish Identities
19th August: Experiencing Liberation
26th August: Becoming a Refugee
What’s On at National Holocaust Museum
Thursday 20 August 2026 at the Manchester Jewish Museum
The public is invited to join in the fun at this cookery workshop, where you’ll learn how to make your own traditional braided cake, or ‘babka’! Discover the rich traditions behind this Ashkenazi Jewish speciality, whose origins date back to Poland and western Ukraine. Whilst the babkas are baking, you’ll explore stories from the museum’s collections.
Manchester Jewish Museum — Bake It! Babka (All ages welcome)
Until 8 October 2026 at the Bradford Reform Synagogue
As part of its efforts to share Jewish culture with various institutions across England whilst the museum undergoes renovation, the Jewish Museum London has lent an exhibition to the Bradford Reform Synagogue. The aim is to pay tribute to the great ladies of the Yiddish stage, in particular Clara Meisels and Anna Tzelniker.
Voices on Stage: Women in Yiddish Theatre @ Bradford Reform Synagogue – The Jewish Museum London
9 September 2026 at 11.00 am at the Jewish Museum Munich
As part of the upcoming Jewish festivals beginning in September, a workshop on the Jewish year is being offered for children aged 7 to 12. In a rather original way, the workshop will help them discover the connection between the Jewish calendar and the moon, and find out exactly when the Jewish New Year takes place, as well as what dishes are eaten at Hanukkah and when people fast. The five major Jewish festivals will be covered, and the children will make their own annual calendar.
Details – Jüdisches Museum München
Saturday 29 August, from 11.00 am to 5.00 pm at the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt
As part of this event, the museum is organising a unique activity: enthusiasts of all ages are invited to come and weave a large tapestry with the artist Jessica Ostrowicz on the forecourt. The aim is to explore the meaning of community and cohesion in a fun way, drawing inspiration from the symbolic power of the knot in Judaism. The tapestry created together will then be displayed in the museum’s sukkah.
About the Museum – Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt
From 4 September 2026 to 10 January 2027
How can we seek and find solutions to the fears of the present? Artistic explorations can prove effective, and this is what the Jewish Museum Berlin sets out to do. As part of this approach, the sources of inspiration are varied, as are the efforts to draw on the past in search of solutions. These include, in particular, Jewish tradition and thinkers such as Ernst Bloch and Theodor W. Adorno. Featuring works by Yael Bartana, Andrea Büttner, Chto Delat International, Arnold Dreyblatt, William Forsythe, Dana Kavelina, Alexander Kluge, Daniel Laufer, Dor Zlekha Levy, Ari Benjamin Meyers, Alona Rodeh and Eran Schaerf.
The Opposite of Now | Jewish Museum Berlin
19 September 2026, at 4.00 pm at the Isère Museum of the Resistance and Deportation
The Acour Theatre Company presents a dramatised reading to explore the little-known fate of prisoners of war upon their return home. The production takes us back to the autumn of 1945, portraying the shared emotions of those returning and those waiting for them. A sensitive and deeply moving performance, paying tribute to remembrance, resilience and the strength of rekindled bonds.
Retour de captivité – lecture théâtralisée | Portail des Musées
Until 25 October 2026 at the Museo Archeologico Regionale in Aosta.
This exhibition aims to highlight Chagall’s artistic explorations of the Bible, a major theme that runs through his work throughout his life, from Vitebsk to all the museums and places of worship and cultural institutions that house his works. The origins of this theme are explored in the exhibition, beginning with Ambroise Vollard’s commission for the illustration of the Bible in 1930. For this exhibition, which is being held for the first time in Italy, the Marc Chagall National Museum is lending over 120 works from its collections, created between 1922 and 1980.
Marc Chagall. Entre poésie et spiritualité | Musée National Marc Chagall
Thursday 24 September, from 7.30 pm to 9 pm at the Maison de la culture yiddish – Medem Library
The Maison de la culture yiddish is hosting this special event with the renowned author and playwright Jean-Claude Grumberg, centred on his book Why Jews Don’t Like Anti-Semites (Éditions du Seuil, Librairie du XXIe siècle, 2026). Yves Jeuland, film director, will be in conversation with the author (in person, subject to circumstances), accompanied by music from Eric Slabiak and Frank Anastasio and readings by Mathieu Amalric.
Wednesday 9 September 2026, from 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm at the mahJ
Barely three days after the fabulous JECJ day at the mahJ, the museum invites you to continue the new season with song, in an effort to re-enchant the world, thanks to the Marine Goldwaser Ensemble, which also features Mihai Trestian, Rémy Yulzari, Michaël Joussein,
Elie Hackel and Bastien Charlery de la Masselière. A clarinet virtuoso and leading figure on the klezmer scene, Marine Goldwaser founded this inspiring ensemble, which draws on traditional Romanian repertoires. A concert organised in partnership with the Maison de la culture yiddish.
Concert : « Noces Yiddish » | Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme
Sunday 6 September 2026, from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm
As part of the European Days of Jewish Culture and their inspiring theme ‘Love’, the mahJ is offering a packed programme featuring a book fair, a book sale of items from the library, and a round-table discussion in the auditorium, organised in partnership with K. magazine, which will round off the day by exploring the relationship between Jewish people and France in the present day. In addition to themed guided tours of the museum’s collections, Jguideeurope will also have the honour of attending this event and looks forward to meeting you there…
Événement : Journées européennes de la culture juive | Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme
From 6 September 2026 to 6 June 2027
Open to everyone, with no auditions or entrance exams, Voci Copernic has for many years brought together singing enthusiasts in a friendly and supportive atmosphere, led by choir director Marlène Samoun. The group aims to share an eclectic repertoire (traditional songs, musicals, Israeli melodies, songs in Ladino and Yiddish, and many other musical genres). Numerous performances are scheduled throughout the year.
Voci Copernic – Judaïsme En Mouvement
6 September 2026, at 10.00 am at JEM Beaugrenelle
As it does every year, JEM is opening its doors to showcase the wide range of activities on offer for the 2026–2027 academic year. These include weekly classes, talks and workshops (choirs, bridge, Ulpan, Krav Maga, calligraphy, Biblical Hebrew, Pilates, Monday get-togethers, and more). The leaders of these activities will be on hand to chat with visitors.
Forum des activités : journée portes ouvertes – Judaïsme En Mouvement
From 6 August to 15 September 2026 at the Galerie Saphir
La Ruche and the vibrancy of Paris, which welcomed so many artists from Eastern Europe, Italy and a host of others who came in search of its freedom and colours at the turn of the 20th century. Whether it be Picasso, Soutine, Kisling, Pascin, Modigliani… From Montmartre to Montparnasse, from its sublime everyday scenes to its equally inspiring evenings bathed in light. Galerie Saphir pays tribute to this spirit, this freedom, which can be rediscovered in an astonishing exhibition bringing together numerous works…
L’École de Paris en héritage | 6 August – 15 September 2026 – Overview | GALERIE SAPHIR
3 and 6 September 2026
To showcase the wide range of activities planned for the 2026–2027 academic year, including courses, workshops and choirs, the Medem Centre invites the public to meet the teachers and facilitators. You can discuss your level with them before signing up for a course in Yiddish, Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish or Judeo-Arabic, or for our various workshops on Israeli dance, choirs, Hebrew literature, genealogy, theatre, Yiddish expressions, Yiddish and Hebrew conversation, and wellbeing…
The Haute-Garonne Departmental Museum of the Resistance and Deportation (MDRD) presents this exhibition, developed in collaboration with historian Tal Bruttmann, which traces the stories of sixteen Auschwitz survivors. It explores their individual journeys within the context of a collective history – from their arrest and deportation, through to the liberation of the camps, and their determination both to bear witness to and pass on these terrible chapters of history, and to fight for peace.