23 April at 2 p.m., at the Dieweg cemetery
This walk is one of several in the Belgian capital. Familiar and more unusual places, bearing witness to Jewish life past and present. During this walk, which takes place in the small cemetery located in the south of Brussels, a history tour will reveal the golden age of Brussels Judaism at the end of the 19th and 20th centuries. Some of the actors of this golden age are buried there, witnesses of the social ascension in Belgium and of the participation of the Jews to its greatness in many fields.
Until 4 June 2023 in the Jewish Museum Vienna
The exhibition aims to show how clichés can create misunderstandings in society. The exhibition aims to show how clichés can lead to misunderstandings in society, on a variety of topics such as the meaning of family in Judaism, knowledge and melancholy. All these perceptions create stereotypes, even prejudices. It is more of a presentation and questions than an attempt to deconstruct these perceptions. These perceptions appeared in particular during the covid and the conspiracy theories concerning vaccines. Clichés from which the Jews themselves are not immune to.
https://www.jmw.at/exhibition/100_misunderstandings_about_and_among_jews
11 March 2023 at the Freud Museum
Organised as part of the series dedicated to discussions on the theme of “Refugees and Immigration”, a round table discussion brings together Daniela Finzi, Diane O’Donoghue, Emily Kuriloff and Pamela Cooper-White, with moderator Tom Kohut. They will discuss the disappearance of psychoanalytic institutions during the Holocaust. Focusing on how individuals, their families and organisations overcame or failed to overcome past loss and destruction in the post-war period.
https://www.freud-museum.at/en/detail/refugee-psychoanalysts
Until 7 July 2023 at the Jewish Museum London
These rather surprising meetings bring to the table the sometimes complex issues of contemporary Jewish life. Institutional representatives and individuals share their experiences. The museum offers a wide range of topics for discussion. For example: the representativeness of institutions including the Jewish Museum, the involvement of institutions in safeguarding for the future…
26 February 2023 at Jamboree, 6 St Chad’s Place, London
Klezmer music is making amazing encounters all over the world, notably in France with the Jazz n’klezmer Festival. With Andalusian, Gypsy, Mediterranean music… During this festival, a moving encounter with contemporary jazz will be presented as part of the Sunday lunchtime reception. This event is part of the Big Band Performance series.
Until 1 May 2023 at the Jewish Museum Berlin
The museum presents the first exhibition in Berlin dedicated to the Jewish artists of the École de Paris. These artists were attracted by the creativity and artistic freedom offered by the city, particularly in the residence La Ruche in Montparnasse. More than 120 works will be exhibited on this occasion, by artists such as Marc Chagall, Amedeo Modigliani, Chana Orloff, Sonia Delaunay and Jacques Lipchitz. The influence of these artists on contemporary art will also be highlighted.
https://www.jmberlin.de/en/exhibition-paris-magnetique
Until 5 March 2023 at the Jewish Museum Augsburg
In partnership with a primary school in Augsburg, the Jewish Museum is organising, as it did last year, an exhibition to raise awareness of this holiday. The historical aspect and its importance in the hope carried by the symbolism of the lit candles.
https://jmaugsburg.de/en/exhibitions/chanukka-installation/
Until February 12, 2023 at the Dorotheergasse Jewish Museum
Director James T. Hong explores the difficult and painful issue of forgiveness. A theme that has been prominent since German Chancellor Willy Brandt’s gesture in 1970 at the monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Heads of state from all corners of the world have since expressed public regret on a variety of issues, from historical questions to personal stories that could not be kept private. Questions of sincerity, of the share of emotion and communication, of the repetition of the “never again” concept are explored…
https://www.jmw.at/exhibition/james_t_hong_apologies_v_20162_2021
Exposition « Shoulder to shoulder? Jewish involvement in Poland’s aspirations for independence 1794-1918 »
Until March 26, 2023 at the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute
This exhibition examines the participation of Polish Jews in the struggle for independence from the end of the 18th century to the end of the First World War. What particularly motivated these struggles, especially the patriotic fibre, and when did they sometimes feel excluded by certain ambitions from these struggles? What were the links between citizens of different faiths united under the same uniform? 150 objects are presented: texts, photos and paintings. Amongst the characters honoured, Berek Joselewicz, war hero for the fatherland and other lesser known figures.
https://www.jhi.pl/en/exhibitions/shoulder-to-shoulder,370
Until May 21, 2023 at the Jewish Museum of Munich
This exhibition, produced in partnership with the Jewish Museum in Hohenems, attempts to get to the root of the idea of the European project. What did it envisage and is it true to its original promise? Are national and continental issues compatible? Jewish individuals who pursued and accompanied this dream of a Europe of Enlightenment and its struggle for equal rights are presented. All these questions are addressed in the exhibition, examining threats and opportunities, failures and successes.
https://www.juedisches-museum-muenchen.de/en/exhibitions/the-last-europeans
Until December 31, 2022 at the Museo Padova della Ebraica
This exhibition sheds light on the life stories of Jewish doctors in Padua and the links between the University of Bo and the Jewish community. This is part of the 800-year anniversary of this prestigious institution. At first very open, welcoming Jewish students as early as 1500, the university managed to respond to the climate of intolerance when non-Catholic students were no longer allowed in, by granting them diplomas anyway. Nevertheless, following the promulgation of the ‘racial laws’, five Jewish professors were dismissed. Among them was Tullio Terni, director of the Institute of Anatomy in Padua, one of the fathers of modern embryology. It is to these hidden pages of history that the Padua event, sponsored by the municipality of Padua and Ucei, devotes four in-depth meetings.
Until Febreuary 26, 2023 at the PAFF of Pordenone
The PAFF! (Palazzo Arti Fumetto Friuli) hosts the first major exhibition in Italy dedicated to Will Eisner. The name of the exhibition refers to the comic strip that made him famous. Eisner, like Jean Gabin in France, had two great careers, celebrated by different generations who found in each of these moments different traits that made these geniuses appreciable.
Born in Brooklyn to Jewish parents who had immigrated from Romania and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Will Eisner (1917 – 2005) began his career as a comic book writer in the 1930s, and enjoyed success with the character of the Spirit, a cross between a detective and a superhero, a reference that has become a classic in the field. At the end of the 1970s, he returned in force with A Pact with God, the first graphic novel. A work that tells the story of Jewish life in New York at the beginning of the century and the various societal challenges and personal misfortunes. A work that is partly autobiographical.
The exhibition at the Villa di Parco Galvani in Pordenone traces Eisner’s career, presenting 180 originals, including final plates and sketches, and 126 period publications.
PAFF, Villa di Parco Galbani, Viale Dante, 33, 33170 Pordenone PN
At the Jewish Museum of London
“If you seek to learn, grow, pursue truth and find freedom, seek places that welcome argument and respect dissenting views.” Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
This phrase from the Chief Rabbi precedes the presentation of this concept, which is both traditional and so important in our contemporary world. These conversation rooms, a place that by definition is supposed to encourage them, regularly welcome audiences to exchange around a table and surrounded by various objects. Objects and themes that respond to and invite contemporary topics of conversation. Inspired by the Talmud, this approach is accompanied by testimonies and debates by rabbis over the centuries. For the first such event last month, three boxes of spices from Ukraine used during Havdalah are presented as an opening and inspiration for the discussions. The venue is open to the public from Sunday to Thursday.
Until April 17th, 2023 at the Jewish Museum of Frankfurt
This exhibition is dedicated to four women artists from Frankfurt who have been forgotten over time: Erna Pinner, Rosy Lilienfeld, Amalie Seckbach and Ruth Cahn. In the Roaring Twenties, daring often accompanied madness, allowing the invisible majority of women to triumph on stage, on the big screen and to make a small place for themselves in museums. For until 1919, they were forbidden to enter the Academy of Fine Arts. These four were pioneers in Frankfurt, competing with their male colleagues for artistic appreciation and recognition. However, with the coming to power of the Nazis, their careers came to a halt, their works ostracised and their persons persecuted as Jews. Thus, the exhibition sheds light on their lives and works. And it takes us back to those intriguing 1920s when everything seemed possible, in a positive sense. With the thriving cultural scene in Frankfurt, which also made a name for itself in sociology and philosophy at that time with its school.
https://www.juedischesmuseum.de/en/visit/detail/back-into-the-light-english-tour0/
At the Danish Jewish Museum
October 1943, the courage of a people, the courage of a king. A whole population, disregarding social, economic and cultural affiliations to come to the aid of their Jewish compatriots. How a small country deceived the powerful Germany to save the vast majority of Danish Jews. A special exhibition at the Danish Jewish Museum is dedicated to this historical event. But also the connection of Danish Jews to their country for two hundred years. Objects from these different periods are presented, highlighted by the artistic works of Kristan Bay Kirk.
https://jewmus.dk/en/udstilling
Until January 15th, 2023 at the Bozar
2024 will be the year… of the great retrospective dedicated to Chantal Akerman in Brussels. As a first act, the Bozar Museum is presenting an installation that was not very popular with the public before, which the Belgian director set up in 1998: Selfportrait/Autobiography: A Work In Progress. It is presented through 6 to 8 monitors and contains images from several films from different periods: Hôtel Monterey (1972), Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du commerce à 1080 Bruxelles (1975), Toute une nuit (1982) and D’Est (1993). Scenes of ‘everyday life’ as it rarely appears to us or as we refuse to see it, such as the majestic Delphine Seyrig, whose schedule and emotions are turned upside down. Strong women in front of and behind the camera, guiding this piano suspended in the air above our lives for us…
https://www.bozar.be/fr/calendrier/chantal-akerman
Until February 26th, 2023 at the Jewish Museum of Augsburg
This exhibition traces the diversity of Jewish life in Ukraine over the last hundred years. From the shtetl life of the 1920s and the intercultural encounters, shaken by the political events of the time, to the massacres during the Shoah and the cultural and political challenges of the Soviet era, to the present war. Indeed, the Jewish community is largely made up of people from the Ukraine. The diversity of Ukrainian Jewish life and its connection to Germany in general and Augsburg in particular is therefore highlighted. The exhibition was created with the help of Ukrainian researchers Daria Reznyk and Andrii Shestaliuk.
https://jmaugsburg.de/en/exhibitions/voices/
Until April 10th, 2023 at the Jewish Museum of Amsterdam
This exhibition highlights the friendship between two women, Etty Hillesum (1914-1943) and Leonie Snatager (1918-2013), at a time of difficult choices during the Second World War. The texts of Etty Hillesum, who was murdered in Auschwitz, have met with great literary success. A biography of the author by Judith Koelemeijer was recently published in the Netherlands. This book presents previously unpublished documents, including the friendship between Etty and Leonie. This friendship is reflected in the diaries of both women, written on the advice of their shrink Julius Spier, whom they consulted during the war. Leonie went into hiding and survived the war. When she died, her family discovered her texts and archives, as well as numerous editions of Etty’s work. Her son will donate them to the museum in order to allow the public to discover this history and their complex and moving story.
https://jck.nl/en/tentoonstelling/etty-leonie
Until 31 December 2022
In a dozen panels hung on the gates of Francis Lemarque Square, the exhibition presents the faces and names of children deported from the 11th arrondissement, the one most affected by the Vel d’Hiv round-up after the 20th. The exhibition is part of a partnership between the Association of Sons and Daughters of the Deported Jews of France and the Town Hall of the 11th arrondissement of Paris. The exhibition, coordinated by the historian Sabine Zeitoun, is accompanied by a historical contextualisation and maps of the places of arrest produced by the historian Jean-Luc Pinol.
Square Francis Lemarque, 90 rue de la Roquette, 75011 Paris
Until 2 January 2023 at the Centre Pompidou
A hundred or so works by Gérard Garouste welcome you to the Centre Pompidou, bearing witness to the creative richness and diversity of his inspirations, particularly biblical and sexual. This marvellous contemporary artistic merry-go-round, illustrated by this work where, from ten or so points of view, you can see part of the work through a telescope, not knowing where Garouste’s dream begins and our reality ends.
https://www.centrepompidou.fr/fr/programme/agenda/evenement/1c7rCxA
Until 15 May 2023
Like the other museums that have been assigned MNR items, the museums of the City of Strasbourg are carrying out research to identify the owners of these works, with a view, if necessary, to returning them to their rightful owners. Many of the works stolen by the German occupiers have not yet been returned to their owners who were looted during the war. This research is conducted in conjunction with the Ministry of Culture. On the website, you will find details of this process.
Galerie Heitz / Palais Rohan, 2 place du château 67000 Strasbourg France
https://www.musees.strasbourg.eu/mnr-musees-nationaux-de-recuperation?
From 17 September 2022 to 21 January 2023 at La Galerie, Noisy-Le-Sec
A generation’s belated but sincere recognition of this great actress and inventor. From the exhibition dedicated to her at the Jewish Museum in Vienna to the retrospective in November 2022 at the Cinémathèque, we (re)discover one of those stars who embodied beauty and above all intelligence on the big screens of the post-war years. But he also made a significant commitment to the war effort by developing computer processes. His works and his influence will be presented in this exhibition.
La Galerie, 1 rue Jean Jaurès 93000 Noisy-le-Sec
https://lagalerie-cac-noisylesec.fr/hedy-lamarr-the-strange-woman/
12 November 2022 at 15:30 at the Medem Centre
This literary meeting around Henri Minczeles’ book on the history of the Bund. A rich and diverse history according to generations and countries, Poland, Russia, but also France. The influence of this workers’ movement, its emancipatory struggles and its conflicts with other political movements. An event in the presence of Constance Paris de Bollardière, author of the preface to the book and a specialist in the Bund movement and the survivors of the Shoah, as well as Cédric Biagini, who runs the L’échappée publishing house, where the book has been republished.
https://www.centre-medem.org/agenda-novembre-decembre-2022
Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 7:30 pm at the House of Yiddish Culture
If a consensual definition of Jewish humour is difficult to find, the same is true for one of its major influences, Yiddish humour. An anthology published by Nadia Déhan-Rotschild (Bibliothèque Medem) provides an insight into the scope of Yiddish humour. 104 drawings and 262 texts are included in this bilingual French-Yiddish anthology. During this evening of presentation, these works will be read and put into space by the actors of the Troïm-teater and the animators of the House of Yiddish Culture.
From 9 December 2022 to 30 August 2023 at the Shoah Memorial
Four generations have travelled far and wide since childhood thanks to the magazines Tintin and Spirou and all their characters, starting with those whose names the magazines bear. Often, these comics were not only aimed at a child audience, or tried to raise their awareness. Émile Bravo, in his fourth and last volume of his series “L’Espoir malgré tout”, published on 20 May 2022 by Dupuis, allows for a surprising encounter. That between the bellboy Spirou and Felix Nussbaum, a German painter murdered in Auschwitz. An imaginary meeting that is not so surprising when one knows that Jean Doisy, the editor of Spirou magazine, directed a network of Resistance fighters during the war. In this comic strip, Bravo presents the dangers of that time and the choices made by institutions and individuals in the face of them.
https://billetterie.memorialdelashoah.org/fr/evenement/spirou-dans-la-tourmente-de-la-shoah
Thursday 24 November 2022 at 6pm at the ACJ
As part of the “Migrant’ scène” festival, Florence Miailhe’s animated film will be screened. The film presents the painful passage from childhood to adolescence for Kyona and Adriel, wishing to escape the dangers present in their country to find a land of asylum. On the roads of exile, the two children make astonishing real and/or imaginary encounters that will make this crossing a journey of initiation.
Until 31 December 2022 at the Musée départemental Albert Kahn
Although photography and cinema became the most important art forms at the beginning of the 20th century, Albert Kahn understood very early on the revolution that these arts would bring. In 1908-1909, he undertook a voyage around the world and launched the project of visual documentation of the five continents. These Archives of the Planet are exhibited today at the Gardens, showing 4000 stereoscopic plates and 2000 metres of film. Thanks in particular to Albert Dutertre, whom Albert Kahn recruited to document the journey.
Until March 2023 at the Gaon Museum in Vilna
On 24 October 2022, the Gaon Jewish History Museum in Vilna was honoured to welcome Queen Mathilde of Belgium, the First Lady of Lithuania, Diana Nausėdienė, and the Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region, Rudi Vervoort. Welcomed on site by the Lithuanian Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys, they signed a cooperation agreement between the museums of the two states. The aim was to improve academic and historical cooperation. The meeting officially opened the exhibition dedicated to the artist Kopel Simelovitz from the Lithuanian town of Šeduva. He had taken refuge in Belgium. He was arrested during the Holocaust, deported and murdered in Auschwitz in 1943. The documentary « The Paper Brigade » by director Diane Perelsztejn will also be screened.
10-20 November 2022
A large number of films are being screened at this year’s UK Jewish Film Festival. 74 films in all, in cinemas across the UK. A way to explore many Israeli and Jewish themes through the prism of the seventh art. With works such as Farewell Mr Haffmann, Charlotte, America, Equilibrium, What Has Changed or Who’s Afraid of Jewish Humor? Yes, who is afraid of Jewish humour? Or cinema, for that matter, which allows us to get to know each other better…
From 10 to 12 March 2023 in Youlgrave
All North! Klezmer music, born out of the deep and distant celebrations of Eastern Europe, continues its long road of re-enchantment of a contemporary world. After its successes in Western Europe and North America, it is now travelling to the north of England, on the occasion of the Kleznorth Festival, created in 2009 by Sue Cooper, Adrian Dobson and Judith Plowman. A success that has continued and this year welcomes artists with long experience of sharing, such as Ian Stern, Michael Alpert, Aisha Walker, Alan Zinober, Fiona Frank, Keith Lander and Phil Tomlinson.