Until the end of 2023 at the Swiss Jewish Museum
Numerous objects are on display at the Swiss Jewish Museum to introduce the public to Jewish culture. Objects from many eras, such as a ring from Antiquity, manuscripts from the Middle Ages, books from modern times, household objects from the 19th century, political documents relating to the struggle for equal rights or to Zionist congresses, or things that belonged to refugees during the war or to contemporary Jewish Swiss citizens… All these objects trace the country’s strong and ancient link with Judaism.
At the Jewish Museum Stockholm
The Jewish Museum in Stockholm was born out of a desire to preserve the traces of Jewish life after the Holocaust. In search of personal stories and objects illustrating Swedish Jewish life. This exhibition focuses on the approach to the subject of the Shoah, especially today. Among the objects presented are a theatrical program, a flag from the Hechalutz movement, children’s newspapers and gifts given to doctors who treated Holocaust survivors.
https://judiskamuseet.se/the-dog-with-a-red-silk-ribbon-from-memory-to-cultural-heritage/?lang=en
Until January 8, 2024 at the Polin Museum
This exhibition, organized by Barbara Engelking, Zuzanna Schnepf-Kołacz, and Agata Polak for the Polin Museum in coordination with the Holocaust Research Center, commemorates 80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. When its prisoners took up arms against the Nazis and resisted their assaults for weeks. It will show the daily life in the bunkers, the anguish and testimonies of solidarity. But it will also deal with the contemporary question of our behavior in the face of the danger of death and our ability to resist evil. With testimonies of survivors.
Until December 31, 2024 at the Jewish Museum Amsterdam
Equipped with a VR headset, children will be able to embark with Eden on a magical journey to discover what the Golden Rule is based on. The Golden Rule has been shared by many cultures for thousands of years and was summarized by Rabbi Hillel as follows: Do not do to others what you would not wish them to do to you. Characters such as the Bedouin girl Mahara or Robbie the Robot (named after an Asimov character) accompany the children on their journey. This very original exhibition was created by Abner Preis and adapted by Bibi Dumon Tak
https://jck.nl/en/exhibition/eden-and-golden-rule
At the Jewish Museum Oslo
The exhibition traces Norwegian Jewish life on the occasion of the bicentenary of the 1814 Constitution. It presents the participation of Jews in sports activities and the joy of communion with nature and their willingness to integrate into Norwegian life. Although a small minority, Jews have been active in the country’s sports history since the beginning of the 20th century.
https://www.jodiskmuseumoslo.no/en-gb/heia-jodene
From September 2 to December 30, 2022 at the National Museum of Resistance and Human Rights
Based on an installation of paintings and sculptures by Bruce Clarke, this exhibition is situated in a current of critical figuration. The artists address issues related to the tragic consequences of war on individuals, exile and massacres, but also the capacity for resistance and resilience. The exhibition takes place at the National Museum of Resistance and Human Rights but also on the site of Thil, former annex of the concentration camp of Natzweiler-Struthof. It is punctuated by a dance performance by the Tebby Ramasike collective.
At the Jewish Museum of Latvia
This exhibition presents the photographic works of Inta Ruka. Black and white portraits of people taken during the war or as refugees from a country at war, whether survivors of the Holocaust or refugees from Argentina, Afghanistan or Iraq, among others. This is the artist’s second exhibition devoted to war, following the one on Finnish women who were drafted in 1939. Each time the artist shares the humanity and emotions of his subjects.
https://www.ebrejumuzejs.lv/en/exhibition_category/temporary/
Until Septembre 30th, 2022 at the Museum of the History of the Jews
In commemoration of the 175th anniversary of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, several cultural facilities in Catalonia exhibit a part of their collections to reconstruct the history of the Liceu from multiple perspectives. The Museu d’Història dels Jueus exhibits the original booklet of the opera The Jewess, by the composer Fromental Halévy, premiered at the Gran Teatre del Liceu during the Carnestoltes of 1859 in its Italian version, with the title L’ebrea.
Until November 14, 2022 at the Museo Sefardi
In connection with the commemoration of the 800th anniversary of the birth of Alfonso X “the Wise” the Museo Sefardi, a contemporary example of the multicultural life of the city of Toledo, returns to this important figure in national history. By evoking the cultural life and the place of Judaism at the time of the Spanish king, trying to understand the context and the issues of the time. The participation of the Jews in scientific, cultural and political life, as well as their relationship with the court and the local Muslim culture, and the role played by the city of Toledo in all these encounters.
https://losjudiosenlacortedealfonsox.es
Until December 11, 2022 at the Kazerne Dossin
The exhibition presented at the Caserne Dossin returns to the concept of “universal” associated with that of “human rights”. It shows the origin of this association, the impact on everyday life and the role of each person in this construction. A presentation in the form of a triptych, the first part of which is devoted to the shock caused by the Second World War and the Shoah, leading to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The second part deals with the different views of ancient civilizations on the issue. As for the third, it focuses on contemporary figures and approaches.
https://kazernedossin.eu/fr/expo/universal-human-rights/
From September 16, 2022 to March 5, 2023
The Jewish Museum of Belgium presents the first retrospective devoted to the Brussels painter. Although Arié Mandelbaum has been exhibited in Belgium and abroad, this is the first initiative of its kind. Forty works dating from 1957 to 2016 are presented. From his expressionist beginnings to his works showing a certain fragility. Topics related to family life, the human body, but also the political commitments of 1968, the Vietnam War, the assassination of Lumumba and the memory of the Shoah, he who was a hidden child during the Second World War, are addressed.
Jewish Museum of Belgium
Until March 19, 2023 at the Museum Judenplatz Vienna
Café Arabia, which opened in 1951, was located in the center of the city on the Kohlmarkt. It revolutionized the local coffee culture by importing Italian know-how. This mythical place, which disappeared in 1999, was created by Alfred Weiss (1890-1973). This entrepreneur developed the Arabia brand and made it a success in the inter-war period. Having to flee during the Holocaust, the family returned to Vienna after the war and rebuilt the company which had been dismantled and “Aryanized”. The exhibition, organized by Apostolo and Michael Freund, looks back on this fabulous epic.
https://www.jmw.at/exhibition/espresso_at_last_the_cafe_arabia_on_kohlmarkt
Until November 13, 2022 at the Museum Dorotheergasse Vienna
This exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Vienna examines the delicate issue of love and sexuality in Judaism. This is present from the beginning of the Bible with God’s blessing to Adam and Eve to multiply. The texts refer many times to the sexual blossoming of a couple as a condition for happiness. This presentation examines the role of the shadkhan, counselors such as Dr. Ruth Westheimer, and Judaism’s perspective on contemporary LGBTQ issues. An exhibition organized by Danielle Spera, Daniela Pscheiden and Julia Windegger.
https://www.jmw.at/exhibition/love_me_kosher
Until March 19, 2023 at the Jewish Museum Hohenems
When asked about the creation of the Jewish museum, community leader Paul Grosz responded curtly by comparing it to the museification of Indian history and celebrated in taxidermy mode. Questioning this initial fear becomes an increasingly complex challenge in the face of the 120 Jewish museums in the world and their diversity of presentation and purpose. In particular, the meaning of Jewish culture, the different perspectives and the way of sharing it.
From December 23 to 29, 2022
Created in England in 1980, the Limmud Festival is now present in 80 cities around the world, from Beijing to Bogota and especially in Europe. It offers an opportunity to explore Jewish cultural life through a variety of themes, in a spirit of sharing and multiculturalism. The end of year event is the main one organized, lasting a week and allowing thousands of participants to take the time to meet, listen, be enthusiastic and to repeat the experience…
Through February 19, 2023 at the Manchester Jewish Museum
This exhibition at the Manchester Jewish Museum gives visitors a better understanding of the Shabbat experience. Each Saturday, two sound installations will be available to visitors. These are excerpts where Mancunian Jews recount their special memories and feelings on the day of rest in the Jewish calendar. A sound work produced by the No Ordnary Experience company and created by musician Ben Osborn and actors Georgina Bednar and Rachel-Leah Hosker.
https://www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/exhibition/take-a-load-off/
Until December 31, 2022 at the Jewish Museum Munich
50 years after Israeli athletes were taken hostage by Palestinian terrorists and killed, the city of Munich pays tribute to them. Each month of the year 2022 is dedicated to one of the victims. Numerous events take place in the city, organized in coordination with many local and foreign associations. A blog has also been created to accompany the event. A moving story of resistance, focusing on the heroic victims who resisted and like the athlete Moshe Weinberg defended themselves at the risk of their lives to save 7 other athletes.
https://www.juedisches-museum-muenchen.de/en/exhibitions/twelve-months-twelve-names
Until January 1, 2023 at the Jewish Museum Frankfurt
At the 1964 Synagoga exhibition, the historian Ernst Scheyer paid tribute to the presumed dead artist Ludwig Meidner. He was interrupted by a member of the audience who said, “I am present – Meidner. Ludwig Meidner, who died in 1966, was one of the German bohemian artists forced to flee during the war. The Jewish Museum in Frankfurt presents, on the occasion of this exhibition organized by Laura Schilling and Asta von Mandelsloh, numerous works, some of which have never been shown before, including some from his sister’s collection.
https://www.juedischesmuseum.de/en/visit/detail/ludwig-meidner-special-exhibition/
November 24, 2022 at the Cervantès Institute
Naima Chemoul and Jean-Luc Amestoy present original compositions for voice and piano to accompany this text by Marcel Cohen. Raised in a Judeo-Spanish-speaking Parisian family originally from Turkey, Marcel Cohen evoked the themes of mother tongue and exile. The musical reading aims to bring the universal question of identity and the reconquest of a memory against oblivion.
https://paris.cervantes.es/fr/default.shtm
January 24, 2023 at the Centre Medem
Since the turn of the century, klezmer has become a music, a mixture, and an unavoidable atmosphere of many festivals well beyond individual cultures. What has allowed and encouraged this success? Denis Cuniot and Lise Amiel-Gutmann will discuss the emergence and revival of klezmer in France, which Denis Cuniot is largely responsible for. They will be accompanied by klezmer musicians such as Guillaume Dettmar-Vital, Marine Goldwaser, Samuel Maquin and Charles Rappoport. This is a conference organized within the framework of the European Days of Jewish Culture 2022 – Renewal.
September 4, 2022 au mahJ
On the occasion of the European Days of Jewish Culture and Heritage, the mahJ is organizing a day of meetings and workshops. This event will allow the public to (re)discover the history and culture of the Jews of Ukraine and its surrounding cities. Its rich and tragic history, cradle of so many political, cultural and religious movements. Among the events proposed this day: the workshop “Delicacies of the Black Sea”, the workshop “Tales to listen, tales to unfold”, the guided tour of the exhibition “Issachar Ber Ryback” and a meeting with the historian Galia Ackerman on the theme “Jews of Ukraine, a memory in danger”.
https://mahj.org/fr/programme/l-agenda-du-mahj
Until September 30, 2022 at the Saphir Gallery
As part of the European Days of Jewish Culture, the Saphir Gallery continues this exhibition honoring humanism and resistance in art in the face of the tragedy of the world and war. This gallery, located literally a stone’s throw from the mahJ, is a well-known and long-standing venue for the sharing of Jewish culture. This spirit is reflected again in this exhibition, extending Stefan Zweig’s dream of a just and generous Europe.
https://www.galeriesaphir.com/
Through January 9, 2023 at the National Museum Marc Chagall
Following the donation of seven rare bibliophilic works by Bella and Meret Meyer to the Chagall Museum, the exhibition presents the link between Chagall and writing. In particular, the hundred or so books he illustrated. The link between drawing and words in his work is highlighted, as well as his relationship with the world of publishing and printing. Among the lesser-known works on display, Lettres d’hivernage, created from a collection of poems by Léopold Sédar Senghor.
https://musees-nationaux-alpesmaritimes.fr/chagall/type-evenement/exposition-en-cours
December 9, 2022 at the Deportations Memorial
The Deportations Memorial is inaugurating two new memorial and artistic creations on the Resistance to the Nazi occupiers and the Vichy government, as well as to the hell of the concentration camp system: an “Exhibition Resistance fighters, a forgotten generation”, and an immersive audiovisual artistic creation, “Resist”. To act of resistance as early as 1940 when one is 20 years old and to accept to take all the risks at the risk of one’s life invite us to question ourselves on their motivation, their attitude in front of the danger, the physical and moral sufferings. These two memorial and artistic productions were conceived from a photographic and audiovisual series imagined and realized in 2011 by Sand Arty.
https://musees.marseille.fr/memorial-des-deportations-0
October 20, 2022
Soviet Yiddish literature had a great influence in the world, far beyond the communist circles. Its brutal suppression in 1948 became known, in stages, only after Stalin’s death in 1953. This was the beginning of the long decline of Communist influence in Jewish circles. The historian Philippe Boukara returns during this conference to the repercussions in France of the Soviet crimes.
Maison de la culture yiddish
29 rue du Château d’Eau, 75010 Paris
From September 28, 2022 to January 16, 2023 au Musée de l’Orangerie
The figurative painter Sam Szafran (1934-2019) developed his work far from the art world and its fads, in the seclusion of the studio. This choice was motivated by his painful childhood in a family of Polish-Jewish origin during the Holocaust. A fan of solitude, he focuses on his own existence and his inner states to give birth to his favorite themes. Three years after the artist’s death, the Musée de l’Orangerie, in the first exhibition organized by a French museum in two decades, highlights his few existential subjects – workshops, staircases and foliage – which all have his immediate environment in common.
https://www.musee-orangerie.fr/fr/agenda/expositions
Until November 7, 2022 au Mémorial de la Shoah
In the spring of 1967, the magazine Le Nouveau Candide published the first pages of La Grande Rafle du Vel d’Hiv, 16 juillet 1942 by Claude Lévy and Paul Tillard (Robert Laffont). To illustrate this five-part series, the editorial staff called on a young 29-year-old cartoonist, Jean Cabut, known as Cabu.
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Vel d’Hiv roundup, Véronique Cabut, his wife, and the Shoah Memorial propose to rediscover these drawings never exhibited since their publication. This exhibition is also a tribute to a brilliant and popular cartoonist who was one of the twelve victims of the January 7, 2015 jihadist attack on the editorial office of Charlie Hebdo.
https://billetterie.memorialdelashoah.org/fr/evenement/cabu-dessins-de-la-rafle-du-vel-dhiv
From October 13, 2022 to March 5, 2023 at the mahJ
This exhibition of 180 photographs, some of which are unpublished, highlights the work of the artist in his journalistic activity as well as his personal life during the Occupation. We follow his installation in Paris in 1936, the capital of fashion, his internment in French camps and his revelation to the general public and his post-war American success. We also walk along his artistic evolution, from his Dadaist beginnings to his political photomontages to his innovations in photography and in the laboratory.
https://mahj.org/fr/programme/l-agenda-du-mahj
September 15, 2022 at the AIU
This conference is organized by the Library of the Alliance Israélite Universelle. Jean-Claude Kuperminc, Director of the Library and Archives, will discuss the book with author Meredith L. Scott. She will present the French translation of her book dedicated to Salomon Grumbach. This Alsatian Jew, journalist and socialist politician was one of the most important advocates for refugees in Europe between the wars. During the first months of the Second World War, nearly a thousand refugees and asylum seekers detained in French internment camps sought his help.
https://www.aiu.org/fr/bibliotheque
September 11th at the ACJ
On the occasion of the publication of her book “Les Exportés”, journalist Sonia Devillers looks back on the brutal departure of her Jewish family from Romania. A book that retraces the path of this forced exile, the conditions and actors, as well as all the dark sides of the authorities in place.