The CBL regularly organises visits to these emblematic sites in Médan. Visitors can follow the story of these two great men and their common fight for the values and dignity of the French Republic. The aim is to share with future generations the values of these two men and their courage in the face of adversity, by showing the xenophobic speeches and anti-Semitic caricatures. But also the texts and images of support, including many Armenian authors.
Agenda | Cercle Bernard Lazare | Paris
2 April 2024 at 8pm at the Centre Medem
Alexandre Bande, Guy Konopnicki and Rudy Reichstadt present the collective work “Political History of antisemitism in France”. The book analyses this overt or covert presence within French political parties, from 1967 to the present day. The evolution of antisemitism, its manifestations and the way it is conveyed, particularly following the advent of social networks.
9 April 2024 at 7pm at the Caen Memorial
This year, 2024, music during the war is approached from two different angles. The first part of the year will explore artistic life under the Occupation. Then, the desire to sing after the Liberation. Musician and journalist Thierry Geffrotin presents the different ways in which people “entertained” themselves in an attempt to forget during the Occupation, a complex subject that gave rise to much post-war controversy.
“Chanter malgré tout” conférence par Thierry Geffrotin – Mémorial de Caen (memorial-caen.fr)
31 March 2024 at 10.30am at the Drancy Shoah Memorial
Many Jews lived in this popular département throughout the 20th century, in the suburbs of Paris at the beginning of the century, but also later in Sarcelles and other places emblematic of Jewish settlement in North Africa. Through the study of the different destinies of Jewish volunteers, members of the Resistance, hidden children and deportees, participants in this workshop will learn about the profession of historian and how to study such archives.
Mémorial de la Shoah | Boutique en ligne (memorialdelashoah.org)
17 April 2024 at the Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation de l’Isère
This animated film by Véra Belmont is an adaptation of the poignant comic strip Second Generation by Michel Kichka, whom we interviewed earlier. It was dedicated to his father Henri, and tells the story of the resilience of Jews after the war. It’s the moving view of a child from the Belgian city of Liège, confronted with silences and caught up in the desire for happier days for the new generation.
Les secrets de mon père – Ciné-goûter (isere.fr)
Until 29 June 2024 at the Montluc Memorial
This exhibition features works by visual artist Nicolas Daubanes. One of them was created for the occasion, following an immersion in the Montluc Memorial, based on a study of the archives and discussions with visitors to the site. The aim is to emphasise transmission, by allowing art and memory to interact freely. This project is all the more important at a time when the last witnesses to the war are disappearing.
Exposition temporaire 2024 – Mémorial national prison de Montluc (memorial-montluc.fr)
Until 8 September 2024 at the CHRD
This exhibition is an opportunity to rediscover the impact of the Second World War on women. Both in terms of their support for the war effort and their involvement in the Resistance, but also the way in which the Vichy regime tried to limit their freedoms by assigning them solely to family roles.
28 March 2024 at the Institut universitaire Rachi
Didier Francfort, university professor and specialist in cultural history at the University of Lorraine, presents the background to and reasons for the musical encounter between these two worlds, jazz and klezmer. The former is mainly a music created by black Americans and the latter is rooted in the musical tradition of Yiddishland. Since the turn of the 21st century, this encounter has become a worldwide phenomenon and a source of shared joy on stages from Krakow to Tokyo, from New York to Troyes…
Séminaires, colloques, journées d’étude – Institut Universitaire Rachi (institut-rachi-troyes.fr)
At the MEIS
This exhibition takes up a huge challenge: to present 2200 years of Italian Jewish history and culture in a 24-minute show! Directed by Giovanni Carrada and Manuela Fugenzi, the show takes the audience through the eras, the golden ages of Italian Judaism, as well as the darker pages. A task made all the more difficult and rigorous by the fact that it takes into account the different characters, challenges and confrontations in cities as different and inspiring as those in Italy.
From 15 to 17 March 2024
Created in Egland, Limmud has been a major cultural event in France for the last fifteen years. It enables artists, intellectuals and other enthusiasts from a wide range of backgrounds in Jewish culture to present workshops and lectures to the participants. This year, Denmark is in the spotlight at the weekend organized near Paris, marking the 80th anniversary of the rescue of the Jews by the courageous Danish people. Danish representatives and experts on the subject will be in attendance.
The Museum of Turkish Jews has put on this exhibition, thanks to the work of Metin Delevi, which tells the story of the country’s Jews during the war. It is on display in the Grand Edirne synagogue.
During 2024, a number of objects from the Jewish Museum London will be on display at the synagogue to celebrate English Jewish heritage. These include documents, photographs and ritual objects.
Museum on the Move: Bradford – The Jewish Museum London
Until 30 June 2024 at the Jewish Museum Vienna
Four years ago, we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Austrian Constitution. The role played by the Jewish jurist Hans Kelsen in writing this constitution is not insignificant. His father, a candlestick maker, installed the candlesticks in the Vienna synagogue. A professor at the University of Vienna, Hans Kelsen helped to draft the constitution. Despite this, he was forced to leave the city in 1930 in the face of an upsurge in anti-Semitic acts.
Exhibition Detail | Jüdisches Museum Wien (jmw.at)
30 January 2024 at the CIG
As part of its regular literary events, the Communauté Israélite de Genève is presenting this book set in 1942. It is the story of an 8-year-old child whose life is turned upside down when his parents, artists who emigrated from Eastern Europe, are arrested and murdered. A moving story dealing with the themes of transmission and filiation.
From 24 to 31 January 2024
Over the course of a week, a host of events will celebrate the tenth edition of this festival, which this year focuses on Tehilim. These include a guided tour on 24 January to find out more about Jewish life in Basel in days gone by. There will also be a lecture by musicologist Edwin Seroussi at Basel University on 29 January. And, of course, concerts.
Tehillim – Psalmen – Juedisches Museum Schweiz (juedisches-museum.ch)
At the Jewish Museum Stockholm
How far does the unknown lead? What are its limits and its capacity to cross them? In any case, Bea Szenfeld’s exhibition goes beyond walls to explore the heights of the former synagogue and touch its clouds. Clouds are a religious symbol that features prominently in religious texts, and the exhibition looks at their current symbolism at a time when they are under threat from pollution.
The Cloud of Unknowing | Judiska museet
17 February 2024 in Esch-sur-Alzette
The guided tour takes in the places that marked the Second World War, those of the Occupation and the fight for liberation. The tour includes a visit to the museum, the Place de la Synagogue and the town hall.
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January 2024 at the Gaon Museum in Vilna
Each month, the museum highlights certain objects from its collection. This month, they are books found on Jews killed in Kaunas during the Second World War. These are very old books, probably dating from the turn of the 17th century. They were first kept in the museum after the war, before being placed in the central archives, and finally returned to the museum in 1992 at the end of the Soviet era.
Exhibit of the month – Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History (jmuseum.lt)
28 January 2024 at the Cinemas Massimo in Turin
This screening of Marina Piperno and Luigi Faccini’s film is being organised to mark the International Day of Remembrance for Victims of the Holocaust. Based on Marina Piperno’s personal story, the film widens the focus and tackles the question in a general way. That of knowing what to do with these heavy suitcases inherited from history, in particular those of persecution during the war. The film shows images of 9-millimetre reels from Marina’s father’s filming at the time.
– Articoli in primo piano – – Torino Ebraica
On 28 January 2024
The CCLJ and La Maison de la Culture Juive are offering a themed walk to mark the International Day of Remembrance for Victims of the Holocaust. The walk will (re)discover the history of the Jewish refugees who settled in this working-class district of Brussels, close to the Gare du Midi and the legendary Union stadium, at the turn of the 20th century. They were very much present here until the 1960s.
Saint-Gilles à l’heure de la Guerre – CCLJ
10 April at the Dornbirn City Museum
In cooperation with the Jewish Museum Hohenems, this German film by Christoph Hubner from 2017 deals with how grandparents’ past affects lives and how to overcome this. Seven people, grandchildren of Nazis or their victims, testify. With sincerity and without pathos, with the aim of helping new generations deal with this kind of situation.
Nachlass | Jüdisches Museum Hohenems (jm-hohenems.at)
24 and 25 January 2024
On the occasion of this day organised by UK Jewish Film, the film My Father’s Secret will be shown to a variety of audiences, both schoolchildren and the general public, at several screenings. Director Jes Benstock will take part in a discussion following the screening, to talk to the audience about the work and the issues involved. He has worked on numerous films in the UK and abroad.
Holocaust Memorial Day 2024 – UK Jewish Film
10 March 2024 at the Jewish Museum Synagogue Manchester
Following the success of its previous concerts in 2022 for Synagogue Nights, the Noga Ritter Trio is returning to Manchester for the release of its new album. The album features songs in English and Hebrew, dealing with contemporary social issues as well as more intimate subjects.
Manchester Jewish Museum — Noga Ritter Trio (rescheduled)
From 5 to 7 April 2024 in Youlgrave, Derbyshire
This new annual festival brings together klezmer enthusiasts and professionals to share their enthusiasm for this music, its generosity and its sharing. The festival takes place in the beautiful village of Youlgrave, a place that combines inspiration from nature with a reappropriation of time.
KlezNorth | A festival of Klezmer music, dance and song
11 February 2024 at SOAS University of London
This second event organised by the Jewish Music Institute brings together specialists in this music from all over the world, as well as artists who will share their different approaches and studies throughout the day. The event will close with a concert by DJ Sharouh.
Yallah 2024 – Judeo-Arabic Music Conference – Jewish Music Institute (jmi.org.uk)
From 9 February to 26 May 2024 at the Galerie Eric F. Ross
This exhibition highlights the work of German-Jewish author Curt Bloch, written between August 1943 and April 1945 while in hiding in the Netherlands. His poems, written in Dutch and German, were collected together in a booklet, dealing with the war and the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime, but also with the attitude of the collaborators and the daily danger faced by the Jews, followed by the advance of the Allied troops leading to victory. In this work, he did not shy away from ridiculing the Nazi leaders. His poems are read and performed on stage by actors Marina Frenk, Richard Gonlag and Mathias Schäfer.
“My verses are like dynamite” | Jewish Museum Berlin (jmberlin.de)
From 25 January to 30 June 2024 at the former Kriegshaber synagogue
This exhibition, organised in partnership with Dagesh and the Augsburg Jewish Museum, presents the work of nine international Jewish artists. This event focuses on the theme of new perspectives in their work of a changing world. They invite visitors to ask themselves questions about their place in this societal upheaval and the link between the past and the future. The works on display are as varied in form (photo, video, sound, etc.) as they are in the artists’ individual perspectives.
TRANSITIONS. Jewish Perspectives on the Present – Jüdisches Museum Augsburg Schwaben (jmaugsburg.de)
Until 31 March 2024 at the Musée Zadkine
The museum is devoting a monographic exhibition to the great sculptor. Born in Ukraine and raised in Israel, she was one of a generation of refugee artists who settled in Paris in her youth, finding freedom and inspiration there. Fleeing during the war, she continued her work in Israel. This exhibition brings together the work of Chana Orloff and that of Ossip Zadkine.
3 February 2024 at the Maison de la culture yiddish
This reading-performance is based on a work by Debora Vogel, translated by Batia Baum and published in a bilingual edition in 2023. It is presented as part of the “Paris-Berlin, a link for the Yiddish diaspora” season. The poet Debora Vogel (1900-1942) was an important representative of Yiddish and Polish modernism, murdered in the Lwow ghetto. The readings will be given by Karolina Szymaniak and Talila. Music by Nicolas Dupin and Bastien Hartmann.
From 27 January to 13 May 2024 at the Musée National Marc Chagall
The museum’s collections were enriched in 2023, notably with the arrival of four rare works by the artist: The Mexican Rider in Red and his Violet Horse (1943), Ka Descent from the Cross on a Blue Background (1950), The Fiddler (1957) and The Chariot of Elijah (1970). There are currently almost 1,000 pieces preserved.