On the 8th and 15th of November 2025 at Espace Rachi – Guy de Rothschild
A week apart for a long journey between two concerts. First, Lucien Zerra & Mohanad Aljaramani perform works by Khalil Gibran. Texts from ‘The Madman’ are shared in words, sounds and dance steps by choreographer Gabrielle Weisbuch. Then, the following week, it was the turn of the great trumpeter Frank London to present his latest project, ‘Spirit, Stronger Than Blood’, in which he pays tribute to the great musical figures who shaped his artistic and spiritual vision: Charles Mingus, Pharoah Sanders, Clifford Thornton, Alice Coltrane…
FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER – LUCIEN ZERRAD & MOHANAD ALJARAMANI – Paris – FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER
FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER – FRANK LONDON – Paris – FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER
17 November 2025 at 8 p.m. at the Café de la Danse
The surprising and explosive music of Boogie Balagan will set the stage alight at Café de la Danse, marking the release of their new album, which combines humour, nostalgia and hope for a better tomorrow. This evening will be an opportunity to celebrate 20 years of the JUMU label and 20 years since the release of Boogie Balagan’s legendary track Lamentation Waloo. It will be dedicated to Claude Szwimer, who passed away prematurely last year.
9 and 10 November 2025 Chez Georges
The most legendary of the old Parisian cellars from the golden age resumed concert production several years ago, while maintaining its fabulous evenings where young and old alike dance and sing French, Latin, jazz, Yiddish and disco melodies… During the Jazz n’Klezmer festival, Chez Georges hosts numerous concerts over two evenings, featuring Denis Cuniot, Les Marx Sisters, Macadam Shnorer and others.
FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER – KLEZMER DANS LES BARS – Paris – FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER
19 November 2025 at 8 p.m. at the Alhambra
No fewer than 40 musicians will be on stage for this fabulous event! A meeting between jazz and Judeo-Andalusian music, where Omer Avital performs his original compositions and oriental and piyyutim classics, accompanied in particular by cantor and soloist Moshé Look. The first meeting between the Andalusian Orchestra Israel – Ashdod took place last year in Ashdod and led to this wonderful encore performance at the Alhambra for the Jazz n’ Klezmer festival.
FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER – L’OCHESTRE ANDALOU ISRAEL ASHDOD – Paris – FESTIVAL JAZZ ‘N’ KLEZMER
18 November 2025 at 8.30pm at the Studio de l’Ermitage
Surrounding Lou Tavano’s voice, Mathias Levy and his musicians stand in a circle, close to each other, referring both to the musicians and the audience. An intimate and moving musical experience of the Jazz n’ Klezmer festival.
From 6 November to 14 December 2025
A very extensive programme is being presented to the public this year, with the following main events:
Thursday 6 November at 6.30 pm: Transmozaik concert, Ladino music, with L’heure du partage (Time for Sharing) at Atelier n°1, Théâtre Garonne.
Sunday, 9 November at 3 p.m.: Presentation of Hanoch Levin’s play Cabaret at the Salle San Subra
From 5 to 15 November: Exhibition on the Righteous in Occitanie, produced by Terres fraternelles, at the EDJ.
Thursday 13 November at 6.30pm: Hébraica’s Thursdays presents a meeting on the theme of ‘Heroes and heroines of the Jewish Army’ by Maurice Lugassy.
Saturday 15 November at 2pm: Round tables on The Righteous in Occitania, organised by LICRA at the MJC Roguet.
From 19 to 28 November: Exhibition of 26 artists, painters and sculptors at the EDJ.
Thursday, 20 November at 6:30 p.m.: Les Hébraica’s Thursdays presents a lecture by Isy Morgensztern on the theme ‘Reparation, Forgiveness, Revenge.’
Friday 21 November at 10.30am: Literary meeting ‘Les recueils inédits’ (Unpublished Collections) by Gil Presznitzer, published by Editions Hébraica – Bar le Sylène.
Sunday 23 November at 3pm: Les rencontres de Palaprat with Elerika Leroy and Maurice Lugassy on the theme ‘Les Juifs et la Résistance’ (The Jews and the Resistance).
Monday, 24 November at 7:30 p.m.: Debate with Paul Amar at the EDJ, organised with La Marc and FSJU.
25, 26 and 27 November at 8:30 p.m.: Presentation of the text ‘Ana’s Violin,’ narrated by Patrick Ochs, based on a text by Isabelle Kostrzewa and Patrick Ochs at the Théâtre de Poche in Toulouse.
Sunday, 30 November at 3 p.m.: Screening of “Voices in the Silence” by Adam Joulia at the CGR Le Paris in Montauban.
Sunday, 30 November at 4 p.m.: Major event for the Tsedaka campaign at the Tournefeuille lighthouse.
Thursday, 4 December at 6:30 p.m.: Hébraica’s Thursdays presents a lecture by Isy Morgensztern on the theme of ‘The Law’.
Sunday, 7 December at 4:30 p.m.: Andalusian Day with La Marc. The programme includes a concert, lecture and sweet treats…
Tuesday, 9 December at 5:30 p.m.: Study of the Jewish genealogy of Toulouse with the Jewish Genealogy Circle.
Thursday, 11 December at 6:30 p.m.: Les Jeudis d’Hébraica presents a lecture by Maurice Lugassy on the theme of ‘Jewish Identity in French Opera.’
Sunday, 14 December at the EDJ: Study day on the theme of ‘Artificial Intelligence and the People of the Book.’
15 October 2025 at 6.30 p.m. at the IUMAT
As part of the inaugural conference of the 2025/2026 season of the Maimonides-Averroes-Thomas Aquinas University Institute, speakers will present the different stages in the construction of the city of Montpellier. They will discuss the city’s origins, its cultural diversity, and Montpellier’s economic and intellectual development. Thanks to the Edict of Guilhem VIII, Montpellier became a city of tolerance where communities, cultures, religions, and interfaith scholarly elites engaged in close exchanges, particularly in the fields of medicine and philology.
With the participation of Michaël Delafosse, Mayor of Montpellier, Christine Feuillas, Director of the Montpellier Municipal Archives, Pierre-Joan Bernard, Heritage Conservation Assistant at the Montpellier City Archives, Fabrice Bertrand, Historian, and Michaël Iancu, Doctor of History and Director of the Maimonides Institute.
La Genèse de Montpellier – IUMAT
16 October 2025 at 7 p.m. and 22 October 2025 at 3 p.m. at the Caen Memorial
As part of the series on cinema and war, films by Steven Spielberg and Christian Duguay will be screened. These two works have helped the general public to better understand the fate of Jews during the Holocaust. Showing them to new generations is all the more important in these difficult times.
Le cinéma et la guerre – ” La liste de Schindler ” – Mémorial de Caen
12 October 2025 at the Shoah Memorial
The Shoah Memorial is dedicating a day to the major crime of the 20th century perpetrated by Pol Pot’s regime in Cambodia, which decimated 20% of the national population. The day will begin at 2 p.m. with a lecture by Anne-Laure Porée on the crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. At 3.30pm, witnesses will tell the audience how they managed to survive. In the presence of Séra, visual artist, Bounnie Hœung Ong and Thong Hœung Ong, survivors, in conversation with Philippe Mesnard, professor of comparative literature at Clermont Auvergne University. At 5:30 p.m., there will be a screening and discussion of Rithy Panh’s film L’Image manquante (2013), presented by Soko Phay, historian and art theorist.
Mémorial de la Shoah | Boutique en ligne
26 November 2025 at the Museum of Resistance and Deportation in Isère
This evening event offers the chance to discover the immersive experience ‘Live the Liberation!’ by recreating a sound experience. In a workshop, using photographic and film archives of the Liberation of Isère, participants will be guided through a sensitive and creative exploration of this period. In small groups, they will imagine, record and mix a short original sound piece, echoing these fragments of memory. The evening will be hosted by Lorine Le Louvier, founder of La souffleuse.
La fabrique sonore – soirée étudiante | Portail des Musées
Until 20 December 2025 at the Montluc National Memorial Prison
This exhibition is organised by the Association of Montluc Survivors, which was founded in the autumn of 1944 with the aim of identifying Montluc internees immediately after the war and providing them with assistance. Following the closure of Montluc Prison in 2009, the association committed to creating the Memorial. This year, generations of descendants and relatives of Montluc Prison internees will come together to express their family memories in various artistic forms.
Until 8 February 2026 at the CHRD
The Museum offers a tour that allows visitors to discover the permanent exhibition through a specific theme: Jews in France and Lyon during the Second World War. This is done with the help of archival documents, testimonies and individual stories. The tour looks back at the stages of the Holocaust, the policy of exclusion implemented by the Vichy government, and focuses more specifically on the fate of Jews in the Lyon region.
14 October 2025 at 6pm at the Institut Universitaire Européen Rachi in Troyes
While AI seems to offer many possibilities and conveniences, questions arise about its limitations and the direction of the content proposed by research. Gilles Braun, Honorary Inspector General of National Education, Sport and Research, and specialist in the use of digital technology in education, will raise a particularly intriguing question concerning laughter.
Conférences – Institut Universitaire Européen Rachi
19 November 2025 at the Maison Rachi in Troyes
As part of the programmes offered by the Maison Rachi for the 2025-2026 season, it is offering a meeting with Yonathan Arfi, President of the CRIF, who will speak at a lecture on ‘the place of Jews in France,’ and Paul Salmona, Director General of the Museum of Jewish Art and History, who will give a lecture on the archaeology of Judaism.
2025/2026 : Nouvelle programmation des dimanches de Rachi !
5 October 2025 at 4 p.m. at the Shoah Museum of Drancy
This meeting, organised in partnership with the France – Musa Dagh, the Federation of Franco-Armenian Combatants and Resistance Fighters (FCRFA) and the ONaCVG, will evoke a little-known episode: the evacuation, in September 1915, of 4,092 Armenians from Musa Dagh, including 650 combatants and 7 leaders, by the French navy. These combatants would form the core of the future Légion d’Orient, created on 15 November 1916. This journey into memory highlights the notions of commitment and freedom embodied by these heroes. It takes place in the presence of Jean Cordelle, grandson of a young naval officer serving on the Desaix and author of ‘L’épopée des Arméniens et des Marins’ (The Epic of the Armenians and Sailors), Claire Mouradian, emeritus research director at the CNRS, CERCEC, associated with the Centre for Historical Research, and Raphaël Vartanian, PhD student in history and teacher.
Mémorial de la Shoah | Boutique en ligne
On 21 September 2025, from 3pm to 6pm at the Maison Juive Dumas
This Sunday cultural programme is designed for people who are curious to learn Hebrew or improve their language skills. This year, the Jewish Community of Geneva is also offering courses for 5-8 year olds.
Evénements Archive – Communauté Israélite de Genève
Until 28 December 2025 at the POLIN Museum
This exhibition, created by Julia Konieczna, is inspired by the museum’s name, which means both ‘Poland’ and ‘rest here’ in Hebrew, offering visitors a break from the present. By highlighting the harmony of nature, it invites participants to relax, develop their curiosity and explore the realm of artistic possibilities, accompanied by giant stuffed animals, comfortable seats and educational materials.
Until 31 March 2026 at the Jewish Museum of Galicia
This new exhibition presents the dramatic story of the Reiss family during the Holocaust. Unlike most of their relatives, who were murdered, Lucja and Henryk Reiss managed to obtain false papers and hide during the war. More than 50 objects tell this moving story and give visitors a better understanding of the difficulties of surviving in such conditions at that time. They had to constantly change locations, travelling through Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to escape the Nazis.
Henryk Reiss Must Cease to Exist – Muzeum Żydowskie
Until 11 January 2026 at the Jewish Historical Institute
This exhibition explores both the importance of texts in monotheistic religious heritage and the Torah as a work of art. What messages do the ornaments and different representations of the scrolls and ritual objects surrounding them convey in different Jewish communities over time? The exhibition also explores the particular care taken by the Nazis to defile and destroy both the texts and the ritual objects that protected them. Most of the objects on display come from the JHI and other Polish institutions.
Sacred masterpiece. Torah scroll as object and symbol \ Exhibitions \ Żydowski Instytut Historyczny
Until 11 January 2026 at the Jewish Museum Amsterdam
This exhibition presents the history of innovative and daring photographers, many of them Jewish, who captured images of the streets of the great American city. It shows the difficult life during the Depression, the conditions of workers and racial discrimination. Among the works on display are those by photographers Berenice Abbott, Weegee, Lisette Model and Walter Rosenblum.
Photo League: New York 1936–1951 |… | Jewish Cultural Quarter
Until 31 December 2025 at the Jewish Museum of Greece
This is the first exhibition dedicated to Greek Jews from the end of the war to the 1970s. This period saw the reconstruction of Greek Jewish life, followed by civil war, the restoration of democracy in 1974 and the creation of this museum in 1977. On this occasion, numerous archives, objects, photos and recorded testimonies of Holocaust survivors will be presented to the public, providing a better understanding of this difficult period, the fate of Jews after the war and the various societal issues at stake.
“Like hunted birds, Greek Jews after World War II” – Jewishmuseum
Until 27 August 2025 at the Museo Sefardi
The Sephardic Museum and the Apolo Toledo Association invite participants in this competition to give free rein to their creativity in an incomparable historical setting: the Samuel ha-Leví Synagogue. Participants are free to draw an original work using any style or technique they choose. The winning entry will be used in the design of the museum’s institutional gifts, allowing its creator to leave an artistic mark in a place steeped in history.
Concurso “Dibujar el museo” – Museo Sefardí – Sinagoga del Tránsito | Ministerio de Cultura
11 September 2025 at 5pm at the Danish Jewish Museum
A special evening event is being organised at the Danish Jewish Museum to give participants an immersive experience of architectural lines and shapes. Using paper and pencils, they will be able to reproduce the works and the shape of the building that houses them. The building was designed by the renowned architect Daniel Libeskind. This event encourages creativity, particularly among those under the age of 27, who will be admitted to the museum free of charge on that day.
Draw the architecture – jewmus
12 November 2025 at 2pm
This themed walking tour, led by a guide and organised by the Maison de la Culture Juive and the CCLJ, allows participants to explore the city and the sites that bore witness to the Resistance and the Nazi occupation. An original itinerary highlighting both well-known and lesser-known sites.
Bruxelles la Juive / Résistance et collaboration – La Maison de la Culture Juive
From 5 September to 14 December 2025 at the Jewish Museum of Belgium
This title, taken from a Leonard Cohen song, highlights the imagination and action of a museum that refuses to depend solely on decisions beyond its control, linked to (lack of) political will and the passing of time. Before it can begin its reconstruction work, it is welcoming the public to admire works by 25 international artists whose practices combine notions of beauty, form, sensuality and touch with urgent questions of identity and territory.
Le musée dévoile sa nouvelle exposition ! – Musée Juif de Belgique
Through this project, the Kazerne Dossin museum wishes to commemorate the 25,843 people who were deported from the Dossin barracks. Since October 2023, it has been inviting participants to say the name of a victim of the Holocaust. Once the project is complete, all the recordings will be played continuously in the Memorial. Two-thirds of the names have already been recorded, so the museum is calling on anyone who wishes to participate to do so. Recording takes only a few minutes on site… Every name counts.
Chaque nom compte | Kazerne Dossin
9 September 2025 at 7 p.m. at the CCLJ
As every year, a festive and diverse atmosphere awaits participants at this event, whose name alone represents a journey in itself. Milmoul refers to the Hebrew language, but also to the desire to bring people together and is a nod to the typical Belgian dish: mussels and chips. The legendary Belgian good humour animates this event, which combines musical cabaret performances with a variety of eclectic shows. A project that encourages creativity in Hebrew while promoting intercultural exchange.
Until 18 January 2026 at the Judenplatz Museum
As part of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the Jewish Museum Vienna is presenting a series of photographs by Roger Cremers. These works address questions of European memory after the Holocaust and in the face of war today. The photographs were taken across Europe since 2008 and deal with the question of how human tragedies are dealt with, how they are represented in memory, and the attitude of institutions and individuals towards them.
Where Have All The Flowers Gone…
On 28 August 2025 at 1 p.m. at the National Holocaust Centre & Museum
With the last witnesses of the Holocaust disappearing, these rare encounters are all the more important for understanding history, sharing memories and combating rising anti-Semitism in Europe. In particular, they are important for countering those who falsify and simplify history. Many museums are currently doing important educational work, particularly with schools, presenting these valuable testimonies in order to counter the rise of anti-Semitism.
What’s on at The National Holocaust Centre & Museum
From 6 to 16 November 2025
The 2025 edition of the British Jewish Film Festival will take place in London and other English cities, with the programme being announced gradually. As every year, it offers an opportunity to appreciate the diversity of Jewish culture and Israeli life as studied and captured on film by directors from around the world. A series of short films will also be available online from 19 to 27 November.