Until 27 April 2025 at the Jewish Museum Berlin
In the early 1960s, Leonard Freed, a Jewish American photographer, went to West Germany to discover post-war German Judaism, taking numerous photographs. The work was mainly carried out in Frankfurt and Düsseldorf, with the aim of giving Germans a better understanding of the Jewish minority living discreetly in the country. 52 of these photos were published in 1962. Much later, they were purchased from the photographer’s widow to form part of the museum’s collections. This is the first exhibition to present the entire body of work.
German Jews Today | Jewish Museum Berlin
Until 29 June 2025 at the Augsburg Jewish Museum
This exhibition sets off on a long linguistic journey, reflecting the long presence and mutual influence of Jewish culture. Yiddish has been spoken in Bavaria for eight centuries, and many words that are still used in contemporary German have their origins there. The exhibition is accompanied by a number of programmes, including the ‘Kumt un lomir redn yidish!’ workshop on 24 November 2024.
Exhibition “Yiddish. Jewish. Taytsch.”
18 November at 4.30pm at the Café des Psaumes
Hélène Mouchard-Zay, daughter of Jean Zay and director of the Cercil, the memorial museum for the children of the Vel d’Hiv, presents the diary of his captivity, ‘Souvenirs and Solitude’. A work that provides a better understanding of that period, as well as his visionary action. The meeting is preceded by a reading by Xavier Béja, creator of the show ‘Jean Zay, the Complete Man’, being performed at the Théâtre Essaïon.
Le programme du Café des Psaumes
From 8 February to 5 May 2025 at the Musée Marc Chagall
Forced to take refuge in the United States during the war, Marc Chagall returned from exile in 1948, first living in Orgeval, near Paris. The following year, he moved to Vence on the Côte d’Azur, where he lived until 1965. He then spent the last 20 years of his life at the villa ‘La Colline’ in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. There he worked on a number of monumental projects, including stained glass windows, mosaics and the creation of the National Museum Marc Chagall, inaugurated in 1973, the first national museum dedicated to a living artist. This exhibition will highlight the special atmosphere of Saint-Paul-de-Vence, which inspired the great artist.
Chagall 1966-1985. Dans la lumière de Saint-Paul-de-Vence | Musée National Marc Chagall
1 December 2024 at 2pm at the Espace Benhaïm
This conference will highlight the importance of the legacy of the former head of government and his extraordinary destiny. A man who embodied the values of the 3rd Republic and the way they were shared, concerned with the well-being of his country, particularly in improving the social and economic conditions of workers, but also in uniting the nation in the face of the dangers threatening it.
Centre Edmond Fleg Marseille – Save the date !!! – Centre Edmond Fleg Marseille
8 December 2024 at 2pm at the Shoah Memorial
For the Nazis, the Shoah was not an ambition limited to Europe. The advance of the Allied troops prevented this ambition to materialize on every continent. Nevertheless, the occupation of Tunisia by Axis forces raised fears of a fate similar to that of European Jews, with brutal measures taken against the local Jewish population. Fortunately, the deportations did not have the time or the material possibility to take place. This conference is organised in partnership with the Societý for the History of the Jews of Tunisia (SHJT), on the occasion of the commemoration of the roundup of the Jews of Tunis by the SS. In the presence of Jérémy Guedj, lecturer in contemporary history at the University of Côte d’Azur, Marie-Anne Guez, PhD in history at the University Panthéon-Sorbonne, and Martino Oppizzi, French School of Rome and moderated by Claude Nataf, President of the SHJT.
Mémorial de la Shoah | Boutique en ligne
14 December at 5pm at the Maison de la culture yiddish
The rich collections of the Medem Library have made it possible to find textbooks from yesteryear that provide a better understanding not only of the perceptions of these periods but also of the way in which Yiddish culture was transmitted. The textbooks come from many countries, including Poland, the former USSR and the United States. With a variety of teaching methods and illustrations of the representations of their time. An educational journey led by Clarisse Brossard, a teacher at the Maison de la culture yiddish, whose research focuses on the Yiddish education system in Ukraine.
11 December 2024 at 8pm at the mahJ
Noëmi Waysfeld, accompanied by Guillaume de Chassy on piano and Leïla Soldevila on double bass, shares the work of the iconic French singer. Her sounds, pains, scars and smiles along the notes that have accompanied so many generations, between melancholy and hope. Known for her classical, Yiddish and Fado repertoire, Noëmi Waysfeld takes up the challenge and extends the promise of this musical love story.
Noëmi Waysfeld chante Barbara | Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme
14 January 2025 at 12.30pm at the mahJ
Émilie Porcher, archaeologist in the heritage department of the town of L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, will talk about the ancient Jewish history of the Comtat Venaissin and the work being done in the region to highlight this cultural heritage. In Isle-sur-la-Sorgue in particular, the Town Hall and the Heritage Department are making great efforts. These include architectural research into the Beaucaire building and the Carcassonne building, which adjoined the synagogue, as well as the cleaning of the tombs carried out in conjunction with the University of Avignon and the DRAC, which enabled a scan to be made and a full study of the cemetery to be carried out. Many other projects are underway.
Every Tuesday until 17 December 2024 at JEM Copernic
The OSE’s Seeds of Psalms offers a wide range of activities (lectures, concerts, reading circles, film screenings, philosophy workshops, etc.) modelled on the OSE’s Café des Psaumes in rue des Rosiers. Among them, ‘The place of the Shoah in Israeli identity’ by Jean Luc Landier (12 November at 2.30pm), ‘A light in the night: the Coopérative du Fruit mordoré 1940-1942 Marseille’ with Irène Itkine (19 November at 2.30pm), Cooking workshop: making and tasting croque-fruits (19 November at 4pm), ‘The painful history of Lebanon’ by Jean Pigeard (26 November at 2.30pm), press review with Sylvie Adler (26 November at 4pm), ‘Family, families. Music throughout Jewish life’ by Anny Dreyfus (3 December at 2.30pm), creative Jewish art workshop on the theme of Hanukkah by Sandra Yerushalmi (3 December at 4pm), “Hanukkah, from the menorah to the hanukiah” by Charles Baccouche (10 December at 2.30pm), “Deconstructing Christian anti-Judaism” by Father Christophe Le Sourt (10 December at 4pm) and a concert by the Hayea duo, singing and oud (17 December at 3pm).
Graines de Psaumes – Judaïsme En Mouvement
1 December 2024 from 12pm to 7pm at JEM Beaugrenelle
Evelyne Vitkine and her team are organising this 35th event, during which 35 authors will come to share and sign their latest novel, essay, biography, memoir or story. Their main aim is to present works that are committed to a better understanding of the world, resilience and sharing. Between past and future, in a spiritual and cultural quest, sharing Jewish values and a spirit of unity. After the presentation of the YWAM 2024 First Novel Prize, the traditional closing conference-debate will feature Israeli-American novelist Naomi Ragen.
35ème Journée de la Culture et du Livre Juifs – Judaïsme En Mouvement
17 December 2024 at 8pm at the Centre Medem
Sylvie-Anne Goldberg, director of the Jewish studies group at the Historical Research Centre (EHESS), led a team of 150 specialists in writing the essential book Jewish History of France (Albin Michel, 2023). The aim is to present the long and rich contribution of Jews to the history of France, from Roman times to the present day. In so many spheres and in so many different ways. A work undertaken in particular to combat the invisibilisation of this history and this contribution witnessed in contemporary school textbooks.
Histoire juive de la France-avec Sylvie-Anne Goldberg – Centre Medem
19 December 2024 at 6.30pm at the Musée départemental de la Résistance et de la Déportation
This lecture by Elérika Leroy of the Haute-Garonne Museum of Resistance and Deportation, and Sonya Beyron, Remembrance Coordinator for the Occitanie region at the National Office for Combatants and Victims of War, is presented as part of the events organised in Haute-Garonne to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Liberation. These events are an opportunity to pay tribute to the heroes and heroines of the Liberation in Toulouse, and to the maquis of the department, thanks to the work carried out by the departmental museum.
Le Musée départemental de la Résistance & de la Déportation | Haute-Garonne
Until 8 December 2024
Since 7 November, a number of events and meetings have been taking place with Hebraica: lecture by the Genealogy Circle of Paris (12 November at 6.30pm at the EDJ), concert “A violon in History” (14 November at 8pm at the Salle San Subra), concert by the Rana Choir (16 November at 30.30pm at the Salle GESU), screening of the film L’Armée des ombres (Army of Shadows) (18 November at 7.30pm at the Cratère cinema), lecture by Maurice Lugassy on the theme of “the Jewish army” (21 November at 6.30pm at the Castelet of the Saint-Michel prison), screening of the film La plus précieuse des marchandises (The most precious of goods) (25 November at 8.30pm at the ABC), concert by Trio Raisin et Amandes (26 November at 8pm at the Goethe Institut), meeting with Henri Raczymow (28 November at 6.30pm at the Espace Diversités Laïcité), screening of the film Gens de Casa (30 November at 6.30pm at the Cratère cinema), The Tsedaka Day (1 December at the Phare de Tournefeuille), meeting with Rachal Kahn (2 December at 6.30pm at the Espace Diversités Laïcité), conference on the Jewish Army (5 December at 6.30pm at the Musée Départemental de la Résistance et de la Déportation) and the Limmud days on 7 and 8 December at the EDJ.
16 November 2024 at 7pm at IUMAT
This concert, in partnership with “Chrétiens et cultures and Anima, Festival de Musiques Sacrées, 24th edition Fraternité”, will focus on sharing the theme of love and its various artistic and linguistic expressions. Pieces in Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish and Hebrew drawing on ancient inspirations mixed with contemporary expressions, in search of a harmonious world. Dutch artist Shura Lipovsky is best known for her Yiddish and klezmer work. She is accompanied on stage by Bert Vos (violin), Marjolijn van Roon (flutes) and Kimball Huigens (piano).
Shura Lipovsky et son Novaya Shira Trio en concert – IUMAT
15 December 2024 at 4pm at the Drancy Shoah Memorial
The last survivors of the Shoah are leaving us, but questions about the subject are returning thanks to the work of historians, concerns linked to current events, but also through encounters with objects from the past. Anne Berest, author of La Carte postale (The Postcard) and Marie de Lattre, author of La Promesse (The Promise), will share with the public how investigations enabled them to shed light on the dark areas of their family history during the Second World War. A look at the past helps us to better understand the present and the silences that are a heavy burden, but often necessary to ensure a will to go on when the weight of the past is sometimes impossible for survivors to confront.
Mémorial de la Shoah | Boutique en ligne
15 December 2024 at 3.30pm at the Musée Albert Kahn
The battlefield of human emotions has been at the heart of cinema since its inception and is at the heart of its greatest works. The same goes for the urban environment in which they evolve. But nature has also proved to be a great inspiration for the seventh art. The sessions provide a better understanding of the significance of the place of plants and trees in certain films. Following the first two sessions, another is planned to show a series of experimental films. It will be hosted by Teresa Castro, Alice Leroy and the Lightcone association.
Les plantes font leur cinéma – Musée Albert Kahn
Until 4 May 2025 at 2.30pm at the Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation de l’Isère
The museum offers a guided tour of its permanent exhibition every first Sunday of the month. The tour takes visitors through the three levels of the museum, providing a better understanding of how the people of Isère lived through the Second World War. The guide takes a chronological and thematic look at the events leading up to the occupation, followed by the terrible hours of repression and deportation. Then there is a third section on the Liberation of the region. The temporary exhibition is also dedicated to the Liberation.
Until 21 December 2024 at the National Memorial of Montluc’s jail
This exhibition, produced in partnership with the Association des rescapés de Montluc (Association of Montluc survivors), highlights the actions undertaken by the association since its creation in the autumn of 1944. In particular, the census of former internees taken after the Liberation and the way in which they were helped. The internees were released on 14 August 1944. Following the closure of Montluc prison in 2009, the association devoted itself to participating in the creation of the Memorial. Since then, it has continued to research the period and the fate of the internees, as well as sharing the memory.
Until 11 January 2025 at CHRD
A tour in which first-hand accounts and objects from the period provide a better understanding of the complexity of the actions of the Lyon Resistance and the issues at stake at the time. It’s also about the complexity of combining the motivations for armed involvement of the different currents of the Resistance and optimising the contributions. The exhibition provides an opportunity to rediscover those who took part in those terrible hours, and the many different ways in which they fought against the occupying forces and their militias.
Résistances | CHRD | Musée d’histoire | Lyon dans la guerre, 1939-1945
6 March 2025 at 7pm at the Institut Universitaire Européen Rachi
The historian Isabelle Cohen, in charge of the Jewish culture commission of the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah, presents the contribution of ancient texts of Hebraic wisdom to contemporary debates. How can this wisdom contribute to a better understanding of our own person, and clarify our relationship with others in a better approach to the definition of the feminine being? Starting with the Genesis text on the tree of knowledge.
Conférences – Institut Universitaire Européen Rachi
At the Judeo-Alsatian Museum in Bouxwiller
Norbert and Moritz Max Neiger contributed to the glory of their Czech town, Gablonz, by developing the diamond industry there, creating fabulous Art Deco jewellery for the costume jewellery market. The German invasion and annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938 led to the disappearance of most of Bohemia’s Jewish communities. The Neiger family thought they would find refuge in Prague, but they were sent to the Łódź ghetto in 1941 and subsequently murdered. This exhibition pays tribute to their creativity and influence on the costume jewellery industry.
Evénements 2024 | construction
November 8, at 8 p.m. on the Anako Barge
Follow the notes, set off on the waves to join the musical universe of folklorist Ruth Rubin (1906-2000) and her popular imagination inhabited by rebellious young women, clandestine couples, deceived men, workers, craftsmen, of thieves and revolutionaries. The “little people” of this world sing, rock, chant and chant. He speaks to our times with sometimes disconcerting relevance.
With Eléonore Biezunski on vocals and violin, Piotr Odrekhivskyy on accordion, Michel Schick on clarinet and flute, Michel Taieb on banjo and François Puyalto on double bass.
Yerushe – musique yiddish — Anako
October 31, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. at Beit Café
The author Ilya Fellous welcomes the public for an encounter at this café filled with a warm atmosphere, where the cultural references of the shtetl and Frishman meet on the walls, shelves and in the dishes…
October 28, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. at the Café des Psaumes
This conference takes place as part of the presentation of the book “The Sewn Shadows” with François Azar, vice-president of Aki Estamos. The Café des Psaumes offers numerous workshops, courses, concerts, conferences and shows in one of the favorite places of the Pletzl nostalgics, located on the legendary rue des Rosiers…
From 19 September to 31 October at the Saphir gallery
The gallery presents the first retrospective of the work of Spanish artist Elisabeth Ollé Curiel. This coincides with the publication of her monograph, ‘La beauté voyageuse’, written by art historian Delphine Durand. Because of her origins, she reinterprets the colours of the Caribbean in an invigorating multicultural expression. Her work draws on Venezuelan, Amerindian, Sephardic Jewish and Catalan references, breaking down boundaries.
Elisabeth OLLE CURIEL | 19 September – 31 October 2024 – Overview | GALERIE SAPHIR
8 and 9 October 2024, 8pm at Espace Rachi – Guy de Rothschild
To pay tribute to the victims, musicians, singers and actors will take to the stage on two evenings organised by the Les Théâtres de Rachi. Sharing texts, poems and songs of remembrance and consolation. It’s a clear commitment to resilience, to standing up after demonstrations of inhuman brutality, in order to fight against oblivion, drive out hatred and work for peace.
Centre d’Art et de Culture Juive – Vivre ! – Centre d’Art et de Culture Juive (culture-juive.fr)
September 21 and 22, 2024, at 9:30 pm at the Synagogue di Alessandria and the Synagogue di Vercelli
As part of the Nessiah Music Festival 2024, and following the many events organized during the European Day of Jewish Culture on September 15, two concerts are proposed. The first allows the rather original encounter between tango and Jewish music, while the second offers nothing more and nothing less than a musical dream return to the beginning of the 20th century.
Torino Ebraica – Comunità Ebraica di Torino
October 29, 2024, at 8 p.m.
The Jewish Community of Geneva (CIG), in partnership with Gil, B’nai B’rith and Geneva Jewish Heritage, is offering a series of tours on prominent Genevan Jewish women in the city. Starting with the Spierer family. A family whose daring humanitarian actions saved thousands of Greek lives during the Balkan War in 1916-18 and the Smyrna catastrophe in 1922.
January 17, 2025, between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. at the Jewish Museum of Switzerland
Every year in January, from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m., 40 museums and cultural institutions in the Basel region offer a varied artistic and cultural program, in dialogue with literature, music, cinema and theater. Among these, the Jewish Museum of Switzerland, allowing visitors an original approach to its journey and its works.
Evénements – Juedisches Museum Schweiz (juedisches-museum.ch)