From February 1 to May 4, 2025 at the Rembrandt Museum
The exhibition presents the work of Samuel van Hoogstraten, one of Rembrandt’s best students. He worked for a long time with the master in the workshop dedicated to students. Among the lessons, that of the link between illusion and visual deception was particularly important for Hoogstraten’s artistic work. During his numerous trips to European capitals he shared the work and influence of Rembrandt.
The illusionist – Rembrandthuis
4 December 2024 at 7.30pm at the National Museum of Resistance and Human Rights
This conference is organised as part of the 80th anniversary of the evacuation of the Natzweiler concentration camp. During the lecture, historian Robert Steegmann will review the key events of 1944, focusing on the very special history of this camp in annexed Alsace. The conference is organised in partnership with the Amicale nationale française des Déportés et des Familles de Disparus de Natzweiler-Struthof et de ses kommandos and the Amicale luxembourgeoise des Anciens Prisonniers et des Familles de Disparus de Natzweiler-Struthof.
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17 November 2024 at 12 noon at the Gaon Museum in Vilna
The museum is offering a guided tour of its exhibition devoted to the Shoah and this particular aspect of the trials that followed. Rediscovering the stories of the victims of the Shoah and the lessons that can be learned from them. Trials that took place in various European countries, involving a tiny proportion of those responsible for these atrocities.
Thematic tour: War Crimes Trials after World War II – Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History
This is the first exhibition to be presented in Germany and Greece on the subject of Greek Jews as forced labourers during the occupation. It focuses on the site of Karya, where in the spring of 1943 the Germans transported hundreds of Jews from Thessaloniki to build a road. The exhibition is organised in partnership by the Jewish Museum of Greece, the Benaki Museum and the Nazi Forced Labor Documentation Center in Berlin.
Current Exhibition – Jewishmuseum
Until April 2025 at the Museo Sefardi
Numerous documents and objects owned by the museum are being brought out of storage to be presented at the museum as part of this thematic exhibition. Until 8 December, the ‘Inquisitorial Material’ room will be displaying a parchment from the late 16th century naming Juan Blasco Escribano as a relative of the Holy Office of Villamontilla.
17 November 2024 at 5.30pm at the Jewish Museum of Belgium
This tribute to the Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux from 1938 to 1940 is organised by “Les Justes de Belgique” and the “Aristides de Sousa Mendès Foundation – US”, in partnership with the Jewish Museum of Belgium and the Consistoire Central Israélite de Belgique. It honours the courage of the consul who chose to disobey his government by signing tens of thousands of visas enabling refugees, many of them Jewish, to flee the Shoah. An exemplary display of courage that is all the more appreciable today.
Hommage à Aristides de Sousa Mendes : Le Courage d’un Juste – Musée Juif de Belgique
8 December 2024 from 10.30am to 6pm at Mazal Café
This new edition of the Book Fair brings together many authors and works. And in a variety of forms, including novels, essays, graphic novels, comic strips and cookery books. Some of the authors are also taking part in conferences organised by the organisers. A moment of cultural sharing that is particularly welcome in these difficult times.
SEFER – Salon du Livre – La Maison de la Culture Juive
Until 27 April 2025 at the Jewish Museum Vienna
The Viennese exhibition presents the different representations of the feeling of fear throughout history. Particular attention is paid to the fears that have marked Jewish history, which has been marked by wars and persecution of all kinds, in the name of different ideologies. Artistic interpretations of this feeling are presented, with the aim of offering a multidimensional and sensitive look at intimate feelings.
Exhibitions | Jüdisches Museum Wien
21 January 2025 at 7.30pm at the Hohenems Jewish Museum
This lecture by Thomas Schmidinger will look at the Jewish diaspora in Kurdistan, one of the oldest in the world. Nevertheless, the majority of Kurdish Jews were forced to leave in the second half of the 20th century. Political scientist and social and cultural anthropologist Thomas Schmidinger led a Future Fund research project in 2022/23 on the cultural remains of the Jews of Kurdistan.
5 December 2024 at 7pm at the Freud Museum
This is the 20th meeting on this complex theme. It will focus on the conflict in Ukraine. In particular, the question of the ethical position. But also the way patients are treated during the war, thanks to testimonies from trauma experts. Clinical cases are presented by Ukrainian psychoanalysts and psychotherapists. Among the participants: Françoise Davoine, Gerard Fromm, Oleksandr Filts and Jeanne Wolff.
Psychoanalysis under Conditions of War – www.freud-museum.at/en
15 December 2024 at 8pm with the JMI in zoom
A discussion via zoom will enable participants to discuss the musical education of the next generations, both in Jewish communities and in the country as a whole. The discussion is prompted by the fact that music is rarely part of the school curriculum, and remains present mostly in privileged circles, with private lessons and access to classical concerts. The discussion led by composer and conductor Malcolm Singer will emphasise the quest to democratise access to music.
JMI ONLINE: MUSIC FOR THE YOUNG SOUL – Jewish Music Institute
5 December 2024 at 7pm at the Munich Jewish Museum
Galili Shahar (Brodt Foundation Visiting Professor at the Chair of Jewish History and Culture) in conversation with Andreas Kilcher, researcher on Kafka, address the theme of Kafka’s Marrano Judaism. They look back at the controversial presence of Jewish themes in Kafka’s work, which are perceived as enigmatic. Numerous events are being organised in Europe to mark the centenary of the writer’s death, starting of course with Prague.
Musée juif de Munich – Détails
Until 6 July 2025 at the Jewish Museum Frankfurt
This exhibition is the first to present Jewish thoughts and practices concerning death. With the help of ritual objects, artistic works and audio and video recordings. It looks at the acceptance of death, the help given to oneself and to others, and the rites of passage that accompany it. Not forgetting a look at the theme of Paradise. The evolution of religious ceremonies from biblical times to the challenges posed by the restrictions of Covid are also examined.
In the Face of Death – Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt
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.