European Days of Jewish Culture / 2026

Alsace

Here are the events planned for the European Days of Jewish Culture in this region. For more information and to reserve your tickets, visit the JECPJ FRANCE website.

Sunday, September 6, 2026

BISCHHEIM 2:00 p.m.: Opening of the museum and the mikveh, 6:00 p.m.: Tour of the cemetery led by Fabienne Schnitzler

ROSENWILLER 11:00 a.m.: Tour of the Obernai synagogue and the Jewish quarter, 3:00 p.m.: guided tour of the Jewish cemetery in Rosenwiller, 5:00 p.m.: Yiddish tango concert performed by Lloica Czackis

SCHIRMECK 3:00 p.m.: performance based on Hélène Berr’s diary

Sunday, September 13, 2026

PFAFFENHOFFEN 3:00 p.m.: guided tour of the synagogue

WESTHOFFEN 9:00 a.m.: tour of Westhoffen’s Jewish heritage and hike to the Jewish cemetery in Romanswiller

Sunday, October 4, 2026

STRUTH 2:00 p.m.: guided tour of the Struth synagogue with Christine Wolf, 4:00 p.m.: concert by the klezmer duo Kalarash at the Struth synagogue

Sunday, October 11, 2026

BIESHEIM 10:00 a.m.: Guided tour of the cemetery by Jean-Marc Lalevée

BOOFSHEIM 2:00 p.m.: Tour of Patrick Singer’s Judaica collections at the Museum of Alsatian Folk Art

BRUMATH 10:00 a.m.: Guided tour of the Jewish cemetery, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Guided tour of the synagogue, 5 p.m.: Guitar concert at the synagogue

DIEMERINGEN 3 p.m.: Exhibition of Jewish books and a walking tour tracing the history of Diemeringen’s Jewish community at the synagogue

ETTENDORF 2 p.m.: Guided tour of the Jewish cemetery led by Ms. Weiss

INGWILLER 10 a.m.: Guided tour of the Jewish cemetery with Michel Levy, 2 p.m.: Klezmer concert with the Babanu Quartet at the Ingwiller synagogue

OBERBRONN 2:30 p.m.: Tour of Jewish Oberbronn

SAVERNE 3 p.m.: Event centered on the 1749 Paro’het at the Château des Rohan Museum

SOULTZ-SOUS-FORETS 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM: Open house at the synagogue, featuring a presentation on the Song of Songs and on the relationship between King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

STRASBOURG at the Grande Synagogue de la Paix: tour at 3:00 PM and lecture by Stéphane Encel at 5:00 PM

THANN 10:30 a.m.: the audiovisual and musical narrative “The Love of a Synagogue, 1862–2026” at the Synagogue; 10:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.: guided tour of the old Jewish cemetery led by Dominique Schmitt and Roger Harmon

VILLE 2:00 p.m.: concert “Love for Parents, Neighbors, One’s Community, One’s Country, Israel, and the Lord”

Thursday, October 15, 2026

WEITERSWILLER 8:30 PM : concert featuring the Strasbourg Klezmzer Band at the synagogue

Sunday, October 18, 2026

BELFORT 10:00 AM : guided tour of the cemetery, 2:30 PM : meal and “Love” concert by Michel Cazeaux at the synagogue

BOUXWILLER at the Jewish-Alsatian Museum: 2:00 p.m. recital by Michèle Tauber, 4:00 p.m. ballad concert

GUEBWILLER 2:00 p.m. : tour of the synagogue led by Elie Cohen, president of the Jewish Consistory of the Haut-Rhin, featuring the exhibition “Local Religious Law: How Religions Coexist in Alsace” ”

HAGUENAU 2:00 p.m.: Guided tour of the synagogue by Jean-Louis Lévy

MULHOUSE 2:30 p.m. & 4:00 p.m.: Tour of the synagogue by Rabbi Note Levintov, 4:15 p.m.: Lecture “Love in Judaism” by Claudine Grauzam

OBERNAI 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Heritage Day focused on the Ten Commandments at the synagogue, followed by a concert at 5 p.m. at the same location

SAINT-LOUIS 3 p.m.: lecture titled “The Challenge of Reading the Pentateuch from a Torah Scroll” by Rabbi Breisacher

SOULTZ-SOUS-FORETS 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.: Open house at the synagogue featuring a presentation on the Song of Songs and the legendary couple King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

SOULTZ 4:00 p.m.: concert of klezmer and Hebrew music with Rachel Hermann and Marin Balan; 5:30 p.m.: lecture “Love of the Republic Among the Jews of Alsace-Lorraine” by Mr. Norbert Schwab, president of SEJAL, at the Bucheneck Museum

TRAENHEIM 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Claude-Alexis Gras will present the results of his research on the history of the Jews of Traenheim in the 17th and 18th centuries at the synagogue

Sunday, October 25, 2026

BOOFSHEIM 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Tour of Patrick Singer’s Judaica collections at the Museum of Alsatian Folk Art

HERRLISHEIM 3:00 p.m.: “Family and Tradition” exhibition and concert “Around Claude Vigée and His Universal Message” at the former synagogue

MARMOUTIER 10:00 a.m.: Guided tour by a “guardian of memory” at the Jewish cemetery; 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.: Guided tour at the Museum of Heritage and Judaism; 5:00 p.m.: Concert by the Mizmor Chir trio at the former synagogue

STRASBOURG 5:00 p.m.: Concert by Rebecca Joy-Lohnes and Hector Sabo, “Love, Song of Eternity,” at the Liberal Jewish Union of Strasbourg

Sunday, October 30, 2026

STRASBOURG 10:30 a.m.: Tour of Strasbourg’s historic Jewish sites (including a visit to the medieval mikveh), led by Mr. Jean-François Kovar

Sunday, November 1, 2026

STRASBOURG 5:00 p.m. : Lecture by Dominique Jarassé, presenting his new book “Synagogues of France” at the Great Synagogue of Peace

Sunday, November 8, 2026

MUTZIG 3:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m.: video presentation by “Horizon Culturel” at the synagogue

STRASBOURG 2:30 p.m.: organized tour exploring Jewish heritage

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

STRASBOURG 5:00 p.m.: opening of the exhibition dedicated to Alsatian rabbis at the Grande Synagogue de la Paix

Sunday, November 15, 2026

COLMAR 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM: tour of the Colmar Museum of Jewish Art at the synagogue

Through November 15, 2026

BOUXWILLER exhibition on Jewish life in Uzbekistan at the Jewish-Alsatian Museum