At the Danish Jewish Museum The museum presents this very special exhibition devoted to the difficult theme of persecution and flight in contemporary European history. It’s about the situations that encouraged Jews to migrate to Denmark, but also about the courage of the Danish people in helping them to escape during the Second World War. The exhibition is accompanied by objects from ...
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Limmud 2024
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 ...
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The Jewish community of Copenhagen has been active since the end of the 17th century. Today, most of Denmark’s 7000 Jews live in Copenhagen. Abraham Salomon of Rausnitz was its first rabbi, appointed in 1687. Six years later, a Jewish cemetery was established in Mollegade. Destroyed by a fire in 1795, no synagogue was active until a liberal one was built in 1833 in Krystalgade. Years ...
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