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15 September 2024 from 10am at the Beth Yaacov Great Synagogue and the Geneva Liberal Jewish Community (GIL) A wide range of activities will be on offer throughout the day. Starting with a guided tour of Beth Yaacov by historian Jean Plançon, followed by a tasting of traditional Shabbat dishes. The day continues at the GIL with a visit by Rabbi Emeritus François Garaï. There will also be a ...
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16 October 2023 at the GIL This lecture, organised in collaboration with the ORT Asnières Institute’s Alumnis, will enable participants to relive the life of the numerous communities at the time of the Temple of Jerusalem, at the crossroads of civilisations and religions. It will also look back at the fabulous archaeological discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. GIL – Conférence de Jacques ...
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3 October 2023 at 12.15pm at the Great Synagogue Beth Yaacov Many writers regularly take part in these meetings organised by the Community. They talk about their latest literary works relating to Jewish culture, and take part in discussions with the public and the journalists who host these events. Other events are scheduled for 12 December 2023, 13 February 2024 and 9 April 2024. T’es ...
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From 31 August to 3 September 2023 As part of the European Days of Jewish Culture, the CIG, in partnership with the GIL, the Henry-Dunant Lodge of B’nai B’rith and the Geneva Jewish Heritage Association, is organising two days. On Thursday 31 August, the book “Albert, Esther, Liebmann, Ruth et les autres. Présences juives en Suisse romande”, edited by Francine ...
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8 May, from 7 to 10 pm at the GIL The GIL welcomes the Geneva literary prodigy for a lecture on The Alaska Sanders Affair. Registration is required, as space is limited for such an event. https://www.gil.ch/evenement/lundi-du-gil-conference-de-joel-dicker
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4 June 2023, 10:30 – 12:00 This tour will take place in the company of Eric Ackermann, Second Minister officiating. It will allow you to rediscover the fundamentals of Jewish history and liturgy, as well as the Jewish community of Geneva, in this monument which has been classified as a historical heritage of Geneva since 1989.https://comisra.ch/evenements/visite-guidee-bethyaacov-fev23-2-2-2/
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43, Route de Chêne, 1208 Genève + 41 22 732 32 45 www.gil.ch
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Rue de la Fontenette, 1227 Carouge +41 (0) 79 202 33 70 Communauté Israélite de Genève – La communauté juive en mouvement (comisra.ch)
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21, avenue Dumas, 1206 Geneva +41 (0) 22 317 89 00 http://www.comisra.ch/
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Route de Malagnou 54TER, 1208 Geneva +41 (0) 22 700 72 18 http://www.hekhalhaness.ch/
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Place de la Synagogue 11, 1204 Geneva tel: +41 22 317 89 00
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Before Jews were able to settle in Geneva, the neighboring city of Carouge (at the time part of the Kingdom of Sardinia) opened its doors to them around 1779. The sole remaining Jewish vestige is the old cemetery, which was restored in 1996. A great spirit of religious tolerance allowed this arrival at the time, while in Geneva the Jews had been expelled since 1490. The acceptance of ...
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Switzerland’s French-speaking population is located in the west, in a region that covers almost a quarter of the country’s surface area. With its charming little towns along the lakes and mountains, home to skiers and festival-goers like the famous Montreux event. The sculptures of Fribourg on its churches, squares linking the streets or bridges linking the mountains. And of ...
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Jewish craftsmen and merchants settled in Switzerland's Roman cities between the third and fourth centuries, but the first documents that mention them date only from the thirteenth century. Throughout the following two centuries, Jews were regularly accused of ritualistic crimes on Christian children and poisoning wells.
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