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Presentation of the treasures of the Jewish Library and 1st Authors’ Fair
30 March 2025 from 10am, at the CIG To mark Biblioweekend 2025, the IGC is organising an astonishing day of meetings and activities. Starting with its guest of honour, author Douglas Kennedy. ...
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European Days of Jewish Culture
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 ...
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Lecture by Jacques Levy on the Dead Sea Scrolls
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 ...
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“Are you booked this lunchtime?” The IGC’s literary meetings
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 ...
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European Days of Jewish Culture
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 ...
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Conference by Joël Dicker
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. ...
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Guided tour of the Great Synagogue Beth Yaacov
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 ...
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Geneva Liberal Jewish Community – GIL
43, Route de Chêne, 1208 Geneva Tel:+ 41 22 732 32 45 www.gil.ch
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Old Jewish Cemetery of Carouge
Rue de la Fontenette, 1227 Carouge Tel: +41 (0) 79 202 33 70 Communauté Israélite de Genève – La communauté juive en mouvement (comisra.ch)
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Community Center of Geneva
21, avenue Dumas, 1206 Geneva Tel: +41 (0) 22 317 89 00 http://www.comisra.ch/
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Hekhal Haness Synagogue
Route de Malagnou 54TER, 1208 Geneva Tel: +41 (0) 22 700 72 18 http://www.hekhalhaness.ch/
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Beth Yaacov Synagogue
Place de la Synagogue 11, 1204 Geneva tel: +41 22 317 89 00 Communauté Israélite de Genève – La communauté juive en mouvement
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Carouge
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 ...
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French-Speaking Switzerland
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 ...
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Switzerland
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. ...