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Evora
The city is best known for its historic centre, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Jewish presence is thought to go back a long way, with Evora boasting one of the largest Portuguese ...
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Covilha
Covilha is a town known as an important urban centre in the Portuguese interior. The Jewish presence probably dates back to the 12th century. There were three successive Jewish quarters in the ...
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Coimbra
The city of Coimbra is famous for its historic sites and the first Portuguese university founded there in 1290. It was also an important centre of Portuguese Judaism until the Inquisition. During ...
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Castelo Branco
Castelo Branco is known, as the first part of its name suggests, for its medieval buildings. The Jewish presence dates back to at least the 14th century. An organised Jewish community existed in ...
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Beja
Beja is a town in southern Portugal, famous for the battles that have been fought there since the time of Julius Caesar. It was also known as one of the places where rabbinical institutions were ...
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Almeida
A crossroads of exoduses, the town of Almeida, which brings together several former small medieval municipalities, has welcomed many refugees throughout its history. This was also the case during ...
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Sha’ar HaShamaim Synagogue
R. do Brum 16, 9500-085 Ponta Delgada Tel : +351 508 646 0650 https://www.azoreansynagogue.org
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Holocaust Museum of Porto
Rua do Campo Alegre 790, 4150-171 Porto Museu | Museu do Holocausto do Porto | Porto (mhporto.com)
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Jewish Museum of Porto
R. de Guerra Junqueiro 325, 4150-389 Porto Início | Museu Judaico do Porto (mjporto.com)
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Rua dos Gatos
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Exhibition “Chagall and me! 50 years of the Musée Chagall – part 2”
Until 8 January 2024 at the Chagall Museum This three-part exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Musée Chagall, created on the artist’s birthday, 7 July 1973, when it hosted the ...
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“Basilic Swing” concert
13 December 2023 at the Centre Fleg Since the klezmer season is eternal, depending on one or two instruments and a desire to find a smile in the face of adversity, the Centre Fleg is organising ...
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“Spirou in the turmoil of the Shoah” exhibition
From 1 December 2023 to 25 February 2024 at the Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation de la Haute Garonne Spirou, a well-known character in Belgian comics, is plunged into the terrible ...
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Literary meeting “The emergence of the Shoah in the national memory”
3 December 2023 at the Shoah Memorial On the occasion of the publication of the book “Jewish History of France” by Sylvie-Anne Goldberg, the theme of the memorial approach to the ...
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Reading Night 2024: the body
20 January 2024 at the Medem Library How was the body perceived and presented by the Yiddish press over time, the time of the body and the press according to the generations of authors and ...
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Exhibition “Joann Sfar. Life drawned”
Until 12 May 2024 at the mahJ This exhibition, the first retrospective devoted to Joann Sfar in France, features almost 250 plates and drawings, many of them previously unpublished. The author of ...
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Musical reading “Not everyone is lucky enough to love gefilte fish”
9 December 2023 at the Medem Centre Words and music accompany the presentation of this travel book about Ashkenazi cuisine, not a parade of recipes but an atmosphere, traditions and experiences. ...
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Conference “In the footsteps of the past”
6 December 2023 at JEM Beaugrenelle As a follow-up to the 34th Day of Jewish Culture and Books organised by Judaïsme En Mouvement (the Liberal movement in France), a conference will be ...
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Study circle with Benoît Gobitz
16 December 2023 at the GIL The GIL, which regularly organises cultural events, is inviting Benoit Gobitz to speak on the theme of “Joseph, from decline to regency… with ...
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Exhibition “Sol LeWitt”
Until 31 March 2024 at the Jewish Museum Amsterdam The museum is devoting an exhibition to the American artist Sol LeWitt, presenting four huge wall drawings, as well as sculptures and archives. ...
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“Amazing Israel” exhibition
At the Riga Jewish Community House Students from the Jurmala School of Art are exhibiting their work in the Riga Jewish Community House. An initiative in keeping with the tradition of this art ...
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Exhibition “I Sommersi. Roma 16 ottobre 1943”
Until 18 February 2024 at the Musei Capitolini On 16 October 1943, the roundup of the Jewish ghetto in Rome took place. 1,259 people were arrested, including 207 children. Most were deported and ...
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Exhibition “Return to Ferrara: the world of Leo Contini Lampronti”
Until 4 February 2024 at MEIS Born in Nice in 1939 to Italian parents from Ferrara, Leo Contini Lampronti grew up and studied in Rome and Milan. He moved to Israel in 1967 with his wife Marcella ...
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Exhibition “Peace”
Until 26 May 2024 at the Jewish Museum of Vienna While war rages in the Middle East and Europe, the museum focuses on the definition of peace as the success of a civilisation. Jewish perspectives ...
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Pitch Up: Community Voices @ JW3
Until 5 January 2024 at the Jewish Museum London This original concept allows different voices to be heard on a wide range of subjects. Community leaders, but also people with questions or ...
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Concert “JMI YOUTH BIG BAND – Live at the Vortex”
10 December 2023 at the Vortex Jazz Club of London The JMI Youth Big Band draws its inspiration from a wide range of musical styles, including Jewish music and the jazz of legendary American ...
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Exhibition “Rosh Ha-Shana, a New Year in Autumn?”
Until 1 December 2023 at the Augsburg Jewish Museum This participatory approach enables schoolchildren in Augsburg to understand the meaning of the Jewish New Year and to use it as inspiration to ...