31 March 2024 at 10.30am at the Drancy Shoah Memorial Many Jews lived in this popular département throughout the 20th century, in the suburbs of Paris at the beginning of the century, but also later in Sarcelles and other places emblematic of Jewish settlement in North Africa. Through the study of the different destinies of Jewish volunteers, members of the Resistance, hidden children and ...
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Screening of the film “My father’s secrets”
17 April 2024 at the Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation de l’Isère This animated film by Véra Belmont is an adaptation of the poignant comic strip Second Generation by Michel Kichka, whom we interviewed earlier. It was dedicated to his father Henri, and tells the story of the resilience of Jews after the war. It’s the moving view of a child from the Belgian city of Liège, ...
Plus d'infosExhibition “Today, the ten major sites of national remembrance”
Until 29 June 2024 at the Montluc Memorial This exhibition features works by visual artist Nicolas Daubanes. One of them was created for the occasion, following an immersion in the Montluc Memorial, based on a study of the archives and discussions with visitors to the site. The aim is to emphasise transmission, by allowing art and memory to interact freely. This project is all the more ...
Plus d'infos“Women during the Second World War” exhibition
Until 8 September 2024 at the CHRD This exhibition is an opportunity to rediscover the impact of the Second World War on women. Both in terms of their support for the war effort and their involvement in the Resistance, but also the way in which the Vichy regime tried to limit their freedoms by assigning them solely to family roles. Les femmes durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale | CHRD | Musée ...
Plus d'infosJazz and klezmer music conference
28 March 2024 at the Institut universitaire Rachi Didier Francfort, university professor and specialist in cultural history at the University of Lorraine, presents the background to and reasons for the musical encounter between these two worlds, jazz and klezmer. The former is mainly a music created by black Americans and the latter is rooted in the musical tradition of Yiddishland. Since the ...
Plus d'infosExhibition “Through the eyes of the Italian Jews”
At the MEIS This exhibition takes up a huge challenge: to present 2200 years of Italian Jewish history and culture in a 24-minute show! Directed by Giovanni Carrada and Manuela Fugenzi, the show takes the audience through the eras, the golden ages of Italian Judaism, as well as the darker pages. A task made all the more difficult and rigorous by the fact that it takes into account the ...
Plus d'infosLimmud 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 ...
Plus d'infosMemorial of Sedan
Place Voltaire, Sedan
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Ancient synagogue of Sedan
Avenue de Verdun, 08200 Sedan
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Synagogue of Reims
49 rue Clovis, Reims
Plus d'infosJewish cemetery of Epernay
Avenue de Champagne
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Synagogue of Epernay
11 boulevard de la Motte, Epernay
Plus d'infosRue de la Petite juiverie
Rue des Juifs
Jewish cemetery of Châlons-en-Champagne
Rue Kellerman, Châlons-en-Champagne
Plus d'infosSynagogue of Châlons-en-Champagne
21 rue Lochet, Châlons-en-Champagne
Plus d'infosSedan
Sedan is well known as a former cloth-making centre and has seen many battles in recent wars. The Jewish presence in Sedan appears to date back to the Middle Ages. It developed thanks to the arrival of Jews from Amsterdam in the middle of the 17th century. However, it was not until the beginning of the 19th century that it became more permanent, following the emancipation of the Jews of ...
Plus d'infosReims
Reims is known for its many listed monuments, including the famous cathedral and its coronations, as well as its economy, which is essentially linked to Champagne. The Jewish presence in Reims is thought to be very old. The first document attesting to this presence dates back to 1077. At that time, they were mainly confined to rue de Gieu (Jews), which later became . Some sources claim that ...
Plus d'infosEpernay
Epernay is known as the home of several of the great Champagne houses and the many cellars that house this highly prized beverage. The Jewish presence in Epernay appears to date back to the Middle Ages, as evidenced by street names such as rue Juiverie, rue Haute Juiverie and rue Basse Juiverie. A remains today. Epernay’s neo-Byzantine was inaugurated in 1890 by architect Henry Clouet, ...
Plus d'infosChâlons-en-Champagne
Châlons-en-Champagne, formerly known as Châlons-sur-Marne, is famous for its Market Castle and its ancient churches. The Jewish presence in Châlons seems to go back a very long way, perhaps even to Roman times. In any case, it has been documented from the 11th century onwards. Indicative of this antiquity are certain street names typically given in the Middle Ages, such as and , as well as ...
Plus d'infosSynagogue of La Rochelle
34 Cours des Dames, La Rochelle Bienvenue à la communauté juive de La Rochelle | MCI (synalarochelle.fr)
Plus d'infosAncient Jewish cemetery of Châteauroux
Avenue des Marins, Châteauroux
Plus d'infosRue de la Petite Juiverie
Ancient synagogue of Chablis
Rue des Juifs, Chablis
Plus d'infosLa Rochelle
La Rochelle is famous for its Old Port and medieval towers. The Jewish presence in La Rochelle is thought to date back at least as far as the 13th century. The medieval community seemed to live on the rue des Juifs, which later became the rue de l’Evêché. Many of Roche’s Jews were deported during the Holocaust, following a roundup in the département in 1942. The Jewish community ...
Plus d'infosSoissons
Soissons is a town known for its famous vase, as well as its former role as a capital. The Jewish presence in Soissons goes back at least as far as the 12th century. The community had a synagogue, probably on the ancient rue de la Juiverie, under the castle walls. Many Jews also lived in the surrounding villages. Jewish life in Soissons came to an end with the expulsion of 1306. Timid returns ...
Plus d'infosDreux
Dreux is famous for its listed historic monuments. The Jewish presence appears to be quite ancient, dating back to at least the 12th century, when they came under the protection of the Counts of Dreux. The town was famous for its eminent tossafists, including Rabbi Salomon ben Juda de Dreux, who directed the Ecole de Dreux. In 2023, the inauguration of rue Livia-Zinger, named after a ...
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