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Chaïm Kaliski, ‘Jim of Etterbeek’
21 January 2026 at 7 p.m. at the mahJ Chaïm Kaliski’s drawings are a moving chronicle of a Jewish childhood and an infinitely accurate account of the Jews of Brussels during the Occupation. ...
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Meeting with Thomas Meyer, biographer of Hannah Arendt, in conversation with Christine Lecerf
16 October 2025 at 7 p.m. at the mahJ On the occasion of the French publication of his book Hannah Arendt. Biography (translated from German by Olivier Mannoni, Calmann-Lévy, 2025), philosopher, ...
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Denise Bellon Exhibition. A Wandering Eye
From 9 October 2025 to 8 March 2026 at the mahJ For the first retrospective in Paris dedicated to Denise Bellon (1902–1999), the mahJ is presenting nearly 300 photographs, objects, letters and ...
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Paula Padani Exhibition: Migrant Dance: Hamburg, Tel Aviv, Paris
Until 16 November 2025 at the mahJ More than 250 photographs, posters, documents and costumes have been brought together by the Museum of Jewish Art and History to retrace the little-known life ...
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“Alfred Dreyfus: Truth and Justice” exhibition
From 13 March to 31 August 2025 at the mahJ More than 250 archive documents, photographs, film extracts, and some sixty works of art are brought together for this extraordinary exhibition devoted ...
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Purim Ball 2025. ‘Ya Hasra!
16 March 2025, 3pm at mahJ DJ Sharouh mixes the sounds of different generations from the many shores of the Mediterranean and beyond with great enthusiasm and talent. She was a particular hit at ...
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Dia(s)porama Festival
4 February 2025 at 7pm at the mahJ Since 2021, the Dia(s)porama Festival has been showcasing classics and never-before-seen nuggets of Jewish cinema. Created by the Centre d’Art et de ...
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“Genealogical Encounters” workshops
8 January, 2 April, 7 May, 4 June and 2 July 2025, from 5.30pm to 7.30pm at the mahJ The Cercle de Généalogie Juive (Jewish Genealogy Circle) welcomes members of the public to help them ...
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Exhibition “André Steiner – the body between desire and overcoming”
Until 22 September 2024 at the mahJ Every four years, the Olympics have inspired many artists to seize the opportunity to capture the ultimate efforts of athletes, crossing bars and ribbons, ...
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Exhibition “Raphaël Denis. The Rosenberg Fund, the Parisian years”
Until 1 December 2024 at the mahJ The museum is hosting an installation by Raphaël Denis on the spoliation of works of art during the Occupation. The artist brings together, in chronological ...
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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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Let’s eat! Books to devour, Jewish cuisine to savour
September 3, 2023 at the mahJ Jewish culinary traditions, from the contours of the Mediterranean to the deep villages of Eastern Europe, are the gastronomic palettes around which unforgettable ...
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Exhibition “You will remember me: words and drawings by the children of the Maison d’Izieu, 1943-1944”
Until 23 July 2023 at the mahJ 150 photographs, archive documents and children’s drawings made by the residents of this colony which served as a refuge for them during the Second World War ...
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Museum of Jewish Art and History
71, rue du Temple, 75004 Paris Tel : +33 1 53 01 86 53 www.mahj.org
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The Marais
In the eighteenth century, the area around the Place Saint Paul was known as “the old Jewry”. Until the first years of the twentieth century, the square itself bore the name Place des ...