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19 June and 2 July 2024 A number of lectures are being held at the Institute this spring. These include ‘Arnold Schoenberg, the Moses of music’, presented on 19 June by historian and musician Philippe Olivier. And on 2 July, a meeting between academics Julien Darmon and Jean Mouttapa.
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2 April 2024 at 6.30pm at the Institut Méditerranéen Universitaire Maimonide Pierre-Yves Kirschleger, senior lecturer in contemporary history at the Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III, presents the evolution of this dialogue over the last century. From the commitment of Christian individuals and institutions to saving Jews during the war, to the work of Jules Isaac and the outcome of ...
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17 May 2023 at the Maimonides Institute The meeting with the eminent historian and professor emeritus of the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne will take place around the theme evoked in his latest book “Marcel Proust, saying goodbye to the Jewish world”. https://www.maimonide-institut.com/agenda
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20 February 2023 at the Maimonides Institute As part of the Maimonides Encounters, this one is proposed around the books Psychotherapy of God and Chérif Mécheri, Prefect of Courage under the Vichy government. These books were written by the famous author who dealt with resilience. This event is organised in partnership with the Librairie Sauramps and will take place in the Salle Pétrarque. ...
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Piove di Sacco was built in Roman times and fortified in the Middle Ages. The Jewish presence is attested by documents dated from the end of the 14th century. They concern the arrival of Jews who were involved in banking, which was often the only activity permitted for them at the time. This did not prevent them from pursuing other interests, such as Moshe ben Samuel, a banker and scribe who ...
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In his Book of Travels, Benjamin of Tudela mentions the Jewish community of Lunel. As well as the active study of texts by students and the spiritual leader Rabbi Meshoullam. According to Tudela, Meshoullam was surrounded by his five children during his activities. Children who later became rabbis: Joseph, Isaac, Jacob, Aaron and Asher. For this community of only 300 members, according to the ...
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The is located on the eccentric part of rue des Abondances, not far from the Maimonides school. It was built in 1911, according to plans by architect Emmanuel Pontremoli. Its geometric shape is particularly original, responding to the tastes of the time of its creation. The Byzantine references of the synagogue are close to those of the Chasseloup-Laubat synagogue. The painter ...
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Homeland of Maimonides, Cordoba was under the Arab Caliphate of Abderahman III the greatest Andalusian juderia. Under the Muslim rule, the Jewish community lived in harmony with the conquerors, who, to save their armies, entrusted to the Jews the administration of Seville and Cordoba. The history of the Jewish community of Cordoba follows that of the Arab occupation and Almohad and Almoravid ...
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Below the Acropolis is Athens, a marble plaque engraved with a menorah has been uncovered amid the clutter of the Agora, near a statue of Emperor Hadrien. Perhaps it used to rest on one of the ancient synagogues visited by Saint Paul, who had as little success with the Athenian Jews as the Greek philosophers had with the Areopagus.
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