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19 September 2024, 7.30pm at the House of Yiddish Culture To celebrate the publication by Bibliothèque Medem of An-ski’s play The Dybbuk, translated by Batia Baum, the Maison de la culture yiddish is organising an evening with three highlights. Firstly, Clarisse Brossard will talk about the author’s ethnographic expeditions to Volhynia and Podolia between 1911 and 1914. Then ...
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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, touching the edges of pools and gymnasiums to surpass themselves in the quest for gold. André Steiner, a Hungarian-born photographer, decathlon champion and swimming coach at the Jewish sports club Hakoah ...
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From 12 September 2024 to 12 June 2025 at JEM Beaugrenelle Those singing sessions welcomes all singing enthusiasts to take part in its activities without an admission test. A very varied repertoire is offered throughout the year. The repertoire includes traditional songs, musicals, Israeli songs, songs in Ladino and Yiddish. All in the company of Marlène Samoun, the choirmaster. Voci Copernic ...
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Registration for courses and workshops on 5 and 8 September 2024 Teachers and facilitators will be on hand to welcome prospective students and introduce them to the Yiddish, Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish and Judeo-Arabic courses offered at Medem. There are also dance, poetry, genealogy, drama and choir workshops to get every day off to a great start! Journées portes ouvertes du Centre Medem-les 5 et ...
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2 June 2024 at the Shoah Memorial To mark the 30th anniversary of the Tutsi genocide, the Memorial has been organising a number of historical, literary and musical events over the past few months, as well as an exhibition. On 2 June, starting at 2.30pm, the words of survivors will be shared, following an introduction by historian Marcel Kabanda. Among those taking part will be survivors ...
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8 June 2024 at the House of Yiddish Culture A Book Fair will bring together a host of authors and translators, including Sylvie-Anne Goldberg, Annette Wieviorka, Talila, Virginie Linhart and Michael Sibony, Robert Bobert, Henri Raczymov, Arnaud Bikard, Magali Bertrand, Carole Mann, Elise Golberg, Bernard Suchecky, Katia Faber-Simbler and Ami Flammer. There will also be a number of publishing ...
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From 11 to 12 June 2024 at JEM Copernic The theme chosen for this night of Shavuot is ‘Am Israel Haï’, marking the famous Jewish resilience, the will to make life triumph over mortifying wills. Speeches by Rabbis Jonas Jacquelin and Philippe Haddad and cheesecake tastings will enliven this sweet, long night. Nuit d’études Chavouot 5784 : Copernic – Judaïsme En Mouvement ...
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From 11 to 12 June 2024 at JEM Beaugrenelle On 11 June at 7.30pm, the public will be welcomed until the early hours of the morning of 12 June, concluding the many discussions with a service and breakfast. The programme will include a concert by the Shira Ve Sim’ha choir, talks by Rabbis Delphine Horvilleur and Yann Boissière and a presentation by Judith Cohen Solal and Jonathan Hayoun ...
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16 and 23 May 2024 The Cercle is offering two meetings this month. The first takes place on 16 May with author Jean-Charles Szurek on the theme of ‘Jewish Resistance fighters who acted for the Soviet Union’. The second takes place on 23 May with author Léa Veinstein on the subject of ‘Kafka, one hundred years and still relevant.’ Agenda | Cercle Bernard Lazare | Paris
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3 February 2024 at the Maison de la culture yiddish This reading-performance is based on a work by Debora Vogel, translated by Batia Baum and published in a bilingual edition in 2023. It is presented as part of the “Paris-Berlin, a link for the Yiddish diaspora” season. The poet Debora Vogel (1900-1942) was an important representative of Yiddish and Polish modernism, murdered in ...
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From 22 January to 5 February 2024 at the Escurial and the Espace Rachi Following the success of its previous editions, the Dia(s)porama Festival is back for a fourth season, taking place in all six corners of France. Several Parisian venues are taking part, offering a very wide variety of choices. At L’Escurial will be screened, “The Last of the Jews”, “Paris Boutique”, “IMordecai”, ...
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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 cartoonists? The evening devoted to this theme at the Medem Library, with curator Natalia Krynicka, will attempt to answer this question through the presentation of numerous archives. There will also be ...
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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 hundreds of works never leaves his notebook, alternating words and sketches, drawings and observations. From The Rabbi’s Cat to Little Vampire, from his early work with Marjane Satrapi and Riad ...
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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. Elise Goldberg, the book’s author, and singer Muriel Missirlou will whet your appetite for gefilte fish and all the other flavours. Starting with the Hanukkah doughnuts that await you at the end ...
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September 20, 2023 to January 15, 2024 at the Orangerie Museum In 1914, through Max Jacob, the young gallery owner and collector Paul Guillaume met Amedeo Modigliani. The artist painted his gallerist on several occasions, one of these works being on display at the Orangerie Museum. This exhibition celebrates this great encounter and the links between the two men, which went beyond the ...
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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 family moments and inspiring artists and authors are created, from the Singer family to Albert Cohen, from Claude Lelouch to Woody Allen. How can we forget Mangeclous’ long description of his ...
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October 3, 2023 – February 26, 2024 at the Centre Pompidou Thanks to the generosity of Bella and Meret Mayer, a large number of works have been brought together for this exhibition. They include 127 drawings, 5 ceramics and 7 sculptures by the artist. They mainly concern three themes. Firstly, preparatory drawings for costumes and stage curtains for Igor Stravinsky’s ballet ...
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September 10, 2023 at 11:30 am at the Centre André Spire The author presents his book The Arrival, dedicated to his passage from Constantine to Paris, from childhood to adulthood. The succession of images that follow in a kaleidoscope of airplane windows separates memories and sometimes clashes them as soon as they get off the plane at Orly, where Benjamin Stora’s uncle is waiting for ...
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Thursday 19 October 2023, from 19:30 to 21:00 This lecture in Yiddish by Eliezer Niborski, organised by the Yiddish Culture House, is part of the “Paris-Berlin, a link for the Yiddish diaspora” season. Through documents from Yiddish publications in Warsaw (Haynt, Moment, Folkstsaytung, Literarishe Bleter) and New York (Forverts, Der tog, Morgn Frayheyt), we discover the evolution ...
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Until 31 July 2023 at Galerie Saphir An astonishing journey into the intimate, the topical and the personified. Whether on Talmudic school benches, sports fields or war grounds, Patrick Braoudé’s work will have visitors thinking about these themes, absorbed by the serenity, speed or search for balance of the characters. ...
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7 and 10 September 2023 at the Medem Centre These days will provide an opportunity to find out more about the centre and its role in sharing Yiddish culture. https://www.centre-medem.org/EVT/portes-ouvertes-2023-les-7-et-10-septembre-2023
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Until 30 August 2023 at the Shoah Memorial To mark the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising in May 1943 and the creation of the CDJC (Centre for Contemporary Jewish Documentation) the previous month, the Shoah Memorial is staging an exhibition in the Alley of the Righteous, retracing the history of these two events, each of which marked 1943 in its own way. The event is coordinated ...
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19 April 2023 at the Paris City Hall The commemoration of this act of inestimable courage will take place in the Grands Salons of the Hotel de Ville. How a handful of surviving men and women in terrible conditions took up arms against the powerful Nazi army. The event is organised in partnership with the Medem Centre. Due to limited space, registration on their website is required. ...
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Until 7 January 2024 at the Atelier des Lumières The immersive adventure continues at the Atelier with the reception and the musical walk on the walls of Marc Chagall’s work. Emphasizing the way in which the two cities, Paris and New York, will welcome and inspire him. His fantastic bestiary, his characters from the circus, fables or opera, but also biblical episodes and references to ...
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15 April 2023 at the Medem Centre The icon of Yiddish music in France shares her lyrics and views during this exceptional meeting. Unpublished documents tell the story of her personal journey, the migration of her Polish Jewish family and her childhood in France. This will of integration while keeping some madeleines of Proust or herring with onions of Talila. ...
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February 23, 2023 at the Medem Centre This workshop is led by Salomon Bielasiak by ZOOMTM and follows the one held in January. He will present and translate about twenty Yiddish expressions. These expressions are accompanied by klezmer music and traditional Yiddish songs. The accompaniment is provided by professional singers and musicians. https://www.centre-medem.org/recevoir-le-programme
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Until 8 May 2023 at the Centre Pompidou The Bibliothèque publique d’information (BPI) is one of the most frequented by students and researchers. Between the numerous books chosen and analysed, the public can now discover the strong links between one of the greatest French musicians and his mother tongue. The influence of this language and of those who handled it so well before him. We ...
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12 November 2022 at 15:30 at the Medem Centre This literary meeting around Henri Minczeles’ book on the history of the Bund. A rich and diverse history according to generations and countries, Poland, Russia, but also France. The influence of this workers’ movement, its emancipatory struggles and its conflicts with other political movements. An event in the presence of Constance ...
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Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 7:30 pm at the House of Yiddish Culture If a consensual definition of Jewish humour is difficult to find, the same is true for one of its major influences, Yiddish humour. An anthology published by Nadia Déhan-Rotschild (Bibliothèque Medem) provides an insight into the scope of Yiddish humour. 104 drawings and 262 texts are included in this bilingual ...
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From 9 December 2022 to 30 August 2023 at the Shoah Memorial Four generations have travelled far and wide since childhood thanks to the magazines Tintin and Spirou and all their characters, starting with those whose names the magazines bear. Often, these comics were not only aimed at a child audience, or tried to raise their awareness. Émile Bravo, in his fourth and last volume of his series ...
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