The annual European Day(s) of Jewish Culture will kick off on September 3 — and the overall theme this year is “Memory.”
While the EDJC started off in 1999 as a one-day initiative, this year’s events under the EDJC umbrella are expected to run from early September through November.
Taking place in more than two dozen countries across the continent, the EDJC has become Europe’s most successful cross-border Jewish cultural initiative
This year, for the first time, the pan-Europe event, which is coordinated by the AEPJ (European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture and Heritage), will take place under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme (CERV) of the European Union, which has allocated €486,760.00 for the development of this edition of the EDJC.
This will include an in-person EDJC Organisers and Coordinators meeting in Paris, February 22-23, as well as online training on Memory, a Remembrance seminar in the Netherlands, a photographic exhibition in Paris, an online exhibition on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and other projects.
The AEPJ is looking to reach out and expand involvement in organising EDJC events in various ways.
Poster Contest
One is a contest to design the poster for this year’s EDJC. The competition is open to the Coordinators and Organizers of activities of the EDJC, who may distribute this call among their networks — meaning that it is open to anyone working in or for institutions that participate in the EDJC organizing activities, or are connected with them in some way. (OK, it’s a little vague, but you can query the AEPJ at [email protected] if you have questions.)
The purpose of the competition is to create the 2023 poster for the EDJC, which will be published online on the association’s website, printed and distributed by the national coordinators in various media (brochures, posters, press releases, websites, etc.) all over Europe. The winner will also get a trip to the official EDJC kick off event in Brussels.
Deadline for submission is February 7.
Organisers and Coordinators Meeting
Another outreach is to invite new participants to the bi-annual Organisers and Coordinators meeting in February.
This meeting is open not only to people who have experience in organizing events for the EDJC in their home countries. But the AEPJ encourages newcomers who want to organise new events and initiatives to take part.
Focus of the meeting is
training and reflection on how to work with this edition’s theme: memory in the field of cultural and heritage activities. How to work on the transmission of memory to different target groups: children, teenagers, adults, Jewish communities, students, researchers, etc; the role of historical memory today; new approaches in working on the transmission of memory, and to reflect on how to use culture as a vehicle for memory and memory as a vehicle for culture. We will also have the opportunity to work with the EDJC organisers and coordinators on the technical and logistical aspects of the festival (communication, reporting, evaluation, etc.).
Participation is free of charge for any organiser or coordinator of European Days of Jewish Culture activities and includes all training, materials, coffee breaks and midday lunches. It does not include transport, accommodation or other expenses.
NOTE: Registration closes January 31.
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