Jewish Heritage Europe

Calendar

Sep
10
Thu
Translocation Jewish settlement maps exhibit @ National Archive Prague
Sep 10 @ 09:00 – Oct 18 @ 17:00
Translocation Jewish settlement maps exhibit @ National Archive Prague | Hlavní město Praha | Czechia

An exhibition of maps of Jewish settlement in Bohemia and Moravia in the18th century.

Translocation Plans of Jewish residences in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown from 1727–1728 represent a set of extraordinary value, providing a reliable picture of the internal development of settlements and their topography, and documenting, among other things, the economic and social condition of the Jewish population in the Czech lands. On the basis of comparison with other sources and, above all, sketch maps from the Stable Cadastre, it was possible to trace the development of Jewish settlement in the range of more than one century to some extent (until the mid-19th century).

There is also a web site associated with the exhibition

Oct
12
Mon
Autumn Jewish culture festival @ Subotica, Serbia
Oct 12 – Oct 22 all-day
Autumn Jewish culture festival @ Subotica, Serbia | Subotica | Vojvodina | Serbia

The Autumn Jewish Culture Festival in Subotica includes evening concerts and other programs on various days. Most will be held in the spectacular art nouveau synagogue.

Seating in limited due to coronavirus measures, and masks must be worn. Tickets need to be picked up at the synagogue ahead of time.

Click here for the program and details 

Jewish Culture Days @ Olomouc, CZ
Oct 12 – Oct 20 all-day
Jewish Culture Days @ Olomouc, CZ | Olomouc | Olomoucký kraj | Czechia

Jewish culture festival will take place both onsite and online. Check the program here — http://www.muo.cz/dzko/

(The picture shows the destroyed Olomouc synagogue, from an exhibition a couple of years ago).

Oct
18
Sun
Jewish cemetery tour @ Jewish cemetery, via Wiel, Padova
Oct 18 @ 10:00 – 11:00
Jewish cemetery tour @ Jewish cemetery, via Wiel, Padova | Padova | Veneto | Italy

Guided tour of the 16th century Jewish cemetery on via Wiel in Padova.

Reservations are required, by Friday before the Sunday tour.

Masks are required, and men must wear head covering.

 

House of Eternity exhibit @ Jewish Museum Crelingen Germany
Oct 18 @ 14:00 – 17:00

“House of Eternity,” an exhibit of photographs of Jewish cemeteries in central and eastern Europe, taken between 2004 and 2020 by Marcel-Th. and Klaus Jacobs.

Marcel-Th. and Klaus Jacobs created a photographic documentation of meanwhile 64 Jewish cemeteries in Germany, Poland, the Ukraine an the Czech Republic. The Jewish Museum Creglingen presents 40 selected photographies of this collection. Short characteristics explain the local conditions and the backgrounds of the visited cemeteries.

The exhibit will run until November 2, open on Sundays, 2-5 p.m. or by appointment.

Guided synagogue tour @ Vercelli Italy synagogue
Oct 18 @ 15:00 – 16:00
Guided synagogue tour @ Vercelli Italy synagogue | Vercelli | Piemonte | Italy

Guided tour of the grand synagogue in Vercelli, Italy.

Masks are required.

Registration is necessary. 

Synagogue exhibit guided tour @ Old Synagogue, Essen Germany
Oct 18 @ 15:00 – 16:00
Synagogue exhibit guided tour @ Old Synagogue, Essen Germany | Essen | Nordrhein-Westfalen | Germany

A tour of the permanent exhibition Jewish history and heritage in the Old Synagogue, Essen.

The exhibition has five different subject areas: “sources of Jewish tradition;  Jewish festivals;  the Jewish way of life;  the history of the building; and the history of the Jewish community in Essen.

Registration is not required, by visitors must wear face masks and maintain social distance rules.

Aside from the tour,  the permanent exhibition is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

(The featured photo is by Baikonur, via wikimedia commons CC BY-SA 3.0)

 

Synagogue tour @ Koln syagogue
Oct 18 @ 15:00 – 16:30

Guided tour of the synagogue on Roonstrasse, Cologne, the only surviving synagogue of the five that once stood in the city.

 

Tickets must be booked here — https://www.koelnticket.de/exklusive+f%c3%bchrung+j%c3%bcdische+synagoge+nur+buchbar+%c3%bcber+die+hotline+02212801+neues+datum-ticket-67/?evid=2334775&referer_info=hl&tId=&pageId=67

Hidden Treasures from the UK’s Synagogues @ webinar
Oct 18 @ 18:00 – 19:00

A live online event to discuss and display photo collections and other “hidden treasures” from the archives of synagogues in the UK.

  • Professor David Newman – Ben Gurion University
  • Rachel Lichtenstein – Sandys Row synagogue and Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Lizzy Baker – Tyne and Wear Archives

The event can be watched live on Hidden Treasures web site or on HT’s Facebook and Twitter pages. The discussion will be recorded and will be available to watch on the HT web site after the event.

The feature picture shows the opening of Hull Central Synagogue, Cogan Street • Hull History Centre.

Oct
20
Tue
The Architecture of Gender: Women in the Eastern European Synagogue. @ webinar
Oct 20 @ 20:00 – 21:00
The Architecture of Gender: Women in the Eastern European Synagogue. @ webinar

Second in a series of illustration Zoom lectures on the architecture and history of synagogues in Eastern Europe, presented by Vladimir Levin, director of the Center for Jewish Art, called Beyond Religion: the History and Architecture of Synagogues in Eastern Europe.

The lecture will discuss the place that women occupied in the synagogue in eastern Europe and the profound changes in their position that took place in the 18th century and in the late 19th century.

The series of three lectures is devoted to the history and architecture of synagogues in eastern Europe, from the 16th and 17th centuries until the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. The talks deal with the synagogue as both an architectural space and a public place, discussing features and functions which are far beyond the narrow realm of religion. 

The lectures are a program presented by BEIT AVI CHAIa Jewish cultural hub in Jerusalem dedicated to the creation, development and expression of Jewish thought and ideas.

Click here to register

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