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Feb
1
Sat
Jewish Lecce @ Lecce, Italy
Feb 1 @ 16:30 – 18:30
Jewish Lecce @ Lecce, Italy | Lecce | Puglia | Italy

Guided tours of Jewish heritage in Lecce, at the tip of Italy’s heel. Tours include the medieval Jewish quarter and museums.

Reservation is required — see the attached poster for details.

 

 

Feb
2
Sun
Jewish Lecce @ Lecce, Italy
Feb 2 @ 16:30 – 18:30
Jewish Lecce @ Lecce, Italy | Lecce | Puglia | Italy

Guided tours of Jewish heritage in Lecce, at the tip of Italy’s heel. Tours include the medieval Jewish quarter and museums.

Reservation is required — see the attached poster for details.

 

 

Feb
7
Fri
Jewish Lecce @ Lecce, Italy
Feb 7 @ 16:30 – 18:30
Jewish Lecce @ Lecce, Italy | Lecce | Puglia | Italy

Guided tours of Jewish heritage in Lecce, at the tip of Italy’s heel. Tours include the medieval Jewish quarter and museums.

Reservation is required — see the attached poster for details.

 

 

Feb
8
Sat
Jewish Lecce @ Lecce, Italy
Feb 8 @ 16:30 – 18:30
Jewish Lecce @ Lecce, Italy | Lecce | Puglia | Italy

Guided tours of Jewish heritage in Lecce, at the tip of Italy’s heel. Tours include the medieval Jewish quarter and museums.

Reservation is required — see the attached poster for details.

 

 

Feb
9
Sun
Jewish Lecce @ Lecce, Italy
Feb 9 @ 16:30 – 18:30
Jewish Lecce @ Lecce, Italy | Lecce | Puglia | Italy

Guided tours of Jewish heritage in Lecce, at the tip of Italy’s heel. Tours include the medieval Jewish quarter and museums.

Reservation is required — see the attached poster for details.

 

 

Mar
21
Sat
The Duomo & The Great Synagogue: An Evening of Italian Culture @ JCC Los Gatos, California
Mar 21 @ 18:30 – 22:00
The Duomo & The Great Synagogue: An Evening of Italian Culture @ JCC Los Gatos, California | Los Gatos | California | United States

The Duomo & The Great Synagogue: An Evening of Italian Culture

An evening of Jewish and Florentine architecture, culture, music, and food.

• Informal talks about the history and architecture of two of Florence, Italy’s grandest and most iconic structures — the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral (the Duomo) and the Great Synagogue — by  Ross King, author of the national bestseller Brunelleschi’s Dome, and noted scholar Professor Francesco Spagnolo, Curator of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley.

• Q&A session moderated by Gail Price, former Executive Director of The American Institute of Architects Santa Clara Valley Chapter.

•The San Jose Chamber players with Cantor Sharon Bernstein presenting both Jewish and Italian songs.

• Italian appetizers and ice cream.

Jun
18
Thu
Virtual tour – Villa Randanini Jewish catacombs, Rome
Jun 18 @ 17:00 – 18:30

A virtual tour of the extensive ancient Roman-era Jewish catacombs, hosted by the Gruppo Archeologico Romano.

Reservations are necessary — click the link to find out how to register and pay for the ticket — https://www.facebook.com/events/587671785201625/

 

Jul
12
Sun
Live online guided tour @ Jewish Timisoara, Romania
Jul 12 @ 18:30 – 20:00
Live online guided tour @ Jewish Timisoara, Romania | Timișoara | Timiș County | Romania

There will be a live virtual tour of Jewish Timisoara, hosted and broadcast live on the Travel to Live.co.il Facebook page

The guides will include Getta Neumann, author of a Jewish guidebook to Timisoara.
We will broadcast the event live on our Facebook page.

 

Dec
6
Tue
20th anniversary Pitigliano Jewish Museum @ Synagogue Pitigliano
Dec 6 @ 11:00 – 13:00
20th anniversary Pitigliano Jewish Museum @ Synagogue Pitigliano | Pitigliano | Toscana | Italy

A celebratory event marks the 20th anniversary of the little Jewish Museum, located in the synagogue complex in the hill town of Pitigliano in southern Tuscany.

This year also marks the 400th anniversary of the imposition of a ghetto in Pitigliano.

 

Aug
4
Fri
𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐫 (The Echo of the Synagogues) @ various synagogues
Aug 4 – Aug 8 all-day

This festival features concerts in the synagogues of five towns in western Romania:

The repertoire includes new compositions by the violinist and virtuoso Alexander Bălănescu, who also will perform.

PROGRAM:

Bălănescu’s Quartet & Emanuel Pusztai 🎻🎶
🕍 Monday, September 4th, at 7 PM | Neolog Synagogue in Arad
🕍 Tuesday, September 5th, at 7 PM | Cetate Synagogue in Timișoara
𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐚̆𝐥𝐚̆𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮 (violin), 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 (violoncello) and Emanuel Pusztai (voice) 🎻🎶
🕍 Wednesday, September 6th, at 7 PM | Reșița’s Synagogue
🕍 Thursday, September 7th, at 5 PM | “Beit El” Synagogue in Caransebeș
🕍 Thursday, September 7th, at 8:30 PM | Neolog Synagogue in Lugoj
📌 Admission to the concerts is free, and no prior registration is required.
 
The festival is a project of the Pantograf Association, and a continuation of its previous programs  – Sound of Synagogues, Rhapsodies on Romanian Themes, and Synagogue Stories – “which aimed to document the stories of synagogues, raise awareness about the importance of these places of worship, and integrate them into a regional and national circuit by creating a connection between material and immaterial heritage.”
 
It is part of the national cultural programme “Timișoara – European Capital of Culture in 2023” and is funded through the Grow Timișoara 2023 programme, implemented by the Center for Projects Timișoara, with funds allocated from the state budget, through the budget of the Ministry of Culture. It also falls under the umbrella of the European Days of Jewish Culture (EDJC).
 
Arad, Romania. Inner dome of the Neolog Synagogue

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