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May
8
Wed
Psalm: Edmund de Waal installation @ Venice
May 8 – Sep 29 all-day
Psalm: Edmund de Waal installation @ Venice  | Venezia | Veneto | Italy

 

Edmund de Waal is creating a major new two-part exhibition to be displayed in the 500-year-old Jewish Ghetto in Venice, coinciding with the opening of the 58th Biennale.

The first part is located in the spaces surrounding the Canton Scuola, the beautiful 16th century synagogue in the Ghetto Nuovo, which is now part of the Jewish Museum.

New installations of porcelain, marble and gold will reflect the literary and musical heritage of this extraordinary place. The intention is to animate spaces that are little known and little understood by visitors to the Biennale and to bring new audiences into the Ghetto.

The second part of the work will be a pavilion based at the Ateneo Veneto, the fifteenth-century building near the Fenice Opera House that has been an historic centre for cultural debate in Venice. Here, de Waal is constructing a small building within the main space that will house 2,000 books by exiled writers, from Ovid to the present day.

Sep
15
Sun
Giornata della Cultura Ebraica @ All over Italy
Sep 15 all-day
Giornata della Cultura Ebraica @ All over Italy

The Giornata della Cultura Ebraica — Italy’s European Day of Jewish Culture — is celebrated, with events in more than 80 locations up and down the Italian peninsula.

Unlike the general EDJC, the theme of Italy’s Giornata is “Dreams” — Sogni.

Click here to see the program

 

Sep
7
Mon
Jewish culture festival @ Old Ghetto, Rome
Sep 7 @ 21:00 – Sep 16 @ 22:00
Jewish culture festival @ Old Ghetto, Rome | Roma | Lazio | Italy

Annual Jewish culture festival in Rome, this year a mix of online and on-site events.

Click here to see the program

 

Sep
26
Sun
I-Tal-Ya Jewish books presentation @ Meis museum (and online streaming)
Sep 26 @ 11:30 – 12:30
I-Tal-Ya Jewish books presentation @ Meis museum (and online streaming) | Ferrara | Emilia-Romagna | Italy

I-Tal-Ya is a collaborative effort to identify and catalogue every Hebrew book in Italy. It is being carried out by the Union of Jewish Communities in Italy (UCEI), the Rome National Central Library (BNCR), and the National Library of Israel (NLI) in Jerusalem, with the support of the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe.

The project includes cataloguing an estimated 35,000 volumes from 14 Jewish communities and 25 state institutions and will take approximately three years to complete. 

The event is held within the program of Ferrara’s annual Jewish Book Festival.

 

Sep
10
Sun
Giornata della Cultura Ebraica
Sep 10 all-day
Giornata della Cultura Ebraica @ Italy

Instead of September 3, as in other participating countries, the European Days of Jewish Culture is centered on September 10 — with the theme “Beauty,”  not “Memory” as in the other countries.

It takes place in scores of localities up and down the Italian peninsula, with Florence as the lead city.

Click here to see the program

 

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