Educator's Training Programme 2013 in Warsaw

This year's edition of the ETP will take place from 13 until 16 October in Warsaw and is hosted by the Museum of the History of Polish Jews. The AEJM also cooperates with the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute (Warsaw), the Oswiecim Jewish Centre, and the Dialogue Centre (Lodz).

Download the preliminary programme for more information. Register before 1 July 2013.

 

Annual Conference 2013

The AEJM Annual Conference 2013 Where we are. Site, Space, Context will take place from 16 until 19 November in Munich (De) and Hohenems (At). The Conference will be hosted by the Jewish Museum Munich and the Jewish Museum Hohenems.

See the preliminary programme for more information. Register now!

 

New edition AEJM Newsletter

Download the latest edition of the AEJM Newsletter (nr.1, 2013) here.

 

Curator's Education Programme 2013

The CEP 2013 took place from March 10 until March 13 at the Jewish Museum Munich and the Jewish Museum Augsburg-Suebia.

See an impression here

JHM wins Dutch Museum Prize

On April 4 the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam was awarded the Bankgiro Museum Prize 2013. This year the awards focused on the topic of museums and communities: which museum is successful in engaging its audience(s)? The JHM received its nomination for the Jewish Monument Community, an interactive website that serves as a platform for the commemoration of the Shoah in the Netherlands.

Special offer The Hannover Esther Scroll of 1746 for AEJM members

AEJM members can order the facsimile edition of The Hannover Esther Scroll of 1746 (Taschen 2013) with 20% discount. This edition was prepared with the help of Falk Wiesemann (Duesseldorf) and Emile Schrijver (Amsterdam). For more information on the publication, see here. To order The Hannover Esther Scroll of 1746, please send an email to: office@jm-hohenems.at.

Keter Programme Ukraine

Last autumn the Keter Programme, organized by the Rothschild Foundation in close cooperation with Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek and with the support of various AEJM member institutions, was finished successfully. This special training programme for Ukrainian museums focused on supporting museum staff in acquiring specific skills and professional knowledge for working with classical Judaica as well as with general Jewish material and immaterial heritage. In the course of 2012, 22 participants from 18 different Ukrainian museum institutions participated in four seminars.

See a full report in the catalogue of the Keter Programme.

 

Objects stolen from Jewish Museum Prague

Two collection items were stolen from the Jewish Museum in Prague. It concerns two torah mantles from the 19th century. Should you come across them or be offered to purchase them, please do not hesitate to contact the Jewish Museum Prague at magda.veselska@jewishmuseum.cz or +420 222 749 265.

Download object descriptions and images of the stolen Torah mantle 002.806 and Torah mantle 012.095.