He would have turned 100 on March 9th this year: Rolf Abrahamsohn was born in Marl, survived several concentration camps, rebuilt his parents’ business after the war, and led the Jewish community in Recklinghausen for 14 years. An…
Upcoming
The Association of European Jewish Museums (AEJM) is pleased to announce the Annual Conference 2025, taking place 6–8 July in Paris, generously hosted by the musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme (mahJ). At a time of increasing societal…
Exhibition
Mazal tov might be the single best-known Hebrew phrase; it’s heard at every joyous occasion, alongside its common counterpart, siman tov. But what do these well-wishes really mean? Both mazal and siman are Hebrew words that describe the…
Member Update
To mark the 25th anniversary of its founding, the Jewish Museum in Oświęcim has launched a fundraising campaign to restore a unique historical monument: the damaged tombstone of Icchak Izydor Hirsch, a Jewish resident of Oświęcim and veteran…
Exhibition
A Biographical Exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Rome Dedicated to the Protagonists of Women’s History and the Memory of the Shoah. On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War (8…
Eighty years after the Holocaust, the exhibition “The Third Generation” examines transgenerational trauma and the emotional legacy of the survivors. This ties in with the increasingly urgent question: how are we to remember, now that there are virtually…
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This morning, we awoke to horrifying news from Washington, D.C. – Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgram, a young Israeli couple, were shot dead outside the newly inaugurated Capital Jewish Museum after attending a diplomatic event. Following the attack,…
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International Talking Circle with the Council of American Jewish Museums and the Association of European Jewish Museums We invite AEJM and CAJM members to join this timely and vital conversation on May 28, 06:00 P.M./CET Political polarization and…
Member Update
The Hohenems Jewish Museum is looking for a new director. The following job offer is only available in German: Direktor:in (m/w/d) des Jüdischen Museums Hohenems, Vollzeit Das Jüdische Museum Hohenems in Vorarlberg, Österreich, ist ein regional verwurzeltes Museum…
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Following international trends in museum practices in the USA, France and Israel, among others, the Jewish Museum of Greece’s new exhibition focuses on Greek Jews in the post-World War II period. This is the first time that an…
To mark the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War II in 1945, the Jewish Museum Vienna is putting on a photo exhibition dealing with European memory culture and the aftermath of the Shoah and the war…
Exhibition
An exhibition on Purim, one of the most joyous holidays of the Jewish calendar, focusing on its leading character, Queen Esther. Renaissance works of art and precious parchments tell the story of the biblical heroine Esther and how…