Since its foundation in 1989, the Association of European Jewish Museums (AEJM) has become a major force in the preservation of Jewish heritage in Europe. AEJM actively promotes professional standards and educational activities that help our members to fulfill their task: to preserve the material and intangible Jewish heritage and to create a productive and meaningful discourse about Jewish culture, tradition, and history.
Our members seek to create bridges between past and present in fields where particularly sensitive matters are at stake. Deeply rooted in European Jewish history, AEJM is an organization for museums that are committed to fighting against antisemitism and discrimination in any form, supporting democratic values, and opposing the political abuse of history.
Holds a degree in political science and cultural anthropology from Goethe-University Frankfurt. Previously, Jonathan worked for the educational department of the Central Council of Jews in Germany. He also is a freelance project manager and political educator. In this role, he manages a democracy education project focusing on political discourses of remembrance in Germany at the Jewish Museum Frankfurt.
Director of the Jewish Museum Frankfurt, Professor at Goethe-University Frankfurt. She is the author and co-editor of various books and catalogues on German-Jewish art and cultural history. She also works as a curator and has developed several international exhibitions.
Academic Director at Oslo Jewish Museum and Historian. Mats Tangestuen has contributed to a number of exhibitions and has headed the museums cooperation with international partners.
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Director and curator of The Quincentennial Foundation Museum Of Turkish Jews in Istanbul. She holds a degree in International Relations and Cultural Heritage and Tourism. She organizes education programs for school groups and guides, contributed to various publications on Turkish Jewish life, and writes to Şalom newspaper about Museum collections on a weekly base.
Head of Exhibitions Department at POLIN Museum in Warsaw and Cultural anthropologist. Joanna Fikus is a Member of the Board of the Jewish Historical Institute Association in Poland and of the Founders Council of the Jewish Community Center Warsaw.
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Director of the Jewish Museum Junior at the Jewish Cultural Quarter Amsterdam. Katzenstein studied drama therapy and psychodrama/social sciences at the University of Leiden. Since 1985, she has been part of the Jewish Museum in Amsterdam, where she is mainly involved in the education department and the children’s museum of the Jewish Cultural Quarter. She also worked on developing the I ASK method, which is highly recognized within the educational work of Jewish museums.
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Curator at the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah – MEIS, in Ferrara, Italy. She graduated at the University of Turin in Museology and has a master’s in business and management of Cultural Heritage. At the MEIS she coordinates the Museum’s cultural activities and exhibitions, curates temporary exhibitions, and is the Registrar. She is also active in grant writing and project managing.
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Chief curator and deputy director of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Sidenberg is a graduate of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Charles University in Prague. She began her career as the visual arts curator at the Jewish Museum in Prague in 1996. Over the years, she has contributed to numerous international projects focusing on different aspects of Jewish history, art, and popular culture, with exhibitions traveling to the U.S., Europe, Australia, and Japan.
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Studied Jewish Studies and Art History in Vienna and Tel Aviv. From 1993 until 2011, she was the chief curator of the Jewish Museum in Vienna. Since 2011 freelance curator, researcher, university lecturer and museum consultant, since 2012 in collaboration with Michaela Feurstein-Prasser (xhibit.at).
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Holds a diploma in French Studies and History and a PHD in History. From 1993 until 2011 working in the Jewish Museum Vienna as head of the education department, then as curator. Since 2011 freelance curator and cultural mediator in Vienna, since 2012 in collaboration with Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek (xhibit.at).
The AEJM offers a large professional network of Jewish museums and collections in Europe. By joining AEJM, you will acquire opportunities to network with representatives from other European Jewish museums and museum professionals working with Jewish material culture. You will also benefit from opportunities for professional training and development of your staff through our seminars and conferences.
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