Member Update
Our warmest congratulations to Dutch curator and museum manager Hetty Berg, who has been appointed the new Director of the Jewish Museum Berlin. Berg, currently the chief curator and museum manager of the Jewish Cultural Quarter in Amsterdam, will…
Member Project
In November 2018, we opened the first exhibition for children at POLIN Museum titled In King Matt’s Poland: the 100th Anniversary of Regaining Independence. It is inspired by the centenary of independent Poland, but it touches upon subjects…
Member Project
Four years ago, the Center of Jewish Cultural Heritage Synagogue Maribor started collaborating in the Cultural Diary project. This project was developed by the Narodni dom public institution, one of the mayor Maribor cultural institutions. The aim of…
Member Project
The programme Plekken met een verhaal (Places that tell a story) was developed for students in vocational education in the Netherlands. It aims to give meaning to places of memory for the students by telling a personal story…
Member Project
AEA features series of 6 weekend session focused on understanding the phenomena of antisemitism, romaphobia, homophobia and general xenophobia as well as training teachers to implement classroom projects on those subjects with dedicated in-class assistance. The project staff…
Exhibition
The Jewish Museum of Belgium revisits its collections! From cradle to grave, religious life is governed by laws and customs. These traditions are present in everyday life as well as during rites of passage and celebrations marking the…
Exhibition
The Benedictine monastery and its Jewish history 1945–48 A project by the Institute of Jewish History and Culture, History Department, Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU), St. Ottilien Archabbey, and the Jewish Museum Munich. The Yiddish poet Leivick Halpern (known…
Member Update
The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews has received the EU Nostra Award for its extensive educational programme, focusing on the preservation and promotion of Jewish culture in Poland. With the support from the EEA and…
Member Update
The Jewish Museum London received a hoax bomb threat and was evacuated on February 27th. Around 100 people were evacuated from the building, and the museum was soon able to resume its activities. Abigail Morris, the museum’s director,…
Exhibition
The Jewish Museum of Greece will inaugurate the temporary exhibition “Between Sound and Silence” by the painter David Benforado on Wednesday, 21st October 2015 at its contemporary art gallery. The exhibition is carried out in collaboration with Kourd…
Exhibition
Jewish Historical Museum (JHM) in Amsterdam presents an exhibition featuring some 150 photographs by the renowned American Magnum photographer Leonard Freed. These photos offer an impression of Jewish Amsterdam in the 1950s and show the recovery of Jewish…
Exhibition
Don’t miss this cutting edge exploration of what unites and divides us. The exhibition examines the provocative and complex subject of blood. Blood draws together manuscripts, prints, Jewish ritual and ceremonial objects, art, film, literature and cultural ephemera to present…