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Jewish immigration to Norway only started after the Parliament in 1851 decided to lift the constitutional ban on Jewish settlement in the kingdom. Henrik Wergeland (1808-1845), poet and political activist, was the most vocal proponent of Jews’ rights…
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A student project at the Institute of Folkloristics/European Ethnology at the LMU Munich In summer 2014, as part of a research project, twelve students headed for different destinations across Europe on an ethnographical search for clues. The focus…
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The Jewish Museum Frankfurt closed her doors on July 20th, 2015 for thorough renovation and extensions to the building for a more appropriate space for temporary exhibitions, auditorium and visitor’s entrance. The Rothschild Palais will host after the…
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In September 1943, two leaders of the religious services of the Spanish and Levantine synagogues in the Ghetto of Venice hid forty precious objects before the Nazis arrived in the city. This set of objects, which was found during…
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An Installation in 15 Rooms by Saskia Boddeke & Peter Greenaway Few biblical stories are as controversial as the one about God’s command to Abraham to sacrifice his own son. Although the sacrifice was ultimately not performed, the…
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The Maisel Synagogue in Prague, one of the dominant buildings of the former Jewish Town of Prague, will reopen to the public on the 1st of July 2015, after being closed for more than a year. The Jewish…
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Have tea with a life-size Tiger, curl up in Mog’s basket with one of Judith Kerr’s classic picture books, and discover the childhood drawings of a girl escaping Hitler’s Germany. The exhibition celebrates the picture books still so…
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The Netherlands will open a Dutch National Shoah Museum in two historic buildings on Amsterdam’s Plantage Middenlaan. The Hollandsche Schouwburg, once a city theatre, and the former Hervormde Kweekschool (earlier the Teacher Training College) directly across the street,…
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On June 21st Museo della Padova Ebraica opened its doors in a former synagogue in Padua, Italy. A multimedia experience together with an exhibition of Judaïca introduces the visitor to the jewish history of Padua. For more information: Jewish Heritage…
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The crowd-sourced exhibition Journeys has been extended to Friday 11 September 2015. This exhibition explores the theme of Journeys through personal mementoes, historic artefacts and fine art (displayed in the museum’s Welcome Gallery). Objects have travelled from around the globe –…
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Methodology and Training Handbook A publication of the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam, 2014. Authors: Petra Katzenstein and Irith Koster. How can a museum find a respectful way of encouraging visitors to open up to things that are unfamiliar and that…
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Alfred Eisenstaedt is an acknowledged art classic of the last century who changed the concept of the photojournalism and influenced its development in the world. His name is inseparably associated with the history of Life, the American news…