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“In the Face of Death” is the first cultural-historical exhibition on Jewish ideas and practices around death, dying, and mourning. The focus of this presentation of ritual objects, audio and video installations, and artistic works, however, is life…
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The Table: An Intimate Dining Experience Explore the flavours of Morocco, Syria and Eastern Europe as we take you on a culinary journey of Jewish migration. Each dish of the four-course vegetarian meal is inspired by a story…
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The Museum of Turkish Jews is presenting an exhibition of ketubbot, curated by Silvyo Ovadya. This ketubbot collection includes pieces hidden in forgotten homes’ forgotten corners for years, some discovered as works of art, others from the walls…
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The Jewish Museum Oshpitzin in Oświęcim is honoring the town’s former Jewish community through the Bunker of Memory Project. Fragments of headstones destroyed during the Holocaust to construct a road to the Buna Werke factory— a part of…
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The exhibition traces the lives and cultural impact of Dutch-Belgian philanthropists and art collectors Hugo Daniel Andriesse (1867-1942) and his wife Elisabeth Andriesse (1871-1963). After they escaped from Brussels to New York in 1940, the Andriesses’ art and…
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The exhibition “Karya 1943. Forced Labour and the Holocaust” is the first exhibition in Germany and Greece dedicated to the issue of forced labour of Greek Jews during the German occupation. It is organized by the Jewish Museum…
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The Jewish Museum of Westphalia mourns the death of Norbert Reichling. For over 14 years, he was the museum’s voluntary director and remained the chair of the museum carrier association. Mr. Reichling’s work had a lasting influence on…
More than eighty years after the Shoah, we are now witnessing the death of the last contemporary witnesses. Their story, but also their trauma, was passed down to the generations of children and grandchildren. While the second generation…
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The exhibition “Capturing the Ghetto. Artistic Portrayals of Everyday Life in the Łódź Ghetto” accompanies the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the ghetto in occupied Łódź. The exhibition presents various aspects of the extremely difficult life of…
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The MEIS exhibition in Ferrara “Jews in Twentieth Century Italy” has been extended until 2 February 2025, thanks to the great public success. Mario Toscano and Vittorio Bo have curated an exhibition divided into seven sections which offer…
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This article was originally published as a Newsletter by the museum’s director, Irina Șihova. The Museum of Jewish History of the Republic of Moldova has initiated a process to establish an open air museum at the Jewish cemetery…
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The Jewish Museum of Switzerland in Basel will move to a new building in 2025. The renovation plans by architect Roger Diener include a frontispiece by the US artist Frank Stella. The graphic work “Jeziory,” enlarged to a…