How do we remember people and their stories? How is memory passed on to future generations? And can digital tools help strengthen this process?

These questions are at the heart of the European Day of Jewish Culture, held in the vaulted cellar of the Goldener Apfel. The program begins with a guided tour by Katja Janitschek, curator of the Museum Judengasse, through the exhibition at the Goldener Apfel.

Afterwards, Tanja Neumann, head of the “Immersive Jewish Frankfurt” project, invites you on a journey through time: Get a first glimpse of the new immersive application focused on the Judengasse around 1862, and engage in conversations with AI-generated characters. Or join the discussion on how such virtual experiences might shape the future of commemorative culture.

To conclude the day, you’ll witness another premiere: Artist and musician Elischa Kaminer will present early musical elements from his upcoming music theatre production “sing of strings of love and rage”. Drawing on liturgical and traditional songs (zemirot), Kaminer reworks these materials to help lay the foundation for a new diasporic, queer Yiddish song tradition.

Schedule
11:00 AM: Guided tour with curator Katja Janitschek
4:00 PM: Panel discussion on the potential of the Metaverse for commemorative culture (featuring, among others, Eno Henze, CEO of NSYNK – Society for Art and Technology)
5:00 PM: Testing of the new application Immersive Jewish Frankfurt
7:00 PM: Concert by Elischa Kaminer, moderated by Marcus Droß, Artistic Director and Managing Director of Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm

Presented as part of the European Day of Jewish Culture, in cooperation with Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm and with the kind support of the Aventis Foundation.

Tickets available at juedischesmuseum.de/tickets. Remaining tickets may be available at the museum ticket counter. Admission: €15 / Reduced: €10.