Our programme explores the theme of ‘The People of the Book’, which lends itself to a huge range of potential events, whether real or virtual. All of these interpretations offer a wealth of opportunities for open days, talks, virtual guided walks and online exhibitions.
Our programme explores the theme of ‘The People of the Book’, which lends itself to a huge range of potential events, whether real or virtual. All of these interpretations offer a wealth of opportunities for open days, talks, virtual guided walks and online exhibitions.
Klezmerkonzert mit Michael Heitzler (Klarinette), Christian Gutfleisch (Klavier), Michael Chylewski (Kontrabass) und Daniel Schay (Schlagzeug und Percussion).
Gala Concert performed by the Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic conducted by Maestro Mihail Agafița.
An exceptional evening will bring to the stage masterpieces by Leonard Bernstein, Dmitri Shostakovich, John Williams, George Gershwin, and Zbigniew Preisner, alongside works by Baruch Berliner, Naomi Shemer, and Zlata Tcaci.
The audience will enjoy unforgettable performances by soloists Sergiu Mușat, Viorica Agafița, Elena Demirdjean, Tatiana Costiuc, Marian Stârcea, Igor Znatokov, and Marin Gheras, in a diverse program full of emotion and brilliance.
Guitar Trio, concert
Guitar Trio consists of top guitarists from Čakovec – Branimir Novak, Mario Igrec and Nenad Srpak, members of renowned Croatian jazz, blues and rock bands. In addition to original compositions, the group's concert repertoire also includes instrumental arrangements of world-famous evergreen songs (e.g. The Beatles, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Al di Meola, Jimi Hendrix, Astor Piazzolla) as well as traditional, especially Međimurje songs, as well as other fusion, jazz and blues songs. For the performance at the Lendava Synagogue, the musicians will prepare a special concert program, which will also include compositions by Jewish authors.
The Jewish Heritage of Szeged, a travelogue lecture by Tatjana Bogdan Sečnik
The first Jewish families immigrated to Szeged at the end of the 18th century, and soon after settling, the Jews built their first synagogue in the city. Despite occasional difficulties, the Jewish community in Szeged flourished in the following century and by the beginning of the 20th century had more than 6,000 members. In 1903, a new synagogue was built, designed by the famous Lipot Baumhorn, and is said to be the second largest synagogue in Hungary to this day. In the period between the two world wars, many Jews became enthusiastic about the Zionist idea and emigrated to Palestine during the British Mandate, but the community in Szeged was still quite large at the beginning of the Second World War.
A két transzport története: a muraközi és muravidéki zsidók a holokausztban (A story of two transports. Jews in Međimurje and Prekmurje during the Holocaust), opening of the visiting exhibition at the Synagogue Maribor
The documentary exhibition A Story of Two Transports. Jews in Međimurje and Prekmurje during the Holocaust presents the long history of Jews in the Prekmurje and Međimurje regions, the rise and flourishing of Jewish communities in the region, their contribution to the development of towns and villages in both regions, and the sad fate that befell them during the Holocaust. The exhibition, by Boris Hajdinjak, director of the Maribor Synagogue, was originally made in a Slovenian-English language version, but a Hungarian-English version was also prepared for the visit to the synagogue in Nagykanizsa, where the exhibition has been on display since May of this year.
A Brief History of the Jews in Goriška, presentation of the book guide with authors Lorenzo Drascek and Dr. Renato Podbersič
(also part of the official GO! 2025 – European Capital of Culture program)
The presentation of the book guide, published as part of the Little Jerusalem project, is part of the official GO! 2025 – European Capital of Culture program. There are two monuments of centuries-old Jewish presence in Nova Gorica and Gorizia: the synagogue in Gorizia and the Jewish cemetery in Rožna Dolina, which were separated into two countries by the border after World War II. The book guide A Brief History of the Jews in Goriška symbolically and conceptually connects two places of memory that testify to the religious and cultural diversity of the history of Goriška.
An evocative exhibition dedicated to the Jewish heritage of Bălți, reflecting the vibrant cultural and historical life of the shtetl through photographs, documents, and personal stories.
The exhibition will be open to visitors until September 10.