On the occasion of the European Day of Jewish Culture 2022, members of the Auerbach Synagogue Society welcome you in the former Synagogue of Bensheim-Auerbach.
With their activities, the members of the Auerbach Synagogue Society would like to keep the memory of the Jewish congregations in Auerbach and the district alive.
On the outside of the synagogue building, there is an inscription on a memorial plate – a verse from Deuteronomy, 4,9:
"Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons."

European Day of Jewish Cultural Heritage – Open Monument Day

Living memories / Living monuments
Sunday September 10th 2023, sometimes September 9th
Free entrance

The European Day of Jewish Cultural Heritage is a yearly event that takes place in more than 30 countries all over Europe and aims at showing how Jewish Culture and Traditions have been deeply incorporated into the local culture of each country (see www.jewisheritage.org).

Amsterdam – Coevorden – Groningen – Maastricht – Meerssen
Middelburg – Overveen – Roermond – Tilburg – Zwolle – Zuidlaren

Amsterdam
RAS synagogue/Obrecht synagogue, Heinzestraat/Jacob Obrechtplein

open: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
– Visit the very special architecture both from outside as well as inside, the beautiful coloured windows, hear about Jewish traditions, services
– Synagogal music
– Film about the recent renovation and about the well known Jewish architect Harry Elte who designed this building in 1928

Gerard Dou Synagogue / Gerard Doustraat 238

open: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
– Guided visits
– Stories about history, the architecture of the building
– Synagogal music

Joma museum: Jewish second generation – art and family / Brouwersgracht 49

open: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Personal family stories with pictures, and history based art

Zeeburg / Old Jewish cemetary of the city Amsterdam, Valentijnkade 124

open: 12.00 PM – 5:00 PM
Guided visits to the restaured cemetary, in which between 1714 and 1914 around 80% of the Asjkenazi Jews of Amsterdam were buried (Sephardic Jews had their own cemetary in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel)

Coevorden – only on Saturday September 9th
Synagogue Museum Coevorden, Kerkstraat 36
– 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Guided visits in the Synagogue Museum
– 2:00 PM – 2.30 PM in the Synagogue and Thijnhof: The Leoville Klezmer Syncopators
– 3:00 PM -3.30 PM on the market: The Leoville Klezmer Syncopators
– 4:00 PM – 4.30 PM in the Synagogue: The Leoville Klezmer Syncopators

Groningen
Synagogue Groningen, Folkingestraat 60

open: 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Visit and guided tours

Concerts at 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM
Irene Maessen-singing and Eleonore Pameijer-flute
This well known duo often plays together at concerts, especially concerts of Nazi persecuted composers, organized by the Leo Smit Foundation, which aims at bringing to life the music of persecuted Jewish composers as well as composers who were persecuted because of their resistance activities (www.forbiddenmusicregained.org).

Open doors at the Museum of Jewish History.

The European Days of Jewish Culture in the french region “Lorraine” offer a whole program on the theme “Memory זכרון” from September 3rd to the end of December.

It offers among other types of events, open door visits of synagogues and old jewish cemeteries, theater shows, movies, lectures, a symposium, etc…

Check the whole programme in PDF here.

Check the exhibition booklet in PDF here.

ZAKHOR: honrar a nuestros antepasados

Con la palabra ZAKHOR, la Torá ordena recordar, no de forma pasiva sino con alguna acción para expresar y reforzar la memoria ‘haciendo presente el pasado’.
En 2008, en respuesta a la solicitud de las comunidades judías de Barcelona, la Generalitat de Catalunya declara el antiguo cementerio judío en Montjuïc como Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional. Gracias a la investigación de un equipo de arquitectos e historiadores hoy tenemos más información sobre su extensión y límites.
En esta visita al antiguo cementerio aprenderemos aspectos aún vigentes de la tradición funeraria, la historia del cementerio, nombres en las pocas lápidas encontradas. Conoceremos los criterios y el proceso para recuperar una pieza del patrimonio catalán, esencial para la práctica de la memoria de la comunidad y la de la ciudad.

Réalisation du chantier de fresque de Lhuître.
Chantier ouvert au public.

Cette fresque met à l’honneur Rachi, ses filles, ses disciples pour rappeler la mémoire de la communauté juive médiévale de Lhuître. La figure médiévale de Sainte Tanche, patronne du village depuis 637 est également mise en avant pour souligner symboliquement l’importance des liens entre communautés juives et chrétiennes.
Cette fresque est la troisième du Parcours Fresque mis en place par l’Agence départementale du Tourisme de l’Aube dans le cadre de la Route médiévale de Rachi en Champagne, intégrée à la Route du Patrimoine juif, Itinéraire culturel du Conseil de l’Europe.

Le chantier est réalisé par les membres de l’Association des Passeurs de Fresques sur une maquette de l’artiste Jean-Jacques Jolinon.

Evening with Jewish jokes – Brane Popović and Darko Fischer

Samedi 16 septembre

*16h – Musiques juives d’Europe orientale
45 minutes
*17h – Lecture publique par Michel Degardin, “Journal d’Adam et journal d’Eve”
1 heure

Dimanche 17 septembre

*15h conférence « Rachi et le patrimoine européen » par Paul Gradvohl et Gérard Rabinovitch
45 minutes
* 15h Lecture de contes pour enfants
1 heure

Tout le week end:
*Visite guidée de la bibliothèque par Michel Degardin
*Présentation d’un diaporama sur Rachi
*Exposition “Graphismes autour des caratrèes hébraïques”
*Exposition “Rachi en son temps, reproduction de manuscrits médiévaux grand format”
*Exposition “l’Institut Rachi, sa mission universitaire et culturelle”

Entrée libre

Tournament between national minorities in Osijek