Rakija Klezmer Orkestar Performance – Vilnius Days Festival
Vilnius is a multicultural city that actively celebrates and promotes diverse cultures. The Vilnius Days Festival is one of the most significant examples of this diversity, bringing together representatives from various ethnic communities. The festival attracts over 330,000 visitors annually and highlights the city’s multicultural identity and openness.
During the festival, the Rakija Klezmer Orkestar performs, presenting unique compositions inspired by Jewish sounds and heritage. Their music celebrates the rich traditions of Litvak klezmer, a legacy for which few pre-war recordings or sheet music survive. To preserve this heritage, the ensemble travels across Lithuanian Jewish communities, recording memories of older community members and bringing them to life through performance.
Join us if you are a Festival-goer, music enthusiast, and/or interested in Jewish culture and Litvak klezmer traditions.
The event is organized by Vilnius Cultural Centre in partnership with Vilnius City Municipality
The event is part of the Cities Embracing Jewish Heritage initiative supported by the Combat Antisemitism Movement and the European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture and Heritage
Rakija Klezmer Orkestar Performance – Vilnius Days Festival
Vilnius is a multicultural city that actively celebrates and promotes diverse cultures. The Vilnius Days Festival is one of the most significant examples of this diversity, bringing together representatives from various ethnic communities. The festival attracts over 330,000 visitors annually and highlights the city’s multicultural identity and openness.
During the festival, the Rakija Klezmer Orkestar performs, presenting unique compositions inspired by Jewish sounds and heritage. Their music celebrates the rich traditions of Litvak klezmer, a legacy for which few pre-war recordings or sheet music survive. To preserve this heritage, the ensemble travels across Lithuanian Jewish communities, recording memories of older community members and bringing them to life through performance.
Join us if you are a Festival-goer, music enthusiast, and/or interested in Jewish culture and Litvak klezmer traditions.
HaMakom and St. James' Anglican Church will do an interfaith service highlighting our two choirs and Jewish texts. This will tie in nicely with the EDJC them of "People of the Book". HaMakom's two cantors and Father Colin will each interpret Jewish texts to each unique faiths. Our joint choir will perform in several language; English, Portuguese, Hebrew and Ladino. There will be several blow up boards displayed explaining Jewish rituals and texts.
A highlight will be reading from HaMakom's one year old Torah which we acquired from the Memorial Scrolls Trust in London in 2024. There will be refreshments preceding the service to make connections with the aim of doing a future community service event or activity.
The event will be advertised in various expat and local social media outlets.
Days of Jewish Culture in Kragujevac
This year, Kragujevac proudly hosts the Days of Jewish Culture, a vibrant program that highlights the richness of Jewish tradition and its lasting influence on the city’s cultural, social, and historical development. The event brings together citizens, cultural institutions, the Jewish community, and visitors from across the region in a spirit of dialogue, learning, and celebration.
Program Highlights
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Ceremonial Opening & Lecture
The official opening gathers representatives of the local government, cultural institutions, and the public to mark the beginning of the event. The introductory lecture, “The Influence of Jewish Culture on the Development of the City”, explores the contributions of the Jewish community to Kragujevac’s cultural, social, and economic life, with a special focus on the city’s multicultural identity.
Con motivo de la celebración de las Jornadas Europeas de la Cultura Judía en Segovia hemos previsto las siguientes acciones:
Sábado 6 de septiembre
18h Conferencia a cargo de Amparo Alba, Doctora en Filología Semítica y Catedrática Emérita del Área de Estudios Hebreos y Arameos de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. El título de su intervención está pendiente de concretar.
Domingo 7 de septiembre
Jornada de Puertas Abiertas en los siguientes espacios de la Judería:
Centro Didáctico de la Judería de Segovia:10h a 14h y de 16h a 18h
Puerta de San Andrés, 10h a 14h
Sinagoga de los Ibáñez, 10h a 14h
10:30h Visita teatralizada: Yuda, la patria de la infancia
12 h Visita guiada: Conoce la Judería
18h Proyección película: Alegría
Proyección película (pendiente confirmar título)
Entrada libre hasta completar aforo
Centro Didáctico de la Judería, calle Judería Vieja 12
Visitors have the opportunity to visit exhibitions, theater performances, concerts and discussions with Jewish themes in one weekend. There are also tastings of Jewish cuisine.
Summer pulse on the "most beautiful balcony" in Maribor, various events
10:00–18:00, Media Nox Gallery (Židovska ulica 12): Welcome young people 2024, group exhibition
17.00, Media Nox Gallery (Židovska ulica 12): Welcome young people 2024, public guided tour of the exhibition with Kiara Jamšek
11:00 a.m., GT22 (entrance from Židovska ulica): Family visit to GT22 at 11:00 a.m., public guided tours for families after the exhibition Modrinjak's Diploma (Photographic Museum Modrinjak), the international educational exhibition in the making Gold in Art (RampaGT22) and the street exhibition ALBUM – via Ukraine to Vienna (deconstruction of the process) (UG MB, Ulična galerija Židovska)
All the time, UG MB, Ulična galerija Židovska (Jewish Street): ALBUM – via Ukraine to Vienna (deconstruction of the process), exhibition of Aphra Tesla and Miha Horvat
14:00–16:00, DLUM Gallery (Židovska ulica 10): Live creativity in the DLUM Gallery with artist Zdravko Kokanović – Koki
All the time, Fotoklub Street Gallery (by the Jewish Tower / Stolp Photo Gallery): 45 years of STOLP Photo Gallery, documentary exhibition
Židovska ulica with its associated square marks a culturally and historically important part of Maribor, which in today's urban design at the same time reveals itself as an extremely attractive, urbanistically completed corner of the city.
EL ÁRBOL DE LA FAMILIA
La familia en la cultura judía europea es un tema que une tradición y modernidad. Desde las antiguas narrativas bíblicas la familia judía equilibra la preservación del patrimonio con la adaptación a la vida moderna. La evolución del papel de las mujeres y el concepto de familia elegida reflejan la diversidad y fortaleza de estas comunidades.
Explorar la familia judía en Europa es entender cómo las generaciones jóvenes interpretan y transmiten las tradiciones, asegurando la relevancia y vitalidad continua de la vida familiar.
Busca los árboles de la familia que hay en el Castillo y en la Ciudad de Lorca, ¡hazte una foto y participa!
Fechas: Del 1 al 30 de septiembre
Precio: Gratuito
Lugares: Centro de Visitantes y Castillo de Lorca
A Bisale Mazl – A Bit of Luck – Egy kis mázli: Day of Jewish Culture, various events
14.00–15.00, at the ‘Stolpersteine’ memorials in front of the municipal building (Šalovci 161): “A Bisale Mazl”, opening of the Day of Jewish Culture with a welcome address by the coordinator of the EDJC in Slovenia, Marjetka Bedrač, and performances by students of the Šalovci Elementary School and singers of Yiddish music from Vienna.
15.00–17.00, Cultural Hall in the Municipal Building (Šalovci 161): “Life and Work of Jewish Families in the Municipality of Šalovci”, discussion with researcher Marko Krenn and writer Dušan Šarotar. The conversation, which will begin with an introductory greeting by the Mayor of the Municipality of Šalovci, Iztok Fartek, will be hosted by television journalist Igor E.