The Festival consists of three blocks:
1 – History – visiting the Museum of Holocaust
2 – Jewish Traditional Food workshop
3 – Concert "Ich hob dih lib!" ( "I love you so much!"). Local and guest music, vocal and dance groups will perform in the concert.

"Sobre la Tirania" is a powerful journey through the mistakes and warnings of the twentieth century, aimed at strengthening democratic values in the present. Actor Òscar Intente, combining words and images, guides us through a captivating visual experience using a vintage projector that creates a unique atmosphere of historical memory. Drawing on the events that led to the rise of authoritarian regimes in Europe, this performance becomes a wake-up call, reminding us of the dangers that threaten our freedoms today. A necessary reflection for anyone who values democracy and its future.

Language: Catalan
Free activity. Prior registration required.

About the performance
Babel's Odessa Stories are inspired by the Bible. From the Old Testament comes the conflict between the chosen Jewish people and the Russian state, which was destroying in pogroms the civilisation of a biblical people condemned for all time as criminal because the Jews had betrayed and condemned the Christian saviour. On this historical destiny, the Jews of Odessa built their New Testament paradise on earth, or rather in the underworld of Odessa: a paradise ruled by the laws of bandits and smugglers. Babel described the Odes bandits and their brutal reckonings; everyone was involved in terror and death, from the gang members to the craftsmen, the disabled old men and the child violin virtuosos of ethnically mixed Odessa.

Ein eindringliches Porträt jüdischen Lebens in Prag – basierend auf Briefen, Erinnerungen und literarischen Fragmenten

Ottla David – Schwester Franz Kafkas – wächst in Prag auf, geprägt von familiärer Enge und geistiger Nähe zu ihrem Bruder. Während Franz mit Worten ringt, widmet Ottla sich dem Leben, dem Widerstand und schließlich den Kindern im Waisenhaus von Theresienstadt.
Das Stück rekonstruiert ihre Geschichte anhand erhaltener Briefe, Augenzeugenberichten und Erinnerungen ihrer Tochter Vera. Es entsteht das eindrucksvolle Bild einer mutigen Frau, deren Menschlichkeit selbst unter unmenschlichen Bedingungen nicht zerbricht.
Kafkas Zitate durchziehen das Stück wie eine geistige Verbindung – zart, poetisch und schmerzlich klar.

„Ottla“ ist ein stilles Stück Erinnerung, getragen von literarischer Kraft und historischer Wahrheit. Ein Monolog der leisen Stimmen.

Tickets sind über die Theaterkasse des Schlosstheaters, Schlossplatz 6a, 29221 Celle, unter Tel.

Theatre performance The Story of a Book. The Prague premiere of this original adaptation of the nearly century-long history of the Strach family from Brno is based on the story of a a holiday prayer book, the Machzor, confiscated during World War II in Terezín. After 82 years, it was rediscovered and returned to the family of its original owners. The Machzor was part of a collection of 12,000 prayer books confiscated from Jews in concentration camps on the territory of the Czech Republic.
As part of the Library of Stolen Hopes project, the Jewish Community of Brno strives not only to archive these books but above all to trace the descendants of the original owners and return the volumes to them.

Theater Performance “Life, Word and Destiny” by Nathan Alterman – as part of the “Anthology of Israeli Literature” program

A musical and poetic performance dedicated to the work of renowned Israeli poet Nathan Alterman. Directed by National Artist of the Republic of Moldova Iosif Shats, with musical arrangement by National Artist of the Republic of Moldova Marian Stârcea, the production brings Alterman’s poetry to life on stage, blending music and word in a moving and evocative theatrical experience.

The cast features actors from the State Russian Drama Theater and the National Theater "Satiricus".

Closing of the Month of Jewish Culture with a theatre play: “The Proposal” and “The Bear”

Director and Adaptation: Stefan Sablić
Costume and Set Design: Boris Čakširan

Stars:

The Proposal/Prosidba 

Natalija Stepanovna – Anja Josifovski

Ivan Vasiljevič Lomov – Ivan Jevtović

Stepan Stepanovič Čubukov – Branislav Zeremski

The Bear/Medvjed

Jelena Ivanovna Popova – Sara Cizelj

Grigorij Stepanovič Smirnov – Ivan Jevtović

“The Proposal” and “The Bear”, one-act plays by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, bring us characters that are both tragic and comic at the same time. Playing what they don’t know about themselves, they discover the truth of life through comedy. Tragically funny, unaware of themselves, they draw us into a game full of love, conflict and liberation. They speak little, but reveal a lot – about themselves, about life, about all of us.

Concert “No Gevalt. Shalom”

In times of war, when unity among all citizens of Ukraine is more important than ever, it is vital to highlight the historical and cultural Jewish heritage as part of the shared history of the region. Eastern Galicia, with Lviv as its cultural center, has been a hub of Jewish life and literature in the Austrian Empire and Poland throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. The 2025 European Days of Jewish Culture theme, “People of the Book,” provides an opportunity to share this rich heritage with the local population.

The program includes a concert in the historic building of the former Jewish theater, consisting of two parts:

1. Musical performance of “Stempenu” by Shalom-Aleichem featuring star actor Avi Hoffman (USA) accompanied by the Lviv Symphonic Orchestra

2. Klezmer concert with local musicians and guests from Poland, Germany, and Norway, celebrating Jewish musical traditions.

The oldest Jewish musical in the world, "Las Coplas de Yosef Ha-Tsadik", based on the story of Yosef (Josip) and his brothers, directed by Stefan Sablić.
The idea for a re-staging of this work arose from the desire to revive the music of the biblical poem "Las Coplas de Yosef Ha-Tsadik" written in Ladino by Abraham Toledo in the 17th century in Istanbul. This is the oldest known Jewish musical and probably the first ever written.
Participating:
Ensemble "Shira U'tfila"
Choir "Braća Baruch"
Narrator: Zorana Bečić
Jakov: Nebojša Ljubišić
Dramatization and direction: Stefan Sablić
Composers: Stefan Sablić, Nenad V. Khan ("Esclaviko" and "Ande hay rozas I flores"), Aleksandar Simić (final)
Translation from Ladino: Drita Tutunović
Free entry.

The closing ceremony of the Month of Jewish Culture and the musical "Yosef and his brothers" will take place in the hall "Dom hrvatske vojske".