The European Routes of Jewish Heritage presented at the Cultural Routes conference in Venice

During the Italian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (November 2021 – May 2022), an international conference on “Cultural Routes of Council of Europe crossing Italy: a European heritage” was held in Venice on 18 February in the Aula Magna of the Ateneo Veneto. Annie Sacerdoti, representing the AEPJ, explained the importance of the European Routes of Jewish Heritage project, highlighting the particular richness of the Italian one, with significant cultural peculiarity, scattered throughout the peninsula. She also underlined the involvement of the AEPJ in Italy with the Mi Dor Le Dor project and the importance of the Incubator in the creation of new itineraries. Claudia De Benedetti, director of the Jewish Museum of Casale Monferrato, concluded her speech concerning AEPJ with an overview of the Jewish museums in Italy.