European Day of Jewish Culture
Sunday, 1 September 2019 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union Category/Kategorie: General , EU blog post series , European Union
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The European Day of Jewish Culture is an event celebrated in several countries in
Europe . The aim of this day is to organize activities related to Jewish culture and expose them to the public, with the intention that it would reveal the cultural and historical heritage of the Jewish people. The activities are coordinated by the
European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture (AEPJ), the
European Council of Jewish Communities ,
B’nai B’rith Europe and the
Network of Jewish Quarters in Spain .
The aim of this day is to promote and raise awareness of Jewish culture to the wider society in the countries where this event takes place, in the belief that a greater awareness of the culture, tradition and life of the different communities living in the same country or city helps people to know the “other”, and thus, strengthens communication and dialogue between cultures in the country.
The annual event was initiated in 1996 by the
B’nai Brith of
Strasbourg in the
French département
Bas-Rhin together with the local Agency for development of tourism. It now involves twenty-seven European countries including
Turkey and
Ukraine . The original aim of the day was to permit access to, and ultimately restore, long abandoned
synagogues of architectural value like those of
Wolfisheim ,
Westhoffen ,
Pfaffenhoffen ,
Struth ,
Diemeringen ,
Ingwiller or
Mackenheim . In 2000, a partnership was created between
B’nai B’rith and the other organizations that currently participate in organizing the day’s events.
On this day exhibitions, concerts, panel discussions, lectures and excursions are organized in many European countries. Topics such as
Jewish neighborhoods , the coexistence of cultures, exhibitions on sculpture, painting, print, music and Jewish religious objects are discussed.
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