Remembrance and heritage of the Ashkenazi culture
The European project “Civ-Ashoah”, coordinated by Ligue de l’enseignement in partnership with ARCI (Italy) and Taube Center (Poland), aims to raise awareness among European citizens about the Shoah by offering a transnational, historical and cultural reading of the heritage of the Ashkenazi Jewish community.
Ressources
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VideoIkh Lern Zikh Yiddish
YouTube videos about the Yiddish language (basic grammar language usage, pronunciation, ...)
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BlogTori Avey
Ashkenazi jewish recipes (Potato Kugel, schnitzel, cheesecake, pastrami...).
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BookJewish Life in Poland
Taube Center
This book traces a thousand years of Jewish life in Poland and is accessible to all levels of knowledge.
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ExhibitSur les traces d'une photo
Yad Layeled - L'enfant et la Shoah association
This exhibition entitled "In the Footsteps of a Photo" allows visitors to discover and appropriate the stories of ten Jewish children who lived through and survived the Second World War in Europe.
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Cultural organisationMaison de la culture yiddish
The Maison de la culture yiddish aims to preserve Yiddish heritage, promote Yiddish culture in France and Europe, promote Yiddish as a language of culture, and foster knowledge of Yiddish among people from all walks of life. ... Lire la suite It offers :
– a media library (collections from the Medem Library, video library, sound library),
– - language courses at all levels, seminars on Yiddish literature and a summer university,
- artistic workshops (theatre, song, poetry, film, folk dance, klezmer music, etc.),
- activities for children (language classes, choir, drawing workshop, shows for young audiences, festivals and carnival),
- Yiddish conversation and discussion circles,
- events in French and Yiddish (exhibitions, shows, film and documentary screenings, lectures),
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ExhibitMusée d'Art et d'histoire du judaisme
Musée d'Art et d'histoire du judaisme
Presentation of the collection (photos, audio and videos) : masterpieces ; history of judaism, etc.
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Commemorative plaquesStolpersteine
Gunter Demnig (artist)
The project was created to remember the victims of Nazism by installing commemorative brass plaques in the pavement in front of their last address of choice. ... Lire la suite There are now STOLPERSTEINE (lit. “stumbling stones or blocks”) in at least 1200 places in Germany, as well as in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine.
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ArtVideoNatalia Romik
Natalia Romik is a historian, architect and artist, whose work focuses on Jewish memory and Holocaust commemoration in Eastern Europe, particularly Poland and Ukraine. Her project explores and preserves the unusual hiding places used by Jews in the Holocaust. ... Lire la suite Romik’s work combines archival investigation, theoretical research, architectural design, artistic practice, and social engagement. She has dedicated her efforts to investigating and preserving Jewish memory, especially its material and architectural traces, and the forgotten legacy of shtetls – small, historically Jewish towns.
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The Grandmas Project
Recipe for Kneidler broth: Grandmas Project is a collaborative web series sharing the recipes and stories of grandmothers filmed by their grandchildren.
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FestivalFestival des cultures juives
Every summer, the Festival of Jewish Cultures offers 15 days of eclectic cultural programming in Paris to help as many people as possible discover a plural and open Jewish culture.
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MusicLe Petit Mish Mash
Marine Goldwaser, Mihai Trestian et Adrian Iordan
The "petit Mish Mash" is the result of a meeting between Bucharest-born gypsy accordionist Adrian Iordan, cymbalum player Mihai Trestian, a concert performer trained at the conservatory in Chisinau (Moldavia), and clarinetist/flautist Marine Goldwaser, a musician on the new klezmer scene.
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MusicYiddish songs
Ola Bilinska
Ola Bilińska is a Polish vocalist and songwriter. She is involved in various projects including music as varied as neo folk being mixed with bigbit and yiddish.
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BookJewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to East-Central Europe
Ruth Ellen Gruber
This book is a combination travel guide and history book to Jewish culture in Eastern Europe, providing tips on what to bring and wear, getting around, locating historical sites, etc. ... Lire la suite It includes completely maps, numerous photographs and references that will further aid readers in preparing for their trip.
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VideoCIV ASHOAH Video
35 young participants of the CIV ASHOAH program
Two days of workshops were organised in Paris for a group of 35 young Europeans aged 18-30 (students, civic service volunteers, young professionals, etc.). At the end of the workshops, they created an awareness video in order to participate in the memory of the Ashkenazi community.
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Exhibit“Burning” Cycle (2003-2020)
Monika Krajewska
Monika Krajewska makes paper cut-outs of objects that have disappeared to commemorate the Jewish world destroyed by the Shoah (synagigues, ceremonial objects, etc.).
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MovieYiddish
Nurith Aviv
Seven young people of today recount their passion for Yiddish poetry written by authors who were about their age between the wars. ... Lire la suite The film's protagonists, some Jewish, some not, also move between countries and languages. They each talk about their personal relationship with Yiddish and with a poet they particularly love. For these young people, Yiddish poetry is not just a part of their Jewish past, but a way of finding their place in the present.
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ExhibitShtetl virtuel
Polin Museum of the History of the Polish Jews
The shtetl refers to a small Jewish town or district in Eastern Europe before the Second World War. This virtual shtetl, created by the Polin Museum in Poland, presents the life and history of pre-war Jews.
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FestivalJewish culture festival
The aim of the festival is to revive the memory of Poland's Jews and their contribution to the country's culture. It takes place every year in Krakow in June.
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PodcastRachel Ertel, mémoire du Yiddish
France Culture
Series of podcasts "Rachel Ertel, mémoire du Yiddish" on "France culture": born in 1939 in Slonim, then Poland, Rachel moved to France in 1948. This podcast tells her story.
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BookYiddish poetry
Various authors
Book about Yiddish women's poetry (from the 16th century to 1939).
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Cultural organisationMedem Center
The Centre Medem is a Jewish association that organises numerous meetings and activities in Paris (language courses, testimonies, workshops, conferences, debates, cultural outings, shows, etc.). ... Lire la suite The Centre Medem is a Jewish association that organises numerous meetings and activities in Paris (language courses, testimonies, workshops, conferences, debates, cultural outings, shows, etc.)
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BookJudei de Urbe. Storia illustrata degli ebrei di Roma
Mario Camerini
This Italian graphic novel traces the historical presence of the Jewish community in Rome, from the 14th century to the present day.
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FestivalThe European Days of Jewish Culture
The objective of this European-wide event is to highlight the diversity and richness of Judaism and its local, regional and national historical importance, to promote dialogue and exchange through conferences, concerts, performances, guided tours and other activities, throughout the continent. The European Days of Jewish Culture festival is held every year around a central theme from the first Sunday in September. The AEPJ coordinates this event at European level.