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B’nai B’rith Europe
A Division of B’nai B’rith International
News from BBE
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European Days of Jewish Culture
The AEPJ and BBE are proud to share with you the report of the 2015 edition of European Days of Jewish Culture, and to invite you to participate in the next edition, on September 4th, 2016.
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A little history
The whole project was launched in 1996 in Alsace (France) by B’nai B’rith Hirschler in cooperation with the Tourist Agency of Lower Alsace (ADT – Agence de Développement Touristique du Bas-Rhin) as an ‘open doors’ event. It was such a success that it was then repeated year after year, while at the same time more and more places joined the celebration.
In 1999 it was extended to the whole of France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain.
In 2000, eleven new countries contributed to turning it into a truly pan-European event, which then became the European Day of Jewish Culture.
Finally, in 2004 an association, the AEPJ, was created in order to coordinate the project on European level and BBE is a proud member and supporter of this association.
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What for?
The primary goal of the EDJC is to offer the broad public the possibility to discover different aspects of Jewish heritage, both tangible and intangible heritage, as well as the opportunity to get acquainted with Jewish culture and traditions.
This is achieved by the organising of activities especially devised for this event: open doors in usually closed locations, guided tours and visits, exhibitions, lectures, concerts and much more.
Furthermore, the celebration of the EDJC also strives to raise awareness of the need to preserve and protect the Jewish heritage, as an important part of the European cultural heritage. |
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European Days of Jewish Culture 2015
Already into its 16th edition, the EDJC was held on Sunday, September 6th, 2015.
The subject matter of this edition, Bridges, has been a very peculiar one: instead than suggesting a well-defined topic, it encouraged organizers and coordinators to take a step “outwards”, exploring new possibilities and often stepping on previously new grounds. You will be surprised in reading about how many different activities have been organized in the 30 participating countries.
A growing trend in the last years has been for some countries, such as France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Lithuania and Italy, to expand the celebration of the EDJC to the whole weekend, to one or more weeks, or even spread it in a space of months: the EDJC’s “original” date, September 6th, became a “gravity center” around which a whole range of activities and festivals revolves.
The organisers of the European Day of Jewish Culture would like to thank the enthusiasm and efforts of all people involved in the organisation and celebration of this important event, and especially all volunteers that have been contributing to the success of EDJC one more year.
In order to download the report please click here or here |
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Be inspired by the theme: Jewish languages
and get involved in 2016!
If you participated in 2015, you know you will want to do it again, and if you haven’t yet, it’s time to be part of the adventure this year.
This year the event will take place on Sunday September 4, 2016 and the subject will be Jewish languages.
From Hebrew to Greek, from Ladino to Aramaic, from Yiddish to Judeo-Arabic, from Jewish-Italian dialects to Russian, Jews, this people created by a Word heard at Mount Sinai, have always had a strong – and, in a typically Jewish way, happily contradictory! – relationship with languages.
EDJC 2016 will investigate these – and many, many more – questions: let’s explore together this joyful Babel crossing millennia and continents!
Information and questions:
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