European Days of Jewish Culture 2022
Various events throughout Slovenia
4 September - October 2022
Renewal is woven into virtually all aspects of Jewish life and practice – in fact Jewish life is continually building on the past in new ways – bringing a sense of constant change with reassuring continuity. The European Days of Jewish Culture (EDJC for short) is a pan-European project that...
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Lady Bluetooth – Hedy Lamarr
Exhibition opening
31. May 2022, at 18:00
With great pleasure, after a break of a few months, which was the result of renovation work on the building of the former synagogue, we invite you again to the Synagogue Maribor on Židovska ulica 4 in Maribor. The Synagogue will officially reopen its doors to the public with the opening of the...
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Maribor’s synagogue
The Maribor synagogue was one of the more important synagogues in Styria because of the role and importance of the Maribor Jewish community. The synagogue was not only the religious but also the spiritual and cultural centre of the former Maribor Jewish community. In regard to its importance and...
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The Crocus Project
The Crocus Project is a project for young people aged ten years and over remembering all children who died in the Holocaust. Visit The Crocus Project official website here. The Crocus Project is an Irish initiative whereby HETI (Holocaust Education Trust Ireland) provides yellow Crocus bulb...
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‘Never Forget’ Project
1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023
Remembering the Holocaust and Building Tolerance and Solidarity in the EU Project title: Never Forget – Remembering the Holocaust and Building Tolerance and Solidarity in the EU Project acronym: Never Forget Programme: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) Coordinator...
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‘Stone Tears’ Project
Project Stone Tears is an international project focused on developing strategies as well as providing educational and meaningful substance for three remembrance days honouring the victims of the Holocaust and Porrajmos (Genocide of the Roma), while promoting and encouraging such activities both i...
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Jews in Slovenia
Jews, even though they were relatively small in number, played an important role in forming the economic and cultural images of today’s Slovenia. There are very few visual remains witnessing the Jewish presence in Slovenia in the early centuries, so it is not exactly clear when the Jews settle...
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