Maribor’s history has been marked by many individuals who, in different periods, significantly co-shaped the city’s life and pulse. One of them was doctor Klara Kukovec, the first woman with a private medical practice in the city. Klara was born as Chaya Lea Doktor in 1883 in Kherson, today’s Ukraine. Already in her early childhood, […]

Between 1939 and 1945, the Nazis killed almost 500,000 Roma and Sinti, according to more recent estimates, even around 600,000. Heinrich Himmler, one of the main organizers and executors of the Nazi genocide, tirelessly devised anti-Roma laws and decrees for the mass extermination of these ethnic groups, and on 15 November 1943, he officially equated

This Merry Day of Culture represents a traditional annual cultural manifestation, with which we commemorate the birth of one of the most famous Slovenian poets – France Prešern. On 3 December cultural institutions invite visitors to free tours of plays, exhibitions and concerts, lectures, guided tours, workshops and various other cultural events. This year we

The latest Cvetka Hojnik’s independent exhibition EN SOF at the Maribor Synagogue represents a multi-dimensional upgrade of her previous opus, for it is a project in the frame of her master thesis, designed as an homage to Lendava Jews, referring to the mystical tradition of Kabbalah. Without any doubt, Cvetka Hojnik represents a unique phenomenon

The CJCH Synagogue Maribor cordially invites to the presentation of the book DINING WITH PREKMURJE JEWS – A COOKBOOK AFTER SCRIPTURE (Za mizo s prekmurskimi Židi – kuharica po svetopisemskih pravilih) by the author Bojan Zadravec on Thursday, 23 October 2014, at 6 p.m. at Židovska ulica 4, Maribor. All the recipes in the book have been part of

World War II was one of the darkest chapters in the history of Judaism in Slovenia. At that time the most powerful Jewish community lived in Prekmurje, particularly in the area of Lendava (Hungarian Lendva, German Unter-Limbach) and Murska Sobota (Hungarian Muraszombat, German Olsnitz). In 1944 they suffered a fatal blow by mass destruction in

In the scope of the activities of this year’s European Day of Jewish Culture we are cordially inviting visitors to join us on Sunday, 14th September at the concert of Jewish music in Negova Castle. The concert is organised in cooperation with the Institute for Culture, Tourism and Promotion from Gornja Radgona. The concert will begin at

The ‘Shekhinah’ is synonymous with G-d; it is also the feminine aspect of G-d, which is expressed in the Divine Presence amongst human beings. ‘Shekhinah’ is a feminine word in Hebrew: It means “dwelling”, with the noun-verb force of that word: the act of dwelling, the state of being somewhere. ‘Shekhinah’ is an exile but

Over less than two decades the European Day of Jewish Culture has developed into one of the more recognisable international projects. Under its patronage, creators and visitors to cultural events who wish to learn more about Jewish heritage, culture, and arts meet every year on one Sunday in September, encompassing approximately thirty European countries. This

On the evening of 2 August 1944 the Nazis liquidated the »Zigeunerlager« (»Gypsy camp«) in Auschwitz-Birkenau. In one night many thousands Sinti and Roma were brutally murdered in gas chambers. Women, children and men with a camp number, prefaced with the letter Z for »Zigeuner«, tattooed on their forearm shared the fate of numerous »Gypsies«