This year, the memorial sites of the Southern Upper Rhine Memorial Site Association are once again participating in European Day of Jewish Culture, which this year has the motto \u2018People of the Book.\u2019 <\/p>\n
The Emmendingen Association for Jewish History and Culture and the Emmendingen Jewish Community are participating this year with the following programme:<\/p>\n
11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.:
\nDiscussions about Judaism
\nwith representatives from the board, delegates from the IRG Baden High Council
\nand community members
\nSimon-Veit-Haus, Kirchstra\u00dfe 11<\/p>\n
11:00 a.m.:
\n\u2018Why is Torah study not an education with a degree certificate?\u2019
\nLecture and discussion with Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Yudkowsky,
\nJewish Community of Emmendingen K.d.\u00f6.R.
\nSimon-Veit-Haus, Kirchstra\u00dfe 11, Teschemacher-Saal<\/p>\n
11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.:
\nOpen house at the Jewish Museum Emmendingen
\nTemporary exhibition \u2018She is a tree of life…\u2019 \u2013 A glimpse into the art of Torah decoration
\nGuided tours as needed, invitation to discussion and exchange with the
\nmuseum team, book table
\nJewish Museum Emmendingen, Schlossplatz 7<\/p>\n
12:00 p.m.:
\n„She is a tree of life to those who hold fast to her; those who rely on her
\nare blessed“ \u2013 A glimpse into the art of Torah decoration
\nLecture on the temporary exhibition and discussion with Monika Rachel Raija Miklis M.A.,
\ncurator at the Jewish Museum Emmendingen
\nSimon-Veit-Haus, Kirchstra\u00dfe 11, Teschemacher-Saal<\/p>\n
1:00 p.m.:
\nGuided tour of the synagogue
\nwith community rabbi Yaakov Yosef Yudkowsky
\n(Please bring a valid ID document)
\nSynagogue, Landvogtei 11<\/p>\n
2:00 p.m.:
\n\u2018She is a tree of life…\u2019 \u2013 A look at the art of Torah decoration
\nGuided tour of the temporary exhibition with curator
\nMonika Rachel Raija Miklis M.A.
\nJewish Museum Emmendingen, Schlossplatz 7<\/p>\n
3:00 p.m.:
\nShort guided tour on the Jewish history of the city of Emmendingen
\nwith Carola Grasse, certified pedagogue, and Dorothea Scherle, certified theologian
\nMeeting point: Schlossplatz\/site of the former synagogue<\/p>\n
4:00 p.m.:
\n\u2018The People of the Book after 7 October\u2019 \u2013 Literature from Israel after
\n2023
\nLizzie Doron, Dror Mishani, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, Ron Leshem, Amir Tibon and Lee
\nYaron vividly document the horror of the Hamas terrorist attacks
\non 7 October 2023 and the period that followed. 7 October had a cruel and irrevocable impact on the people
\nand regions of the Middle East.
\nLecture and discussion with Dr Ursula Hellerich, Freiburg
\nSimon-Veit-Haus, Kirchstra\u00dfe 11, Teschemacher-Saal<\/p>\n
6.30 p.m.:
\n\u2018King Solomon’s Nightingales\u2019
\nThis opera evening is a tribute to great composers and singers of Jewish
\norigin. The programme features arias from operas by Puccini, Bizet, Offenbach,
\nLeoncavallo, Mozart, works by Schubert, Neapolitan songs and Jewish sacred
\nmusic.
\nOn stage: Konstantin Andreiev, outstanding tenor and winner of international competitions,
\nwinner of Pl\u00e1cido Domingo’s legendary \u2018Operalia\u2019 competition,
\naccompanied on the piano by concertmaster Vladimir Chumachenko, with Larisa Lemer as
\nmaster of ceremonies.
\nOld Town Hall, Marktplatz 1<\/p>\n
To the programme flyer: \nSunday, 7 September 2025
\nETJK-25-DIN-A3-RZ<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAll day\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"