On Tuesday, 21st of September 2021, at 6 pm, we kindly invite you to Synagogue Maribor (Židovska ulica 4 in Maribor) for the presentation of the book The Word I Don’t Have and a conversation with the author Nataša Konc Lorenzutti. The author will be interviewed by Neža Vilhelm. This year, the Miš publishing house published the novel “The Word I Don’t Have” […]

“A pathetic symphony in cyclonic B minor. Everything in it is made up except death.” (introductory thought in the novel Silence for the Eyes) Slovenian writer, journalist, publicist and screenwriter Branko Šömen wrote the novel Silence for the Eyes at the suggestion of his now deceased friend, Hollywood producer and two-time Oscar winner Branko Lustig, who survived

Dialogue is one of the oldest and most basic ways of democratic conversation and is at the same time a path that not only leads to a peaceful and constructive life in a multicultural world, but also encourages the development of a sense of community and belonging. Dialogue also occupies a very important place in

The European Days of Jewish Culture will be held this year 2021 in a unique edition around the theme of “Dialogue” This year’s European Days of Jewish Culture festival will be held in 36 European countries building on Jewish experiences of pluralism, engaging in dialogue with others on their experiences, and collaborating towards the lived

For many years now, the international public has been commemorating the 2nd of August as the Remembrance Day for Roma victims of the genocide committed by the Nazi regime. It has been estimated that between 250 000 and one million, maybe even up to million and a half, members of the European Romani communities lost their

A ceremony on the occasion of the Day of Slovene-Israeli Friendship and the 100th bnniversary of the birth of the Israeli national heroine and poet Hannah Szenes. The Day of Slovenian-Israeli Friendship will be celebrated for the first time, on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hannah Szenes, an Israeli national heroine and poet.

We invite you to a SUMMER EVENING AT ŽIDOVSKA! On 19th of June 2021 we invite you to join us from 18:00 onwards at the Summer Evening at Židovska. At 19:30 on the Jewish Square, there will be a concert of the Kontra-Kvartet, a Slovenian ethno group that performs traditional Jewish music – klezmer music in its most authentic form. Due to

We are very pleased that after a too long break due to the covida-19 epidemic, we can once again invite you to the Synagogue Maribor for live events. On the first three Fridays in June, the Jazz ‘ma mlade festival will take place on Židovski trg, and we at the Synagogue Maribor have prepared three events for the

The work of museums of all types and sizes was severely affected in 2020 and the first half of 2021, therefore it has not been so important to remember them on this year’s International Museum Day. On Tuesday, 18th of May 2021, there will be an Open Doors Day for the International Museum Day at the Maribor Synagogue. The synagogue will

Today marks exactly 80 years since Adolf Hitler visited Maribor. Our city lives peacefully today and is developing with an eye to the future, but in order for the future to be the brightest, we must also remember the darkest moments so that they never happen again. That’s why we at the Synagogue Maribor took