Invitation to a conversation about documentary and reportage photography with renowned photographers and photojournalists Judah Passow, Uroš Hočevar and Boštjan Slatenšek We cordially invite you to an evening of discussion with internationally renowned photographer and photojournalist Judah Passow, author of the exhibition “Scots Jews: Identity, Belonging and the Future“. At the event, we will present […]

Storytelling is one of the oldest and most important means of preservation of cultural heritage and identity of individual nations. The oral tradition has thus an important role in Judaism as well. The European Days of Jewish Culture (EDJC) is an all-European project that provides the visitors to its events a comprehensive insight into individual

“A person is only forgotten when his or her name is forgotten.”                                                                                     Talmud Monday, 6 August 2018, will be a special day for Ljubljana and Slovenia, as first twenty-three Jews from Ljubljana and their relatives, who were forced from their homes due to their origin and

On the eve of the 2 August 1944, the Nazis abolished the “Zigeunerlager” (“Gypsy camp”) in Auschwitz-Birkenau and in one single night killed several thousand Sinti and Roma in gas chambers. In individual countries, the 2 August is today marked as International Genocide of the Roma Remembrance Day. On the occasion of commemorating the 2

The Center of Jewish Cultural Heritage Synagogue Maribor is included in the side-festival events of this year’s Jazz ma mlade festival. On Friday, 15 June we invite you to a guided tour of Judah Passow’s photographic exhibition “Scots Jews: Identity, Belonging and the Future“. The guided tour will start at 19:00, and between 18:00 and

As part of the Jazz ‘ma mlade festival (https://mkc.si/koledar/2018/6/1/jazz-ma-mlade), the Synagogue Maribor is organizing a 45-minute free guided tour of Jewish Street and Jewish Square: buildings, people and events on Friday, 8th VI. 2018, starting at 7:00 p.m. The start of the tour will be in front of the building of the Synagogue Maribor. The

Proclamation of Aleksandar and Agnes Žilavec from Andrejci and Jožef, Franc, and Marija Fartelj from Tešanovci as Righteous among the nations, Murska Sobota, 26 of April 2018: https://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/odmevi/174535511 https://www.vecer.com/v-murskosoboskem-gradu-razglasili-pravicnike-ki-so-resili-juda-mirka-hirsla-6457546 https://www.vestnik.si/v-murskosoboskem-gradu-razglasili-pravicnike-ki-so-resili-juda-mirka-hirsla-6457546 https://www.mladina.si/185377/novi-slovenski-pravicni-med-narodi/

Seminar for teachers The Roma and Romani community in Slovenia and Croatia in the 20th century and at the beginning of 21st century, Maribor Synagogue, 13. april. 2018: http://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/romska-oddaja/174535595

On the International Museum Day – 18 May 2018, we are cordially inviting you at the Synagogue Maribor, Židovska ulica 4, to the Open doors day. In the scope of the open doors day, visitors will have the opportunity to see the exhibition Scots Jews: Identity, Belonging and the Future. Free entrance will be possible between

There have been Jews in Scotland since at least the 17th century, coming initially in ones and twos to study at Scotland’s famed universities and then in increasing numbers through the 19th and into the 20th centuries as persecution in Eastern Europe made Jewish life increasingly precarious. While maintaining its particular traditions, the Jewish community