Tikkun Olam or ‘repairing the world’ (also ‘healing the world’) is a Hebrew term embracing the idea of an ideal world and social justice. The term comes from the early rabbinic tradition and was first recorded in Mishnah. It emphasizes the religious way of life, striving for peace, prosperity, health, and justice for all. Toni Franović, […]

The importance of music in the life of the Jewish people is found almost at the beginning of the Genesis. Musicians are mentioned among the three fundamental professions. Music was viewed as a necessity in everyday life, as a beautifying and enriching complement of human existence. Jewish music has evolved throughout the long course of

One of the most eminent Slovenian poets – France Prešeren died on 8 February 1849, thus the anniversary of his death is marked each year with the Slovenian National Day of Culture. On this occasion many museum, galleries and other cultural institutions in Slovenia organise an Open Doors Day. This year’s Slovenian Day of Culture

Nazi persecution of Jews during the Second World War was extremely violent and there were only a small number of Non-Jews that were willing and not afraid to help the victims of destructive racial politics. Yad Vashem – the World Centre for Holocaust Research, Documentation, Education and Commemoration – is researching the stories of those

Sixty-nine years have passed since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz, but it seems as if one of the most horrible genocides in the history of humanity – Holocaust – is something very distant and blurred for today’s generations, thus it is remembered only by a few still living survivals. With the eagerness

They are known as “Gypsies” and call themselves Roma or Sinti. According to the agreement of the First World Romani Congress in London 1971, we use the term Roma for all of them. The origin of Roma has been a mystery for a long time whereat Romani has proven to be a key to understanding

Slovenia celebrates the European Day of Jewish Culture for the 8th successive year and, as in the past, several events will be held at different venues in Maribor, Ljubljana, Ptuj, Murska Sobota, and Lendava, as well as in Negova where the EDJC will be celebrated for the first time. Although this year’s EDJC will be

Michel D’Anastasio is one of the more eminent Hebrew calligraphers in the world; nonetheless his work is still quite unknown in Central Europe. The artist’s calligraphic beginnings date back to year 1989 and since then he is passionately searching for different artistic expressions that are offered by beautifully written letters. D’Anastasio’s fascination with Hebrew alphabet

Jewish historical experience with literacy should be a valuable lesson about importance of education, especially in uncertain times. Even to this day Jews invest more in education then the rest of the world, as well as they are engaged in more demanding work. As a result, the number of Nobel prizes per capita is the

One of the most important themes and issues of scientific research is a problem of systematically suppressed social and collective memory of the Holocaust and Jews in Slovenia after WWII. Synagogue Maribor is deliberately encouraging scientific research of these topics in order to prevent public, political and scientific silence about the Holocaust and its consequences