European Day of Jewish Culture

September 5th 2010 is the date of this year’s edition of the European-wide celebration of the European Day of Jewish Culture

Already in its 11th year, the EDJC has become a truly European event, with more than 25 European countries taking part in 2009: Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.

Every year, a special subject matter is chosen, around which activities and events are being organized. The subject matter of this year, “Art and Judaism”, offers an especially wide field of topics to explore:

• Different kinds of art: paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, literature, music, films, theatre
• Different artists: painters, sculptors, writers, actors, composers and performers, directors
• Different periods: ancient, medieval, modern, contemporary
• Others: patrons of art, collections
• Art applied in religious ceremony or in everyday life
• Etc., etc.

This means that organizers from all participating countries will be able to come up with innumerable different kinds of activities to attract and surprise the visitors, who will be given an extraordinary opportunity to discover the artistic wealth of Jewish culture and heritage.

Please check this site, www.jewisheritage.org for the detailed programmes of the different countries, which will be available within the next days and weeks.

Plymouth Event
The Synagogue at Catherine Street, Plymouth PL1 2AD will be hosting an Open Day between 2.00pm and 4.00pm on Sunday 5th September.

During the Day there will be a short talk by Peter Lee.