EUROPEAN DAYS OF JEWISH CULTURE 2018: STORYTELLING Sunday, 2 September Saturday, 1 September 2018 City Park, Triglav Stage 10.30 a. m. Jewish Tales, a fairy-tale hour, interpreted by Robert Waltl (also part of the programme Poletni Art kamp 2018 ; in case of a bad weather the event will be held at Wetrinsky, Vetrinjska 30) Within the event, a selection of 3-4 Jewish tales will be presented to the audience, while at the end of the event one of the tales will be read jointly with our visitors. This event presents a part of the Summer Art Camp 2018 official programme, as well. The Summer Art Camp is organised by the Cultural Centre Narodni dom Maribor. Sunday, 2 September 2018 Synagogue Maribor, Židovska ulica 4 10 a. m. 6 p. m. The Cultural Heritage of the Maribor Synagogue, open doors day The Synagogue Maribor will organise an open doors day inviting its visitors to learn more about the cultural heritage of the former medieval synagogue of Maribor. At the same time, the visitors will have the opportunity to see a photographic exhibition by Judah Passow Scots Jews: Identity, Belonging and the Future.
10.30 a. m. Joseph and Potiphar s Wife, interactive workshop You are familiar with the biblical Joseph, but did you know that Joseph has a parallel life in the Quran and Islamic tradition? In the interactive workshop, we will research the similarities and differences of the stories, which can be found in different cultures. 11.30 a. m. A Letter from the Cairo Genizah, interactive workshop There is an old Jewish tradition that any document containing God s name or quotes from religious texts should be preserved until it is buried in the ground. The Genizah is a place to hold, to store these documents, to conceal them and hide them away. In the interactive workshop, we will explore the cultural and historical values of objects that are seemingly ordinary and unattractive, and what can they reveal us about their owners, about the time and space in which they have been created and used. 5 p. m. The Demons in the Basement, interactive workshop The story about the demons in the basement comes from a book called Kav HaYashar by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Kaidanover, a leader of the Frankfurt Jewish community in the 17 th and 18 th century. Kav HaYashar is a popular volume of Jewish ethics, while the story of the demons will serve us as a starting point for the debate about how there are two sides to every story. The villain in a story may not be as bad as you once believed. LJUBLJANA Jewish Cultural Center, Križevniška 3 10 a. m. 1 p. m. and 6 p. m. 8 p. m. Open doors days of the Jewish Cultural Center Within the scope of the open doors day, we kindly invite visitors to visit the Jewish museum and the synagogue, as well as art exhibition by Vuk Ćosić Undeleted encompassing portraits of 23 Ljubljana Jews who were
persecuted during WWII and an art installation by Vadim Fiškin and Miran Mohar dedicated to 587 Slovenian victims of the Holocaust. 12 p. m. Guided tour to the Jewish museum Guided tour to the Jewish museum and the synagogue will provide an insight to different Judaica objects from Slovenia and abroad. Visitors will have the possibility to see also some artworks that present the life of Jews in Ljubljana. Mini teater, Bernard-Marie Koltès Hall, Križevniška 1 8 p. m. Our Class, premiere of theatre play, directed by Nina Rajić Kranjac (entry; information on tickets: info@mini-teater.si) Our Class is a story about a group of classmates from a small multicultural Polish town where Polish and Jewish children lived in unity until first the German Nazi occupation and then the Soviet occupation. Director of the first Slovene staging of Tadeusz Słobdzianek's play Our Class (orig. "Nasza klasa"): Nina Rajić Kranjac. Co-production: Mini teater, Prešernovo gledališče Kranj, Mestno gledališče Ptuj. The honourable sponsor of the performance is His Excellency Mr Paweł Czerviński, the ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Slovenia. LENDAVA Synagogue Lendava, Spodnja Street 5 7 p. m. Jewish cultural evening, a discussion with Bojan Zadravec and Vlado Vajde (also part of the festival EtnoLend ) A conversation about Jewish culture and everyday life with researcher Bojan Zadravec and Vlado Vajde. 9 p. m. Concert of Jewish music, performed by Klezcoustic's (also part of the festival EtnoLend ) Klezmer is traditional East-European Jewish music, which encompasses also
the cultural heritage of Slavic, Roma and Balkan Jewish communities. Klezmer is vivid, melodic, sensual, joyful and harmonious music that is played at different Jewish celebrations. Each song has its own story, which uncovers the Jewish cultural tradition. Klezcoustic s are Faruk Dreca (clarinet), Vojko Vešligaj (guitar), Dejan Štuhec (accordion) and Marko Furek (dublebass). LJUBLJANA Monday, 3 September 2018 Mini teater, Bernard-Marie Koltès Hall, Križevniška 1 8 p. m. Our Class, theatre play (entry; information on tickets: info@mini-teater.si) Wednesday, 5 September 2018 MURSKA SOBOTA Pomurje Museum Murska Sobota, Trubarjev Avenue 4 6 p. m. Europe and Jewish Diaspora, exhibition opening, followed by Tomaž Rauch's presentation Klezmer as Part of the Musical Culture of European Jews We will open a visiting exhibition, which represents the Jewish communities in Europe. The exhibition was prepared by the National Library of Israel; the producer of its Slovene version was the Center of Jewish Cultural Heritage Synagogue Maribor. The opening will be followed by Tomaž Rauch s presentation Klezmer as part of the musical culture of European Jews. LJUBLJANA Mini teater, Bernard-Marie 8 p. m. Our Class, theatre play
Koltès Hall, Križevniška 1 (entry; information on tickets: info@mini-teater.si) Sunday, 9 September 2018 NEGOVA Negova Castle, Negova 13 11 a. m. Scots Jews: Identity, Belonging and the Future, opening of a photographic exhibition by Judah Passow A photographic exhibition by Judah Passow provides insight into diverse social and private life of the Scottish Jewish community - a community that has had well integrated itself in the Scottish society while on the other hand it had preserved its own Jewish identity. Monday, 17 September 2018 Synagogue Maribor, Židovska 4 6 p. m. The Narrative of Stories Captured in Photographs, a discussion with photographer Judah Passow (also part of the Festival of Photography Maribor 2018 ) The guest of our event will be a renowned photojournalist Judah Passow, the author of the photographic exhibition Scots Jews: Identity, Belonging and the Future. Within the event, we will present Judah s life and work, and discuss about the narrative, ethics and aesthetics of documentary photography and photojournalism as well as about their role, challenges and their future. Special guests of the event will be photojournalist Uroš Hočevar and film director and photographer Bošjan Slatenšek who will join the discussion.
Thursday, 4 October 2018 Synagogue Maribor, Židovska 4 6 p. m. From the Desert to the Table, opening of Biblical archaeological exhibition The exhibition From the Desert to the Table presents Biblical archeologic collection kept by the Theological Library Maribor. The collection comprises artefacts - mostly pottery and everyday objects - originating in the Holy Land and encompassing the period from the 4 th millennium BCE until 7 th century CE. It is a unique collection among all museum collections in Slovenia for it is the sole collection of Biblical archaeology in entire Slovenia. Visit to all programmes, except for the theatre play Our Class, is free. You are cordially invited to join us at the EDJC 2018 in Slovenia. National coordinator of the Center of Jewish Cultural Heritage Synagogue Maribor EDJC project in Slovenia: Organisers: Center of Jewish Cultural Heritage Synagogue Maribor, Cultural Centre Narodni dom Maribor, Gallery-Museum Lendava, Jewish Cultural Centre Ljubljana, Kultprotur Institute for Culture, Tourism and Promotion Gornja Radgona, Negova Castle, Lendava Student Club, Lendava Synagogue Slovenian Holocaust Museum, Maribor Photographic Society, Maribor Theological Library, Mini Theatre Ljubljana, Pomurje Museum Murska Sobota, Theological Faculty of the University of Ljubljana - Maribor Unit, Maribor Theological Library Individual programmes were supported by: City Municipality of Maribor, Municipality of Lendava, Israeli Embassy to Slovenia Organisers of the events reserve the right to amend the programme. Visitors are cordially requested to follow notifications on the websites of particular organisers.