Events

IHRA 2019 Call for Grant Applications now open

IHRA 2019 Call for Grant Applications now open

Events18.09.2018

The IHRA Grant Strategy supports projects which aim to safeguard the historical record (including sites, testimony and archival materials) of the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma and which counter distortion.  The projects IHRA funds are in the field of education, remembrance and research. Do you have a project idea that you think would fit? […]

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MEIS library: always open!

MEIS library: always open!

Events17.09.2018

MEIS exhibition is being re-installed and reopens on October 2nd, but the library in Via Piangipane 81 knows no rest: it is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 am to 1 pm and from 2 to 6 pm, and on Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm. It collects over 3,500 volumes on Judaism, […]

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Rosh HaShanà, the Jewish New Year. A universal festivity that is at the same time a repetition of the past and an opening to the future

Rosh HaShanà, the Jewish New Year. A universal festivity that is at the same time a repetition of the past and an opening to the future

Events06.09.2018

Rosh HaShanà, New Year’s Day, literally means “Head of the Year“. The word shanà, which means “year”, comes from a root linked both to repetition and renewal. The year returns, transformed, as human beings change and transform. The Jewish New Year is marked by two days of solemn celebration at the beginning of the Jewish month of Tishri. Central […]

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4th September, racial laws and persecution of the Jews in South Tyrol

4th September, racial laws and persecution of the Jews in South Tyrol

Events29.08.2018

On Tuesday 4 September, at 5 pm, MEIS (Via Piangipane 81, Ferrara) will host the presentation of Quando la patria uccide (When homeland kills). It’s a collection of stories of Jewish families from South Tyrol, found by authors Sabine Mayr and Joachim Innerhofer (Raetia Edition, Bolzano, 2016). Shoah victims from South Tyrol were monitored and expelled by fascist authorities, and most of them […]

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A cool summer? Come to MEIS!

A cool summer? Come to MEIS!

Events28.07.2018

In these days, Ferrara holds the record for the hottest city in Italy? Come to MEIS to stay cool! Let’s call it fate – the Museum is located in the former prison of the city –, but in Via Piangipane 81, with the exhibition “Jews, an Italian story. The first thousand years” and the multimedia […]

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27th July, “Being Sinti and Roma: the cultural commitment. Let’s talk about it at MEIS

27th July, “Being Sinti and Roma: the cultural commitment. Let’s talk about it at MEIS

Events19.07.2018

MEIS organises a meeting to raise awareness of the important cultural contributions that Sinti and Roma, as well as other minorities historically discriminated and persecuted, make to the Italian society. The event is held on Friday, July 27, at 11:00, within the bookshop of the Museum (Via Piangipane 81, Ferrara). Free entrance. Program: Opening addresses Michele Campanaro, Prefect of FerraraChiara Sapigni, Councillor for Health, Personal Care […]

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5th July, Anna Foa about the relationships between Jews, Christians and the Church

5th July, Anna Foa about the relationships between Jews, Christians and the Church

Events29.06.2018

On Thursday, July 5, at 6:00 pm, within the cycle of meetings Gallery Talk. Discovering MEIS exhibition itinerary,the Museum houses Anna Foa (Sapienza University of Rome), who delivers a speech on the topic Jews, Christians and the Church.  The talk starts from the exhibit Jews, an Italian Story. The First Thousand Years (Foa is one of the curators), with the introduction of […]

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14th June, Talmud between Judaism and science. Lesson by Rabbi Gianfranco Di Segni

14th June, Talmud between Judaism and science. Lesson by Rabbi Gianfranco Di Segni

Events12.06.2018

On Thursday, June 14, at 6:00 pm, within the cycle of meetings Gallery Talk. Discovering MEIS exhibition itinerary, the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah houses the lesson on Talmud Treatise Berachot by Rabbi Gianfranco Di Segni, translation Coordinator for the Talmud Project. An explanation of the technology used for the Italian translation of the Babylonian Talmud, by David Dattilo, Manager of […]

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May-July 2018, MEIS program

May-July 2018, MEIS program

Events08.05.2018

SHALOM ITALIAFilm by Tamar Tal Anati Thursday, May 10th – 11.00 amLiceo Statale Giosuè Carducci (Via della Canapa, 75-77 – Ferrara)Free entry Shalom can be translated as “peace”, but it is a word that Jews use at the same time as a greeting and a as a wish: “May you find peace”. And this is […]

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