The aim of the project is to create a centrally coordinated and methodically managed network of ten regional cultural and educational centers of Jewish culture, which will showcase the unique cultural heritage of the Czech Republic. Regional centers of Jewish culture will be created in seven regions in the following locations: Úštěk, Jičín, Brandýs nad Labem, Plzeň, Březnice, Nová Cerekev, Polná, Boskovice, Mikulov and Krnov. The project is co-financed by the EU and the European Fund for Regional Development.
Exhibition of works by Israeli artist Chedva Meroz
Vernissage of the exhibition with the attendance of Václava Janečková, author, writer and researcher
The exhibition presents the activities of The Documentation Centre for Property Transfers of the Cultural Assets of WW II Victims, p.b.o. The task of this institution is the research into the problematics of cultural assets stolen or confiscated from the victims of the II World War, identification of these assets and the questions connected with their restitution to the rightful owners or their descendants. The visitor is acquainted through texts and photographic material with the fate of particular art collections and with the fate of their owners.
Friday Service – open to public
Koncert klezmerové muziky v podání východoslovenské folklorní kapely
Concert of klezmer music in the interpretation of an east -Slovakian folk band
Lenka Lichtenberg, a Canadian singer who in her childhood was a star of Semafor Theater under the name Lenka Hartlova, will take you on a journey covering traditional Jewish songs her own compositions as well a s modern music.