Jewish Heritage

Mme Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe awarded the European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture and Heritage (AEPJ) the diploma of "Major Cultural Route of the Council of Europe" to the European Route of Jewish Heritage. The ceremony took place to recognize and promote Jewish Heritage, as an integral part of our European Cultural Heritage. It consisted in a formal award ceremony in the Council of Europe, with presences of the partner organisations' presidents, steering committee and European authorities, and the unveiling of a plaque in the synagogue of Pfaffenhoffen, which is one of the rare rural synagogues from the 18th century that has been preserved in Alsace. The ...

According to the first estimations, more than 180.000 visitors turned up! From the 16 participating countries which took part in the first year (2000)1, we have now gathered 30 countries this year2 including for the first time the Former Republic Yugoslav Republic Macedonia, Slovenia and Russia (Moscow and St Petersburg). This growing success of the Day is the result of the continuous and thorough work of over 10.000 volunteers and institutional persons: Jewish organisations, historical groups, tourist boards, local councils, museums, artists, students… In some countries, the preparation of the Day has been formally structured and thus enable its pereniality around a national organisation or institutional structure. It is the case of...