1 September 2024

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Torino lead city of 2024 edition


EUROPEAN DAY OF JEWISH CULTURE
Torino lead city
14 – 15 SEPTEMBER 2024
The Family

An event that opens the doors of synagogues, museums, and Jewish sites.

Turin is the leading city, where the Day will be symbolically inaugurated in the presence of local and national authorities.


Also in Piedmont and Turin:
• Guided tours of the Synagogues of Alessandria, Asti, Carmagnola, Cuneo, Mondovì, and Saluzzo
10:00 am – 7:00 pm (every hour, last tour at 6:00 pm)
Cherasco: Visit to the Synagogue
10:30 am – 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm – 6:30 pm (every hour, last tours at 12:30 pm and 5:30 pm)
Chieri: Walk from the Ghetto to the Cemeteries
3:00 pm. Meet in Piazza Umberto I in front of the arch
Ivrea: Visit to the Jewish Cemetery
10:30 am – 4:30 pm (every hour, last tour at 3:30 pm)
Turin: Visit to the Jewish sections of the Monumental Cemetery
9:30 am. Meet at Corso Regio Parco 80, in front of the commemorative plaque to the victims of Nazi-Fascism
Turin: Walk around the houses of the old ghetto.


The website for this year’s European Day of Jewish Culture is now online at
www.ucei.it/giornatadellacultura,
where you can find sections dedicated to Turin as the lead event, itineraries on Jewish Italy,
and the national calendar of initiatives.

At this link, you can view the press review dedicated to the event:
The Family – Some insights on the theme “family” – UCEI

Here you can find the
Press Release of the Union of the Jewish Communities in Italy

In every family, from generation to generation, from celebration to celebration

Events, music and performances dedicated to this important event

Don’t miss it!

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