European Day of Jewish Culture 2025

The event opening doors of Synagogues, museums and Jewish sites

Events in Turin

Sunday, September 14, 2025

9:45 AM – Official opening and greetings from the Authorities

11:00 AM – 5:00 PM – Piazzetta Primo Levi, 12
Guided tours of Turin’s synagogues and the permanent exhibition of Piedmontese Jewish ritual art.

The People of the Book. Books and pamphlets from the Terracini Archive. On the occasion of the 2025 European Day of Jewish Culture, themed “The People of the Book”, the permanent exhibition will be enriched with books and pamphlets from the Terracini Jewish Archive

11:00 AM – Guided walk around the houses that were part of the city’s ghetto, no reservation required
Meeting point at Piazza Carlina (Carlo Emanuele II) no. 19

4:00 PM – Claudiana Bookstore, Via Principe Tommaso 1
Workshop for children and youth
The activity is free, reservation recommended at prenotazioni@torinoebraica.it

5:00 PM – Social Center, Piazzetta Primo Levi, 12
Conference “The Book from Generation to Generation. Le Dor Vador” with Ori Sierra and Rabbi Alberto Somekh, moderated by Anna Segre

7:00 PM – Social Center, Piazzetta Primo Levi, 12
Concert-performance Tiqqun by Project Davka, with Maurizio Di Veroli, Eleonora Graziosi, Daniele Ercoli and Desiree Infascelli

ADEI Wizo will manage a stand inside the Social Center with Judaica items, embroidered matzah placemats, Jewish cookbooks, and novels that have participated in various years of the “Adelina della Pergola” literary competition. The new production of Mondovì plates will also be available for purchase.

Along the Temple’s fence, quotations about the theme of the Book in Judaism

Information stands in front of the Synagogue managed by Jewish community associations

Thursday, September 18, 2025

5:00 PM – State Archives of Turin, Piazzetta Mollino 1
Meeting “The Jewish book as a material object and documentary source”. Followed by the inauguration of the exhibition “Jewish Books in Turin. Documents and books from the State Archives and the Terracini Jewish Archive”. The exhibition will remain open for the entire following month and will be accompanied by a calendar of guided tours.
Organized by University of Turin, Terracini Jewish Archive and State Archives of Turin.
More information at www.archivioterracini.it and on the event’s poster

Events in Piedmont

Sunday, September 14, 2025

• Guided tours of the synagogues in Alessandria, Asti, Carmagnola, Cuneo, Mondovì and Saluzzo from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM (hourly, last tour at 6:00 PM)
  Addresses: Alessandria, Via Milano 7 – Asti, Via Ottolenghi 8 – Carmagnola, Via Bertini 8 – Cuneo, Contrada Mondovì 20 – Mondovì, Via Vico 65 – Saluzzo, Via Deportati Ebrei.
• Cherasco: synagogue visits – Via Marconi 4 – from 10:30 AM to 6:30 PM, with break from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
  Tours are hourly, last morning tour at 12:30 PM and afternoon tour at 5:30 PM
• Chieri: in collaboration with the Public Administration and the Carreum Potentia cultural association, walk from the ghetto to the cemeteries at 3:00 PM.
  Meeting point in Piazza Umberto I in front of the arch
• Ivrea: walk through the street that hosted the city’s ghetto at 11:00 AM
  Meeting point at Via IV Martiri corner with Via Arduino
• Ivrea: visit to the Jewish cemetery at 3:30 PM
  Meeting point at the city cemetery, Via dei Mulini 30

The website for this edition of the European Day of Jewish Culture is www.ucei.it/giornatadellacultura where you can find information about Jewish Italy routes and the national calendar of initiatives.

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