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The Cultural Legacy of Jewish Communities in Present-Day Turkey: Izmir

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The Jewish presence in Izmir—one of the oldest cities in the Mediterranean, formerly known as Smyrna—dates back to antiquity. The local Jewish community experienced an unprecedented period of prosperity, particularly during the seventeenth century, when Izmir became a major cultural, religious, and commercial center for Sephardic Jews. During the same period, the city also attracted followers of Sabbatai Zevi, the controversial founder of the messianic movement. 

 

An evening with Nesim Bencoya, Director of the Izmir Jewish Heritage Project, hosted by Michaela Sidenberg, Chief Curator of the Jewish Museum in Prague.

In association with the Instituto Cervantes de Praga.

Language: English.
Reserve a seat

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Maisel Synagogue, Maiselova 10, Prague 1
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The Jewish presence in Izmir—one of the oldest cities in the Mediterranean, formerly known as Smyrna—dates back to antiquity. The local Jewish community experienced an unprecedented period of prosperity, particularly during the seventeenth century, when Izmir became a major cultural, religious, and commercial center for Sephardic Jews. During the same period, the city also attracted followers of Sabbatai Zevi, the controversial founder of the messianic movement. 
 
An evening with Nesim Bencoya, Director of the Izmir Jewish Heritage Project, hosted by Michaela Sidenberg, Chief Curator of the Jewish Museum in Prague.
In association with the Instituto Cervantes de Praga.
Language: English.

More information…

Ladino—More than a Language: On the Culture of Sephardic Jews with Nesim Bencoya, Director of the Izmir Jewish Heritage Project

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Ladino—a form of fifteenth-century Castilian Spanish enriched with elements from Hebrew, Arabic, Greek and Turkish, as well as from Balkan and Romance languages—is the ancient language of Sephardic Jews. Despite a dramatic decline in the number of native speakers, its legacy remains alive. This is because Ladino is not just a language, but a powerful cultural code expressed through music, literature, clothing, culinary arts, life-cycle traditions, domestic culture, the organization of social life, and more.

 

With the aid of musical and visual examples, Nesim Bencoya will be sharing his personal and professional experiences and explaining the role that the language and its associated culture play in contemporary efforts to preserve Jewish cultural heritage in Izmir, Turkey.

 

Event hosted by Michaela Sidenberg, Chief Curator of the Jewish Museum in Prague.

In association with Instituto Cervantes, with simultaneous interpretation from English into Czech.
Reserve a seat



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Instituto Cervantes, Auditorium, Na Rybníčku 6, Prague 2
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Ladino—a form of fifteenth-century Castilian Spanish enriched with elements from Hebrew, Arabic, Greek and Turkish, as well as from Balkan and Romance languages—is the ancient language of Sephardic Jews. Despite a dramatic decline in the number of native speakers, its legacy remains alive. This is because Ladino is not just a language, but a powerful cultural code expressed through music, literature, clothing, culinary arts, life-cycle traditions, domestic culture, the organization of social life, and more.
 
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Event hosted by Michaela Sidenberg, Chief Curator of the Jewish Museum in Prague.
In association with Instituto Cervantes, with simultaneous interpretation from English into Czech.

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BURNING LOVE Israel Through the Lens of Karel Cudlín

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Open during the regular opening hours of the Jewish Museum in Prague, Klausen Synagogue, U Starého hřbitova 3a, Prague 1



Jewish Museum in Prague & 400 ASA

Curator: Michaela Sidenberg



A major exhibition by leading Czech documentary photographer Karel Cudlín brings together three decades of work capturing the dramatic transformations of life in Israel. A selection of nearly 200 photographs taken between 1996 and 2026 invites visitors on a powerful visual journey from the Golan Heights to the Sinai, revisiting many of the defining moments in the history of this ethnically and culturally diverse Middle Eastern country. Cudlín’s photographs are marked by an exceptional intimacy with everyday Israeli life. With a swift and inimitable photographic gesture, he cuts beneath the surface of the ordinary to reveal images of striking urgency and beauty—charged with tension, joy, vulnerability, and hope. Organized in cooperation with the 400 ASA photographic collective, the exhibition accompanies the first edition of Karel Cudlín’s eponymous photographic book, featuring an original text by renowned Israeli journalist and writer Tsur Shezaf.



Photograph: Karel Cudlín / 400 ASA

Makhtesh Ramon, 2024
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April 17 – September 6, 2026
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Open during the regular opening hours of the Jewish Museum in Prague, Klausen Synagogue, U Starého hřbitova 3a, Prague 1

Jewish Museum in Prague & 400 ASA
Curator: Michaela Sidenberg

A major exhibition by leading Czech documentary photographer Karel Cudlín brings together three decades of work capturing the dramatic transformations of life in Israel. A selection of nearly 200 photographs taken between 1996 and 2026 invites visitors on a powerful visual journey from the Golan Heights to the Sinai, revisiting many of the defining moments in the history of this ethnically and culturally diverse Middle Eastern country. Cudlín’s photographs are marked by an exceptional intimacy with everyday Israeli life. With a swift and inimitable photographic gesture, he cuts beneath the surface of the ordinary to reveal images of striking urgency and beauty—charged with tension, joy, vulnerability, and hope. Organized in cooperation with the 400 ASA photographic collective, the exhibition accompanies the first edition of Karel Cudlín’s eponymous photographic book, featuring an original text by renowned Israeli journalist and writer Tsur Shezaf.

Photograph: Karel Cudlín / 400 ASA
Makhtesh Ramon, 2024

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Open Synagogues Day

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The Jewish Museum in Prague is commemorating the 120th anniversary of its founding this year. To mark this occasion, we cordially invite you to Josefov for the Synagogue Open Day. This extraordinary day offers a unique opportunity to visit the entire exceptional complex of monuments in the Prague Jewish Town free of charge.

A rich accompanying program also awaits you throughout the day: music and dance, a new exhibition by photographer Karel Cudlín, a lecture on Jewish vegetarian cuisine, and a series of themed guided tours. Families with children will also find plenty to enjoy — an interactive scavenger hunt and theatre performances for younger visitors have been prepared.

Come and celebrate 120 years of the museum with us and discover the unique stories told by Prague’s Jewish monuments!



The event is held with the support of the Jewish Community of Prague.
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Free entry to all sites of the museum complex.
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The Jewish Museum in Prague is commemorating the 120th anniversary of its founding this year. To mark this occasion, we cordially invite you to Josefov for the Synagogue Open Day. This extraordinary day offers a unique opportunity to visit the entire exceptional complex of monuments in the Prague Jewish Town free of charge.

A rich accompanying program also awaits you throughout the day: music and dance, a new exhibition by photographer Karel Cudlín, a lecture on Jewish vegetarian cuisine, and a series of themed guided tours. Families with children will also find plenty to enjoy — an interactive scavenger hunt and theatre performances for younger visitors have been prepared.

Come and celebrate 120 years of the museum with us and discover the unique stories told by Prague’s Jewish monuments!

The event is held with the support of the Jewish Community of Prague.

More information…

Mir Kumen On (Poland, 1935)

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On the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish Museum in Prague, we invite you to the film series “Cinema Yiddishland,” which presents Yiddish culture as a living space and an inexhaustible source of artistic inspiration. The program connects pre-war films that evoke the long-vanished worlds of Eastern European Jewish communities with contemporary works for which Yiddish serves above all as a creative language.



Directed by Lodz native Aleksander Ford and financed by the Jewish Labor movement in Poland, Mir Kumen On (Children Must Laugh) is one of the few surviving documentaries about Jewish life in Poland before WWII. This institutional film was produced to raise funds for the Vladimir Medem Sanitarium which, noted for its modern and spacious facilities, stood as the embodiment of health and enlightenment, in striking contrast to the grim images of urban Polish-Jewish poverty.

The sanitarium's theme song, “Mir Kumen On” (Here We Come), punctuates the film with a sense of hope and accomplishment. The Bund's optimistic internationalism, exemplified by the children's endearing performances, permeates the film, creating powerful yet unintended ironies for post-Holocaust audiences.

A post-screening discussion will be led by Karolina Szymaniak, a leading Polish Yiddish scholar.

Language: Yiddish, with English and Czech subtitles, 63 min.



Online ticket purchase via GoOut or on the Ponrepo Cinema website.

Full admission – 120 CZK

Reduced admission – 100 CZK

Ponrepo Cinema members – 60 CZK


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Kino Ponrepo, Bartolomějská 11, Prague 1
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On the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish Museum in Prague, we invite you to the film series “Cinema Yiddishland,” which presents Yiddish culture as a living space and an inexhaustible source of artistic inspiration. The program connects pre-war films that evoke the long-vanished worlds of Eastern European Jewish communities with contemporary works for which Yiddish serves above all as a creative language.

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Language: Yiddish, with English and Czech subtitles, 63 min.

Online ticket purchase via GoOut or on the Ponrepo Cinema website.

Full admission – 120 CZK
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Ponrepo Cinema members – 60 CZK

More information…