Mini teater and Jewish Cultural Centre
Križevniška 1-3
Ljubljana
INVITATION TO THE EVENTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY – SHOAH – WE REMEMBER 2017
We cordially invite you to join us at the commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day – Shoah – We remember 2017 which will take place 26th January 2017 at 18.00 at Mini teater and Jewish Cultural Centre, Križevniška 1/3.
THURSDAY, 26.1.2017
18.00 – 18.40
COMMEMORATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
MINI TEATER/JCC, KRIŽEVNIŠKA 1
PROGRAMME:
- MAURICE RAVEL – KADDISH:
Performed by the violinist ANJA BUKOVEC and the opera singer NUŠKA DRAŠČEK
Kaddish is a Jewish prayer for the dead.
- READING OF THE NAMES OF SLOVENE VICTIMS OF HOLOCAUST, read by ROBERT WALTL
Traditional reading of all the names of Slovene victims of Holocaust.
18.40 – OPENING OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION BY JOŠKO PRINČIČ “REMEMBRANCE STONES – JEWISH CEMETERY IN ROŽNA DOLINA”, JCC, KRIŽEVNIŠKA 3
FRIDAY, 27.1.2017
11.30
You are also very welcome to join us on Friday, 27th January at 11.30 on Židovska steza 4.
UNVEILING OF THE MEMORIAL PLAQUE AT ŽIDOVSKA STEZA 4 IN LJUBLJANA
The City Municipality of Ljubljana and the Jewish Cultural Centre will unveil a memorial plaque in memory of the former Jewish community of Ljubljana at Judovka steza 4 in Ljubljana, where three used to be Ljubljana’s former Synagogue. The plaque will be unveiled by the mayor of Ljubljana, mister Zoran Jankovič, and the director of the Jewish Cultural Centre, mister Robert Waltl. Guest of honour and speaker will be dr. Andrej Pančur. This will be the first memorial commemorating the historical presence of the Jewish community in the capital city of Slovenia.
You are also kindly invited to:
WEDNESDAY, 25.1.2017, 17.30 – Presentation of the novel Boarding House by the Polish writer Piotr Pazinski.
FRIDAY, 27.1. 2017, 20.00 – Slovene premiere of the theatre performance The Jewish Dog.
TUESDAY, 31. 1. 2017, 19:00 – Presentation of the book The Land of Shadows: Memory of Deportation and Disappearance of the Jewish Community in Prekmurje, published with the help of the Academy of Design and Education WIZO in Haifa, and the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU). In the new edition, the authors Oto Luthar and Martin Pogačar talk about the fate of Jew form Prekmujre during the war, and Israeli students Yara Hirsh and Natalie Shimony, who also took care of the book design, add their own interpretation of that part of history. The work on this joint project, initiated by Alenka Suhadolnik, former ambassador of Slovenia in Israel, was caught on camera by the director Hanna Szentpeteri who then made a touching documentary.
WEDNESDAY, 8. 2. 2017, 20.00 – English premiere of the theatre performance The Jewish Dog.
RSVP for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017
+386 1 425 60 60 or info@mini-teater.si
Looking forward to welcoming you!
