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First Summer University of Judeo-Spanish in Paris

From July 8 to 13, 2012 at the CENTRE EDMOND J SAFRA in Paris, presentation of the full richness of Sephardic culture through language, cooking and singing workshops, lectures and round tables, shows, screenings and a multimedia exhibition …

VIIth Summer University of the Institut Maïmonide – Montpellier

From July 5 to 12, 2012 at the Espace cultuel hébraïque médiéval of the Institut Maimonide - Lecture, talk and concert …

Norbert Glanzberg, his “own carousel”

June 13, 2012, musical conference on Norbert Glanzberg, and his fascinating story told in pictures and music by Serge Glanzberg, his son …

Judeo-Comtadian songs pardes [from heaven]

February 18, 2012 at 8:45pm and February 19, 2012 at 4pm at Espace Rachi in Paris, concert by the Nekouda ensemble, in partnership with CFMJ (currently IEMJ) …

Kaddish Concert

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27, 2011, 6:00 PM WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 30, 2011, 8:30pm Union Libérale Israélite de France – 24 rue Copernic – 75116 Paris …

Baroque Jewish Music – Venice, Mantua, Amsterdam (1623 – 1774)

This CD, edited in homage to Israel Adler, includes 13 compositions by Salamone Rossi, Abraham Caceres and Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti, that witness the beauty of Jewish musical practice in Italy and Amsterdam, from the Baroque period to the beginning of the galant style …

The CFMJ at the Festival of Jewish Culture in Paris

Conferences, round table and concerts : find all the events co-organized by the CFMJ at the Festival of Jewish Culture in Paris, on June 29 and 30 2011. Wednesday June …

Kol Nidré – 8 visions

Apart from the traditional Ashkenazi version of Kol Nidre played by Armand Benhamou and the Copernic Choral Ensemble, this CD offers seven other musical versions of the famous Yom Kippur prayer …

Serge Kaufmann – Ima ou la mère dépossédée (IMA OR THE DISPOSSESSED MOTHER)

Is it possible to write Jewish music without using one traditional theme? This is the bet taken, and won, by Serge Kaufmann, who gives us with this CD a work colored with strong Jewish accents …

Jacques Grober – Yiddish songs from yesterday and today

Jacques Grober, one of the few French authors, composers and performers to have renewed the repertoire of Yiddish song over the last thirty years, writes songs about our lives …

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