Main Holdings

The JOSEPH SITBON COLLECTION

The Joseph Sitbon Collection includes about twenty 45 RPM records of Oriental music …

THE FEIGELES COLLECTION

This collection gathers 160 documents related to Ashkenazic music, including mainly CD's from Poland …

THE FRIDA AND MOTEK WASERMAN COLLECTION

This holding gathering 33 and 45 RPM discs was donated to the European Institute of Jewish Music by Mme Frida Waserman …

THE JACQUES ARNOLD COLLECTION

The Jacques Arnold collection is mainly composed of audio documents of liturgical music from the Ashkenazic rite …

THE HALPHEN COLLECTION

Since 2006, the EIJM houses the archives of Alice and Fernand Halphen, patrons and musicians, who held in Paris an important music salon between 1900 et 1960 …

THE HECTOR SABO COLLECTION

Choirmaster of the great synagogue of Strasbourg, musical and artistic director of the Jewish Choral of France, Hector Sabo hosted in 2017-2018 a serie of radio broadcasts on Jewish music on Radio Judaïca Strasbourg …

THE JACQUES KAPOTA COLLECTION

The Jacques Kapota collection, deposited by his son-in-law Michel Castiel, comprises over 150 vinyl discs and CD's …

THE COPERNIC COLLECTION

The Copernic collection gathers the videos of the "concert season", organised by the Copernic synagogue, since 2008. This collection has been deposited by Bruno Fraitag, Vice-President of ULIF-Copernic, then Vice-President of JEM Culture …

The Hélène Engel Collection

This collection includes nearly 220 radio programs by Hélène Engel dedicated to Jewish music, as well as a few tapes and CDs …

The Abbina-Diena Collection

Handwritten scores, books and discs on liturgical chants and Jewish musical traditions in Italy …

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