The collections
The collections of the European Institute of Jewish Music (EIJM) are available to all from the Halphen multimedia library in Paris or online with the Rachel catalogue. Associated center to the National French Library (BNF), Rachel is the collective catalogue of the European network of Judaica and Hebraica libraries. It was created in 2004 by the Alliance Israélite Universelle’s library, the Maison de la culture yiddish – Medem Library and the Library of the Séminaire Israélite de France.
Located in Paris 13, the Henriette Halphen media library is open to the public from Monday to Thursday by appointment.
The online catalogue provides access to over 80,000 recordings of Jewish music, 380,000 pages of sheet music, 1,000 books,…
Focus on some treasures of our collections (CDc, books, sheet music) to deepen the encounter with Jewish music
Our latest acquisitions
PERPETUEL KLEZMER – DENIS CUNIOT
Musique et musiciens de bal – Isaac Strauss au service de Napoléon III
Silent Tears – The Last Yiddish Tango
