Stories of Humanity (The Righteous Among the Nations in Moravia)
An evening dedicated to the theme „Czechs Righteous Among the Nations“ will present the stories of rescuers and rescued who have been awarded the title Righteous Among the Nations. Attention will be paid in particular to the Moravian region, which is also represented in this regard.
Rabbi Löw and the Golem: The Story That Began in Moravia
The lecture will introduce the personality of Rabbi Yehuda Levy ben Bezalel (c. 1525-1609), known as the Maharal or Rabbi Löw, one of the most important Jewish thinkers associated with the Czech lands. The lecture by historian Dana Vedra will focus on his Moravian influence, intellectual contribution and the origin of the legend of the Golem, which became associated with his personality only in later times.
Andrew Keene in Brno
Andrew Keene from Haifa, Israel, will present as its trustee the present-day organisation and museum of the Memorial Scrolls Trust based at Westminster Synagogue. He will not fail to highlight the output of small Israeli businesses and, as he says, his mission is to showcase the soul and spirit of Israel through products that are as unique as the stories of those who create them. Julius Müller of the Toledot Center will provide dialogue and translation from English.
Artificial Intelligence and Holocaust Memory
Philosopher and ethicist Štefan Oreško (Slovak Academy of Sciences) and historian Táňa Klementová will present the challenges that modern technology brings to museums and how to work sensitively with historical truth in the digital era. The debate is not only for technical enthusiasts. It is for anyone interested in how technology is changing our perception of truth, the past and human responsibility.
Guided tour with Martin Reiner
Guided tours of the exhibition spaces have already become an integral part of our programme offer. Individual speakers choose different forms and expand it with various interesting facts. This time Martin Reiner, Director of the Mehrin Foundation, will enrich the lecture with the presentation of the brochure Mehrin - Little Mehrin. Why these two titles, and what exactly is the content of this publication? Where is it available and for how much? Admission is voluntary.
Otte Wallish: From Znojmo to Tel Aviv
The exhibition Otte Wallish: From Znojmo to Tel Aviv by Eva Janáčová is symbolically presented by the Jewish Museum Malý Mehrin on the occasion of Otte Wallish's 120th birthday. Come and meet the artist who linked the modern avant-garde with the birth of a new state. You will see dozens of his posters, advertisements and designs that he created up to the 1970s. His work is not just art, it is a chronicle of an extraordinary journey.
The opening will take place on Monday, 30 March at 6 pm in the Little Mehrin.
White Places of Jewish Moravia and Slovakia
The third annual White Places conference brings back to common memory the stories of people, places and communities from Moravian and Slovak Jewish history. As preserved archival documents and oral sources show, the border between Moravia and Slovakia was never a sharp dividing line - on the contrary, it was a space of strong family, commercial and religious ties.
Hebrew with joy - discussion with Simona Pöder Innerhofer
In this talk, we will introduce Hebrew from its written beginnings and touch on its entire development to the modern language. We will also focus on how Hebrew was used in Moravia - especially in the 19th and 20th centuries. We will take a closer look at the work of the physician Gideon Brecher, the Hebraist Moritz Steinschneider and the famous Chief Rabbi Richard Feder, who was born in Václavice near Benesov but worked in Brno for many years until his death.
Admission is voluntary.
Guided tour of the permanent exhibition
The March tour of the permanent exhibition with historian Jakub Kříž will focus on important, now somewhat forgotten, Jewish architects of the 19th and early 20th centuries whose work left a distinctive mark on the streets of the Moravian cities of Brno, Olomouc and Jihlava. Admission is voluntary.