Updates
Friday Lectures at ANU
The ANU Museum of the Jewish People has a long-standing tradition of Friday lectures. We are proud to continue this tradition and provide educational events
Public Events at ANU
Throughout the year, the ANU Museum of the Jewish People, with the support of the NADAV Foundation, hosted a variety of events for Russian-speaking Israelis:
The Guild – Accelerator for Russian-speaking Educators
Encouraging olim to continue working in education in Israel Over the past two years, hundreds of Russian-speaking educators have arrived in Israel: teachers, project managers,
“Resistance”-series of author’s film screenings by Elena Yakovich
In 2023, the ANU Museum with the support of the NADAV Foundation began a collaboration with famous director Elena Yakovich. Yakovich is the author of
About war and hope. Poetic performance
The war in Gaza has been ongoing for almost eight months and the war in Ukraine is in its third year. Society has become increasingly
Summit of the Russian-speaking Friends of the ANU Museum Community
Representatives of Jewish communities from 16 countries gathered at the ANU Museum from April, 29 to May, 1 2023 to participate in the first International
“The Walks” two edutaining camps in the ANU Museum
“The Walks” (formerly called “Wild Walks’’) Project with the assistance of the NADAV Foundation organized two edutaining camps for children and teenagers, most of whom
Festival “In Suitcase”
“In Suitcase” festival was founded In 2022 by a group of professionals, who had repatriated after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, as a
Second anniversary of the war in Ukraine
Two years have passed since the full-scale invasion of independent Ukraine by Russian occupation troops began on February 24. Throughout this ongoing conflict, the NADAV
“The story of Mulka Joffe”
In March, a special project of the J-Doc digital archive “The story of Mulka Joffe” was launched. The J-Doc archive collects documents about Jewish life
ANU Museum of Jewish People Hosts Semyon Altov’s Performance
On March 20th, visitors to the ANU Museum of Jewish People were treated to a rare performance by the legendary satirist, screenwriter, and comic, Semyon
“Women Who Held Flowers”
On March 8th, the International Women’s Day, ANU Museum of Jewish People screened the documentary “Women Who Held Flowers” by Ksenia Svetlova and Michael Veksel.
Family Festival “IN THE SUITCASE” at ANU
The third “In the Suitcase” festival, supported by the NADAV Foundation, was held during the Purim days in Tel Aviv at ANU’s Museum of the
The Year of Resilience
“We could have thrown away the white flag, but we chose to hold on to the blue and yellow one.” These words of Ukrainian President
Cinema club “Through Our Eyes”
On February 23rd, the ANU Museum of the Jewish people, in partnership with “Babel” bookstore and NADAV Foundation, held the final eleventh night of the
Russian-Language Cinema Club “With Your Own Eyes”
The first meeting of the “With Your Own Eyes” cinema club was held in April 2022 at the ANU — Museum of the Jewish People
“Notes of a Cosmopolite” — a film interview with Viktor Shenderovich
With the support of the NADAV Foundation, the film “Notes of a Cosmopolite” was released in 2022, in which the famous Russian satirist and publicist
The ANU Museum hosted a presentation of the “Da” Project (dadada.live)
The Hebrew word דע [da] is the imperative mood of the verb “to know, to recognize”. The authors of “Da” — historians and researchers —
A prisoner of conscience: a screening of “Anastasia” at ANU Museum
On December 6, 2022, the ANU Museum, with the support of the NADAV Foundation, hosted a private screening of the documentary “Anastasia”, featuring Russian activist
“As long as the poems sound, the poets are alive…”
On August 11, 2022, the ANU Museum of the Jewish People hosted a poignant literary performance titled “We mourn you with all the letters Alef-beis…”.
Presentation of the Book “Responsibility of the Elites, or Who Got Us Into This Mess”
On July 14, the ANU Museum of the Jewish People hosted the presentation of a book by Aleksander Ryklin titled “Responsibility of the Elites, or
SlovoNovo forum of Free Culture
The organizers of the SlovoNovo Forum of Free Culture at the ANU Museum had already planned in the preparatory phase of the project to use
New Wave Ukrainian Cinema in Israel
In April 2022, a series of film screenings dedicated to Ukraine were held at the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. The
Presentation of the J-DOC Project in ANU – Museum of Jewish People
On March 15, 2022, in the ANU, the Museum of the Jewish People, there was a presentation of the project J-DOC, which deals with the
Presentation of the book “HEROD: Ancient Authors on the King of Judea”
On March 10, the new book “HEROD: Ancient Authors on the King of Judea” was presented at ANU – Museum of the Jewish People. The
Celebrating Purim!
Purim is one of the most popular holidays for adults and children. And even if there is a war, children should not suffer, it was
When All the Songs are Favorite. A concert by Andrey Makarevich
On January 5, the ANU Museum of the Jewish People hosted a concert by Andrey Makarevich “Old and new songs”. The concert hall of the
ANU Museum hosted Yiddish Fest for the first time
For many hundreds of years, Yiddish has been the foundation of a rich and diverse culture, a unique Jewish identity. In December 2021, the ANU
Project Kesher
Project Kesher female activists from five cities in Israel participated in an amazing excursion by Lana Zilberman-Soloway on the topic of “Women in Judaism and
The FREEDOM AND UNFREEDOM IN CRITICAL TIMES
LIBERALISM AND ILLIBERALISM IN CENTRAL, EASTERN AND BALTIC EUROPE conference took place on October 14-15, 2021 in Tartu, Estonia. The conference was jointly organized by
Yahad-2021
The 15th Forum of Estonian Jewry Yahad-2021 was held in Pärnu from October 8 to 10 in cooperation with Nadav Foundation and ANU Museum of
Beauty Extraction Project
The Beauty Extraction Project tells us about the fine arts through the fates and works of Jewish artists and consists of 12 lectures. They are
“In the Footsteps of the Russian-Speaking Jewry” – an Online Quest for Everyone
Quests are one of the most popular entertainment formats that can also be used for education. At the ANU – Museum of the Jewish People
LET MY PEOPLE KNOW
On November 18, 2021, the first conference was held to address the missing legacy of Soviet Jewry in the public space of the State of
Autumn fairy tale at the ANU Museum
It really was a fairy tale! Along with the Chance for Life Foundation and the support of Nadav Foundation, we celebrated Sukkot, the favorite holiday
Tenth Session of the International Forum of Young Scholars on East European Jewry, Online (2021)
Since the Young Scholars Forum session (that was planned for July 1-4, 2021 in Wroclaw) was postponed to the following summer (2022) due to traveling
New post-doc at Nevzlin Center
In 2020, the Nevzlin Center announced a call for a post-doctoral Nevzlin Fellowship: During the 2021-2023 academic years for original research to be carried out
Uppsala University – Nevzlin Center’s new partner
In 2021, the Nevzlin Center established a new partnership with Uppsala University, Sweden. The first joint activity is an online book launch event for Early
Nevzlin Center becomes the publisher of EEJA
The Center became the chief publisher of East European Jewish Affairs (EEJA) in collaboration with Taylor and Francis in 2021. EEJA is the only periodical
Opening of ANU – Museum of the Jewish People
It was well worth the wait, and now you can’t allow yourself to miss it: after 10 years of extensive planning and renovations, the largest
US President Biden congratulates ANU with the opening
We are proud and moved to have received a personal message from the President of the United States, Joe Biden, honoring the opening of our
Aliens documentary
Soon will be out the documentary movie “Aliens” which production we completed at the end of 2020. The documentary dedicated to the so called “Doctors