European Day of Jewish Culture (6 September 2026)

Teatro San Leonardo

via San Vitale 63

• 21.30 Jewish Jazz – Dialogues With Gabriele Coen and Ziad Trabelsi

Great Synagogue

via Mario Finzi 2

Opening

• 10.00 Sounds of love Progetto Davka, curated by Maurizio Di Veroli
• 10.20 Official welcome Chaired by Enrico Franco
• 11.30 Jewish declensions of love With Marco Moshe Del Monte
• 15.30 Guided tour of the synagogues and the ghetto Organised by the Jewish Community of Bologna and Bologna Welcome Booking required: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• 16.00 The practice of the embrace – First steps in tango Free beginners’ class, with Roberta Beccarini and Pablo Moyano. Introduced by Furio Biagini Booking required: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Fondazione delle Scienze Religiose

via San Vitale 114

• 12.00 Food, a bridge of love Show cooking by Tzela Rubinstein and Shady Hasbun. Introduced by Alberto Melloni

Salaborsa

Piazza del Nettuno 3

Love from the Bible to the present day

• 15.30 A web of possible bonds Presentation of the participatory art installation created in the workshop “Di amore e altri legami”, on art and philosophy for children, curated by Sara Gomel
• 15.45 Children ask, religions answer With Alfonso Arbib, Daniela Di Carlo, Imam Yahya Sergio Yahe Pallavicini, Matteo Maria Zuppi. Chaired by Enrico Franco
• 17.00 “Love your neighbour” – From Leviticus to everyday life With Paola Cavallari, Roberto Della Rocca, Simona Vinzi. Chaired by Raffaella Di Castro and Michelle Nahum Sembira

Jewish Museum of Bologna

via Valdonica 1/5

Shir HaShirim

• 17.30 Marc Chagall’s Song of Songs – A love story Compagnia “Il Ruggiero”, with Emanuela Marcante and Daniele Tonini
• 18.00 Of love, scents and pomegranates – Three women’s readings of the Song of Songs Exhibition opening; on view from 6 September 2026 to 10 January 2027

Piazza del Memoriale della Shoah

Musical crossings around love

• 19.00 Roots in the wind, tango in the heart Performance by Roberta Beccarini and Pablo Moyano
• 19.30 – 20.15 Stories of Jews and tango Musical storytelling with Furio Biagini and the Milongaires trio
• 20.15 – 21.00 Tango, a passion that heals With Roberto Nicchiotti and the dancers of L’Oltre Tango
• 21.30 Romani music between memory and cultures in dialogue Romani Project ft Alexian Group, curated by Santino and Gennaro Spinelli
• The ways of love Directed by Valentino Corvino, conductor and solo violin. Cristina Zavalloni, soprano and narrator. Orchestra Fondazione Luciano Pavarotti