Jewish Cultural Centre Belgrade

6.2.27.2. Thursday at the House of the Legation (Kneza Mihaila 46) u 19 sati. The opening will be attended by the artists Nikola Radić Lucati (Serbia, http://www.nikolaradiclucati.com/), Dina Oganova (Georgia, http://dikarka.ge/ ) i Witja Frank (Germany, Poland http://www.witja.de/).

Within the framework of the running three-year programme, Belgrade is, after Girona and Wroclaw, third host-city of the selection of artworks of the guest artists and the winners of the public competition from 2019.

The idea of the project initiators, the European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture and Heritage – AEPJ was to offer a new point of view on this culture and its heritage in several European cities, through the artistic works, and photography in particular. Together with partners from Bruxelles, Zaragoza, Girona, Wroclaw, Tbilisi, Belgrade and Sighet, a mapping application for representative Jewish stories, landmarks and sites was produced, as a new media guide aimed at the inhabitants as well as the physical and virtual visitors of this unique tour. In the desire to exith the exclusively digital space and to have this subject realized through the contemporary art as well, a call for artists was issued, to have the works on the subject od Jewish heritage produced from their own perspective. The works of the selected artists are the part of the exhibition which is now reaching Belgrade, and is produced through "Tačka komunikacije", a local project partner organization. 

The focus of the exhibition is the work of a local artist, Nikola Radić Lucati, selected to represent Serbia in this project, and who is recognized by the local audience for his specific exhibiting practice and always innovative approach in the presentation of his subjects. The visitors will have the opportunity to see the works of Dina Oganova, Daniel Grunfeld, Agnieszka Trachevska and Israel Arino as the representatives of the partner countries in this project. The second selection showcases the works that were shortlisted in the competition categories. From Now: Presence at Present i From the Past: Pictures with History.

On the occassion of the festive opening on February 6^th, a panel talk will be held with the artists and collaborators on the project. The inspiration for the works as well as the range of possibilities for theunderstanding of Jewish culture today and the presentation of its rich cultural heritagepresent throughout Europe. The editor of the programme in Belgrade is curator of the DKSG Gallery Maida Gruden. The project is supported through the Creative Europe and by the Ministry of Culture and Information of Serbia. The exhibition will be open through the 27th of February. Read more >>>

29.December, Sunday, 19h, Cultural Center of Belgrade (Kolarčeva 6) Channukah celebration and an exclusive pre-premiere of the "J' Accuse" by Roma Polanski. 19:00h cocktail 20:00h Screening of "J' Accuse" , Introduction: Marjan Vajda, film director.

Tickets reservations: Sara - 0605595512, Ivona - 0605595502 or at: sekretar@jobeograd.org

7.11 Exhibition opening: Thursday, November 7^th at 19.00h ARTGET Gallery, Trg republike 5/I. The exhibition will be open from November 7^th – 28^th. 2019.

Artist talk:
Friday November 8th 2019, 18:00h – Frederic Brenner discusses his work
Participating: Frederic Brenner and Vojin Mitrović, printer, Moderated by: Vesna Danilović, Translation available. More at KCB >>>

This year's art program will be opened by the exhibition "Preservation and renewal - The Bauhaus and the buildings of the International style in Tel Aviv" at the Cultural Centre "Laza Kostić" gallery in Sombor. Tel Aviv, a modern, mediterranean city preserves more than 4000 buildings made in this reductive style, with clear lines, known as the capital of the Bauhaus architecture. During the festival days, and with the generous help of the Israeli embassy, we will have the opportunity to get to know the basic principles of the Bauhaus architecture, at the travelling exhibition featuring some to the buildings most representative of this minimalist style.

The exhibition was made possible by the Embassy of Israel in Serbia.

18.622.6  Belgrade Synagogue, Maršala Birjuzova st 19. Just like during the previous years, the festival will be held in the beautiful ambiance of the garden of Belgrade's only Synagogue. Apart from us, who have started this festival, and are running it with joy, we will have a band of young musicians, the "Antara" band, very sought after in Israel. The Turumtay-Zarić band from Vienna is featured as well. The theatre play "Addressee unknown" will be performed.  The admission is free.

18.6 Tuesday, 20:30h, Shira utfila (Serbia, Israel, India)

19.6 Wednsday, 20:30h, Turumtay - Zaric duo (Austria)

20.6 Thursday, 20:30h, Antara (Israel)

23.6 Saturday, 21:30h, Theatrical play: "Addressee unknown".

14.6 Friday, Sukat Shalom Synagogue, Maršala Birjuzova st 19, at 18h. We invite you to a joint performance of two choirs - Baruch Brothers form Belgrade and Evenu from Israel, with a repertoire consisting of various genres from the rich Jewish musical tradition.

European Association for Preservation of Jewish Cultural Heritage - AEPJ, EU Programme for Culture and Media - CUMEDIA, Call de Girona, Tačka Komunikacije and  partner organizations from Spain, Poland, Georgia, Hungary, and Serbia have started the "Parallel traces" project, and within its framework, a prize-winning contest for original artworks, on which you can find more info at this link. 

8.4 at 20:00 h, Sava Center, Belgrade. The Batsheva Ensemble will perform the Ohad Naharin choreography "Sadeh 21" at the Belgrade dance festival. "…Gaga, the innovative movement language devised by Naharin over many years. He has said that Gaga is “not just about making you a better athlete.” It’s about “delicacy, small gestures, going beyond the daily.” It’s about form, and it must come from inside the dancer, whose experience of life will determine the shape and tone of the movement. It sounds a bit mystical until you see it in action. Yet the 75-minute “Sadeh21” seems a lot more than a dry demonstration of a movement system. Despite the absence of narrative elements, the various episodes (Sadeh can be translated as a field or section) abound in flashes of humanity, vignettes as fleeting as they are suggestive…"

4.4 On Thursday, at the Center for Cultural Decontamination, Pavillion Veljković, Birčaninova st 21. The promotion of the book "Jasenovac" by Ivo Goldstein, published by Akademska Knjiga will be held. Participants in the promotion: Latinka Perović, Milan Koljanin, and the author.

The monograph "Jasenovac" by Ivo Goldstein was written at a time when historical revisionism is in full swing. Nationalists, depending on their provenance, insist that the Jasenovac was not a death camp; moreover, they resorted to a fabrication that it was only in 1945 that it became a killing site, while, on the other hand, the number of Jasenovac victims is being increased morbidly. Many will, therefore, experience the book "Jasenovac" by Goldstein as a polemic against revisionist outbursts. It is not the case for two basic reasons. First, revisionism - independent of whether it tries to deny the criminal nature of the Ustasha regime or if an entire nation tries to stigmatize another as a criminal - is not worth arguing with.

2.4 Tuesday, from 18h at the National Library of Sarbia (Skerlićeva st 1).

The programme will open with a panel talk on the opus of Amos Oz at the atrium of the National Library of Serbia. The panelists: Vida Ognjenović, Ivan Ivanji and Filip David. The screening of the Israeli documentary film "On the nature of dreams" is at 20h at the library amphitheater.

20.3. at 17:30h at the cafe-bar "16", Cetinjska 15a. The call of organization "Haver": We are inviting everyone to join us at the Midrasha humanitarian action we are making on Purim - the Jewish holiday on which it is a custom to prepare presents to the disadvantaged.
"Sixteen" is no ordinary Belgrade cafe, but a social company that has established the Center for Youth Integration and is advocating for better social integration of children involved in the work and/or life in the street, as well as creating the support system for every endangered child. The cafe is giving the youth and children exiting the Halfway house necessary education and practice, as well as the possibilities of employment outside the cafe. "Sixteen" is giving them a chance to find work and leave the work and life n the street for good.
There is no participation fee for this event, all you need to do is to bring school supplies, hygiene products, sweets, wardrobe for children and youth, and have a drink, helping the future of the children become nicer and brighter.

5.5Soon to be released - the "My Jalija" by the author David Dača A. Alkalay, in the edition of the reputable publishing house "Čigoja press" from Belgrade. The book was edited by Mirjana Belić, Koročkin Davidović, and Radivoje Davidović.
The book contains stories from the Jewish mahala (neighborhood), on the Sephardic Jews who lived in Belgrade's Dorćol quarter known as Jalija, from the early 19th century until the beginning of WW2.

10.3 14:30h, Monday, 11th March ULUS gallery at Knez Mihajlova st. 37., Duration: 2 hrs, Price: 1200 rsd

Not many people know about the contributions of the Jewish community to Belgrade. If you want to hear stories about Belgrade’s first synagogue in Dorćol, to see some of the most beautiful art nouveau buildings or to hear about the modernist painting collection in the National Museum, join us for the two-hour walk around the city centre. Unfortunately, World War II has left atrocious consequences and has almost eradicated the Jewish community. But nonetheless, during this tour, we want to remember our common cultural heritage that contributes to Belgrade’s glory. The tour will be part of the programme that follows Nigel Swan’s exhibition, ‘Yellow Star Houses of Budapest’.

11.313.3At 19 and 21h Cinematheque, Uzun Mirkova st 1. Tickets 350rsd Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Ruth Wilson, Charlotte Rampling

Belgrade Irish Festival is proud to open its week of Irish movies with the first screening of the Little Stranger in Serbia and honored by the presence of its Oscar-nominated Irish director, Lenny Abrahamson who will be presented at the film and answer questions after.

During the long hot summer of 1948, a country doctor is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall, where his mother once worked. The Hall, which has been home to the Ayres family for more than two centuries, is now in decline and its inhabitants -- mother, son, and daughter -- are haunted by something more ominous than a deadly way of life. When he takes on his new patient, Dr. Faraday has no idea how close, disturbingly so, the family’s story is about to become entwined with his own. The title of the historical drama ‘The Little Stranger’ is an old-fashioned way to reference a baby, as in “awaiting the arrival of a little stranger.” But there are no babies in this movie, so the mystery of the old house is about to unfold.

16.3 11h, Smokvica, Jovanova 45. Join Irish author Lana Citron reading from her latest book while munching an erotic brunch and conversing amorously about cooking and books. Prize-winning author and scriptwriter Lana has published five novels, two non-fiction books and numerous short stories, plays, poems, film scripts, articles and book reviews. Her novels have been published in Europe and the US and translated into many languages. Sucker, Spilt Milk, Transit, The Honey Trap, and The Brodsky Touch. Her first non-fiction work, A Compendium of Kisses was named ’book of the week’ in The Economist, which described it as ‘an intellectual and indulgent treat; a wonderful and comprehensive book on all things osculatory’. Plays and scripts include The Love Saboteur and the multi-award winning short films was the Cigarette Girl and Hannah Cohen’s Holy Communion. The latter is currently used by 3 Faiths Forum in the educational program throughout the UK. She has written numerous articles for a wide variety of newspapers and magazines. In 2013, the Huffington Post hosted her blog The Diary of an Accidental Mother.

28.2The fifth movie by the director Dragan Marinković "The Leeches", is yet another adaptation on the works of Serbian authors. This time around, it is the eponymous novel by David Albahari. Produced by "Marebo" and "Zilion films" of Lazar Ristovski who is also starring in the film, "Inter film" from Croatia and "Punk film" from Macedonia.

Screenplay by Marinković, Albahari and Dušan Spasojević, with Nikola Đuričko as Petar Mirić. Supporting roles: Iva Mihalić, Marijana Jaković, Toni Mihajlovski... "Leeches" will have its premiere on Belgrade-s "Fest" on 28th Feb, and March 1st, after which it will feature in Cineplexx cinemas from March 2nd.

More on Fest 2019 website.

"Midrasha" course by the Haver Serbia organization at the Synagogue "Sukat Shalom", Maršala Birjuzova st. 19, events begin at 18:30h.

25.2 Monday, Lecture: Sephardic music of the Balkans, Stefan Sablić

26.2 Tuesday, Lecture: Yiddish music - from klezmer, through Broadway, to the contemporary authors, Milena Sablić

27.2 Wednesday, Workshop: Judaism in the songs of Leonarda Cohen, Dragana Stojanović, Sonja Viličić

Applications for the course until 24th of February, at the online form. More info: www.haver.rs

1.2 Friday, National Museum Belgrade, Trg Republike 1a, from 17h. On Sunday, within the week of the International Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust victims, we invite you to attend the promotion and discussion on the occasion of the book launch "The markers of Remembrance: Jewish Heritage and the Holocaust" published by the Jewish Historical Museum in Belgrade. The book "Markers of Remembrance: Jewish Heritage and the Holocaust" is the result of the work of 19 authors from Serbia and the abroad in the fields of culture, history, museology, arts, education, and the Holocaust, and from institutions such are: Ana Frank House, Amsterdam, Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade , The National Museum in Belgrade, Terraforming, the Institute for Recent History of Serbia, the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, Center for Holocaust Research and Education, Jewish Historical Museum in Belgrade, Faculty of Media and Communications, Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade and Haver Serbia . The authors of this publication are: dr Nevena Daković, dr Vera Mevorah, Vojislava Radovanović, dr Mirjana Nikolić, dr Aleksandra Milovanović, Nikola Radić Lucati, dr Boris Petrović, dr Nikola Krstović, dr Biljana Mitrović, dr Nikola Šuica, dr Mladenka Ivanković, Maša Seničić , Neda Radulović, Dr Dragana Stojanović, Sonja Viličić, Nevena Bajalica, Miško Stanišić, Marina Pejović and Gordana Grabež. Learn more >>>

The
Primadonna of the Opera, mezzo-soprano Nataša Jović Trivić is this year's winner of the "Breda Kalef" opera award which is awarded for the best-interpreted mezzo-soprano role in the previous season of the National Theater. It is also the only award for the singers for the mezzo-soprano roles in our country, and the contestants were the domestic and visiting singers who have performed during the past season in the National Theater opera. The jury composed of Breda Kalef, Jasmina Trumbetas Petrovic, Dragan Stevovic, Vesna Stefanovic and Mirko Levi unanimously decided that this year's Prize will be given to Natasa Jovic Trivic for the role of Ulrike in Verdi's "A Masked Ball". The award will be presented on Saturday, January 26, ahead of the performance of "A Masked Ball" by Giuseppe Verdi (Grand stage, 19h). The award will be presented by Breda Kalef. The previous laureates are Jelena Vlahović and Višnja Pavlović. Source: B92