The Regiduria de Cultura i Benestar Social of the City Council of Palma organizes this Jewish Culture Program that takes place during the months of September and October 2019. With free activities that include cycles of cinema and projections of Jewish themes, conferences, guided tours, routes through the Jewish quarter of Palma and, among other things, gastronomic proposals such as tasting typical Sephardic desserts of the Jewish New Year.
Center Maimó ben Faraig, d’Interpretació dels Calls Jueus de Palma. Carrer de l'Almudaina, 9 A
Permanent exhibition: Els calls jueus de Palma
Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
More information: 971 22 55 99
September 1
12:00 h.
Open day at the Synagogue of Palma. Carrer de Monsenyor Palmer, 3
4th of September. Municipal Theater Catalina Valls
8:00 p.m. Cycle The Jewish world and cinema: El médico alemán, directed by Lucía Puenzo (Argentina, 2013) 98 ’. Language: Spanish
11 of September. Municipal Theater Catalina Valls
8:00 p.m. Cycle The Jewish World and Cinema: A Dangerous Method, directed by David Cronenberg (United Kingdom 2011) 93 ’. Language: Spanish
September 18. Municipal Theater Catalina Valls
8:00 p.m. Cycle The Jewish World and Cinema: El último metro, directed by François Truffaut (France, 1980) 128 ’. Language: Spanish
September 21st
10:00 h. (Catalan) and 5:00 p.m. (Spanish): Routes through the Jewish Quarter of Palma. With prior registration at 616 649 319/626 694 058. Meeting point: Center Maimó Ben Faraig (c. De l'Almudaina, 9 A). Duration: 2 hours
September 22
10:00 h. (Spanish) and 5:00 p.m. (Catalan): Routes through the Jewish Quarter of Palma. With prior registration at 616 649 319/626 694 058. Meeting point: Center Maimó Ben Faraig (c. De l'Almudaina, 9 A). Duration: 2 hours
12:00 h.
Open day at the Synagogue of Palma. Carrer de Monsenyor Palmer, 3
24th September. Cort Library
7:00 p.m. Lecture: La contemporaneïtat xueta, by Laura Miró, David Ginard and Margalida Bernat. Language: català
September 28
10:00 a.m. (English) and 5:00 p.m. (English): Routes through the Jewish Quarter of Palma. With prior registration at 616 649 319/626 694 058. Meeting point: Center Maimó Ben Faraig (c. De l'Almudaina, 9 A). Duration: 2 hours
September 29th. Can Balaguer
12:00 h. Celebration of the Jewish New Year: music and gastronomy
12:00 h. Concert of the Coral d’A clar
12:45 h. Gastronomic presentation: Menjar de resistència, by Tomeu Arbona
1:30 p.m. Polonski Band concert, traditional Klezmer music of Ashkenazi Jews based in Central and Eastern Europe
September 30th. Cort Library
7:00 p.m. Lecture: Genetics and history of the crypto Jews of Sepharad, by Inés Nogueiro (University of Porto) Language: Spanish
October 10 Municipal Theater Catalina Valls
8:00 p.m. Projections cycle of the Institute of Cultural Relations of the Balearic Islands-Israel: Sefarad, directed by Luis Ismael (Portugal, 2019) 90 ’VOSE
October 16 Municipal Theater Catalina Valls
8:00 p.m. Projections cycle of the Institute of Balearic-Israeli Cultural Relations: Documentary: The Jewish Experience, from Basavilbaso to New Amsterdam, directed by Miguel Kohan (Argentina, 2019) 84 ’VOSE
October 23 Municipal Theater Catalina Valls
8:00 p.m. Projections cycle of the Institute of Balearic Cultural Relations-Israel: Simon et Théodore, directed by Mikael Buch (France, 2017) 84 ’VOSE
Throughout the month of September you can taste the typical Sephardic desserts of the Jewish New Year at the Santosha Restaurant and Simply Delicious Restaurant.