For one week, the Jewish Quarter of Debrecen will come to life again, where between 6-11 May 2025, visitors will be able to get to know the Jewish people and their traditions. The programme of the Debrecen Jewish Cultural Days and Street Festival will include concerts, exhibitions, guided tours, children’s programmes and book presentations, as well as kosher cuisine.

Programmes:

6 May

5:00 p.m. “Common Silence” – Exhibition of György Király, painter

6:00 p.m.  “Jewish Wedding” with the Agyagbanda band

7 May 

4:00 p.m. “Beyond Forty, Travel Experiences, Travel Adventures in Forty Countries”,  Book launch by writer Zsuzsa Lackzó

6:00 p.m. “Back to Man” – Actress Vivien Edelényi’s Magda Szabó evening 

8 May

11:00 a.m. “Tradition, Heritage, Faith” – Opening Ceremony of the XXVI International Conference 

12:00 p.m.  Exhibition Opening – The Fate of Jewish Women Deported to Stadtallendorf

2:00 p.m.  Conference

7:00 p.m.  “Šnirele Perele” – Concert by Armenian Singer Karin Sarkisjan

9 May

5:00 p.m.  Lecture, Freedom is Not a Goal, but a Meansby Géza Röhrig

10 May

2:00 p.m. Conference

9:00 p.m. Anima Sound System

11 May

10:00 a.m.  Debrecen Dixieland Jazz Band

11:00 a.m.  Péter Gerendás

12:00 p.m.  Cooking experience with executive chef Szabolcs Balogh (Almavirág Restaurant)

1:30 p.m.  Book presentation of Géza Röhrig’s poetry collection

2:00 p.m.  Lóri Heit and his band

4:00 p.m.  Anna and the Barbies duo

5:30 p.m.  Zoltán Tordai and his band

Accompanying events:

10:30 a.m. Faith: a taste of the Torah at Kis Imaház (SmallPrayer House)

12:30 p.m. What you want to know about kosher at “Vágoda”

2:00 p.m.  Ask the rabbi!

3:00 p.m. Purity – thoughts on the exhibition of György Király at the Synagogue’s Gallery

3:30 p.m. The world of the ritual bath at the Mikve

Exhibitions:

György Király: Common silence at the Synagogue’s Gallery

The fate of Jewish women deported to Stadtallendorf at the Mikve

Children’s corner:

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.House of Creation with the Nature Museum and the Nature Conservation and Cultural Association for the Great Forest

11:30 a.m. Children’s performance about Matyi Kökény by Judit Új

2:00 p.m.  Experience cooking for children with executive chef Szabolcs Balogh (Almavirág Restaurant)

4:00 p.m.  Children’s performance titled “The boots of the little mouse”  by Judit Új

Public information about the events

• From the morning of May 8, 2025, the parking lot at the corner of Bajcsy Zsilinszky – Pásti Streets will be closed May 11, 24:00 until 10:00 a.m. .
• From 20:00 on May 9, 2025 until 24:00 on May 11, 2025, it is prohibited to enter Pásti Street from the direction of Hatvan Street.
• More information on the closures can be found here: https://fonixinfo.hu/…/debreceni-zsido-kulturalis-napok/

Date: 6-11 May
Location: Pásti Street

Source: visitdebrecen.com |Photo: Facebook – Papp László