In 2024, at the invitation of the organizers of the “Forgatag” event in Târgu Mureș, we held for the first time the event titled “Jewish-Armenian Gastronomic and Cultural Fusion,” the first of its kind in the cultural life of the city. Why with the Armenians? Because details...
Finally, it exists and we are using it! What? The audio guide, available in four languages (Hungarian, Romanian, Hebrew, English). Using the numbers, you can walk around the museum (the longer version) or just listen to some of the exhibits. Engineer and university professor László Lefkovits details...
The synagogue has reopened its doors, this time for a jazz concert. Three young men (Ștefan Ormenișan, Iszlai Tamás, Alex. Cioată), who make up the MINDTHEGAP TRIO, held a special acoustic evening filled with light shows in the synagogue, which was packed (mainly with young people).
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It was an extraordinary Saturday prayer, because from the weekly section "Pinchász" "Röhrig Géza, actor, writer, and poet laureate of the Kossuth Prize (his latest book – "semmike-dalok," Jelenkor Publishing House, 2025 was presented in Târgu details...
Just like last year, this year too, on the initiative of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania, a roundtable discussion was held in Târgu Mureș (as well as in other communities across the country) as part of the "KESHET = RAINBOW" initiative, we held a roundtable discussion details...
Over the past two millennia, many traditions have developed around Lag BaOmer (in English: the thirty-third day of the Omer), but one thing is certain: the 33rd day of the Omer count, which lasts from Passover to Shavuot, is a day of multiple celebrations.
In ancient Israel, the barley
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This year our Jewish museum joined the national "Night of Museums" event. Without comment, the more than 1000 visitors is a telling number !
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May 16, 2025
As every year in the month of May, we commemorate our family members who perished in the Holocaust. We lit candles and read the names of the parents and relatives of those still alive. But this year, there was more, as we moved from the synagogue to the former Jewish Cultural Centre
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Archiving
We have completed the cataloging and digitization of the communitie`s archives. It was about six months of work, thanks to the Mr. Attlia Gidó, a respected historian from Cluj-Napoca, researcher at the Romanian National Institute for the Study of National Minorities in
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Passover 5785
The "Festival of Passing Over" (Hag HaPesach) takes place this year between April 12–20. The holiday commemorates how Jewish slaves were spared from the final biblical plague—the death of the firstborn—by marking their homes with lamb's blood, causing
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Purim 5785
A relatively small but enthusiastic group of community members celebrated this year's Festival of Lots, the Purim holiday. The organizers, László Dub (community president) and Judith Heimann, did everything to ensure we could celebrate a different kind of Purim again. details...
We celebrated the oldest member of our congregation, Aunt Judith Kesztenbaum, on her 100th birthday in a pleasant, warm, and cheerful atmosphere, with her son András and his wife also present from Israel. Aunt Judith was greeted by László Dub, the president of our congregation, details...
We were deeply saddened to learn of the sudden death of Oszkár Rubin, a fundamental member of our community. He was an extraordinary, true HUMAN BEING!!!!
His funeral will be held on February 20, 2025.
May he rest in peace
The attached photograph was taken on January 27, 2024.
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details...This year, on January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a group from our community combined the commemoration with a film screening. In the film "Ambassador of Remembrance" (directed by Magdalena Zelasko), Stanislaw Zalewski, a member of a Polish resistance details...
ANNOUNCEMENT
To the esteemed members or sympathizers of the Jewish Community of Târgu Mureș who have relocated from Mureș and Harghita counties,
As most of you know, one of the main concerns of the Jewish Community of Târgu Mureș (CE TgM) is the restoration of the Great
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On the evening of November 6, 2024, Mr. Silviu Vexler, the president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania, was the guest of the Jewish Community in Târgu Mureș. The discussions focused on the upcoming parliamentary elections, the situation of communities across the country, and details...
At the initiative of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania, a roundtable discussion on traditional Jewish texts took place in Târgu Mureș (as well as in other communities across the country) as part of the "KESHET = RAINBOW" event, because "as a people, we express our details...
The Tiberius Quartet held an extraordinary concert in the synagogue in memory of Péter Kozma, a cellist who passed away at a young age. The music was a true attunement to the approaching Yom Kippur. I should note: the concert ended before the start of the holiday!
To all website readers:
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On October 9th, the Romanian Day of Commemoration for Jewish Victims, candles were lit at the Holocaust memorial in Târgu Mureș in memory of the 6 million European Jews, including the Romanian victims. At the event, prayers were recited in Hebrew and Romanian. History teacher Prozan details...
Shana Tova u Metukah for all website visitors
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The photos were taken by Miklós Grünstein
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Jewish-Armenian Gastro-Cultural Mix
September 1, 2024
In Târgu Mureș - Jewish-Armenian Gastro-Cultural MixAt the invitation of the organizers of the "Târgu Mureș Whirl," our community organized a "Jewish-Armenian Gastro-Cultural Mix"
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The "Kaddish Andreas Pollak" collection brought from Germany consists of 40 small bronze sculptures, graphic works, and textile pieces, created by: Vandanyan Armen, Marek Josef, Gyarmathy János, Rétfalvi Sándor, Denzen Barsboldt, Salman Mark, Solti Gizella, Széchenyi details...
In the Spirit of Respect and Gratitude
Sebestyén-Spielmann Mihály Becomes Honorary Citizen of Târgu Mureș
As per tradition, during the Târgu Mureș Days, honorary citizenship titles were ceremoniously presented details...
The conference was moderated by Attila Gidó. The first lecture was given by Enikő Orsolya Nagyi, who spoke about the economic plundering of the Jews of Northern Transylvania between 1940 and 1944. In her presentation, she mentioned several large entrepreneurs and industrialists of Jewish origin details...
On May 16th of this year, a team from the Museum of Architecture in Budapest requested permission to present an album titled "Raise Me a Roof," featuring synagogues from the Carpathian arc, which included the synagogue from Târgu Mureș, with text in Hungarian and English.The co-author, details...
The "Association for the Preservation of the Affaltrach Synagogue" was founded on May 3, 1985, which set itself as its most important task to save the dilapidated building of the former synagogue from final degradation, the main objective achieved on September 12, 1988 by establishing the details...
The Acceptance of the Pollák Donation (16-19 October 2023)
On 1 September 2023, following the photo-documented information sent by Monica Pollak and engineer Ferenc Incze from Germany, László Dub, president of the Jewish community in Târgu Mureș, presented a proposal details...
With the occasion of the second edition of the World Monuments Day, and thanks to the initiative of the museologist Orbán János, the events of this year were focused around the Jewish architecture of Tärgu Mures , from the end of the 19th century and the first half details...
The Jewish Community of Targu Mures took part in the celebration of 110 years since thebirth of the poet Radnóti Miklós (1909-1944). Mr. Radnóti died during the Holocaust in a
labor camp. During the event organized by the Harghita county library (named Kájoni János)
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In 2018 (5779 by the Jewish calendar) , during the holidays of Hanukkah , our community received very special guests from the Romanian Jewish Community , namely Mr. Eduard Kupferber , secretary general , the chief rabbi Rafael Shaffer, and the cantor , Mr. Pusztai Emanuel. They were joined details...
The Jewish community was again this year a partner of the ``Targu Mures Wirlabouts``. Also this year the location was our Status Quo Synagogue,
where the historian, writer and publicist Sebestyén Spielman Mihály gave a very interesting lecture about the history of the Targu Mures
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For the fourth time, the Targu Mures Synagogue was chosen as the location for a chamber
music concert sustained by the Sighisoara Music Academy, led by maestro Alexandru
Gavrilovici. This time those who entertained us were the "Paret Quartet" (Andrea Duca –
violin,
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Seder 2018
Seder 2018
If my memory serves me right, except the festival of Hanukkah,Passover is the other Jewish holiday that fills the synagogue and tpraying hall. No wonder since it is the evening of order and
arrangement, the Passover Seder. While reading the Haggadah(which
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Also this year { 2018 – 5778 ( by the Jewish calendar ) } we celebrated the Purim (Lots ) in a familiar atmosphere. We remembered how Haman (cursed be) tried to destroy the Jews of the Persian Empire, because we were different … but thanks to Queen Esther (all this happens in the fifth details...
Rosh Hashanah is the first and second days of the first Jewish month of Tishrei. It marks the beginning of the Jewish new year. The celebration of this holiday is marked with solemnity, as it is the day on which the whole world is judged for the coming year. Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of the world, details...
