The theme is "Love" and explores how love has been a beating heart and sustaining force in Jewish civilization through the centuries. September 6, 2026 will be the day.
The European Day of Jewish Culture is an annual festival held across dozens of European countries to celebrate Jewish heritage, and it features concerts, guided tours of historic sites, and food tastings. The goal is to promote cultural understanding and open doors to local Jewish communities.
Porto's Jewish Museum is already preparing the event. Porto features massive local programming, including tours of the Kadoorie Synagogue (the largest in Iberia), the Jewish Museum, and the Holocaust Museum.
It is rare worldwide and mainly in Europe for Jewish communities to run cultural centers, libraries, and museums at the same time. The exact combination of institutions managed by the Jewish Community of Oporto - including an art gallery, a cinema, and both a Jewish and Holocaust Museum—is a unique, large-scale operation.
Associated activities and events continue across the year in Porto.
