JHN Moreshet Thematic ONLINE Seminar London

“JEWISH HERITAGE TOURISM”

The fifth JHN Moreshet Thematic Seminar – in London – will take place on Wednesday 1st December 2021 in an online version. The Seminar is going to focus on “Jewish Heritage Tourism”, dealing with different aspects related to this specific type of tourism. The online event will give the opportunity, through keynote presentations and case studies, to learn and identify the possibilities, outline problems and evaluate solutions in the area of tourism connected with Jewish Heritage.

The Seminar working sessions on 1st December are divided into morning and afternoon blocks. The morning session will begin with a review of the notion of Jewish Heritage Tourism and relate to the ongoing impact of covid, followed by presentations on models of educational tourism in Holocaust affected countries. The afternoon session will begin with a presentation on new thinking in heritage tourism as reflected in the Venice experience, followed by heritage tourism case studies from several countries including Turkey, and Romania and England, concluding with a review of the impact and possibilities of the digital revolution. The presentations will evaluate both good practices and lessons to be learned. At the end of each of the sessions, a concluding discussion will be held.

Project Steering Group Members: Malopolska Institute of Culture in Krakow (Poland), City of Wrocław (Poland), Worms - SchUM-Städte Ev (Germany), Hijar - Ayuntamiento de Híjar (Spain), Mantova - Comunità ebraica di Mantova (Italy) and London - Foundation for Jewish Heritage (UK)

09.45 Welcome – Michael Mail followed by Tomasz Włodarski
10.00 Morning Keynote – introduction of speaker by Dame Helen Hyde
10.05 Jewish heritage tourism and the impact of covid
Tali Nates, Founder and Director of the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide
Centre
10.45 Questions/Comments
11.00 Break
11.15 Educational tourism in Holocaust affected countries
(moderator – Dame Helen Hyde)
11.20 Dame Helen Hyde, British educator and tour guide
11.40 Steve Ellis, Berlin historian & educator
12.10 Aaron Peterer, Project Manager at the Anne Frank House, Amsterdam
12.40 Questions/Comments
13.00 Lunch
13.45 Afternoon Keynote – introduction of speaker by David Palterer
13.50 Rethinking Jewish heritage tourism: the Venice experience
Michela Zanon, Manager of the Jewish Museum of Venice
14.30 Questions/Comments
14.50 Break
15.00 Jewish heritage tourism – four perspectives
(moderator: Lucia Conte Aguilar)
15.05 The Maramures Region Romania - Peninah Zilberman, Tarbut Foundation Sighet
15.25 Izmir Turkey - Nesim Bencoya, Izmir Jewish Heritage
15.45 Yorkshire England - Nigel Grizzard, heritage tour guide
16.05 The Digital Revolution - Pavel Kats, Jewish Heritage Network
16.25 Questions/Comments
16.45 Conclusion