The European Day of Jewish Culture is an event celebrated in several countries in Europe.
Events are organised to raise awareness about the cultures, traditions and lifestyles of different communities living in the same country or city, helping people to understand the "other", and thus, strengthening communication and dialogue between cultures.
[3] The annual event was initiated in 1996 by the B'nai Brith of Strasbourg in the French département Bas-Rhin together with the local Agency for development of tourism.
[6] The original aim of the day was to permit access to, and ultimately restore, long abandoned synagogues of architectural value like those of Wolfisheim, Westhoffen, Pfaffenhoffen, Struth, Diemeringen, Ingwiller or Mackenheim.
On this day exhibitions, concerts, panel discussions, lectures and excursions are organized in many European countries.