A day to discover the cultural and historical heritage of Judaism. Launched in 1996 in the Bas-Rhin (Alsace/France), under the Open Day formula by the Jewish association B'nai B'rith Hirschler in Strasbourg, in partnership with the Agence de Développement Touristique du Bas-Rhin, (Tourist board of Lower Alsace), the day was progressively extended and became the European Day of Jewish Culture in 1999.

Now 25 countries are involved: over 10.000 volunteers and institutional people work to organise all these events. This year the chosen theme is "Judaism and Education".

The Internet site, created for this purpose, is www.jewisheritage.org.

In Italy, in 45 cities of the country, for the fifth time, will open synagogues, the old cemeteries, the ritual baths or the ancient Jewish quarters to the wider public.