Budapest
1083, Szigetvari u. 6.
Hungary
- Arts
- Democracy and community development
- Environment/Sustainable development
- Gender
- Heritage
- International/Cultural relations
- Religion
- Youth and education
The mission of Marom Budapest is to re-interpret the Jewish cultural heritage, to promote and create contemporary Jewish culture and to facilitate intercultural dialogue through the means of culture and art. We encourage people to realise their own projects and to contribute to positive social changes through their voluntary work. Our aims are also to represent the right of women, sexual and ethnical minorities and promote tolerance. We are fighting against Anti-semitism and all kinds of discrimination. Our aim is to support other civic intiatives and to co-operate with them.
Besides multuculturalism, diversity and progressivity our main value is environmental consciousness.
Our objective is to have a constantly growing number of young adults involved in projects facilitated by us on the fields above.
Marom Budapest has been residing and working within a unique non-profit cultural center (squat) in the heart of the Jewish district of Budapest, called Sirály, Since 2006. (www.siraly.co.hu)
Here our main programs are the New Year of the Trees (Tubishvath), Purim, The day of civic culture, Hanuka-Christmas-Eid El Adha and further films, discussions, exhibitions.
We support an egalitarian prayer group, called New Generation (Dor Chadash) and we celebrate together Jewish holidays, like Seder night. We have one bigger festival yearly outside of Budapest (Jewstock), in 2009 between 6-8. August.
Our online projects are: www.pilpul.net - an alternative Jewish life style and academic magazine and www.jewave.com video-sharing website. Once a year we have the Marom -roof on the occasion of the Jewish holiday "Sukkot".
We support artistic and cultural initiatives for re-creating Jewish culture, such us the Hungarian music bands Hagesher or Skayach.