After several months of work, the Jules Isaac Cultural Center inaugurated, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, its new permanent exhibition entitled “Les Juifs à Clermont-Ferrand et en Auvergne : une histoire millénaire,” as well as its new teaching room in the presence of
As a cultural and educational space, the Jules Isaac Cultural Center joined the Shoah Memorial in January 2021, in order to perpetuate its mission and activities.
"Thanks to you and with you, our ambition is to develop this place and make it a place of education by showing the consequences of racist and anti-Semitic ideologies in history," said Jacques Fred, director of the Shoah Memorial at the inauguration.
The Jules Isaac Cultural Center has been installed since 1 December 2013 in the restored premises of the historic synagogue of Clermont-Ferrand. This synagogue, inaugurated in 1862 and deconsecrated in 1966, is the oldest building of its kind in central France. A recognised regional institution, the Jules Isaac Cultural Centre is dedicated to the history of the persecution of the Jews in Auvergne and to the memory of the Auvergnats.
It is integrated into the network of institutions of the Memorial (Paris, Drancy, Orléans, Pithiviers, Chambon-sur-Lignon).
