New Judaism – Alliances in Postmigrant Society

Discussion (With Video Recording in German and English)

The third generation of young Jews in Germany is renegotiating and redefining concepts of being Jewish. In postmigrant society, new possibilities for alliance with other minority groups are opening up for them.

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W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin (Opposite the Museum)

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Video recording of the event New Judaism – Alliances in Postmigrant Society; 16 November 2017 (in German and English).
Jewish Museum Berlin 2017

Which political, civil-society, and aesthetic alliances are conceivable, desirable, or already in place from the perspective of young Jewish activists and artists?

Benny Fischer, Sasha Marianna Salzmann, Mati Shemoelof and Layla Zami will enter into discussion chaired by Alina Gromova, Jewish Museum Berlin.

The event is held in cooperation with the Maxim Gorki Theater and the Radical Jewish Culture Days.

Artwork by Moran Sanderovich; photo: Stephanie Ballantine, in cooperation with Radikale Jüdische Kulturtage, Studio R, Maxim Gorki Theater

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When 16 Nov 2017
Where W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)
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