Who is Jewish? What is Jewish? This workshop first addresses the question of how we imagine ourselves. What characteristics define me? Which group do I feel I belong to? What constitutes identity? What does home mean to me?
For her film 4 Questions, the director and artist Yael Reuveny interviewed Jewish men and women. We will show clips from this work and discuss how the protagonists define their Jewish identity on, looking for commonalities and differences. Our aim is to discuss the ideas that workshop participants have about Judaism today. Is Judaism a religion, a culture, or a people? 4 Questions shows that Jews are very diverse but can also be a collective.
Religious objects (kippa, Kiddush cup, Elias cup, menorah, shofar); Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Birgit Maurer-Porat
Religious objects (kippa, Kiddush cup, Elias cup, menorah, shofar); Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Birgit Maurer-Porat
Digital Workshop Agenda
- The contact person will be sent a link to the video conference platform Zoom in advance.
- Workshop introduction by the guide via video stream.
- The guide presents film clips on the topic of being Jewish, and the participants vote online on various questions.
- The guide chairs the discussion and creates a summary of the content via video stream.
For more information on the technical requirements, see Programs for Schools.
Information for School Groups
Curriculum Framework
We recommend this workshop for elementary schools as part of religious education or humanistic life skills lessons.
Moreover, we have adapted this offer to the following modules of the Berlin and Brandenburg curriculum framework for the subjects ethics and religion in grades 7 to 10:
- 3.1 Who am I? Identity and Role (in relation to religions and world views)
- 3.6 What can I trust? Knowledge and Faith (the question of meaning in religions and world views / basic knowledge of monotheistic religions)
Booking
In order to tailor this offer to your group, we require information about the learning context (type of school, subject, and teaching topic) as well as the group size and the school’s technical equipment at the time of booking. This workshop’s content and methods are adapted to the learning level of the curriculum framework. The group requires no previous knowledge.
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Tours for Adults
You can book the following tours as a group, a family, a pair, or as an individual. For groups we offer guided tours and workshops on your desired date. You will find details on the page of the tour in question.
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Guided Tour Through the Exhibition “We dreamed of nothing but Enlightenment” – Moses Mendelssohn
Guided Tour
20 Apr to 11 Sep 2022, by appointment -
Four questions – what does it mean to be Jewish?
(digital, in German)
Workshop
by appointment -
Catastrophe. Reading Historical Photos
(digital)
Workshop
by appointment -
Antisemitism. The Rumor about the Jews
(digital)
Workshop
by appointment -
Highlights of the New Core Exhibition
Guided Tour
by appointment -
Jews in the Christian Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period
Guided Tour
by appointment -
From the Enlightenment to the Modern Age
Guided Tour
by appointment -
Catastrophe
Guided Tour
by appointment -
After 1945
Guided Tour
by appointment -
Religion and Ritual
Guided Tour
by appointment -
Religion and Ritual. Are There Jewish Things?
Workshop
by appointment -
Antisemitism. The Rumor about Jews
Workshop
by appointment
Jewish Holidays
Judaism
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