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Dialogical Lecture Series
Overview of all recorded dialogical lectures from this series by the Jewish-Islamic Forum
Video Recordings
2015–2020
Our Academy’s Jewish-Islamic Forum
Thematic focus of the W. Michael Blumenthal Academy, 2012–20
All About ...
Cherchez la femme
Wig, Burqa, Wimple
Exhibition
31 Mar to 27 Aug 2017
Online Platform Jewish Places
On the Topography of Jewish Life in Germany
Online Project
Since 2018
Self Displaced Person. Peter Szondi’s Problematic Judaism
Andreas Isenschmid on Judaism in the life and work of Peter Szondi, in German
Audio Recording
3 Dec 2007
Is anyone still waiting for the Messiah? – Jewish and Christian Views
With Prof. Christoph Markschies (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and Prof. Daniel Krochmalnik (University of Potsdam), in German
Video Recording
24 Aug 2021
From the Theory to the Practice of Writing the Torah
Miriam Goldmann in conversation with Rabbi Reuven Yaacobov
Interview
2014
From Cowpox to Covid-19
Nearly 200 years of vaccine certificates document Jewish stances on vaccination
Online Feature
2021/22
Four questions – what does it mean to be Jewish?
This workshop is suitable for grades 5 to 13 as well as for adults (in German).
Digital Workshop
by appointment
Religion and Ritual. Are There Jewish Things?
For groups
Workshop
By appointment
Hand Washbasin
Unusual objects tell stories of Jewish life
Objects from Our Core Exhibition
Religion and Ritual
Guided tour for groups through our core exhibition
Guided Tour
By appointment
What role do gender themes play?
What’s the story with women rabbis? (And prayer at the Western Wall?)
Question of the Month
Why do some Jews rock back and forth while they pray?
Question of the Month
Between Marrakesh and Mashhad
Jews in Islamic Countries
Film and Reading Series
2016/2017
Modernized, then Tolerated?
Do religions need reformation or do they have a history that we do not really understand?, in German
Audio Recording
10 Oct 2013
The Fragile Foundation: The Quest for German-Jewish “Normalcy”
Audio recording of the talk by Salomon Korn, in German
Audio Recording
30 Sep 2003
A synagogue curtain at the Brandenburg Cathedral Chapter
Book presentation by Vera Bendt, in German
Audio Recording
23 Nov 2006
JMB Journal 10: Body
Publication
2014
JMB Journal 8: The Whole Truth...
Special issue for the exhibition, with reading sample for download
Publication
2013
Highlights from the Braginsky Collection
Publication accompanying the exhibition The Creation of the World, in German
Publication
2011
A Time for Everything. Rituals against Forgetting
Exhibition catalog, with reading sample for download
Publication
2013
JMB Journal 6: Generations
Publication
2012
Siegfried Leopold’s Get for His Wife Resi
Ritual bill of divorce under Jewish law
From our Holdings
Snip it!Stances on Ritual Circumcision
Exhibition
24 Oct 2014 to 1 Mar 2015
Obedience
An Installation in 15 Rooms by Saskia Boddeke & Peter Greenaway
Exhibition
22 May to 15 Nov 2015
The Whole Truth ...Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Jews
Exhibition
22 Mar to 1 Sep 2013
Kosher – Don't You Have That in Islam, Too?
An exchange program between two Berlin schools
Project Documentation
The Creation of the World
Illustrated Manuscripts from the Braginsky Collection
Exhibition
4 Apr to 3 Aug 2014
JMB Journal 9: Times
Publication
2013
Veiled
Exhibition on religious clothing in the Diaspora Garden
Exhibition
1 Jun to 1 Sep 2017
Lecture Series 2019/20: The Others’ Faith (6)
The Others’ Faith
This lecture series explores the complex relationship of Judaism and Islam to the other religions. Two researchers are invited to each event who present the topic from Jewish and Islamic perspectives and enter into dialog with each other.
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On the Path to Enlightenment: Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism
With Jerome Gellman (Ben-Gurion University) und Johan Elverskog (Southern Methodist University)
Video Recording
24 Sep 2020 -
Tying the Knot versus Bonds with God: Jews and Muslims in Interfaith Marriages
With Madeleine Dreyfus (psychoanalyst with a doctorate in cultural anthropology) und Imen Gallala-Arndt (lawyer and a lecturer at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology), in German
Video Recording
18 Jun 2020 -
Non-Transcendental Morality: Judaism, Islam, and Atheism
With Jacques Berlinerblau (Georgetown University) and Ufuk Topkara (Johns Hopkins University), in German and English
Video Recording
20 Apr 2020 -
What Do You Think about Jesus? Judaism, Islam, and Christianity
With Israel Yuval (Hebrew University in Jerusalem) and Maha El Kaisy-Friemuth (Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg), in German and English
Video Recording
18 Feb 2020 -
Mono or Poly? Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism
With Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein (Elijah Interfaith Institute) and Reza Shah-Kazemi (Institute of Ismaili Studies in London)
Video Recording
4 Feb 2020 -
Judaism and Islam – The History of Theological Relations
With Lukas Mühlethaler (Free University Berlin) and Imam Abdullah Antepli (Duke University, USA), in German and English
Video Recording
21 Nov 2019
Lecture Series 2018/19: Science and Faith in Judaism and Islam (5)
Science and Faith in Judaism and Islam
Scientific discoveries in astronomy, geology, and biology over the past centuries have called into question the centrality of humans as the “crown of creation.”
Today, religious and scientific positions are often seen as irreconcilable. This lecture series sets out to explore the tensions and affinities between Judaism, Islam, and the sciences.
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Do You Believe in Miracles?
With James A. Diamond (Professor in Jewish Studies at the University of Waterloo, Canada) and Umeyye Isra Yazicioglu (Professor in Religious Studies at St. Joseph’s University in Philidelphia, United States)
Video Recording
13 Jun 2019 -
Humanity: Between Destiny and Free Will
With Alan Mittleman (Jewish Theological Seminary of America) and Martin Mahmud Kellner (Institute of Islamic Theology, Osnabrück)
Video Recording
30 Apr 2019 -
How Much God Is in the Holy Scriptures?
With Benjamin Sommer (expert in modern Jewish theology) and Ghassan el Masri (researcher on the Koran in the context of the Arabic literature of his time), in German and English
Video Recording
5 Mar 2019 -
God, Darwin, and Evolution
With Natan Slifkin (Biblical Museum of Natural History, Beit Shemesh, Israel) and Fatimah Jackson (Howard University, USA)
Video Recording
31 Jan 2019 -
Science in the Light of Faith
With Geoffrey A. Mitelman (Sinai and Synapses) and Ahmad S. Dallal (Georgetown University, Qatar)
Video Recording
20 Nov 2018
Lecture Series 2017/18: Jewish and Islamic Perspectives on Human Rights (6)
Jewish and Islamic Perspectives on Human Rights
Our lecture series addresses controversial human rights topics arising in various walks of life and examines them from Jewish and Islamic perspectives. For every lecture, we invite two scholars who present their own positions and then engage in a dialogue.
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My God, Your God, No God
With Leora Batnitzky (Princeton University) and Anver Emon (University of Toronto)
Video Recording
14 Jun 2018 -
Equal before God and Humans?
With Susannah Heschel (Dartmouth College) and Katajun Amirpur (University of Hamburg)
Video Recording
3 May 2018 -
How Much Criticism Do Judaism and Islam Tolerate?
With Suzanne Last Stone (Yeshiva University) and Anshuman Mondal (University of East Anglia), in English and German
Video Recording
12 Apr 2018 -
The Right to Life
With David Novak (University of Toronto) and Jonathan Brown (Georgetown University)
Video Recording
8 Mar 2018 -
Human Rights Treaties and How They are Received
With Michael Galchinsky (Georgia State University) and Mashood Baderin (University of London)
Video Recording
25 Jan 2018 -
Human Rights and Religions – A Contradiction?
With Shaheen Sardar Ali (University of Warwick) and Jill Jacobs (Rabbi and the Managing Director of T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights)
Video Recording
23 Nov 2017
Lecture Series 2016/17: Ethical Questions in Judaism and Islam (with video recordings) (6)
Ethical Questions in Judaism and Islam (with video recordings)
The lecture series explored contentious ethical issues from diverse aspects of life and shed light on them from Jewish and Islamic perspectives. Two guest scholars gave each lecture, presented their tradition’s position, and engaged in a mutual dialogue.
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Man as Lord or Guardian of Creation?
With Hava Tirosh-Samuelson (Arizona State University in Tempe) and Nawal Ammar (Rowan University in New Jersey), in German and English
Video Recording
13 Jul 2017 -
Sexual Ethics: Sexuality, Lust, Eroticism, and God
With David Biale (Eros and the Jews) and Kecia Ali (Sexual Ethics and Islam), in German and English
Video Recording
16 May 2017 -
Military Ethics: The (Religious) Laws Silent Beneath the Weapons?
With Michael Broyde (Emory University) and Asma Afsaruddin (Indiana University), in German and English
Video Recording
6 Apr 2017 -
The Boundaries of Life - Bioethical Challenges
With Laurie Zoloth (Weinberg College, Northwestern University) and İlhan İlkılıç (University of Istanbul), in German and English
Video Recording
23 Feb 2017 -
Business Ethics – Is Capitalism Kosher/Halal?
With Nathan Lee Kaplan (author) and Idris Nassery (University of Paderborn), in German
Video Recording
8 Dec 2016 -
Social Ethics – On Fair Social Order
With Ingrid Mattson (Western University, Canada) and Micha Brumlik (Berlin-Brandenburg Center of Jewish Studies), in German and English
Video Recording
26 Oct 2016
Lecture Series 2015/16: Judaism & Islam in the Diaspora (5)
Judaism & Islam in the Diaspora
Video recordings of the series of panel discussions explored topical questions that Jews and Muslims in the diaspora confront in their everyday religious practice. Each event featured two academics presenting the Jewish and Islamic perspectives.
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What Does Diaspora Mean for Jews and Muslims?
With Michael L. Satlow (Brown University, Providence) and Sarah Albrecht (Free University Berlin), in German and English
Video Recording
29 Oct 2015 -
Religious Law and Secular State
With Ronen Reichman (Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg) and Mathias Rohe (Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg), in German
Video Recording
9 Dec 2015 -
Becoming a Jew, Becoming a Muslim
With Tobias Jona Simon (Rabbi of the Association of Jewish Communities in Lower Saxony) and Esra Özyürek (London School of Economics), in German and English
Video Recording
18 Feb 2016 -
Feminist Approaches to Judaism and Islam
With Judith Plaskow (religious scholar and author) and Ziba Mir-Hosseini, researcher on Islamic law and gender, in English
Video Recording
14 Apr 2016 -
Organic Meets Kosher and Halal
With Shai Lavi (Tel Aviv University) and Sarra Tlili (University of Florida), in English
Video Recording
1 Jun 2016