Here, we present various formats that not only provide significant impulses and strengthen the dialogue on antisemitism but also demonstrate how creative, interactive and scientific approaches can foster a deeper understanding of the complex societal challenges associated with addressing antisemitism, while supporting long-term prevention efforts.

The Institute for New Social Sculpture, in cooperation with the Berlin University of the Arts and the Jewish Student Union of Germany, is founding the Jewish Art School Berlin (JKB). This institution offers Jewish and antisemitism-critical students and young adults an innovative platform for artistic development and critical engagement.

The JKB is led by internationally renowned artists such as Victoria Hanna, David Adika, and Yehudit Sasportas. Through masterclasses and workshops spanning various disciplines—from performing to visual arts—Jewish and antisemitism-critical students and young adults will be supported in their artistic growth.

Online Lecture on January 15, 2025
Antisemitism and Language

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Monika Schwarz-Friesel, TU Berlin

Time: 18:00–19:15 CET

Location: on Zoom at https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/63896483318

Infostand:“I am from Israel- Ask me anything” January 16, 2025

Civil Watch Against Antisemitism is a coalition of Jewish and non-Jewish activists dedicated to combating antisemitism and fostering mutual understanding. Their flagship initiative, "I Am From Israel: Ask Me Anything," creates spaces for open, meaningful dialogue at universities, amplifying Israeli voices, and encouraging conversations about antisemitism, Jewish life, and pressing global issues.

Time: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Location: UdK Berlin, Medienhaus, Grunewaldstr. 2-5, 10823 Berlin

(Conversations can take place in German and English).

Voices from Israel and Gaza - Open dialogue and conversations on Israel, Gaza, and Antisemitism, January 17, 2025

Project "I AM FROM ISRAEL: ASK ME ANYTHING", Hosted by Civil Watch Against Antisemitism
Special Guest: Hamza Howidy
Presenter: Alex Carstiuc

Hamza Howidy, born in Gaza, studied at the Islamic University in Gaza and first participated in protests in 2019. Speaking out against poor living conditions and Hamas governance, Hamza was arrested in 2023. Facing ongoing threats, he fled Gaza and now resides in Germany under a special visa.

About Civil Watch Against Antisemitism
Established in the wake of October 7, 2023, Civil Watch Against Antisemitism is a coalition of Jewish and non-Jewish activists dedicated to combating antisemitism and fostering mutual understanding. Their flagship initiative, "I Am From Israel: Ask Me Anything," creates spaces for open, meaningful dialogue at universities, amplifying Israeli voices, and encouraging conversations about antisemitism, Jewish life, and pressing global issues.

Why Attend?
This event offers a unique opportunity to confront harmful stereotypes, explore peaceful solutions, and build bridges through dialogue. By participating, you contribute to creating a more informed, empathetic, and inclusive community.

Time: 3 PM - 5 PM

Limited spots available!
Register here
(Exact location provided upon registration.)

Or join via ZOOM here

Please note: Speaker talks will be transmitted via Zoom and recorded. Audience members will not be filmed.

Online Lecture on January 20, 2025
Postcolonialism Apologetics After October 7: A Critical Analysis

Lecture by Monika Albrecht – Moderated by Ingo Elbe

Postcolonial theories have faced increased criticism since October 7, 2023, as many within the field have failed to unequivocally condemn the murder, rape, and abduction of Israeli citizens by Hamas, PIJ, and parts of the Palestinian civilian population. Instead, there has often been at best a perfunctory acknowledgment of the horrors "on both sides," and more frequently, a sympathetic "contextualization" of the massacre as an act of resistance by oppressed Indigenous people against white colonizers, not to mention outright glee at what seems to be a long-awaited and finally successful "decolonization."

In response to the palpable discomfort in the German feuilleton regarding these theoretical currents, and the growing realization that they pose a fundamental threat not only to Israel but also to other Western states, various apologetic strategies have emerged: 1) There is no such thing as "the" postcolonial theory, thus rendering the critique without an object; 2) a gap exists between highly nuanced postcolonial studies and their activist reduction on Western university campuses; 3) the criticism of postcolonial approaches is merely a right-wing strategy; and 4) one must reassert the original emancipatory, identity-critical impulse of postcolonial theorization, developed around concepts such as "hybridity" and "third space," against the identitarian and Manichaean degradation of "vulgar postcolonialism."

Monika Albrecht's lecture and the discussion with Ingo Elbe will explore and critically assess these apologetic strategies.

Monika Albrecht (apl. Prof. Dr.) is a cultural scientist at the University of Vechta. Her research focuses on comparative postcolonial studies (Western, Soviet, and Ottoman imperialism), memory studies, and the politics of memory.

Dr. Ingo Elbe earned his doctorate in Berlin with a thesis on the reception of Marxism in West Germany. He is a research associate and private lecturer at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Oldenburg. He has published numerous works on Marxist studies, political philosophy, and the topic of anti-Semitism.

Here is the link to join the event

Film Event: Joseph Wulf. A Writer in Germany – January 28, 2025

Film Screening: Joseph Wulf. A Writer in Germany, 1976, 90 minutes

Holocaust survivor Joseph Wulf was born in Krakow in 1912, was involved in the Jewish resistance movement in Poland, and was deported to Auschwitz in 1943. Immediately after the war, he began documenting and interpreting the Shoah. The pioneering works that emerged from this could have served as a foundation for research early on. However, in the land of the perpetrators, they were actively suppressed. German historiography dismissed the works of the Jewish historian as unscientific, ignored, and defamed him. Wulf remained an outsider throughout his life as a Jew, stateless person, and private scholar. In 1974, lonely and financially destitute, he took his own life.

The documentary by Henryk M. Broders and Frans van der Meulen is an early and simultaneously (too) late tribute. In interviews, companions discuss their encounters with Joseph Wulf. On the occasion of the commemoration of the victims of National Socialism, students of the Master’s program in Public History at the Free University will present the film on January 28 at Kino delphi LUX. After the screening, there will be a discussion with historians Alex Carstiuc (Berlin) and Anselm Meyer (Dresden). The event is held in cooperation with the Department of History Didactics at the Free University and the student group for Jewish topics, Chaverim@FU.

Time & Location
January 28, 2025 | 7:45 PM
Kino delphi LUX, Yva-Bogen, Kantstraße 10, 10623 Berlin

Admission is free. Registration is required: veranstaltungen-didaktik_ @geschkult.fu-berlin.de

Action Reinhardt - Spaces of the Holocaust at the Memorial and Educational Site House of the Wannsee Conference

In collaboration with the Grodzka Gate – Teatr NN in Lublin, the exhibition"Action Reinhardt – Spaces of the Holocaust" has been developed together with the Memorial and Educational Site House of the Wannsee Conference.

The exhibition illustrates the connection between the central planning of the mass murder of European Jews and its regional implementation in the area around Lublin.

We invite you to the opening of the exhibition on November 14, 2024, at 4 PM at the Rondell in front of the Villa at Wannsee.

What?
Exhibition opening “Action Reinhardt - The Spaces of the Holocaust” in the garden of the House of the Wannsee Conference

Where?
Memorial and Educational Site
House of the Wannsee Conference
Am Großen Wannsee 56-58
14109 Berlin

How?
Free entry, all are welcome.
Please register via email with our colleague Anna Stocker: stocker_ @ghwk.de

This project has been funded by the EVZ Foundation and the Federal Foreign Office.