On Tuesday, 3 June, from 7 to 8.30 pm, interested parties are invited to the event "'Ich bin noch nie einem Juden begegnet ...' Lebensgeschichten aus Deutschland. Reading and discussion" in the event hall at TIETZ, Moritzstraße 20.
Participation is free of charge. Registration is possible via the event link or by telephone on 0371 488-4343.
"I've never met a Jew before." Most Jews have heard this sentence before. At the reading, actor and author Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg will talk about the diversity of Jewish life in Germany.
The everyday life of Jews living in Germany is thematised. These include Dagmar, who applies for the police force behind her Jewish father's back, Marina, who came to Germany from the former Soviet Union and is only confronted with her family's religious past here, and David, a jazz musician from New York who discovers the "most Jewish city" in Germany in Berlin. There is the Jewish doctor in the German army who deliberately wears a kippah even when on duty, and the research assistant at the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Centre who derives his Jewish faith from mathematics. In addition, stories will be told of people who converted to Judaism of their own free will.
The event takes a personal look at their hopes and the threats posed by rising anti-Semitism. The author interweaves this with explanations of symbols, religious practice and history. Guests are invited to take part in the discussion.
Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg is a trained actor. He has also worked for many years as an author for television and radio programmes and as a journalist, including for Die Welt/Welt am Sonntag, Die ZEIT and other daily newspapers. He has been a writer for the Jüdische Allgemeine for several years.
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