Becoming a Jew, Becoming a Muslim
Dialogical lecture series Judaism and Islam in the Diaspora (video recording available, in English and German)
The borders of religious communities are fluid, and they are reformulated constantly. One way to cross the frontier from outside to inside is conversion. Whereas Islam solicits new believers, Judaism takes a rather cautious attitude to conversion. What motivates people who convert to Judaism or Islam in Germany, and how do converts in Germany position themselves vis-à-vis people who were born Jewish or Muslim?
Past event
Where
W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)
Recording of the presentations and panel discussion Becoming a Jew, Becoming a Muslim on 18 February 2016, in German and English; Jewish Museum Berlin
Tobias Jona Simon, a graduate of the Abraham Geiger Kolleg in Potsdam, is the rabbi of the Association of Jewish Communities in Lower Saxony.
Esra Özyürek holds the chair for Contemporary Turkish Studies at the European Institute, London School of Economics. Among her research interests is conversion to Islam in Germany.
Dialogical lecture Series in the Context of the Jewish-Islamic Forum of the W. Michael Blumenthal Academy
Lecture Series 2015/16: Judaism & Islam in the Diaspora (5)
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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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Organic Meets Kosher and Halal
With Shai Lavi (Tel Aviv University) and Sarra Tlili (University of Florida), in English
Video Recording
1 Jun 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 -
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 -
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 -
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
