Events in March 2011
Press Invitation
Press Release, Fri 25 Feb 2011
We cordially invite you to these events in March:
Cultural Program
Foundation "Zurückgeben"
Presentation Day
What happens when Berlin Jewish female artists and scientists meet? The Foundation "Zurückgeben" supports art and science projects of Jewish women in Germany. On this day, projects of former scholarship holders are presented.
Music, art, films, and talks provide an impression of how Jews in Germany live today, how Jewish traditions impact daily life, where Jewish districts can be found, and how the old, long-forgotten songs sound.
When: 13 March 2011, 11 am to 7 pm
Where: Old Building, second level, Great Hall
Admission: free
Rahel Levin Varnhagen: Rahel. Ein Buch des Andenkens für ihre Freunde (A book devoted to her friends)
Book Launch with Corinna Harfouch
Rahel Levin Varnhagen, the great Jewish salonière from Berlin, kept up a lively, often passionate correspondence with a variety of friends, acquaintances, and salon guests. Through their immediacy and spontaneity, these letters still captivate readers today and are a testimony to her ties with many great minds of her time. After her death, her husband Karl August Varnhagen von Ense published two versions of the collection and prepared a considerably extended version for publication – a project that only comes to fruition now with this edition. Corinna Harfouch will read a selection of these texts.
Opening remarks by Barbara Hahn (editor) and Brigitte Kronauer.
In cooperation with the German Academy for Language and Peotry, the Wüstenrot Foundation, and Wallstein Publishers.
When: 16 March 2011, 7.30 pm
Where: Old Building, second level, Great Hall
Admission: free with seat ticket only (available at the cash desk). Seats are limited.
Lena Gorelik: Lieber Mischa (Dear Mischa)
Book Presentation with the Author
In her new book, Lena Gorelik explains to her son how he can later escape her maternal care. She tells him why so much crying goes on at family parties although his parents are not religious. Why his grandfather prefers doing sudokus to reading the Torah. And why he should be proud of his nose and ears. Jewish identity is by no means only linked to the Holocaust for Lena Gorelik, for she belongs to a generation of young Jews in Germany who define themselves through their future, not their past.
In cooperation with the Literaturhandlung.
When: 21 March 2011, 7.30 pm
Where: Old Building, second level, Great Hall
Admission: 9 €, reduced rate 7 euros
Ticket reservation (for non-journalists) at the Literaturhandlung on tel. +49 (0)30 88 24 250
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Jewish Museum Berlin Foundation
Lindenstraße 9–14
10969 Berlin
Conference
Justice and Peace
Conference at the Jewish Museum Berlin in cooperation with Human Rights Watch
The establishment of an international justice system has made the interface between peace and justice a focus of intense policy debate. This conference examines how tensions between the desires to secure stability, on the one hand, and seek accountability on the other have been addressed in different country situations – from Serbia and Rwanda to the DR Congo and Afghanistan, and the recent failed peace negotiations in Uganda – with the aim of drawing lessons relevant for principled and effective policymaking.
9.30 am: Registration
10 am: Welcome
10.05 am: Keynote Address
Kati Marton, Journalist and Human Rights Activist
In Memory of Richard Holbrooke (1941–2010)
10.30 am: Opening Statement – Setting Out the Terms
Richard Dicker, Director, International Justice Program, Human Rights Watch
10.45 to midday: Panel 1
The Price of Impunity – Ignoring Accountability Where There is a Strong Drive for Peace
Presentation Afghanistan: Francesc Vendrell, former Special Representative of the European Union for Afghanistan; former Personal Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Special Mission for Afghanistan
Presentation Congo: Andrea Böhm, Die Zeit
12.30 to 1.45 pm: Panel 2
The Impact of Addressing Past Crimes Through Criminal Justice – International and National Tribunals
Presentation Serbia: Bogdan Ivanisevic, Belgrade-based lawyer, former consultant for the International Center for Transitional Justice
Presentation Rwanda: Gerd Hankel, Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung
1.30 to 4 pm: Panel 3
In the Crucible – Peace Negotiations in the Era of International Justice
Presentation Uganda: Michael Otim, Head of Office, International Centre for Transitional Justice in Uganda
Discussion: Current Issues in International Justice
When: 17 March 2011, 10 am to 4 pm
Where: Old Building, second level, Great Hall
Tickets: 10 €, red. 5 euros
Reservations (for non-journalists): tel. + 49 (0)30 25 993 353 or konferenz@jmberlin.de
