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Digital drawing with simple lines and colours: view of a crowd of people. All but one person in the middle are wearing simple white masks. She is whispering behind her hand. Many seem to be listening to her.

“We Must Actively Defend Our Democracy”

Why the political structure of our country is both able to defend itself and vulnerable

Democracies around the world are under pressure – and in retreat. The current “Transformation Index” of the Bertelsmann Stiftung from March 2024 drew …
Students Mercy Ekua Grimmon-Thompson (left) and Diyorbek Toshniyozov (right) connect the cables for the geoelectric measurements together with Jens Tronicke.

Looking Beneath the Surface – Geophysicists and students from the University of Potsdam are searching for traces of a Jewish cemetery in Lenzen, Brandenburg

It is a summery September day in Lenzen, a small town on the Elbe river in the outer northwestern part of the state of Brandenburg, with a history of …
Der Sabbat bietet Zeit für Ruhe und Einkehr – auch im Grünen.

Green Sabbath – How an Ancient Jewish Ritual Could Save Us from the Ecological Crisis

What if we all did absolutely nothing for one day a week? How would we feel and what would our world look like? We could rest – and as a key side …
Prof. Miriam Rürup

33 Questions to Historian Prof. Miriam Rürup

Since December 2020, the researcher has been the director of the Moses Mendelsohn Center for European-Jewish Studies (MMZ) in Potsdam. She succeeded …
Portrait von Prof. Dr. Johann Ev. Hafner. Das Foto ist von Tobias Hopfgarten.

“Religious Diversity in Northern Iraq” – A German-Iraqi Collaboration

Three researchers and nine students at the Department of Jewish Studies and Religious Studies of the University of Potsdam set off to Iraq at the end …
Portrait von Dr. Anke Geißler-Grünberg. Das Foto ist von Tobias Hopfgarten.

Rediscovering Cultural Heritage – Jewish Cemeteries in Brandenburg and Western Poland

Jewish cemeteries are among the oldest places of remembrance in many regions – including in Brandenburg. But after the widespread expulsion and …
Helene Shani Braun | Foto: Dr. Jana Scholz

Young, Jewish, Queer – Helene Shani Braun Wants to Become a Female Rabbi – And Bring Feminism into the Congregations

A young woman hops off an e-scooter near a busy shopping street in Berlin. Around her neck she wears a necklace with the inscription "feminist." She …
Photo: Karla Fritze

Scattered Heritage

German-Jewish Culture around the World

A chipped cup with a faded golden rim. An old teddy bear, a yellowed, shabby tablecloth. A poem, a letter, a historical Goethe edition – all these …