In the debate about a new direction for German culture of remembrance, Mirjam Zadoff, director of the Munich NS Documentation Centre, found in a recent SZ-Interview clear words: “Empathy for one group does not diminish empathy for another.” The diverse challenges facing Jewish museums today must also be seen in this context: They bear witness to the centuries-old history of Jewish life in Bavaria, which was almost completely wiped out in the Shoah. But they also show stories of its new beginnings. How can Bavarian Judaism be conveyed in museums today without becoming a rigid object? Mirjam Zadoff will speak about this on Thursday, June 27, at 6 p.m. in the panel discussion. “Judaism behind glass? – On the function of Jewish museums today” in the Bavarian Academy of Sciences with the following participants: Jutta Fleckenstein, director of the Jewish Museum Munich, Carmen Reichert, who took over the directorship of the Jewish Museum Augsburg Schwaben in 2022, Daniela F. Eisenstein, director of the Jewish Museum Franconia, and Riccardo Altieri, who has been director of the Johanna Stahl Center for Jewish History and Culture in Lower Franconia for two years. Registration is requested at the link: eveeno.com/evening_event_judaism_behind_glass requested.
“My generation has completely failed,” admits astrophysicist Harald Lesch, born in 1960, openly and publicly. “You will have to deal with a world without nuclear waste storage, with oceans full of plastic and more CO₂ than ever before,” said the natural science explainer (“Lesch’s Cosmos”) during a lecture at the Technical University of Munich. The hour has therefore struck for us and all future generations, and it is high time to think about the Generational conflict to discuss: This will take place on Tuesday, 25 June at 7 p.m. in the Salon Luitpold Harald Lesch and Wilhelm VossenkuhlProfessor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and author of popular science works such as “Philosophy for your Pocket”, in which he explains philosophical questions on everyday topics. The audience is expressly invited to enter into dialogue with the duo of science journalist and philosopher, who have worked together well from previous discussion rounds. The event will be filmed and broadcast live. To register, go to www.cafe-luitpold.de.
With the pressing issue of sustainability, with Transformation and rethinking of churches as public spaces In the context of the urban fabric, a series of events initiated by the DG Kunstraum, the Department of Art Pastoral Care of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising and the Art Department of the Evangelical Church in Bavaria are addressing the question: What new use could be of interest to the urban community? This will be discussed on Tuesday, 18 June, at 7 p.m. in the Carmelite Church the architect Marinus Kohlhauf, diocesan master builder of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising with the landscape architect Bernhard König, member of the “Breath Earth Collective”. The event will be moderated by Ulrich Schäfert, art pastor of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.