Debate Club: Does the history of antisemitism belong in a Jewish museum?
Museum Dorotheergasse
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Are Jewish museums a place where the history of antisemitism should, can, or maybe even must be told? Isn’t the history of antisemitism part of the history of the relationship between the Jewish minority and the non-Jewish majority society? Or doesn’t this perspective obscure the view of Jewish cultural history that should be told in a Jewish museum?
Director Barbara Staudinger and Doron Rabinovici discuss these questions.
The exhibition “100 Misunderstandings about and among Jews” investigates the image of Jewish women and men that is shaped by misconceptions in large sections of the majority society and searches for the background to these. It doesn't matter whether it’s about exaggerating the “Jewish sense of family,” “Jewish learning” or a clichéd notion of “Jewish life”: All of this is based on misunderstandings that are subsequently expressed in prejudices and stereotypical images. Instead of just lecturing about them, misunderstandings must be discussed. Instead of pointing the finger, we want to talk about it and discuss it, even if that often seems more tedious.
In order to open up/expand the space for dialogue and debate, there will be a weekly Debate Club starting in January 2023 as a supporting program for the exhibition “100 Misunderstandings about and among Jews.”
With this new format, the Jewish Museum creates a safe space for open discourse, controversy, and encounters between differing points of view and target groups. In the Debate Club you can talk about misunderstandings and about things that move people. It enables diversity and dialogue and upholds the basic rules of democracy, based on the principle of “exchanging ideas instead of devaluing each other.” Forming arguments, listening properly and responding to the opinions of others must be learned and at the same time is a valuable contribution to an open and committed civil society in all its facets.
We are really looking forward to meeting you and to the many exciting discussions that are sure to take place.
Free admission as of 6:00 p.m.
Advance booking is essential: Tel.: +43 1 535 04 31-1510 or e-mail: events@jmw.at
We recommend wearing an FFP2 mask.
Director Barbara Staudinger and Doron Rabinovici discuss these questions.
The exhibition “100 Misunderstandings about and among Jews” investigates the image of Jewish women and men that is shaped by misconceptions in large sections of the majority society and searches for the background to these. It doesn't matter whether it’s about exaggerating the “Jewish sense of family,” “Jewish learning” or a clichéd notion of “Jewish life”: All of this is based on misunderstandings that are subsequently expressed in prejudices and stereotypical images. Instead of just lecturing about them, misunderstandings must be discussed. Instead of pointing the finger, we want to talk about it and discuss it, even if that often seems more tedious.
In order to open up/expand the space for dialogue and debate, there will be a weekly Debate Club starting in January 2023 as a supporting program for the exhibition “100 Misunderstandings about and among Jews.”
With this new format, the Jewish Museum creates a safe space for open discourse, controversy, and encounters between differing points of view and target groups. In the Debate Club you can talk about misunderstandings and about things that move people. It enables diversity and dialogue and upholds the basic rules of democracy, based on the principle of “exchanging ideas instead of devaluing each other.” Forming arguments, listening properly and responding to the opinions of others must be learned and at the same time is a valuable contribution to an open and committed civil society in all its facets.
We are really looking forward to meeting you and to the many exciting discussions that are sure to take place.
Free admission as of 6:00 p.m.
Advance booking is essential: Tel.: +43 1 535 04 31-1510 or e-mail: events@jmw.at
We recommend wearing an FFP2 mask.
