An International Conference held by Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem for the Study of German and Central European Jewry. Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Institute for the History of the German Jews, Hamburg. The Richard Koebner Minerva Center for German History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Walter A. Berendsohn Research Center for German Literature in Exile, Hamburg. The Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations, University of Southampton. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Hamburg University
Monday, February 10, 2014
Venue: Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, 14 Ibn Gabirol Street
15:45-17:15
Jews as the Orient
Chair and Opening Remarks: Meir M. Bar-Asher (Jerusalem)
Kathrin Wittler (Berlin)
Orients in Contest. The Role of German Jews in Nineteenth-Century Orientalism
Eli Bar-Chen (Tel Aviv)
From Wilhelm Dohm to Hannah Arendt: The Jews of the Muslim World as the Jewish Project of Modernity
Opening Event Monday, February 10, 2014 Yad Itzhak Ben-Zvi, 14 Ibn Gabirol Street Supported by the Ministry of Senior Citizens Hebrew. English simultaneous translation |
אירוע פתיחה יום שני, י' באדר א' תשע"ד. 10.2.14 יד יצחק בן-צבי, רח' אבן גבירול 14 בחסות המשרד לאזרחים ותיקים עברית. תרגום סימולטני לאנגלית |
17:30 Reception Chair and Opening Remarks: Prof. Shmuel Feiner, Chairman of The Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem / Bar Ilan University 18:00 Greetings Prof. Reuven Amitai, Dean of Humanities, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Prof. Meir M. Bar-Asher, Chairman of The Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East Dr. Miriam Ruerup, Director of the Institute for the History of the German Jews, Hamburg Dr. Ofer Ashkenazi, Interim Director of The Richard Koebner Minerva Center for German History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
17:30 קבלת פנים יושב ראש ודברי פתיחה: פרופ' שמואל פיינר, מכון ליאו בק ירושלים ואוניברסיטת בר-אילן 18:00 דברי ברכה פרופ' ראובן עמיתי, דיקן הפקולטה למדעי הרוח, האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים פרופ' מאיר מ' בר-אשר, ראש מכון בן צבי לחקר קהילות ישראל במזרח ד"ר מרים רורופ, מנהלת המכון לחקר יהודי גרמניה, המבורג ד"ר עופר אשכנזי, מנהל נכנס של מרכז קבנר להיסטוריה גרמנית, האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים |
Discussion Muhammad Asad: From an Austro-Hungarian Jew to Pakistani Ambassador Moderator: Mr. David Witzthum (Jerusalem) Discussants: Mr. Hanan Harif (Jerusalem), Mr. Ido Harari (Beer-Sheva), Dr. Dan Tamir (Jerusalem)
Concert Works of Benno Bardi, Paul Ben-Haim, Abel Ehrlich, Hanoch Jacoby Nitai Zori and Yoram Youngerman - Violins; Gadi Abadi - Viola; Ella Toovy - Cello Produced by the Institute for Israeli Music |
דיון מוחמד אסד: מיהודי אוסטרו-הונגרי לשגריר פקסיטני מנחה: מר דויד ויצטום (ירושלים) בהשתתפות: מר עידו הררי (באר-שבע), מר חנן חריף (ירושלים), ד"ר דן תמיר (ירושלים) קונצרט מיצירותיהם של בנו ברדי, פאול בן-חיים, אבל ארליך, חנוך יעקובי נתי צורי ויורם יונגרמן - כינורות; גדי עבאדי - ויולה; אלה טובי - צ'לו בהפקת המכון למוסיקה ישראלית |
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Venue: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Beit Maiersdorf
10:00-11:30
Perspectives of the Orient
Chair: Michael Glatzer (Jerusalem)
Noah Gerber (Jerusalem)
German-Jewish Philology Encounters the Jews of the Middle East: The Path of Shlomo Dov Goitein
Sebastian Schirrmeister (Hamburg / Jerusalem)
Orientalism Revised and Revisited. M. Y. Ben-Gavriêl and the Pan-Asian Ideal
12:00-13:15
The Image of the Jews of the Orient
Chair: Moshe Zimmermann (Jerusalem)
Natalie Naimark-Goldberg (Ramat-Gan)
Ostjuden and "Oriental Jews" in the Eyes of a German Jewish Woman: Bertha Pappenheim's Anti-White Slavery Mission in Turkey
Amos Morris-Reich (Haifa)
Lerski's Photographs of Yemenites
14:30-15:45
Shelter in the Middle East
Chair: Doerte Bischoff (Hamburg)
Atina Grossmann (New York)
Shelter and Adventure? The Experience of German Jewish Refugees in Iran
Rakefet Zalashik (Potsdam)
Jewish German Medical Refugees and their Impact in Turkey: Scientific Continuity and Habitual Adjustments
16:15-17:30
Contacts with Middle Eastern Jewish Communities
Chair: Reuven Amitai (Jerusalem)
Guy Bracha (Ramat-Gan)
The Germans are Coming! The Jewish Community of Beirut Facing the Question of Jewish Immigration from Germany
Yossi Brill (Tel Aviv)
Between the Palm Tree and the Swastika: The Reflection of the East in the Story of Maximilien Trenner
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Venue: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Beit Maiersdorf
9:30-11:00
Intellectual Life in Istanbul and Cairo
Chair: Benny Ziffer (Tel Aviv)
Irit Youngerman (Jerusalem)
Different Shades of East: Composers Benno Bardi and Hanoch Jacoby in Egypt, Turkey and Palestine
Ruchama Johnston-Bloom (London)
Weimar in Cairo: Orientalism and Cultural Critique in Interwar Egypt
11:30-12:15
Ashkenazi Istanbul: The Untold Story
Conversation between Supreme Court Justice [emerita] Dalia Dorner
and Journalist Benny Ziffer
12:30-13:45
Boundaries within the Orient
Chair: Miriam Ruerup (Hambug)
Olivier Baisez (Paris)
“Greater Palestine” as a German-Zionist Idea
Yossi Ben-Artzi (Haifa)
Cyprus: A Destination for Emigration and Settlement in the Eyes of German Jews, 1898-1938
15:00-16:15
Diplomacy and Politics
Chair: Anja Siegemund (Jerusalem)
Dan Tamir (Jerusalem)
When Ibn Saud and Jabotinsky Came Together: Wolfgang von Weisl's Vision for a “New Middle East”
Dror Zeigerman (Jerusalem)
Germany’s Involvement in Early Zionist - Arab Nationalist Negotiations: The Case of Samuel Hochberg
16:30-17:30
Concluding Discussion
Andreas Braemer (Hamburg)
Yossi Ben-Artzi (Haifa)
Atina Grossmann (New York)