Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
participants
CATALOGUE
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About Paideia
About the PI
International participation
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Participant profiles
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Staff profiles
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Schedule
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Thank You
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Table of Contents
Greetings
Greetings
Welcome!
Dear participant in this, the 8th annual Paideia Project-Incubator.
We are thrilled to have you with us for ten intensive summer days in Stockholm. You are
the change makers who are redrawing the map of Jewish Europe, not only in your own
settings but also by creating a landscape that is on its way to becoming an integrated,
pan-European Jewish community.
It is our great hope that you will find program rewarding to you personally and that it
will not only move your project to the next phase, but also that you will come out of
here with new inspiration, new friends and new knowledge.
As much as we hope that you will learn from our experienced staff, we hope that you
will be learning from each other. We have no doubt that we will be learning a great
deal from you.
You will be joining a community of over 400 activists who have gone through Paideias
Barbara Lerner Spectre,
Founding Director of Paideia
Erik Gribbe
Director, Paideia Project-Incubator
program. We are certain that in the future, you will be able to draw from that resource,
as well as contribute to it. Together, you form a movement of social change that is
taking place all over the continent.
We are happy indeed that you have chosen to come Paideia this August, and proud to
be able to welcome you to our community.
Again: Welcome!
About Paideia
International participation
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USA
Sweden
Israel
Azerbaijan
Germany
Moldova
Austria
Russia
Hungary
Ukraine
Turkey
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Alisa zilbershtein
Country Russia
Occupation MA student at the Hochschule fr Jdische Studien Heidelberg
Country Kiev
Occupation Lecturer at NPU and head of the Judaic Research Center, YASR
Name of project
Paideia FSU
Fields in which the project is to be realized
Education
Project status
Idea Stage
About the project
Paideia FSU is a one-month educational seminar for Jewish
and non-Jewish youngsters from the age of 21 from Russianspeaking countries based on the experience of Paideia the
European Institute for Jewish studies in Stockholm.
Paideia is a pan-European institute that praises the values
of free education, knowledge sharing and cross-cultural
experience, which has run successfully for more than 10
years, and unites close to 300 graduates and dozens of
teachers from all over the world. Students from the Former
Soviet Union participate actively in the program and
constitute a big portion of the Paideia alumni.
Although the Russian Jewish community plays a significant
role in European Jewish revival, the language barrier
prevents many more Russian-speaking Jewish activists from
integration into the studying process in European countries.
The Paideia Alumni Association feels a great need for an
educational program that will allow Russian-speaking Jews
and non-Jews to receive the knowledge heritage of Paideia
and will provide a platform for the realization of diverse
projects developed by Paideia Alumni of the past 10 years.
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Name of project
The Judaic Teachers Training Seminar
Fields in which the project is to be realized
Education, Intercultural work, Self-development
Project status
Idea stage
About the project
The Judaic Teachers Training Seminar is a unique
collaborative effort between the Youth Association for the
Study of Religions together with the National Pedagogical
University, providing impartial knowledge about Judaism
to future Ukrainian teachers. The goal of the project is to
cultivate an environment of tolerance and understanding
within Ukrainian society. The Judaic Teachers Training
Seminar is the only teachers training program that provides
knowledge about Judaism together with Jewishly rooted
teaching methods (Hevruta) to future teachers.
Our trainers have PhD degrees in Jewish Studies and in
education, and are experienced in combining both academic
learning and curriculum development skills. Over the course
of the 10-day program, 30 high-school teacher trainees of
the humanities will attend academic lectures on Judaism,
learn and experiment with new teaching methods, visit
Jewish communities and meet with Jewish leaders. When
they take over their own classrooms, these teachers can
diminish negative stereotypes about Jews, while transmitting
their new positive and confident understanding of Judaism
and Jews to approximately 4,500 students annually. We are
convinced that by educating new generations of Ukrainians
to understand Jews, the destructive problem of antiSemitism can be overcome.
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Aya Noah
Bence Tordai
Country Germany
Occupation CEO of Hamakom
Country Hungary
Occupation Educational program coordinator, Haver Foundation
Website www.haver.hu
Name of project
Hamakom
Fields in which the project is to be realized
Education, Cultural production, Community work
Project status
Pilot stage
About the project
HAMAKOM is a place for the revival of Jewish culture in Berlin.
Up until WWII, Berlin was one of the leading and most
exciting Jewish centers in Europe, where Judaism was not
only a religion but also an important cultural expression.
Sadly, Berlin of 2013 offers mostly the religious aspects of
Judaism and little of the cultural.
Therefore, a committed multi-disciplinary team from
Germany, Israel and ex-Yugoslavia established HAMAKOM in
order to explore and reinvigorate the multifaceted richness
of Jewish culture. HAMAKOM is a platform to coordinate
and foster the growth of Jewish culture in Berlin, to shift the
boundaries of what Judaism can mean and to become the
meeting point for Jews and non-Jews in Berlin.
Through monthly multi-lingual activities such as food
festivals, joint readings of traditional and contemporary texts,
music festivals etc., HAMAKOM will enable Jewish culture to
become accessible to the Berlin audience.
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Name of project
Haver Talks
Fields in which the project is to be realized
Education, Intercultural work
Project status
Pilot stage
About the project
Haver talks is a new multimedia project providing and
sharing information and knowledge through personal stories
about Judaism and Jewish identity for non-Jewish youth. The
projects primary goal is to combat prejudice, discrimination
and antisemitism and to promote the value of cultural
pluralism and social cohesion in Hungary.
The project is carried out by the Haver Foundation, an
organization which has been active in the field of Jewish
education since 2002, using informal educational methods to
teach about Judaism for non-Jews. Since its start, Haver has
reached over 40,000 students and with the involvement of
over 40 volunteer educators has run activities in more than
100 schools and educational institutions all over the country.
With the project Haver Talks, the Foundation intends to
initiate new learning approaches acting upon the renewed
needs of its target audience, using video interviews and
exploring the potential of multimedia platforms and tools.
As part of Haver Talks, new educational materials and
programs are developed aiming to become part of Haver
Foundations curriculum.
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Iegor Muratov
Country Azerbaijan
Occupation MA student in Jewish Civilization at the HfJS Heidelberg
Country Ukraine
Occupation Deputy Director of Insurance, Consoris Insurance Brokers
Name of project
Shalom Lekulam
Fields in which the project is to be realized
Intercultural work
Project status
Idea stage
About the project
Shalom lekulam focuses on intercultural and interreligious
work and encounters for young Jews and Azeris.
In Azerbaijan today, the main problems preventing
real understanding between the Jewish and Azeri
communities are widespread misinformation and a lack
of communication. The goal of this project is to showcase
both worlds to both sides, to eliminate religious and
political barriers and to understand and highlight the
religious and cultural ties between the Jewish and Muslim
populations in Azerbaijani society.
This intensive workshop will be the first interfaith project
in Azerbaijan. In partnership with the Hillel Jewish Youth
organization and the Oriental Faculty of Baku State
University, the activity will be held in Baku and Kuba, the
two major cities of Azerbaijan. Over the course of one
week, students will learn about each others religions,
traditions and cultures with Islamic and Jewish scholars,
read texts from the Bible and Quran with a Rabbi and an
Imam, visit synagogues and mosques, celebrate Holy Cuma
and Kabalat Shabbat and travel to Krasnaya Slobada (the
Jewish town of Kuba, known as Little Jerusalem).
Name of project
Intellectual caf Dialogue
Fields in which the project is to be realized
Education, Cultural production, Community work,
Intercultural work
Project status
In process of realization
About the project
Although there is a diversity of educational and social activities
for children and youth, as well as for the elderly, there is a big
lack of joint intellectual leisure events on a regular basis for
Jews and non-Jews aged 25 + in Ukraine. This helps maintain
ignorance and stereotypes about Jews and prevents crosscultural dialog.
In 2013 we have established a series of dialogue cafes which
offer young adults bi-weekly activities based on Beit Midrash
style discussions on Jewish and non-Jewish traditional and
modern texts. Talmudic hyper-dialogue is one of our main
methodologies that we combine with the best intellectual
practices of Jewish and European heritage.
We are thus facilitating communication between people by
providing the necessary conditions and atmosphere for crosscultural discussions, in which participants can state their vision,
perceive the point of view of the Other and develop elaborate
personal attitudes on the topic. In the future, we plan to
establish a network of intellectual cafes in different cities of
Ukraine, which will be financially self-sustained, and create a
community that shares the same values.
Our initiating group has experience in both business
development and Jewish informal education, and we all have
academic background. There is a great synergy in the group
that gives us opportunity to create a viable long-term project.
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Jared Gimbel
Jonna Rock
Country Germany
Occupation Masters Degree Candidate at Hochschule fr Jdische Studien Heidelberg
Country Sweden
Occupation Student
Name of project
Present Presence
Fields in which the project is to be realized
Education, Cultural production, Community work,
Intercultural work
Project status
In process of realization
About the project
New Jewish Worlds are Flourishing,
Old Jewish Worlds are Flourishing Again
Jews throughout the world are exposed to a one-sided
perspective about todays European Jewish reality, as one
solely threatened by anti-Semitism and constant insecurity.
This acts as a barrier between the non-European Jewish
communities and their relationship with their counterparts
in Europe, and complicates the relationship between their
home nations and European Jews.
Present Presence aims to provide a uniquely balanced and
multi-dimensional understanding of todays European Jewish
reality, in order to foster a positive Jewish identity that is at
peace with the world and, therefore, is at peace with itself.
The three phases of the project are:
1. A series of lectures, each focusing on one Jewish
community of the contemporary European Diaspora.
These are to be delivered in high schools and colleges,
to Jewish and non-Jewish audiences.
2. The use of online media, devoted to telling the story
of various Jewish Diaspora communities through
photographs.
3. On the horizon, a material photography museum
showing the contemporary world in various countries
through Jewish Eyes.
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Name of project
IRise of Balkan Sephardim
Fields in which the project is to be realized
Cultural production, Community work, Intercultural
work, Spirituality
Project status
Idea stage
About the project
Rise of Balkan Sephardim is a project that aims to discover
identity conceptions amongst Sephardic adolescents and
their grandparents in Sarajevo. Through interviews with the
last survivors of a generation and their grandchildren, the
documentary film aims to preserve and protect a EuropeanSephardic cultural heritage.
Little to no research has been conducted on the formation
of identity of this particular group: when Yugoslavia
disintegrated in the 1990s, the Sephardim who had been
classified as Yugoslavs in Yugoslavia had to seek a new
identity among the identities at hand.
Rise of Balkan Sephardim illustrates the double-identity
during the Yugoslavian regime, meaning that one person
could claim to be a Yugoslav but also a Jew at the same time.
It clarifies the status of the Jews in Yugoslavia in comparison
to how they are classified today in Sarajevo.
With an M.A thesis in Slavonic studies from Uppsala
University exploring Jewish identity among Russian-Jewish
immigrants in Berlin, I have ample academic and practical
experience on issues of identity and cultural heritage that I
will be bringing to this project.
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Jon Goldberg
Judit Mandl
Country Austria
Occupation Consultant, Goldberg Corporate Finance
Country Hungary
Occupation In-house counsel at UniCredit Bank Austria
Name of project
Limmud Danube
Fields in which the project is to be realized
Education, Cultural production, The arts, Intercultural work
Project status
Idea stage
About the project
The next generation of Central European Jews is here. It is
invigorated, excited, and curious.
Once shattered communities of various size, continue to be
mended. They share common threads of history and culture
which can be capitalized on by coming together for a joint
event and building a unique, empowering and connecting
experience for each individual community.
Limmud Danube is a residential 3-day event of Jewish
learning and culture. From pickle making to Talmud studies,
Limmud Danube is a multi-cultural, multi-denominational,
cross-generational communal project with a potential to
incubate local Limmud events in the region.
The international team are experienced young professionals
from varied backgrounds passionate about volunteerism and
participation. As Limmud International volunteers, they have
previously facilitated local and regional events, and bring in
outside experience to the Jewish non-profit world.
By engaging local communities and generations of emigrant
Central Europeans, Limmud Danube will connect participants
professionally, socially and spiritually, and reinforce the notion
of Jewish Peoplehood. Importantly, the event will showcase
the new Central European Jew who is unanchored, unfurled
and ready to sail on to a future that is yet to be written.
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Name of project
Limmud Danube
Fields in which the project is to be realized
Education, Cultural production, The arts, Intercultural work
Project status
Idea stage
About the project
The next generation of Central European Jews is here. It is
invigorated, excited, and curious.
Once shattered communities of various size, continue to
be mended. They share common threads of history and
culture which can be capitalized on by coming together
for a joint event and building a unique, empowering and
connecting experience for each individual community.
Limmud Danube is a residential 3-day event of Jewish
learning and culture. From pickle making to Talmud studies,
Limmud Danube is a multi-cultural, multi-denominational,
cross-generational communal project with a potential to
incubate local Limmud events in the region.
The international team are experienced young professionals
from varied backgrounds passionate about volunteerism
and participation. As Limmud International volunteers, they
have previously facilitated local and regional events, and
bring in outside experience to the Jewish non-profit world.
By engaging local communities and generations of
emigrant Central Europeans, Limmud Danube will connect
participants professionally, socially and spiritually, and
reinforce the notion of Jewish Peoplehood. Importantly,
the event will showcase the new Central European Jew who
is unanchored, unfurled and ready to sail on to a future that
is yet to be written.
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Liliya Vendrova
Marik Shtern
Country Ukraine
Occupation Project coordinator, Juice
Country Israel
Occupation Strategic & PR Consultant, Yerushalmim Campaign Manager
Name of project
Platform Juice
Fields in which the project is to be realized
Community work, Increasing philanthropy
Project status
Running and moving towards expansion
About the project
Juice is a platform for charitable social initiatives in Kiev,
engaging young Jewish adults in various fundraising
campaigns to assist Jewish families at risk across Ukraine, and
especially children with urgent medical needs.
Juice was started in September 2012 by a group of young
volunteers and has since raised more than USD 10, 000 as
well as in-kind medical equipment, computers for single
elderly, school equipment, clothes and toys. People show
trust in us by coming to our events, giving money to help
others and knowing for sure that 100% of the proceedings
are channeled to charity.
In order to double our impact in 2014, we are looking for
assistance in covering operating expenses for more charity
projects so that we can further assist Jewish families and
children in Ukraine.
Name of project
JUB The Jerusalem Urban Biographys project
Fields in which the project is to be realized
Community work, Jewish modern history preservation
Project status
Idea stage
About the project
Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and the Jewish people.
Though many Jews around the world have passed through
Jerusalem, most of them havent stayed. Nowadays, many
feel alienated from Jerusalem. They may treat it as the
cradle of their ancient history, but do not feel they connect
emotionally to present day Jerusalem. Eventually, this process
weakens the city and its social & cultural fabric.
The JUB project aims to connect and reconnect present and
past Jerusalemites to Jerusalem itself and to each other, in
order to strengthen their sense of belonging to the city and
to promote solidarity and a shared urban identity.
The JUB project is essentially an urban biography based
on an innovative geographical social network. JUBs users
will reconstruct and revive the modern history of the city
by sharing personal memories and photographs from the
houses and apartments they used to live in. It will create
an accessible and interactive database of local history and
heritage. The JUB project will also provide an opportunity
for the users to meet their past neighbors again, as well as
friends and other people that have lived in Jerusalem.
The founder of the JUB project is Marik Shtern, an urban
geographer and a community organizer in Jerusalem. The
program has evolved from his ongoing activism in the
sphere of fostering equality and solidarity between the
residents of Jerusalem.
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Mirey Cukurel
Country Turkey
Occupation Project Coordinator, Belstar Agency for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
Country Hungary
Occupation Student, and Board Member of Limmud Hungary
Website www.limmud.hu/en
Name of project
Leave Your Trace
Fields in which the project is to be realized
Education, Cultural production, the Arts
Project status
Idea stage
About the project
As time passes, the Turkish Jewish collective identity is
diminishing, both among those living in Turkey today
and those who have left for other countries. In modern
Turkey, there are no means to learn and share the local
stories, and minimal interest in leaving a permanent trace
on the Jewish world. LEAVE YOUR TRACE is a dynamic
multimedia exhibition to awaken the Turkish Jewish identity.
The program will apply the inspiring strategies of the Beit
Hatfutsot Diaspora Museum of displaying video testimonies,
hosting My Family Story competitions among youth,
and establishing interactive digital platforms for visitors to
upload their personal journeys. The use of state-of-the-art
technology will attract an alienated younger generation to
engage in the continual work-in-progress. Committed local
team members include technological experts, historians and
young Jewish activists and volunteers.
Name of project
Limmud Hungary
Fields in which the project is to be realized
Education, Cultural production, Community work,
Intercultural work, Spirituality
Project status
Running and moving towards expansion
About the project
Limmud is one of the greatest innovations in Jewish
education worldwide and is being brought to the next level
by a new generation of leaders.
Even the most flourishing Jewish communities, like Hungary,
lack a framework for dialogue and joint creative effort among
Jews regardless of affiliation, age, gender or profession. The
continuation and expansion of Limmud Hungary can fill
this gap. The volunteers creating a residential conference
serving as an inspiring, cross-communal, open learning space
for every age group will strengthen the Jewish identity of
individuals and of the community.
In the past seven years, the Limmud Hungary community
has enabled hundreds of people to take one more step
on their own Jewish journey. Thanks to the international
movement, Limmud Hungary is a safe and successful place
for the new generation of lay leaders to build together a
vibrant community.
Merging traditional Limmud values such as participation,
expanding Jewish horizons and commitment to respect
one another with a new educational and organizational
perspective creates a refreshing flavour within the
contemporary Hungarian Jewish community.
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Roman Odesschii
Symi Rom-Rymer
Country Moldova
Occupation Administrator, International Centre of Training and Professional Development
Website www.jewish.md
Country USA
Occupation Freelance Writer
Name of project
Management for YOUth
Fields in which the project is to be realized
Education
Project status
Pilot stage
About the project
Finding a job in Moldova is not an easy task for young Jews.
Knowledge of three languages is required, as well as practical
experience and proven management skills. Trainings are rare
and expensive.
Management for YOUth is based on a professional toolkit
designed to provide these skills, while strengthening
a sense of Jewish communal responsibility. The basics
of management will be taught in three languages, and
leadership and volunteering within the community will
give young people the hands-on practical experience that
is a pre-requisite on the current job market. Together with
a training certificate, this will improve the participants
employability
The project will be realized by ICTPD (International Center
of Training and Professional Development) a Jewish
NGO which is highly professional in developing training
methodologies.
In 2014, we will provide twelve youth leaders and educators
from twelve different Jewish organizations in Moldova with
three Train-the-Trainer seminars, acquainting them with a
methodological toolkit that will later help them provide eight
different training modules on Management, Volunteering
and Leadership to 300 young Jews for free.
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Name of project
Beyond the Shoah: Contemporary Jewish Life in Central and
Eastern Europe
Fields in which the project is to be realized
Education, Cultural production
Project status
Idea stage
About the project
It is important that people see that Jews are alive and that
we have individual histories. (Dekel Peretz, Jew in a Box
participant, Daily Mail, March 29, 2013)
It has been 20 years since the end of Communism and Jewish
communities in Central Europe are global, enthusiastic, and
here to stay.
What these communities have achieved over the past two
decades demand that they be treated as equals and no
longer as American Jews poorer cousins, by shattering
outmoded stereotypes that many Jews in the United States
have regarding the Jews of Central Europe. Through the use
of multimedia, the project aims to create a more nuanced
image of reality. By using in-person video interviews,
photographs, and social media, the project will tell the
stories of Jewish activists between the ages of 18 and 35,
thus shaping a new narrative around young Jews and Jewish
communities in the region.
As an award-winning Jewish social entrepreneur and a
journalist with a background in writing about international
Jewish communities, Symi Rom-Rymer is uniquely positioned
to take on this complex challenge.
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Erik Gribbe
Project-Incubator Director
Rani Jaeger
Jewish Content Tutor
Chaya Gilboa
Jewish Content Tutor
Staff profiles
Staff profiles
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Nirit Roessler
Project Development Tutor
Patrick Levy
Project Development Tutor
Hedva Radovanitz
Project Development Tutor
Staff profiles
Staff profiles
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Gary Wexler
Project Development Tutor
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Miriam Benchetrit
Guest Tutor
Lena Posner-Krsi
Guest Speaker
Seth Cohen
Guest Speaker
Staff profiles
Staff profiles
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Liora Asa
Project Development Tutor
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schedule
day
GETTING STARTED
Tuesday July 30
14:00
day
day
day
LOOKING OUTSIDE
Friday Aug 2
16:00 Reception
16:30
17:30
19:00
Registration
11:45
11:15
13:00
13:00
Lunch
14:00
17:15
11:15
13:00
Lunch
14:00
15:45
17:15
15:00
17:00
18:30
19:30
19:45 Dinner
18:30 Dinner
day
SHABBAT
A TIME FOR REST
AND CONTEMPLATION
Saturday Aug 3
17:30
Seudah Shlishit
18:30
day
day
MAKING IT HAPPEN
Monday Aug 5
day
BUDGETING
Tuesday Aug 6
day
day
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09:10
11:30
13:00
Lunch
11:15
11:15
Budget Components
11:00
12:15
Making it Happen
12:15
12:30
Lunch
13:30
15:45
18:30
19:00
Outdoor Training
17:15
Dinner
19:30
Bus to Stockholm
13:15
Lunch
13:15
Lunch
14:15
14:15
15:30
18:30
Individual Work
Dinner
Useful information
Paideia the European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden
Nybrogatan 21, Stockholm. Closest Subway stermalmstorg
Phone +46 (0)8 6795555
Youth Hostel
Af Chapman Youth Hostel, Skeppsholmen. Phone 08-463 22 66
Taxi Stockholm 15 00 00
Emergency Number for Police, Fire and Ambulance 112
Website for bus and subway sl.se
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THANK YOU
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