Category: Events

Li Shir traces her family’s history through four manifestations of the sukkah as a fragile Jewish architecture of vulnerability, memory and survival. They range from the indoor sukkah in her grandfather’s childhood home in Skarżysko-Kamienna and the sukkah depicted in the town’s Yizkor Book to one photographed in a Berlin DP camp in 1946. Her…

27 Aug Artist Talk Writing and Living in a Ceasefireless World Ronnie Gross on loss, grief and hope after 7 October. A talk in English. Date: 27 August 2026 Time: 7:00 p.m. Venue: Hanse3 e.V., Hansastr. 3, 01097 Dresden Admission: free | Registration required While the events of October 7, 2023, continue to haunt the…

06 Sep Theatre Performance Hey Jude, (don’t) be afraid Benno Plassmann · Direction Aviran Edri, Konstantin Frank, Deborah Schneidermann · Performance Date: 6 September 2026 Time: 6:00 p.m. Venue: Blaue Fabrik, Eisenbahnstraße 1, 01097 Dresden Admission: 10 EUR / 5 EUR concessions | Reservation required Three Jews respond to the current wave of antisemitism in…

30 Aug Reading / Performance In the Talmood Alexander Estis · Text Tatjana Davis · Music Date: 30 August 2026 Time: 6:00 p.m. Venue: Blaue Fabrik, Eisenbahnstraße 1, 01097 Dresden Admission: 6 EUR / 3 EUR concessions | Reservation required As part of the exhibition “Jewish Realities”, Alexander Estis and Tatjana Davis present an evening…

16 Aug Opening “Jewish Realities” With the artists of the exhibition; Music: Susan Glass (DJ, Leipzig) Date: 16 August 2026 Time: 6:00 p.m. official opening; from 4:00 p.m. opportunity to view the exhibition Venue: Blaue Fabrik, Eisenbahnstraße 1, 01097 Dresden Admission: Free admission | Registration required The exhibition “Jewish Realities” presents works by Babi Brüller…

The exhibition “Jewish Realities” features works by five Jewish artists from Germany, the United Kingdom, and Israel who work in various media: photography, painting, drawing, object art, and text. The title draws attention to the plurality of Jewish life, Jewish presence, and Jewish culture. It also reflects the fact that Jewish realities worldwide dramatically changed…

From December 5, 2025, to January 6, 2026, the Department of Art Education/Didactics at the University of Potsdam, in close cooperation with the Förderkreis Alter Leipziger Bahnhof and under the curatorial direction of Drin. phil. Antje Winkler, will present the exhibition “UnSeen.” The exhibition will feature artistic works by students at the University of Potsdam…

“I beg you. Be human, be human!” Margot Friedländer’s words are more relevant today than ever before. Talking to each other and searching for solutions so that what happened does not happen again – that is what we want to use this year’s commemoration of the November pogroms 87 years ago for. To this end,…

Exploring the themes of persecution, flight, and exile of a Jewish family from Dresden in the works of Argentine artist Mónica Laura Weiss from Buenos Aires WHERE: KABINETT at Zentralwerk e. V. · Riesaer Straße 32 · 01127 Dresden WHEN: January 9 to February 8, 2026, Thursday–Saturday 4–8 p.m., Sunday 3–6 p.m. Exhibition opening: Thursday, January…