Saxony celebrates Jewish culture with hundreds of projects

Encounters and respectful exchange

"The fact that we have Jewish life in Germany is, in my view, a great stroke of luck," said Alexander Dierks (CDU), President of the State Parliament. "In view of the terrible crime of the Shoah, it is anything but a matter of course."

The theme year is entitled "Tacheles" ("Tacheles") and thus stands for a free and respectful exchange of opinions at eye level. It is also about culture, history and encounters and their contribution to peaceful coexistence, explained Küf Kaufmann, member of the Presidium of the State Association of the Jewish Community in Saxony.

The program includes a concert project in Dresden's Frauenkirche and other venues where works from the Christian and Jewish musical tradition will be performed. In the Gebrüder Pfau cloth factory in Crimmitschau, artist Maja Gratzfeld will create a large textile installation entitled "Colors of Religions" and an interfaith moped service is planned in Großschirma.

In Leipzig, the "Alliances, Voices, Perspectives" series will include a panel discussion on anti-Semitism in rap and hip-hop, as well as a discussion with Holocaust survivor Renate Aris.