Here you will find a selection of external workshops and seminars from our network.

Managing Director of OFEK e.V., Marina Chernivsky, will be in discussion with Hadija Haruna-Oelker (diversity and racism researcher) and Karim Fereidooni (Professor of Didactics of Social Science Education). The panel discussion begins at 6 pm and will take place at the Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt in cooperation with the Hessische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung.

The discussion focuses on the present and future of remembrance culture: how is remembering changing in a diverse, digital, and politically polarised society? What roles do civic education, the media public sphere, and post-migrant perspectives play? And what does responsibility for history mean at a time when traditional forms of commemoration are increasingly under pressure?

Register here.

On 29 April, Marina Chernivsky will read from her book “Bruchzeiten – Life After 7 October”.

The book interweaves memories and biographical fragments into a reflection on 7 October 2023 and its aftermath. Chernivsky describes why this date represents a profound rupture for the Jewish community — one that is further deepened by social coldness and antisemitism.

The event takes place in cooperation with the Tage der Jüdischen Kultur in Chemnitz.

Admission is free. Registration here.

On 28 May 2026, from 4–7 pm, an empowerment workshop will take place for students of Freie Universität Berlin.

Jewish life is diverse and shaped by a wide range of experiences, perspectives, and resources. Not only, but particularly within university contexts, there is often a lack of spaces where Jewish students can come together, connect, and centre their perspectives, experiences, and strengths. The Empowerment Space aims to create such a space — a place

..where you can be present with yourself and with one another in a mindful, courageous, and open (vulnerable) way,

..that is as safe as possible and able to hold different experiences and realities,

..that you shape with your (biographical) stories, experiences, movements, and creativity,

..where, through sharing what strengthens you, you can discover and take with you your own inner resources and strengths.

The workshop is open to all students of Freie Universität Berlin and Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin, as well as students from other Berlin universities and higher education institutions who identify as Jewish. Regardless of which side of your family is Jewish, whether you are religious or not, or how connected you feel to your Jewish roots — you Jew you!

The workshop will be held in spoken German and facilitated by a member of the psychological team and a counsellor from OFEK e.V..

The workshop will take place in Berlin; the exact location will be shared confidentially upon registration.

Registration is open until 21 May 2026 via email at empowerment_ @ofek-beratung.de. All registrations will be treated confidentially and without disclosure to third parties.