Prize-giving ceremony of photo competition Jewish Everyday Life in Germany

The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Federal Government Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany and the Fight against Anti-Semitism, the Central Council of Jews in Germany and the Cultural Integration Initiative are launching a photography competition under the heading Cohesion in Diversity – Jewish Everyday Life in Germany.

One year after the antisemitic attack on the synagogue in Halle and a few days after the attack in front of the Hamburg synagogue, the initiators want to use the competition to show that the diverse, multi-facetted and everyday aspects of Jewish life form an integral part of German society.

Stephan Erfurt, founder and CEO of C/O Berlin, is part of the independent panel of judges – together with Iris Berben (actress), Dalia Grinfeld (associate director for European affairs of the Anti Defamations-League), Prof. Monika Grütters MdB (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media), Dr. Felix Klein (Federal Government Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany and the Fight against Anti-Semitism), Shelly Kupferberg (journalist and moderator), Patricia Schlesinger (Chairwoman Degeto-supervisory board), Dr. Josef Schuster (President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany) and Olaf Zimmermann (Spokesperson for the Cultural Integration Initiative).