Berlin, December 18 2023 On December 15, the Hannah Arendt Prize was awarded to the journalist and writer Masha Gessen. Shortly before the award ceremony, Masha Gessen published an essay in the New Yorker in which Gessen compared Gaza to a Nazi ghetto, among other things. The board of the Heinrich Böll Foundation … Continue reading

Berlin, November 7, 2023 At a chimney talk initiated by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) on November 7, 2023, questions regarding the Israeli judicial reform were to be discussed in a round table with Yossi Maimon, Chairman of the Berl Katznelson Foundation, Dr. Ralf Melzer, Chairman of the FES Israel and Martin … Continue reading

Berlin, October 17, 2023 At the discussion round initiated by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) titled "The Hour of Probation: on German-Israeli relations and the effects of the war on Germany", PD Dr Tamara Or gave a lecture in which she contextualized the start of the war and … Continue reading

Berlin, October 10 & 12, 2023 What opens our eyes and allows us to find new paths and stories? This question has become the title of the German-Israeli Literature Days 2023: "With open eyes". The event was planned in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Goethe Institute and was supposed to take … Continue reading

Berlin, September 14, 2023 On September 13, 1993, the Oslo Accords were signed as an important step towards Israeli-Palestinian peace. To commemorate this important event and to jointly develop ideas for a peaceful future, the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP), in cooperation with the Norwegian Embassy, … Continue reading

Mainz, August 22, 2023 On August 22, the Future Forum celebrated Israel's 75th anniversary at the invitation of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament and together with the Israeli Consulate General in Munich. The joint cooking workshop under the guidance of chef  Tom Franz not only emphasized the importance of … Continue reading

Frankfurt am Main, March 17, 2023 As part of a workshop organized by the Federal Agency for Civic Education for participants on an educational trip, PD Dr. Tamara Or gave a lecture on the topic of "Democracy in crisis: German-Israeli relations at a turning point?". Prof. Dr. Steffen Stetter, Professor of International … Continue reading

Berlin Together with the Bertelsmann Foundation and the Barenboim-Said Akademie, the Future Forum has initiated a series of talks that deal with various aspects of Israel-related anti-semitism. The aim of the discussion series is to deconstruct this important and, at the same time, extremely complex subject area using … Continue reading

Berlin, 2021 - 2023 In 2021, the Future Forum initiated a roundtable discussion for expert discussions on current topics concerning German-Israeli relations. Together with the Bertelsmann Foundation, we invited representatives of the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ), the German Institute for … Continue reading

Frankfurt am Main, November 20th 2022 On the occasion of the trip of the U18 juniors of the men's national team to Israel, the DFB invited us to Frankfurt am Main to prepare the juniors for their trip to Israel with a presentation. The trip included three international matches against the Czech Republic, the United … Continue reading

Frankfurt am Main, November 11th 2022 In November 2022, an introduction seminar was held in Frankfurt am Main for the participants of the Israel educational trip of the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB), which this year is mainly participated by representatives from the fields of memorial work, remembrance … Continue reading

Berlin, November 5th 2022 On November 5th 2022, on the initiative of Claudia Rugart, President of the Department of Schools and Education of the Baden-Württemberg State Government, and at the invitation of Daniela Schily, Head of the Würth Group Representative Office Berlin and Brussels, more than twenty Israeli … Continue reading

Tel Aviv, 6.- 8. September 2022 The German-Israeli Innovation Network (GIIN) and the World Jewish Congress (WJC), in cooperation with the German-Israeli Future Forum and other partners, organized the 2nd Media summit Tel Aviv, an Israeli-European media summit. The Future Forum' panel participated in the three-day … Continue reading

Berlin, September 4th 2022 Federal President Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the first lady Elke Büdenbender welcomed the President of the State of Israel, Isaac Herzog, and first lady Michal Herzog in Germany from September 4th to 6th for a three-day state visit. Dr. Tamara Or's participation in the state banquet at … Continue reading

Online, July 13th 2022 At the Maimonides-initiated online lecture "Conflicts and Opportunities. Concerning Jewish-Muslim Cooperation in the German-Israeli Context." Tal Alon presented the Foundation's work in the context of Jewish-Muslim relations and introduced the many untold stories of successful Jewish-Muslim … Continue reading

Berlin, March 14th 2022 In collaboration with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Hanns-Seidel-Foundation's Project Office Israel conducted three representative surveys in Israel and Germany. Among other things, the studies provide information about current opinion on the German-Israeli relationship, whether … Continue reading

Online, March 10th 2022 On the occasion of International Women's Day, the Federal Agency for Civic Education organized a panel discussion on the topic of "Jewish Feminism Yesterday and Today" in cooperation with Aviva Magazine. The digital event bpb:salon took place as a part of the project "Jewish Women in Germany … Continue reading

Online, March 1st, 2022 In cooperation with the American Jewish Committee Berlin, the Future Forum organized a digital discussion with experts on the topic "Germany's new government and the German-Israeli relations. Dr. Remko Leemhuis, director of the AJC Berlin, moderated the discussion, which was participated in by … Continue reading

Online, from November 16th 2021 In cooperation with the "Heinrich Böll" Foundation and the Israeli director Yael Reuveny, the Future Forum developed a concept for a mini-series. This series shows the diversity of Jewish life in Germany. The focus is on young Jews who work in public service and infrastructure … Continue reading

Munich, 8th-11th of November 2021 The first Smart City Workshop Bavaria-Israel took place in Munich from November 8th to 11th, 2021. The Israeli and Bavarian students, experts and start-ups came together for a three-day intensive workshop dedicated to the topic of "Smart Cities". The goal was to discuss concrete, … Continue reading

Online, Oktober 26th 2021 The Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB) organized a theme day dedicated to "Israel and the Pandemic" with various online events. In the closing panel, Dr. Tamara Or discussed Israeli and German perspectives on the Covid19 pandemic with the author Dr. Gil Yaron in a digital panel … Continue reading

Düsseldorf, Oktober 18th 2021 Germany's women's national football team played its first match to qualify for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup against Israel's national team. During the preparation of their trip to Israel, the German Football Association (DFB) invited the Future Forum to its training camp in … Continue reading

Online, September 2nd 2021 As part of the 1700th anniversary of Jewish life in Germany, Aviva Magazine and the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB) organized a workshop titled "Jewish Women in Germany after 1945". The Future Forum’s Director Tamara Or gave an input lecture and discussed with the participants how … Continue reading

In cooperation with the American Jewish Committee Berlin, the Future Forum hosted a digital experts discussion about "Israel's new government and German-Israeli relations". Tamara Or, the Executive Director of the Future Forum, moderated the eventpanel discussion with , which was attended by Israel's ambassador H.E. … Continue reading

From June 30th to July 2nd, 2021 Dr. Tamara Or had the great honor of joining the President of Germany, Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on his trip to Israel. The state visit was at the invitation of the Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, whose term of office ended on July 7th, 2021. The President also met with his … Continue reading