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Our work revolves around questions that are decisive for Jewish life and for democracy in Germany. Much of it cannot be separated cleanly - the rule of law, extremism, antisemitism and Jewish life are intertwined.

Choose a topic and you will find all contributions, positions and publications on it in one place.

Topic areas at a glance

Our thematic focus

Wählen Sie ein Thema – Sie finden alle Beiträge, Positionen und Veröffentlichungen dazu gebündelt.

Jewish Life

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Antisemitism

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Israel & the Middle East

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Democracy & the Rule of Law

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Islamism

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Right-Wing Extremism

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Left-Wing Extremism

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Values-Based Patriotism

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Current focus topics

What concerns us right now

Die zuletzt veröffentlichten Beiträge zu unseren Themen – neueste zuerst.

Antisemitism

WI-Talk: Tilman Tarach: From the Middle Ages to the TAZ. How anti-Jewish images have survived the centuries

https://youtu.be/wNrLr7zNQX4Israel as a perpetrator state, Jews who have supposedly turned from victims into perpetrators, the accusation of genocide. All of this has been and…

21. August 2026Weiterlesen →

Antisemitism

WI-Talk: Ingo Elbe: Antisemitism in postcolonial theory

How can it be that people who stand up for diversity, human rights and equality sympathise with terrorist organisations such as Hamas? Why is…

7. August 2026Weiterlesen →

Antisemitism

Press release: Acquittal for Nazi comparisons sends a fatal signal

WerteInitiative – jüdisch-deutsche Positionen criticises the reasoning of the Oberlandesgericht Zweibrücken with which an acquittal was upheld. The proceedings concerned Instagram stories in which…

3. August 2026Weiterlesen →

Islamism

Joint Press Statement against Islamism

The Islamist terrorist attack on Berlin's Christopher Street Day (CSD) has shown in the most harrowing way: Islamism concerns us all. Our deepest sympathy…

29. July 2026Weiterlesen →

Antisemitism

WI-Talk: Tuvia Tenenbom: Are Jewish voices being cancelled? On the price of dialogue

Zwei Berliner Buchvorstellungen mit Tuvia Tenenbom wurden abgesagt. Der WI-Talk fragt, was das über den Umgang mit jüdischen Stimmen verrät.

20. July 2026Weiterlesen →

Antisemitism

Programme complaint against the ZDF broadcast “Aspekte” of 12.06.2026

We have sent the following letter to the television council (Fernsehrat) of Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF). Dear Sir or Madam, we hereby lodge a…

9. July 2026Weiterlesen →

Topics in detail

Key questions and perspectives

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Jewish Life

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Antisemitism

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Israel & the Middle East

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Democracy & the Rule of Law

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Islamism

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Right-Wing Extremism

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Left-Wing Extremism

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Values-Based Patriotism

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