Edna Brocke

Edna Brocke (* 1943 in Jerusalem ) is a Judaist who is committed to the Judeo-Christian dialogue. By participating in various Judeo-Christian committees as well as through publications and lectures, she actively shapes the public discourse on issues relating to German-Jewish history in Germany.

Life

Brocke grew up in Jerusalem and did her military service in the Israeli army . She studied political science , English and Jewish studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . She has lived in the Federal Republic of Germany since December 1968. She was a lecturer for topics related to Judaism at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum . From 1988 to March 2011 she headed the Old Synagogue in Essen . For many years she was a member of the working group Jews and Christians at the German Evangelical Church Congress . From 1971 to 2018 she was a member of the discussion group “Christians and Jews” at the Central Committee of German Catholics .

In 1986 she co-founded the theological magazine Kirche und Israel, which is now published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht .

Edna Brocke was married to the Judaist Michael Brocke . She is a great niece of Hannah Arendt and has dealt intensively with her work.

Awards

In addition to other honors, she received the Buber-Rosenzweig Medal in 2002 and the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in 2006 .

On May 28, 1997, she received an honorary doctorate from the Augustana University in Neuendettelsau for her involvement in theological dialogue between Christians and Jews .

The Ruhr University Bochum awarded her an honorary doctorate in 1998 for her “German-Jewish remembrance work”.

In 2009 Edna Brocke received the Hans Ehrenberg Prize of the Evangelical Churches in Bochum for her analysis of the relationship between Jews, Israelis and Germans and for her criticism of modern forms of anti-Semitism in Germany.

Audios and transcriptions

Deutschlandfunk 2014: 4-part conversation between Rüdiger Achenbach and Edna Brocke about "Holy Scriptures and their meaning in Judaism and Islam"
1. The meaning of the Koran and the Torah. July 28, 2014
2. Religious texts in everyday life. 29th July 2014
3. Promises, revelations, and the tradition of the prophets. July 30, 2014
4. Mission, conversion and free choice of religion. July 31, 2014
Deutschlandfunk 2015: 5-part conversation between Rüdiger Achenbach and Edna Brocke about "Jewish Identity in Judaism"
1. The importance of Abraham in Judaism. September 28, 2015
2. Abraham and the connection between religion and politics in Islam. 29th September 2015
3. Searching for Truth in Scripture. September 30, 2015
4. The people of Israel and Christianity. October 1, 2015
5. The role of religion in Israel. October 2nd, 2015
Deutschlandfunk 2017:
- Born in Bethlehem. “Everything about Jesus is Jewish”. Edna Brocke in conversation with Andreas Main. December 26, 2017 ( mp3; 22.3 MB; 23:48 min. ( Memento from December 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive ))

literature

Literature by and about Edna Brocke in the catalog of the German National Library
About "Hannah Arendt". Thinking for yourself makes you lonely. A conversation with Edna Brocke, the philosopher's great niece. In: FAZ . January 14, 2013 - The questions were asked by Andreas Rossmann ( faz.net [accessed October 25, 2019]).

Web links

"Judaism is much, much, much more than just religion". 200 years ago, an edict was issued in Prussia that made Jews citizens. Edna Brocke in conversation with Ulrike Timm. In: Deutschlandradio Kultur . March 8, 2012
The "Old Synagogue" Essen. In: essen.de (also English, Arabic)

Individual evidence

^ Church and Israel. KuI. Neukirchener theological journal. Neukirchener Verlag des Erziehungsverein, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1.1986–2006; Neukirchener Verlagsgesellschaft, Neukirchen 2007–2016; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2017–, ISSN 0179-7239 .
↑ Brocke was, for example, significantly involved in the symposium on Hannah Arendt from December 12th to 15th. November 1995 in cooperation with the Martin Buber Institute for Jewish Studies at the University of Cologne. The texts are published in: Karl-Heinz Klein-Rusteberg (Red.): Loyalty as a sign of truth. Hannah Arendt: Work and Effect (= study series of the Old Synagogue. Volume 6). Edited by the Old Synagogue, Essen. Klartext, Essen 1997, ISBN 3-88474-585-9 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
↑ State Order of Merit presented to Edna Brocke. Press release from the city of Essen. (No longer available online.) In: essen.de. Essen Press and Communication Office, March 17, 2006, archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; accessed on June 5, 2018 .
^ Honorary doctorate for German-Jewish remembrance work. Press release No. 12 from the Ruhr University Bochum . In: ruhr-uni-bochum.de. September 15, 1997, accessed January 30, 2007 (January 16, 1998 version).
↑ Hans Ehrenberg Prize. Press release from the city of Essen. (No longer available online.) In: essen.de. Essen Press and Communication Office, March 17, 2006, archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; accessed on June 5, 2018 .
^ Epd-West fri es: Hans Ehrenberg Prize for Judaist Edna Brocke. In: spme.org. Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, October 9, 2009, accessed on October 25, 2019 (taken from epd.de. Evangelical Press Service ; no longer available online, no mementos ).

personal data
SURNAME	Brocke, Edna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Judaist
DATE OF BIRTH	1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jerusalem

[1] Church and Israel. KuI. Neukirchener theological journal. Neukirchener Verlag des Erziehungsverein, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1.1986–2006; Neukirchener Verlagsgesellschaft, Neukirchen 2007–2016; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2017–, ISSN 0179-7239 .

[2] Brocke was, for example, significantly involved in the symposium on Hannah Arendt from December 12th to 15th. November 1995 in cooperation with the Martin Buber Institute for Jewish Studies at the University of Cologne. The texts are published in: Karl-Heinz Klein-Rusteberg (Red.): Loyalty as a sign of truth. Hannah Arendt: Work and Effect (= study series of the Old Synagogue. Volume 6). Edited by the Old Synagogue, Essen. Klartext, Essen 1997, ISBN 3-88474-585-9 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

[3] State Order of Merit presented to Edna Brocke. Press release from the city of Essen. (No longer available online.) In: essen.de. Essen Press and Communication Office, March 17, 2006, archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; accessed on June 5, 2018 .

[4] Honorary doctorate for German-Jewish remembrance work. Press release No. 12 from the Ruhr University Bochum . In: ruhr-uni-bochum.de. September 15, 1997, accessed January 30, 2007 (January 16, 1998 version).

[5] Hans Ehrenberg Prize. Press release from the city of Essen. (No longer available online.) In: essen.de. Essen Press and Communication Office, March 17, 2006, archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; accessed on June 5, 2018 .

[6] Epd-West fri es: Hans Ehrenberg Prize for Judaist Edna Brocke. In: spme.org. Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, October 9, 2009, accessed on October 25, 2019 (taken from epd.de. Evangelical Press Service ; no longer available online, no mementos ).