Jewrovision
The Jewrovision [ ˈdʒuːrəʊˌvɪʒn ] is the largest music and dance competition of Jewish youth centers in Germany , which has been held annually in German cities since 2002. In the last few years there have been reports about this music event locally, regionally and nationwide.
meaning
The term Jewrovision is pronounced in English and is made up of the parts jew - English for Jew or Jewess - and Eurovision , based on the Eurovision Song Contest .
The Jewrovision competition was held for the first time in 2002 as part of a weekend leisure time organized by the Central Welfare Office for Jews in Germany (ZWST) in Bad Sobernheim (Rhineland-Palatinate). At this first Jewrovision, participants from six Jewish youth centers competed. The organization of the follow-up event was awarded to the Jewish community of the winning city from the 2004 competition onwards. Since 2005, the annual competitions have also had their own motto, which can also be reflected in the logo of the respective year. Since 2013, the Central Council of Jews in Germany has taken over the organization of the Jewrovision.
Venues
The venues, organizers and the respective winners of the Jewrovision were or are:
| year | Host | motto | place | Winner Youth Center |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | - | - | Bad Sobernheim , Rhineland-Palatinate | Emuna Dortmund |
| 2003 | - | - | Bad Sobernheim, Rhineland-Palatinate | Jachad Cologne |
| 2004 | Synagogue community Cologne | - | Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia | Kadima Düsseldorf |
| 2005 | Jewish community Düsseldorf | "Be a hero - Sing for Israel" | Düsseldorf , North Rhine-Westphalia | Olam Berlin |
| 2006 | Jewish community in Berlin | "Stars are born" | Berlin | Emuna Dortmund |
| 2007 | Jewish community of Greater Dortmund | "Never say Never" | Dortmund , North Rhine-Westphalia | Neshama Munich |
| 2008 | Israelite community in Munich and Upper Bavaria | "Love is in the air" | Munich , Bavaria | Kadima Düsseldorf |
| 2009 | Jewish community Düsseldorf | "Stars of David" | Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia | Jachad Cologne |
| 2010 | Synagogue community Cologne | "Mascarade on air" | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia | Olam Berlin |
| 2011 | Jewish community in Berlin | "Make your dreams come true" | Berlin | Olam Berlin |
| 2012 | Israelite community in Munich and Upper Bavaria | "Back to the roots" | Munich Bavaria | Neshama Munich |
| 2013 | Central Council of Jews in Germany | "The Future is Now!" | Munich Bavaria | Jachad Cologne |
| 2014 | Central Council of Jews in Germany | "Bar Mitzwah" | Hamburg | Jachad Cologne |
| 2015 | Central Council of Jews in Germany | "Make a difference" | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia | Or Chadash Mannheim feat. JuJuBa |
| 2016 | Central Council of Jews in Germany | "Ledor Wador-The Next Generation" | Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg | Or Chadash Mannheim feat. JuJuBa |
| 2017 | Central Council of Jews in Germany | "United cultures of judaism" | Karlsruhe , Baden-Wuerttemberg | Chasak Hamburg |
| 2018 | Central Council of Jews in Germany | "The Circle of Life" | Dresden , Saxony | Amichai Frankfurt |
| 2019 | Central Council of Jews in Germany | "Chai" | Festhalle Frankfurt, Hesse | Olam Berlin |
procedure
The process of the Jewrovision is intended to remind of the Eurovision Song Contest. As part of the competition, children and young people from the youth centers of Jewish communities in different German cities take to the stage.
After the moderator has given a speech, the opening act starts. Then the youth centers begin their performances. The order will be drawn by the moderator a few weeks before the event.
Each performance consists of two parts:
- a short film and
- a singing dance show on stage.
The video will be shot by the young people themselves. On the one hand, it presents the respective youth center and their hometown and, on the other hand, goes into the respective motto of the Jewrovision. The performance on stage consists of live singing and dancing. The lyrics written especially for the Jewrovision mostly deal with Jewish content, which also has to do with the respective motto of the Jewrovision. The dance interludes on the stage are choreographed themselves, although the number of dancers or singers is not specified.
When all the youth centers are ready, the special acts will be preformed by famous Jewish singers. In 2016, for example, Nadav Guedj, who represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015, and Noah Levi, the winner of the SAT1 casting show "The Voice Kids", sang there. In the meantime, the expert jury has time to evaluate the presentation.
Both the content of the lyrics (in connection with the motto) and the performance on stage are included in the evaluation of the performances. There is an extra video price for the introduction videos, they are not included in the overall rating. "The evaluation of the work is also based on the Eurovision principle: All participants award points, only not for their own community." Evaluation is either by a specially invited jury or by the youth center managers of the participating youth centers. E.g. In 2008, Ralph Siegel was a member of the evaluation jury and described the Jewrovision as "[...] a lovable miniature version of the Grand Prix."
media
The Jewrovision is mainly accompanied medially by the weekly newspaper Jüdische Allgemeine. Other media mention this in short articles. The youth center that wins the Grand Prix is usually also honored by the local media of the respective city. In recent years the Kölner Stadtanzeiger has published larger articles: The event will be broadcast live on the Internet.
Web links
- jewrovision.de - website of Jewrovision with information, press reports, photos and videos about the music competition
- www.rz-muenchen.de/de/jewrovision-live - Official live stream of Jewrovision (available during the event)
Individual evidence
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↑ For example, the newspaper Jüdische Allgemeine , a nationwide weekly newspaper with a circulation of 12,538 (source website Jüdische Allgemeine, quote: "The Jüdische Allgemeine appears every Thursday in an IVW-checked print run of 12,538 copies (first quarter of 2009).) (Jüdische Allgemeine / Verlag) ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. (Accessed April 2011) , reported several times about the event. Reports were also broadcast on television, such as a nationwide broadcast in the program "Stations" on March 27, 2013 on BR . (http://www.ardmediathek.de/br-fernsehen/stations/jewrovision -2013-in-muenchen? DocumentId = 15625574 (accessed December 2013) ) The following is an exemplary, incomplete overview of the press articles on Jewrovision 2011 alone:
- Jüdische Allgemeine: “Trial dance for the festival - How young people prepare for Jewrovision” (by Zlatan Alihodzic, January 20, 2011, Duisburg)
- Der Tagesspiegel: “Berlin is looking for the Jewish superstars” (by Kathrin Aldenhoff, February 25, 2011)
- Wochenspiegel: “The dream of defending the title at“ Jewrovision ”” ( dapd , February 22, 2011)
- Bild.de news ticker: “Jewish young people celebrate in Berlin” (February 20, 2011, 8:34 am)
- Berliner Morgenpost: “Jewrovision 2011 networks young musicians” (February 17th, 2011, Berlin)
- Jüdische Zeitung: “It's the highlight of the year” (by Dirk Hohwieler, February 2011)
- New Germany: “Festival» Jewrovision «” ( dpa , February 21, 2011)
- DRadio Wissen: “Jewrovision - Jewish youths oil the voices for their song contest.” (Culture, February 24, 2011)
- Berliner Zeitung: “Song contest in Jewish” (by Sebastian Dörfler, February 26, 2011)
- ↑ Info on the Jewrovision website ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (Accessed March 2011)
- ↑ Table from the web portal jewrovision.de ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed April 2011)
- ↑ Source Jüdische Allgemeine: “On Stage. In four weeks, twelve youth centers will take part in the singing contest ”(by Zlatan Alihodzic, February 9, 2012) (accessed February 2012)
- ↑ Registration: Jewrovision 2013 in Munich . ikg-m.de. January 30, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ↑ Source Jüdische Allgemeine: “Probetanz fürs Festival - How young people prepare for Jewrovision” (by Zlatan Alihodzic, January 20, 2011, Duisburg) (accessed April 2011)
- ↑ Source rules of the Jewrovision (accessed February 2017)
- ↑ Quotation from Jüdische Allgemeine: “Probetanz fürs Festival - How young people prepare for Jewrovision” (by Zlatan Alihodzic, January 20, 2011, Duisburg) (accessed April 2011)
- ^ Quotation from Süddeutsche Zeitung: "Trällern during the" Jewrovision "Song Contest" (by Philipp Crone, February 11, 2008) (accessed April 2011)
- ↑ 2014 Cologne residents win "Jewrovision" again
- ↑ 2013 Cologne residents win "Jewrovision 2013"
