Meron Mendel

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Meron Mendel (born 1976 in Ramat Gan ) is an Israeli educator and director of the Anne Frank educational institution .

Life

After a youth in the kibbutz Maschʾabbe Sade and military service in the IDF , Mendel studied in Haifa , where he graduated in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in history and education and in 2002 with a master's degree in Jewish history . He was involved in numerous peace projects and is still active in Givat Haviva's circle of friends to this day . In 2001 he continued his studies in Germany at the University of Munich and received his doctorate in 2010 in Frankfurt am Main with an educational thesis on the subject of the living environment of Jewish young people in Germany. He worked at the educational science institute at the University of Frankfurt and at the Jewish Museum .

Since 2010 he has been director of the Anne Frank educational institution . During this time, he expanded the facility's offerings with a multimedia learning laboratory for young people, two counseling centers for those affected by discrimination, as well as nationally recognized exhibitions (most recently “Holocaust in Comics”) and conferences.

Mendel repeatedly positions himself controversially in public; Among other things, he was involved in protests against right-wing publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2017. Particularly when it comes to the issue of anti-Semitism among young people, such as the Kollegah debate , his demands for improved educational work continue to attract attention.

Mendel described the decision by the City of Frankfurt's Magistrate not to provide the BDS movement with any urban space as a “strong signal against hatred of Jews and Israel-related anti-Semitism ”.

Mendel is, among other things, the founder of the Frankfurt Anne Frank Day .

Publications

Mendel has published on the topics of the migration society, culture of remembrance and anti-Semitism , including the study of Jewish young people in Germany. A biographical-narrative analysis to identify identity . In 2017 he gave the anthologies 100 Years of Denial. The Armenian Genocide and Fragile Consensus. Anti-Semitism education in the migration society.

  • Meron Mendel / Eva Berendsen / Saba Nur-Cheema (eds.): Trigger warning: Identity politics between defense, isolation and alliances. Verbrecher Verlag, 2019, ISBN 978-3-95732-380-4 .
  • Meron Mendel / Astrid Messerschmidt (eds.): Fragile consensus. Anti-Semitism Education in the Migration Society. Campus Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-5935078-1-1 .
  • Meron Mendel: On the identity of Jewish youth in the present Federal Republic of Germany. Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt a. M., ISBN 978-3-9813388-1-2 .
  • Katharina Kunter, Meron Mendel: 100 years of denial. The genocide of the Armenians - contribution to a multi-perspective culture of remembrance in Germany. Aschendorff Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-4021318-8-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BS Anne Frank :::: Meron Mendel biography. Retrieved June 12, 2018 .
  2. ^ Badische Zeitung: Anne Frank educational institution sets up a "learning laboratory" - Culture - Badische Zeitung . ( badische-zeitung.de [accessed on June 13, 2018]).
  3. ^ Frankfurter Rundschau: Crime in Hessen: Help for victims of right-wing violence in Hessen . In: Frankfurter Rundschau . ( fr.de [accessed on June 13, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Art Spiegelman's heirs . In: Der Tagesspiegel Online . January 28, 2017, ISSN  1865-2263 ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed June 13, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Volker Breidecker: From "grasshoppers" and the "Judenknacks" . In: sueddeutsche.de . 2018, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on June 13, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Frankfurter Rundschau: Frankfurt Book Fair: Show your teeth to the right . In: Frankfurter Rundschau . ( fr.de [accessed June 12, 2018]).
  7. ↑ "Devastating Sign": Critique of Echo for Farid Bang and Kollegah . In: ZEIT ONLINE . ( zeit.de [accessed on June 13, 2018]).
  8. ↑ Annette Jensen: Meron Mendel on anti-Semitism: "Danger of a spiral of violence" . In: The daily newspaper: taz . November 30, 2017, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed June 13, 2018]).
  9. ^ Anti-Semitism is not an opinion Press release from the Anne Frank educational institution, September 28, 2017
  10. ↑ 'No anti-Semitic groups in hall buildings' Frankfurter Rundschau October 1, 2017
  11. ^ Frankfurter Neue Presse: Monday interview: "Nobody can get past Anne Frank" | Frankfurter Neue Presse . ( fnp.de [accessed June 12, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Mendel, Meron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli educator and director of the Anne Frank educational facility
DATE OF BIRTH 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Ramat Gan