ELES TAKES Initiative

Under the umbrella of the Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk, important initiatives such as DialoguePerspectives. Discussing Religions and Worldviews and DAGESH. Jewish Art in Context. Today, DialoguePerspectives and DAGESH are independent programmes of the Leo Baeck Foundation. Founded in 2019 by the Jewish Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk and the Muslim Avicenna-Studienwerk, the Jewish-Muslim think tank Karov-Qareeb is now part of DialoguePerspectives. The ELES programme “Never again!? Together against anti-Semitism & for a plural society” is aimed at scholarship holders from all 13 German scholarship programmes.

Dagesh. Jüdische Kunst im Kontext

In 2016, the Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk founded DAGESH. KunstLAB: a programme for the promotion of ELES scholarship holders that are artists. It not only offers the ELES artists a unique network, but also their own seminars and retreats. In addition, international cooperation and exhibitions increase the visibility of their work. With the help of renowned Jewish artists and art scholars, DAGESH acts to support and encourage Jewish artists..

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Dialogue/Perspectives

Dialogue/Perspectives is a programme for the establishment of innovative forms of interreligious and ideological dialogue. With Dialogue/Perspectives we enter into dialogue with scholarship holders of different religious and ideological identities as well as with renowned scientists and discourse-defining experts on one of the most important topics of our time: the role of religions and worldviews for the individual and for society. The programme is aimed at scholarship holders of all 13 federally funded scholarship funds – funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research – who will be trained as future leaders in the field of interreligious dialogue..