Dr. Sandra Anusiewicz-Baer
Substitute Professorship
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Chair of Jewish Religious Education, Pedagogy and Didactics
Dr. Sandra Anusiewicz-Baer
Chief Operating Officer (Zacharias Frankel College)
▪ Strategic development of the rabbi training program
▪ Conception, elaboration and further development of the curriculum
▪ Student counseling, support in finding internships and careers
▪ Representing the institution nationally and internationally at conferences, with various organizations and umbrella associations as well as in interreligious encounters with political and social institutions (in German, English, French and Hebrew)
▪ Conception and management of cooperation at home and abroad
▪ Public relations work
▪ Development and management of all digital formats (website, newsletter, social media)
▪ Fundraising and budgeting
▪ Recruitment of students & management of the admission process
Education Officer (Jewish Community of Berlin)
▪ Supervision of all educational institutions of the community (from kindergarten to youth center)
▪ Conception, organization and supervision of educational work
▪ Communication with institutions, associations, administrative bodies and political committees / bodies
▪ Design of a careers information program for pupils at the Jewish secondary school
Head of the Cultural Department (Jewish Community of Berlin)
▪ Conception, organization & management of cultural events (exhibitions, panel discussions, concerts, readings)
▪ Development of PR strategies and image campaigns
▪ Communication with artists, publishers and international cultural institutions
▪ Budgeting for all events
Coordinator for Educational Programs (American Jewish Committee)
▪ Conception of the democracy education program Hands Across the Campus for schools in Berlin and Brandenburg
▪ Head of the working group of Jewish educators
▪ Publication of the study Democracy Education in Israel (together with the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future - EVZ)
▪ Development of specialist educational materials on Israel Diversity
▪ Planning, organization and implementation of events
Education officer (Jewish Museum Berlin)
▪ Development of accompanying educational materials for the permanent exhibition on Jewish children and young people under National Socialism and flight and exile (Berlin 2004):
https://www.jmberlin.de/kommentierte-dokumente-zur-geschichte-der-juden-im-nationalsozialismus und Kommentierte Quellen zur jüdischen Lebenswelt (Berlin 2006):
https:// www.jmberlin.de/kommentierte-quellen-zur-juedischen-lebenswelt
▪ Conception and implementation of customized tour formats for various visitor groups
▪ Conception, organization and management of training courses for educators
Certificate Program in Virtual Experiential Education & Facilitation
(M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education)
▪ Teaching new approaches to designing virtual programs and online learning experiences
▪ Skills training on the use of apps and tech tools to maximize online learning
▪ Development of a virtual learning offer and transfer to the seminar catalog of the University of Potsdam
Doctorate (Humboldt University of Berlin)
▪ Department: Educational Science
▪ Title of the dissertation A biotope of Jewish majority society - On the connection between Jewish school education and identity construction using the example of graduates of the Jewish High School in Berlin
▪ Published as Die Jüdische Oberschule in Berlin. Identity and Jewish school education since 1993 https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-4019-9/die-juedische-oberschule-in-berlin/
▪ Graduation: magna cum laude
Further education in Cultural Management (Institute for Culture and Media Management at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama)
▪ Main focus: Quality management and organizational management
▪ Topic of the certificate thesis: Quality and evaluation in a socio-cultural context - an examination and assessment of evaluation procedures using the example of the Berlin educational program for daycare centers
▪ Overall grade: 1.66 (good)
| 2024 | Author "Jüdischer Religionsunterricht: Wer und was ist jüdisch? Sag's mir bevor Du erwachsen bist", in: Bodemann, Y. Michal (ed.): Die Erfundene Gemeinschaft. Erinnerungspolitik, Staat und Judentum in Deutschland, Berlin: Verbrecher Verlag, pp. 51-78. |
| Author "Jüdischer Religionsunterricht in Deutschland - Eine Bestandsaufnahme jüdischer Erziehung im Spannungsfeld von Religion, Säkularisierung und Verstaatlichung, in: Zeitschrift für Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik, December 2024 (online: https://rdcu.be/d3nNX) | |
| Editor (together with Christian Hild and Abualwafa Mohammed) Religion und Kommunikation in Bildung und Gesellschaft (www.rkbg.de), Volume IV with the topic "Religiöse Bildung im Transfer - Vermittlung zwischen Religionen, Sprachen und Kulturen", Stuttgart: Kohlhammer: https://shop.kohlhammer. de/religiose-bildung-im-transfer 44708.html#147=19 | |
| 2023 | Editor (together with Christian Hild and Abdel-Hafiez Massud) Religion und Kommunikation in Bildung und Gesellschaft (www.rkbg.de), Volume III with the topic "Humanity as a religious education and didactic leitmotif", Stuttgart: Kohlhammer: https://shop.kohlhammer.de/humanitat- als-religionspadagogisches-und-didaktisches-leitmotiv-43762.html#147=19 |
| 2022 | Author "Jüdische religiöse Bildung im 21. Jahrhundert. Inhalte - Ziele - Herausforderungen", in: Reichmann, Bettina/Urbany, Wolfgang (eds.), Jüdische und christliche religiöse Bildung im Dialog. Anstöße für eine menschenrechtliche Zukunft, Stuttgart, pp. 35-48. |
| 2021 | Editor (together with Lara Dämmig) and author "Jung und jüdisch in der DDR" (236 pages), Leipzig: Hentrich & Hentrich. https://www.hentrichhentrich.de/buch-jung-und-juedisch-in-der-ddr.html. Selected review: https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/judentum-ddr-jung-und-juedisch-100.html |
| author "Response 6: "One Size Fits All?" Zum RUfa 2.0 aus jüdisch-religionspädagogischer Sicht", in: EZW-Texte 271, Konstanze Kemnitzer/Matthias Roser (eds.): "All together now!?" Ein Schreibgespräch zum Religionsunterricht in Hamburg (RUfa 2.0), pp. 123-138. | |
| Author "On the Possibilities and Impossibilities of Being Jewish in Postwar Germany", in: Reuveni, Gideon/Franklin, Diana (Eds.): The Future of the German-Jewish Past, Purdue University Press / West Lafayette, Indiana, pp. 109-119. | |
| Author "Rabbis of Tomorrow: Pathways and Challenges", in: Dimentstein, Marcelo/Tartakowsky, Ewa (Eds.): Jewish Europe Today - Between Memory and Everyday Life, American Publishing House, Cracow - Budapest - Syracuse, pp. 33-50. | |
| 2017 | Author "Die Jüdische Oberschule in Berlin. Identity and Jewish School Education since 1993" (407 pages), transcript, Bielefeld. https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-4019-9/die-juedische-oberschule-in-berlin/ |
Awards
1/2023-3/2024
Pedagogies of Peoplehood Research Fellowship
(M² - The Institute of Experiential Jewish Education) https://ieje.org/resources/a-jewish-pedagogy-of-responsiveness/
10/2017
Special award of Humboldt University for the dissertation in the field of "Judaism and Anti-Semitism"
8/2012-8/2016
Doctoral scholarship holder of the Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk (ELES)
7/1998-7/1999
Scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for a year abroad at the University of Haifa, Israel
Commitment
since 8/2024 Member of the Pedagogical Committee, The Renaissance Hub
▪ Initiative of Paideia - The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden
▪ Advice and promotion of a data-based strategy for the development of sustainable concepts for Jewish education and upbringing
member of Präsenzen e.V. since 6/2024.
▪ Deputy chairwoman
▪ Representation of interests for academics from various disciplines researching the Jewish present
member of Forum Demokratie e.V. since 5/2024.
▪ Table moderator at the event "What does our democracy need?" on 16.6.2024 at the Humboldtforum
since 1/2024 Member of the Network of Jewish University Teachers e.V.
▪ Representation of interests of Jewish university lecturers for support, information exchange and event organization
since 8/2022 Member of the Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk e.V.
▪ Strategic and content planning for the work of the scholarship program for gifted students
since 6/2022 Member of the Society for Scientific Religious Education e.V.
▪ Academic and subject-specific exchange on topics relating to didactics, historical religious education and community education
member of the Masorti Europe Executive Board since 4/2022
▪ Steering the processes for cooperation between all Masorti/Conservative Jewish communities in Europe
▪ Representation of interests in European committees
since 4/2019 Jury member of the Giving Back Foundation for the promotion of Jewish women and their projects in art, culture and science
▪ Annual selection of scholarship holders from between 40 and 60 applicants
4/2009-4/2012 Organizer of the Festival of the Jewish Book (Jewish community Duisburg-Mühlheim/Ruhr-Oberhausen)
▪ Selection of authors and scholars for the annual events
▪ Planning and moderation of the events
7/2007-3/2009 Publisher and editor of Familienmentsch
▪ Founding of a magazine for Jewish families
▪ Developing the content of the quarterly issues
▪ Press and public relations work
▪ Fundraising and budgeting
▪ Development of marketing strategies
▪ Supervision of authors and graphic design as well as
editorial work
▪ Database maintenance for subscribers and advertising customers