PAIDEIA - The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden

May 20, 2009

Prominent Personalities in Swedish and International Interfaith Work Visit Paideia

On May 14th, the Paideia One-year Jewish Studies Program received much appreciated visits from personalities in the field of interfaith work.

The fellows in the program had the wonderful opportunity of talking to Brita Stendahl and Anna Stendahl, wife and daughter of the late Krister Stendahl, who passed away in April 2008, and in whose honour the current fellowship year is named.

Krister Stendahl, former bishop in Stockholm and dean of Harvard Divinity School, was a great friend of Paideia and a member of the Institute’s Board of Trustees. Brita and Anna talked about Krister Stendahl’s pioneer work in the fields of gender equality within the church and of interfaith dialogue.

Brita Stendahl also expanded on the three rules of religious understanding that Krister Stendahl outlined, and that form a thoughtful and inspiring ground for any interfaith dialogue:

- If you want to understand another religion, ask its adherents, not its enemies: let the other define him- or herself.

- Don’t compare your best to their worst.

- Leave room for “holy envy” - find aspects of another religion that you admire, but accept that it belongs to that religion, and not your own.

During the same day, Paideia was honoured to have Gunnel Borgegård as a guest to the One-year Program. Gunnel Borgegård is Director of the Nordic Ecumenical Council in Uppsala, a member of the Church of Sweden Mission Committee for Church and Judaism, ICCJ Vice-President and Chair of the ICCJ Women’s Council.

Gunnel gave a historic overview of the work of the International Council of Christians and Jews, in Sweden and internationally, and the direction that the work of the ICCJ has today.

The ICCJ works for promoting understanding and cooperation between Christians and Jews, countering prejudice and intolerance, and advancing dialogue - working on four levels in society: between organizations, between religious institutions, in academia and in daily life.

Paideia considers interreligious work a cornerstone in its mission, and is truly grateful to Brita, Anna and Gunnel for sharing their insights and experience with the fellows.



August 23, 2010

Paideia Project-Incubator 2010: celebrating 5 years and 100 projects

The 2010 Paideia Project-Incubator has included two major landmarks: the 5th birthday of the program and passing the 100-projects-tutored-mark. The program has been growing year by year, and has seen ...


August 3, 2010

Paideia opens its doors for the 5th annual Project-Incubator

Paideia is thrilled to currently be hosting 27 participants from 13 different European countries – from Lithuania to Italy, from the UK to Belarus – in the 5th annual Project-Incubator, empowering and...


June 15, 2010

“Shituf Peula”: Benjamin Fellows' Volunteer Project in the Ukraine

During their year at Paideia as Walter Benjamin Fellows in 2009-2010, Anna Litovskaya from Russia and Olga Savchuk from the Ukraine developed a plan to develop volunteer work culture for Jewish Commun...


March 9, 2010

The Paideia One-Year Program - Apply Now!

The Paideia One-year Jewish Studies Program is an intense experience of delving into the Jewish sources during a year in Stockholm.

Join the 2010-2011 class of fellows in a pluralistic, non-denomi...


February 5, 2010

I3 2010 European Regional Gathering for Paideia and ROI Communities

Paideia & ROI have joined forces to offer European leaders and activists the unique opportunity of meeting, learning and creating together, and to develop and improve their professional skills for the...


November 16, 2009

I 3 - The European Gathering for Paideia and ROI Communities

With the exciting aim of strengthening Jewish culture and innovation in Europe, Paideia & ROI have joined forces to offer European leaders and activists the unique opportunity of meeting, learning and...


November 5, 2009

A Century of Memory - Centropa Exhibition at Emigranternas Hus in Gothenburg

Four of Paideia’s fellows travelled yesterday to Gothenburg, Sweden’s second city, to take part in a panel discussion inaugurating the Centropa exhibition “A Century of Memory” at the “Emigranternas H...


August 18, 2009

The Paideia Project-Incubator 2009 – a Hothouse for European Jewish Creativity

We are delighted to have played host this August to 27 dedicated engineers-of-social-change from 13 countries: Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turk...


June 29, 2009

Paideia Congratulates the 2009 Graduates of the One-year Jewish Studies Program: the Krister Stendahl Fellows

Paideia’s eighth group of students has graduated from the One-year Jewish Studies Program in Stockholm. Considering that the program offers over 800 teacher-lead hours in total – not including individ...


May 8, 2009

Places of Uncertainty and Memory

Marion Kahnemann, acclaimed sculptor and Paideia alumna, has inaugurated a major public work in the city of Dresden.

The art project, which consists of three public installations in central Dresde...


April 14, 2009

Public Event April 22nd and 26th: Self Images - Israel as Seen through the Arts

See and discuss 'Waltz with Bashir'

Meet acclaimed artists Oreet Ashery and Gal Weinstein

Enjoy poetry by Hamutal Bar-Yosef, read by Hannes Meidal


Art has the power of inspiring us to refle...


February 23, 2009

Paideia Project-Incubator 2009 Open for Application

For ten days this summer, Paideia will again gather 30 activists of European Jewish culture and let them sharpen their skills in project development and fundraising, discuss project ideas with peers f...


November 21, 2008

Paideia Launches Alumni Think tank

One of the dark November weekends this year was illuminated by a group of Paideia’s bright alumni, all working as Jewish professionals throughout Europe.

An initial number of twelve former Paidei...


November 5, 2008

Paideia Alumni Association launches first on-line course

The brand new Alumni website presents its first on-line course:
"The Private and Public Sphere within the Jewish Community"

For the first time the Paideia Alumni Association brings Paideia's comm...


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