In an historic move, for the first time since its inception in 1987, the MFJC chose Germany as the location for the 30th International Nahum Goldmann Fellowship. The Fellowship was appropriately themed: “From Generation to Regeneration: Engaging Memory, Culture & Identity” and aimed to explore some of the issues arising from mass migration, rising nationalism and the role that the history and memory of the Holocaust plays within contemporary Jewish life.

33 Fellows from 17 countries gathered together in Lower Saxony – supported warmly by the Association of Jewish Communities in Lower Saxony and the Jewish Community in Hannover. A large and diverse faculty of esteemed scholars from the United States, Israel and Europe engaged the Fellows in a series of challenging presentations and workshops. The program aimed to confront the reality of the receding memory of the ‘Shoah’, and locate it within
 the broader context of some of the challenges facing contemporary Jewish life. Sessions included Trauma and Transition: Return to Germany; Migration, Mobility, and Memory; and Are we a Global Jewish People?