Let’s make space for a pause 

To create a conscious space apart from everyday life and strengthen our resilience, let’s consciously press pause together. Over the course of three sessions, we’ll create space to pause, connect, and exchange ideas with fellow Jewish artists and cultural practitionersfrom a range of fields – including cultural education, memorial work and museum work. 
 
Our empowerment formats address a social reality increasingly shaped by shrinking spaces, exclusion and violence. That is why, during this break, we explore together what strengthens us, what connects us and what we need to remain able to act. Through a range of reflective, visual and artistic approaches, we engage with our experiences beyond external pressures and expectations. We use this quiet time to develop shared knowledge and forge connections. On this basis, we develop possible ways of responding to critical situations and explore how individual and collective agency can be strengthened. 
 
The first session, Pausing with Golem: Soft Landing, is an opportunity to get to know one another and explore our needs together. Using our hands and eyes, we’ll playfully explore a creative method that helps us connect and find our grounding. 
 
The content of the two subsequent sessions will be developed together with the participants, based on their feedback and needs. based on the feedback and needs we hear from participants during the first session. The three sessions build on one another and are conceived as a series. We therefore ask that you participate in all three sessions. If that’s not possible, please feel free to contact us. The sessions will take place online and will be conducted in spoken English. 
 
Dates: 25 October 2026, 29 November 2026 and 13 December 2026, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.  
Registration: via empowerment[at]ofek-beratung.de 
Registration deadline: 18 October 2026 
 
An OFEK series within Open Arts Hub Berlin. Target group: People with Jewish family backgrounds who work in arts, cultural education, memorials or museums.