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About EJKA
The European Janusz Korczak Academy is a Jewish foundation from 2009, open to the wider society.
Its goal is to strengthen the Jewish community by imparting knowledge, to open it up and to reduce fear of contact in every direction. The Academy has earned a reputation as an experienced and competent partner for young and old in educational work, with a special focus on Jewish cultural education and interreligious or intercultural dialogue. Our intercultural and interreligious orientation in particular opens up our offerings to a broad audience and thus ensures lively participation even beyond the Jewish target groups.
The Academy has three educational centers, so-called Janusz Korczak Houses, in Munich, Berlin and Duisburg.
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Educational offers of the EJKA
DThe European Janusz Korczak Academy is a Jewish foundation from 2009, open to the wider society.
Its goal is to strengthen the Jewish community by imparting knowledge, to open it up and to reduce fear of contact in every direction. The Academy has earned a reputation as an experienced and competent partner for young and old in educational work, with a special focus on Jewish cultural education and interreligious or intercultural dialogue. Our intercultural and interreligious orientation in particular opens up our offerings to a broad audience and thus ensures lively participation even beyond the Jewish target groups.
The Academy has three educational centers, so-called Janusz Korczak Houses, in Munich, Berlin and Duisburg.
ABOUT EJKA
The European Janusz Korczak Academy is a Jewish foundation from 2009, open to the wider society. Its goal is to strengthen the Jewish community by imparting knowledge, to open it up and to reduce fear of contact in every direction. The Academy has earned a reputation as an experienced and competent partner for young and old in educational work, with a special focus on Jewish cultural education and interreligious or intercultural dialogue. Our intercultural and interreligious orientation in particular opens up our offerings to a broad audience and thus ensures lively participation even beyond the Jewish target groups.
The Academy has three educational centers, so-called Janusz Korczak Houses, in Munich, Berlin and Duisburg.
GREETINGS
GREETINGS
Markus Söder
"Janusz Korczak was an impressive personality. As a doctor and educator, as a profound thinker and as an energetic man of practice, he developed educational principles and methods. He always had the goal of happy, open-minded and independent young people in mind. He stood by his protégés until the tragic end.
Dieter Reiter
“With cultural programs, lectures, seminars, workshops and exhibitions, the EJKA promotes intercultural and interreligious dialogue. The City of Munich expressly welcomes the exemplary commitment of EJKA and therefore also regularly supports the projects of the association on a regular basis.”
Horst Seehofer
“...Jewish life and the Jewish community are a great asset to our country. Continue to preserve and nurture the legacy of the Father of Children's Rights, continue to dedicate yourselves to repairing the world through education. I wish the Academy every success in its important work!”
Natan Sharansky
“...The positive development that German Jewry has taken in recent years fills me with great joy. Since 2009, the European Janusz Korczak Academy, an important partner of ours, has made a significant contribution to this.”
Horst Seehofer
“"...Jewish life and the Jewish community are a great asset to our country. Continue to preserve and nurture the legacy of the Father of Children's Rights, continue to dedicate yourselves to repairing the world through education. I wish the Academy every success in its important work!”
Dieter Reiter
“With cultural programs, lectures, seminars, workshops and exhibitions, the EJKA promotes intercultural and interreligious dialogue. The City of Munich expressly welcomes the exemplary commitment of EJKA and therefore also regularly supports the projects of the association on a regular basis.”
Natan Sharansky
“...The positive development that German Jewry has taken in recent years fills me with great joy. Since 2009, the European Janusz Korczak Academy, an important partner of ours, has made a significant contribution to this.”
ABOUT JANUSZ KORCZAK
Janusz Korczak (1878 o. 1879 - 1942, real name Henryk Goldszmit) was a physician, educator and author, who is considered a pioneer of children's rights. In Warsaw, from 1911, he directed the Jewish orphanage Dom Sierot, where he implemented radical pedagogical reforms for his time. His pedagogy of respect, which he laid down in numerous books, was decades ahead of its time and is more relevant today than ever. After two visits to Mandate Palestine in the 1930s, Korczak returned to Poland each time. After the German invasion, his orphanage was also moved to the Warsaw Ghetto, where he maintained a kind of daily routine for the children with great difficulty. He turned down several offers to save himself - and also accompanied his orphans on their deportation to the Treblinka extermination camp in early August 1942. Here Korczak's life ended, but his ideas, dedication, and deep humanity continue to have an impact today.
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Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Eva Haller
Chairwoman of the Board · President · evahaller@ejka.org
Born in Romania, grew up in Vienna. Studied journalism and linguistics in New York, Brussels and Tel Aviv and engagegd in voluntary activities in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Krefeld. From an early age, Eva Haller developed an interest in youth work and exchange in the interreligious and intercultural field and work in social development. These experiences shaped her for the rest of her life. Here already the way to the ideas of Janusz Korczak was paved. After many years of living in Italy, Eva Haller moved to Munich in 2006. Since 2009 she has been the honorary director of the European Janusz Korczak Academy.
Dr. Stanislav Skibinski
Executive Board · Director · info@ejka.org
Born and raised in St. Petersburg, since 1998 in Munich. Stanislav Skibinski holds a doctorate in education and works for the Jewish Agency for Israel as Senior Representative and Director of Educational Programs in Germany. For two decades, Dr. Skibinski has been involved with Janusz Korczak's pedagogy of respect as a scholar and practitioner.
Dr. Boris Ginzburg
Board of Directors · ginzburg_boris@mail.ru
Born in Moscow. A renowned scientist in the field of complex technical objects, he has lived in Munich since 2003 and is the author of 152 scientific papers, including four monographs, two textbooks, and the creator of 80 inventions. On the Board of Directors, Boris Ginzburg focuses on program design with a special interest in the inclusion of people with an immigrant background.
Advisory Board
Advisory Board
Nancy Amiel
Chairwoman of Paideia International, New York
Judith Epstein
Hadassah International, Representative to the UN in Geneva, Member of the Board of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria
Dr. Michael Epstein
President of the Janusz Korczak World Association in Russia
Michael Fischbaum
former Vice President of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria
Karl Freller
I. Vice President of the Bavarian Parliament, Director of the Bavarian Memorials Foundation
Batia Gilad
former President of the Janusz Korczak World Association, Poland, Board Member of the Janusz Korczak Association, Israel
Eva Haller
Mentor, philanthropist, board member and trustee for social justice and peace projects; social, educational and environmental activist, Santa Barbara/U.S.A.
Prof. em. Dr. Reza Khorasani
HafenCity University, Hamburg
Dr. h.c. Charlotte Knobloch
President of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria
Prof. Dr. Rudolf
Wolfgang Langenbucher
Director of the Institute for Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Vienna
Prof.Dr.med.Dr.h.c.mult.
Thomas Ruzicka
former Clinic Director at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, dermatologist
Janusz Korczak Prize for Humanity
Since 2017, the European Janusz Korczak Academy has awarded the Janusz Korczak Prize for Humanity every two years.
With this award, the European Janusz Korczak Academy honors personalities, institutions or organizations that have rendered outstanding services to the promotion of human or children's rights, the preservation of peace and the fight against hatred, violence and misanthropy.
Janusz Korczak Prize for Humanity
Since 2017, the European Janusz Korczak Academy has awarded the Janusz Korczak Prize for Humanity every two years.
With this award, the European Janusz Korczak Academy honors personalities, institutions or organizations that have rendered outstanding services to the promotion of human or children's rights, the preservation of peace and the fight against hatred, violence and misanthropy.
EJKA TEAM
Lydia Bergida
Maximilian Feldmann
Vitaly Novikov
Olga Kotlytska
Ella Nilova
Jonas Mages
Miriam Vynograd
Dr. Julia Berger
Ekaterina Pynzar
Jan-Bernd Meyer
Magdalena Koch
Program Director
Press and Public Relations Officer
Media Project Manager
Project Manager
Director of the Janusz Korczak House Berlin
Subject Specialist and Project Manager
Project Management
Project Manager Finance
Project Assistant Finance
Press and Public Relations Officer
Project Coordinator, Event management
