Ofer Waldman | What do we talk about when we talk about Israel?

Lecture and discussion with the author and journalist Ofer Waldman (Haifa/Berlin)

Born in Jerusalem, Ofer Waldman moved to Berlin in 1999 as a member of the „West-Eastern Divan“ orchestra founded by Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said. He graduated from the Berlin University of the Arts and has played in several German and Israeli cultural orchestras, including the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

Dr Ofer Waldman received his doctorate from the Free University of Berlin (German Studies) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jewish History). He is active in several civil society NGOs in Germany and Israel and works full-time as a freelance author and journalist. In 2021, he won the ARD German Radio Play Prize together with Noam Brusilovsky for the radio play „Adolf Eichmann: Ein Hörprozess“ (RBB/DLF). His literary debut, „Singularkollektiv. Erzählungen“, was published by Wallstein Verlag in 2023. Since November 2023, Waldman has been writing the blog „Gleichzeit“ together with Sasha Marianna Salzmann; the book of the same name will be published by Suhrkamp Verlag in April.

Event series: „We need need need to talk“, sponsored by „Demokratie leben!“

Featured image by Ofer Waldman: Gal Mosensonl