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DESCRIPTION:Can a video game be Jewish? It sounds like the setup to a joke 
 — but it's actually one of the more interesting questions you can ask ab
 out contemporary culture.\nMillions of people encounter Jewishness for the
  first time through a screen and a controller. Jewish characters appear in
  blockbuster games\; Jewish history gets dramatized\, romanticized\, or qu
 ietly erased\; players are sometimes placed inside moral dilemmas that res
 onate — knowingly or not — with centuries of Jewish ethical thought. A
 nd yet almost nobody is asking what any of this means.\nThis workshop does
 . Drawing on ongoing PhD research at the University of Potsdam at the inte
 rsection of Jewish education\, game studies\, and learning sciences\, the 
 session explores how contemporary commercial and independent games constru
 ct\, challenge\, and sometimes distort representations of Jewish identity\
 , history\, and ethics.\nWe will look at specific examples\, think togethe
 r about what we find\, and explore questions like:\n\nHow is Jewishness re
 presented — or conspicuously absent — in popular games?\nWhat does it 
 mean to play a Jewish character\, narrative\, or ethical position?\nCan ro
 le-taking in a game foster genuine reflection\, or does it risk flattening
  complexity into stereotype?\nAnd\, seriously: can a video game actually b
 e Jewish?\n\nThe session combines short visual inputs with guided discussi
 on — no passive lecture\, no controllers required. We'll close by reflec
 ting honestly on both the educational potential and the real limitations o
 f bringing video games into Jewish learning spaces.\nWhether you're a game
 r\, an educator\, a parent skeptical of screens\, or simply curious about 
 where Jewish culture turns up in unexpected places — this one's for you.
DTSTAMP:20260504T145015Z
LOCATION:(EG) Grimm
SUMMARY:Game Over\, or: Can a Video Game Be Jewish? - Uriel Aiskovich
URL:https://programm.limmud.de/limmud-2026/talk/JT7XTW/
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