Berlin, Germany
SANDRA ANUSIEWICZ-BAER is a Berlin based Jewish educator. She holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in education, Jewish studies and Islamic studies. She served as the head of the educational department and later as the head of the cultural department of the Jewish community in Berlin before she left to pursue her doctoral studies in education. Her dissertation about the alumni of the Jewish High School in Berlin asked how the education of the school influences the students’ self-perception and identity. The dissertation, which was published under the title The Jewish Gymnasium in Berlin—Identity and Jewish Schooling since 1993 was awarded the Humboldt-Prize in the category “Judaism and anti-Semitism.” As a passionate educator, Anusiewicz-Baer founded and worked as the editor of Familienmentsch, the first Jewish family magazine for the German-speaking region. At present, Anusiewicz-Baer works as the coordinator of the Zacharias Frankel College, a rabbinical seminary established in 2013 to train Masorti/conservative rabbis.