Susanne Benizri-Wedde

Susanne Benizri-Wedde, born in Alzey, attends Jewish religious education classes in Mainz. She goes on to study Jewish Studies with a minor in Educational Science at Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies. In 1998, she joins the Israelite Religious Society of Baden as a teacher of Jewish religious education. From 2008 to 2010, she works as the society’s Religious Education Officer and in 2010, she is appointed as Head of the Education and Youth Department. In 2024, Felix Klein, the German Federal Government Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany, makes her a member of the Working Group on Anti-Semitism of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany.