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Special Exhibition
3/25/2010
to 6/27/2010
Flight and Metamorphosis. Nelly Sachs, Writer, Berlin/Stockholm
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of her death, the Jewish Museum Berlin presents a special exhibition on the life and oeuvre of Nelly Sachs, who, after fleeing to Sweden in 1940, became one of the best-known female poets of the German language. (...)
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Special Exhibition
2/18/2010
to 8/15/2010
Sanctuaries, Papyri and Winged Goddesses - The Archaeologist Otto Rubensohn
In 2006, the Jewish Museum Berlin received a donation of the estate of the classical archaeologist Otto Rubensohn. Rubensohn’s excavations and academic work both made notable contributions to Berlin’s collection of papyri and to the study of the Greek island of Paros's ancient history. This cabinet exhibition honors the life and work of a Jewish scholar, who, today, is still recognized by fellow academics in his field. (...)
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Special Exhibition
10/30/2009
to 2/7/2010
It must schwing - Blue Note
The legendary jazz label Blue Note Records was founded in New York City in 1939 by two German-Jewish emigrants, Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. For these two passionate jazz fans, jazz was not just music but an attitude towards life – as was Alfred Lion’s credo: "It must schwing." The exhibition shows photographs from Francis Wolff, who accompanied the recordings with his camera. (...)
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Special Exhibition
10/9/2009
to 2/28/2010
Kosher & Co: On Food and Religion
This exhibition invites you to the table, abundantly laid by the Jewish Museum Berlin! "Kosher & Co. On Food and Religion" traces an arc from the ancient cultures of Mesopotamia all the way through to the current state of Jewish cuisine. The kashrut, the Jewish dietary laws, along with everything else that has anything to do with food in Judaism right up to the present day, are the focus of the exhibition. At the same time it looks for comparisons with the other world religions, primarily Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism. (...)
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Special Exhibition
9/2/2009
to 1/31/2010
"I Want to get my Fingers Burnt" - The Journalist Theodor Wolff (1868-1943)
The cabinet exhibition "I Want to get my Fingers Burnt" commemorates the life and work of journalist Theodor Wolff (1868-1943). (...)
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Special Exhibition
5/14/2009
to 8/30/2009
Tel Aviv - Through the Lens of a Magnum Photographer: On the city's 100th birthday
During the course of the last 60 years, eight Magnum photographers have followed the development of Tel Aviv with their cameras. To commemorate the city's 100th birthday, the Jewish Museum Berlin and the Magnum Photography Agency are showing 53 of these photos in an exhibition. (...)
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Special Exhibition
5/14/2009
to 8/16/2009
From Berlin to Tel Aviv: The Photographer Frieda Mayer
Frieda Mayer's private photographs show an insider perspective of the city of Tel Aviv. Her inquisitive photographic perspective captures city sights, street scenes, and portraits. (...)
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Special Exhibition
3/13/2009
to 7/19/2009
Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race
In 1933, the National Socialist regime made the race issue the key theme of its health and demographic policy . By 1945, 400,000 people had undergone forced sterilization and in Germany and Austria alone, over 210,000 of the handicapped and mentally ill had been murdered. The exhibition "Deadly Medicine" was first shown at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. This exhibition has been enlarged so as to include regional information from Berlin and Brandenburg. (...)
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Special Exhibition
11/7/2008
to 3/8/2009
Ruth Jacobi: Photographs
When the name Jacobi is mentioned in the same sentence as photography, the reference is generally to Lotte Jacobi. The works of her younger sister Ruth, in contrast, are hardly known at all and will be shown in the first extensive exhibition of her work at the Jewish Museum Berlin. (...)
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Special Exhibition
9/19/2008
to 2/1/2009
Looting and Restitution: Jewish-Owned Cultural Artifacts from 1933 to the Present
Sixty years after the end of the war, looting and restitution of Jewish cultural artifacts is still a topic of burning interest. The exhibition "Looting and Restitution. Jewish-Owned Cultural Artifacts from 1933 to the Present" narrates the historical events, context, and consequences of the looting carried out by the Nazis throughout Europe. (...)
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Special Exhibition
7/4/2008
to 10/12/2008
REFLEX - Design | in | in front of | between | reflections
The exhibition illustrates the completely different ways in which archivists and product designers consider and present objects through the work of nine students of the Berlin University of the Arts in cooperation with the Leo Baeck Institute New York. (...)
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Special Exhibition
7/3/2008
to 2/8/2009
Total Manoli? - No Problem! Jewish Entrepreneurs in the German Cigarette Industry
The showcase exhibition takes the example of German-Jewish entrepreneurs to demonstrate the rapid rise of the cigarette in the first third of the 20th century. (...)
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Special Exhibition
4/18/2008
to 6/22/2008
Pavel Schmidt: Franz Kafka - Verschrieben & Verzeichnet
The exhibition focuses on Pavel Schmidt's interpretation of Franz Kafka's work. In his cycle of 49 color sketches, the painter, illustrator, and installation artist Pavel Schmidt worked with fragments from Kafka's bequest. (...)
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Special Exhibition
3/20/2008
to 8/3/2008
Typical! Clichés About Jews And Others
The exhibition "Typical! Clichés about Jews and Others" takes visitors on a journey through the world of images which aid us in our orientation every day. The exhibition shows objects, photographs, and audiovisuals that feature people or make statements about them, and explores how popcult objects, bric-a-brac, and historical collectors' pieces spread stereotypical messages. (...)
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Special Exhibition
1/31/2008
to 6/15/2008
Changing Tides - The Shipping Magnate Arnold Bernstein
The exhibition is devoted to the life and work of the shipowner from Hamburg, Arnold Bernstein, whose bequest was given to the Jewish Museum Berlin in 2007. (...)
