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A handbag, a stack of books, a dress and a nivea jar against an alternating light blue and orange background, with the S-shaped Schocken logo in the foreground.

Joshua Cohen in Conversation:

Part of the Exhibition Program for Inventories: The Legacy of Salman Schocken (video recording available)

Pulitzer-prize winner Joshua Cohen came to Berlin for the opening of the exhibition Inventories and shared his insights on the entrepreneur and publisher Salman Schocken. In conversation with journalist Felix Stephan (Süddeutsche Zeitung) and the architect Hillel Schocken, grandson of Salman Schocken, Cohen discussed publishing and resistance, culture and capital, appropriation and belonging, and the relevance of these questions today.

recording available

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The W. M. Blumenthal Academy is marked in green

Where

W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)

Where, when, what?

Video recording from 20 May 2025; Jewish Museum Berlin 2025

Former Talmud scholar Joshua Cohen is considered “a vanguard writer of our time” (FAZ). The American author’s stories and novels combine sharp powers of observation with linguistic virtuosity and existential wit. His works often feature themes of religion, displacement, life in exile and the Holocaust. His campus novel The Netanyahus was awarded the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction and the 2022 Pulitzer Prize.

Black and white portrait of a young man with short hair and glasses.

Joshua Cohen; photo: Marion Ettlinger

Several objects, namely a porcelain box, a handbag, a plate, a gramophone needle box, a dress and a cream jar alternate on an orange and light blue background, with the Schocken logo in the shape of an S above.

Exhibition Inventories: The Legacy of Salman Schocken: Features & Programs

Exhibition Webpage
Inventories (20 May to 12 Oct 2025) – exhibition website with some objects from the exhibition and all audio pieces written and narrated by Joshua Cohen
Accompanying Events & Tours
Curator's tours, JMB Book Club, Finissage and more: Find all dates in our calender
Publications
JMB Journal 27: Inventories: The Legacy of Salman Schocken: An Issue on the Publisher, Patron of the Arts, Zionist, Art Collector and Businessman, Oct 2025
Digital Content
A short interview with Joshua Cohen: Watch the video on our YouTube channel!
Current page: Joshua Cohen in Conversation on the Exhibition: Video recording from 20 May 2025
Jewish department stores and their owners on Jewish Places: Visualization on an interactive map
See also
Joshua Cohen, writer
Salman Schocken, publisher and businessman

Where, when, what?

  • WhenTue 20 May 2025, 7 pm
  • Where W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
    Klaus Mangold Auditorium
    Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
    (Opposite the Museum)
    See location on map

  • Language in English

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