Music and youth culture, commemoration and traditions, languages and homeland – 22 impressions depicted the everyday life of secular and religious, long-established and newly arrived Jews in Germany.
Using the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, the exhibition explored keywords, concepts, and what is “Jewish” in Germany today. In the process, light was shed on very different aspects of the German-Jewish present and perceptions of norms were critically examined.
past exhibition

Where
Libeskind Building, lower level
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
The post of a young Israeli who justified his move to Berlin with the cheap chocolate pudding prices at a German discounter made it from Facebook to the museum – and thereby triggered a debate in Israel. And where to find Berlin’s best hummus definitely belongs in a show on the German-Jewish present.
Anyone who is interested in contemporary Jewish culture in Germany of course comes across the new and interesting ideas that the new generation of Russian-speaking Jews bring to the Jewish community.
The exhibition was developed with Berlin school students, whose work was on show. At the special request of the students, there was also a “Chill Corner” with four bean-bag chairs and a Jewish pop playlist, as well as six interviews with musicians.
Some Videos of our Jewish Music Playlist
Song: Berlin - Tel Aviv [feat. Sophie Hunger]
Artist: Max Herre
Composer: Roberto Di Gioia
Album: MTV Unplugged Kahedi Radio Show (Deluxe Version)
2013
Genre: Rap & Hip-Hop
Song: Beltz, Mayn Shtetele
Artist: Jewdyssee
Composer: Alexander Olschanetzky
Album: 5773
2012
Genre: International
Song: Es gibt nur einen
Artist: Ben Salomo
Composer: Ismail-Hakki Koray
Album: Es gibt nur einen
2013
Genre: Rap & Hip-Hop
Song: Oy Vey
Artist: The Disorientalists
Composer: Yuriy Gurzhy
Text: Yuriy Gurzhy / Daniel Kahn
Album: Who Was Essad Bey?
2016
Genre: Folk
Song: Butterfly Effect
Artist: Sharon
Composer: Dario Allerga, Sharon
Published on: YouTube
2017
Genre: Rap & Hip-Hop
With the support of the Friends of the Jewish Museum Berlin
Exhibition Information at a Glance
- When
26 Nov 2018 to 19 Apr 2020
- Where
Libeskind Building, lower level
Lindenstraße 9-14, 10969 Berlin
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JMB Journal 20
Accompanying publication
Publication
2019

Jewish Power
What is Jewish Music?
By Fabian Schnedler
JMB Journal 20
2019
How the exhibition came about
Article by Léontine Meijer-van Mensch, Miriam Goldmann, Christiane Lindner, and Fabian Schnedler
JMB Journal 19
Further information on the exhibition
Press Release
from 26 November 2018

A Jew Is Not One Thing
The curator Miriam Goldmann about the exhibition A Is For Jewish
JMB Journal 20
2019

Online Platform Jewish Places
This interactive map of Jewish life in Germany is also presented in the exhibition.
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Events Accompanying the Exhibition: A Is for Jewish (6)
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