Our new podcast series has a culinary flavor with a dash of cultural history. Part 1 is dedicated to the Jewish writer and author of several (cook)books Julie Elias. Part 2 focuses on Rahel Varnhagen, salonnière, woman of letters, and the author of countless letters and diary entries whose 250th birthday we are celebrating this year.
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Dinner with Rahel Varnhagen
We are celebrating the 250th birthday of the writer and salonnière Rahel Varnhagen, and we would like to invite you to tune in to the eßkultur café in the Jewish Museum Berlin.
Rahel Levin (later Varnhagen) was already inviting young intellectuals, rising scholars, musicians, and writers to her parents’ house at Jägerstraße 54 in Berlin. She was a coveted conversation partner and was able to bring the most diverse talents and characters together in a discussion. Her curiosity, sympathy, and her understanding of artistic and social life are what made an invitation to her gatherings so desirable. Jewish Museum Berlin, May 2021 (in German)
This podcast episode was created with the support of the Varnhagen Gesellschaft e.V.
The image is an excerpt from: Rahel. Ein Buch des Andenkens für ihre Freunde, Berlin 1834; Jewish Museum Berlin, accession BIB/155150/0, photo: Roman März
Download (MP3 / 23.18 MB)Dinner with Julie Elias
Her portrait by Max Liebermann hangs in the new Core Exhibition of the Jewish Museum Berlin: Julie Elias, Jewish writer and editor of numerous (cook)books.
In her day, readers were eager to hear her views on fashion, life as a woman, and art. This culinary artist wrote for various newspapers and published books such as the 1921 Die junge Frau: ein Buch der Lebensführung and the 1931 Der Besen des Magens: Käse und Käsegerichte (“The Young Woman: A Book for Leading a Life” and “The Broom of the Stomach: Cheese and Cheese Dishes”). Jewish Museum Berlin, March 2021
The image is an excerpt from Max Liebermann, Portrait of Julie Elias, 1914, Jewish Museum Berlin, purchased with the support of the Stiftung DKLB, photo: Roman März.
Download (MP3 / 21.97 MB)Let’s take a seat at the table and listen to what Birgit Claus, director of the museum café eßkultur, and Ulrike Sonnemann, library director, have to say about these interesting women, emancipation, food culture, and the lives of Jewish women 100 and 250 years ago.
For part 2, we’ve invited Inka Bertz, a curator of the new Core Exhibition, to the table, along with Dorthee Nolte, whose book will be published on the occasion of Rahel Varnhagen’s birthday. Birgit Claus will offer culinary delicacies to go along with the discussion.
An event of the Jewish Museum Berlin, in cooperation with eßkultur
Max Liebermann, Portrait of Julie Elias, 1914, Jewish Museum Berlin, purchased with the support of the Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin, photo: Roman März. Further information on this painting can be found in our online collections (in German)
Max Liebermann, Portrait of Julie Elias, 1914, Jewish Museum Berlin, purchased with the support of the Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin, photo: Roman März. Further information on this painting can be found in our online collections (in German)
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