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JMB Journal 13:
Superstition

The results of a British survey reveal that 89 percent of all people display superstitious behavior every now and then. So what can one do when the thirteenth issue of a magazine happens to be published on a Friday the 13th? Dedicate it to the theme of superstition! But this issue of our JMB Journal is not only about bad omens and good-luck charms. Our authors take a close look at superstition and faith, magic and religion, and the often fluid boundaries between them.

Featuring articles by Peter Schäfer, Shalom Sabar, Rebecca Lesses, Michal Friedlander, Caspar Battegay, Joshua Cody, and Naomi Lubrich along with information about the exhibition In a Foreign Country: Publications from the Displaced Persons Camps, the blog project for the 14th European Maccabi Games, provenance research at the Jewish Museum Berlin, the Award for Understanding and Tolerance, the museum library as a meeting place, the online porta Topography of Jewish life in Germany, and Gertrud and Margarete Zuelzer’s bequest to the Jewish Museum Berlin.

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JMB Publications
publikationen@jmberlin.de

Links to topics that may be of interest to you

  • JMB Journal

    An overview of all past issues

    At a Glance…
    2009 until now

  • Cover der Broschüre <cite>Im fremden Land</cite>

    In a Foreign Country

    Publications from Displaced Persons Camps 
     

    Exhibition
    3 Sep to 15 Dec 2015

  • Screenshot: city map with markers and a menu bar

    Online Platform Jewish Places

    Since 2018, the project has been collecting and bundling local historical data on Jewish history, art and culture in Germany

    Information

  • Banquet hall with guests at tables and an illuminated stage in the background.

    Prize for Understanding and Tolerance

    The Jewish Museum Berlin has conferred this award every year since 2002

    At a Glance…

  • Museum Publications

    Exhibition catalogs, the JMB Journal, book series, online publications, and more

    At a Glance…

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