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JMB Journal 16:
Cherchez la femme

The Jewish Museum Berlin’s exhibition Cherchez la femme: Wig, Burqa, Wimple takes a look at female veils and head covering and their historical and religious roots as well as their meaning in Judaism, Islam, and Christianity today. In this edition of our JMB Journal you will find texts providing further information on the exhibition’s topics such as covered and veiled female bodies, wigs, headscarves and modest fashion. Other texts highlight the history of the so-called Judenhut, provide information about traditional headgear of Jewish men, and about worldly clothing regulations.

As usual, JMB Inside fills you in on what is presently happening at the museum: The cooperation with the city’s “OSZ Bekleidung und Mode” school of fashion on the occasion of our exhibition Cherchez la femme; the current development of our new permanent exhibition; an online project about Jewish soldiers killed in the First World War. Last but not least, our new Program Director and Deputy Director, Léontine Meijer-van Mensch, introduces herself.

Featuring articles by Miriam Goldmann, Amy K. Milligan, Sara Lipton, Reyhan Şahin, Eric K. Silverman, Cilly Kugelmann, Naomi Lubrich, Soufeina Hamed, Barbara Staudinger, and Katharina Erbe.

You can order this publication by contacting

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

  • Memorial stones in rows, grass in between, a small wall in the background

    12 of 12,000

    Fallen German-Jewish Soldiers in the First World War

    Online Project
    2016

  • Photograph of a woman wearing two wigs, one of them in front of her face.

    Cherchez la femme

    Wig, Burqa, Wimple

    Exhibition
    31 Mar to 27 Aug 2017

  • Museum Publications

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

    At a Glance…

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