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  • Our Stories: Entebee
    With Cilly Kugelmann
    Jewish Museum Berlin, 2020

    A postcard-sized work by the artist Boris Lurie: it features a white star on a yellow background, with the words "Judenknax," "Fasanenstrasse – Synagoge," and "Entebee"—what events does the work of art refer to? Cilly Kugelmann, head curator of the new core exhibition, tells the story of this small item in the exhibition and explains what makes it so valuable to the JMB collection.
    Jewish Museum Berlin, 2020

  • Our Stories: The Ring
    With Miriam Goldmann
    Jewish Museum Berlin, 2020

    A tiny pewter ring with a menorah on it—it was found just twenty years ago in Kaiseraugst, Switzerland, but it dates to the 4th century. How did it arrive at its place of discovery and what does it tell us about the interwoven nature of Jewish and Christian culture?
    Miriam Goldmann, a curator for the core exhibition, tells the story of the oldest item in the new JMB core exhibition and explains why it is so valuable to the museum.
    Jewish Museum Berlin, 2020

  • Our Stories: The Boxing Trophy
    With Leonore Maier
    Jewish Museum Berlin, 2020

    A small boxer made of bronze standing on a marble pedestal. His left arm is glued on, but its hand is missing—what does this object tell us about its owner and his life story? Leonore Maier, a curator of the new core exhibition, tells the moving story of Günter Loewinski, who survived the war in Berlin and rediscovered his boxing trophy in the ruins of his apartment building.
    Jewish Museum Berlin, 2020

  • Our Stories: The Sweater
    With Tamar Lewinsky
    Jewish Museum Berlin, 2020

    A green and white knitted sweater and a photo of two sisters taken in a DP camp, in which one of them is wearing the sweater—what does this sweater tell us about the postwar era in Germany? Tamar Lewinsky, curator for contemporary history and for the new core exhibition of the Jewish Museum Berlin, tells a story of escape and persecution, new beginnings and memory.
    Jewish Museum Berlin, 2020

  • Our Stories: Migration Objects
    With Theresia Ziehe
    Jewish Museum Berlin, 2020

    A compasses case, a child's painting, a kosher pan—what do these exhibition objects tell us about the migration experiences of Jews who came to Germany from the former Soviet Union? Theresia Ziehe, a curator of the new core exhibition at the Jewish Museum Berlin, talks about a daughter's longing gaze backwards and a woman's sense of connection to religious tradition in her family.
    Jewish Museum Berlin, 2020

  • Our Stories: A Family Album
    With Aubrey Pomerance
    Jewish Museum Berlin, 2020

    Emigrate or wait and endure? In December 1936, to say farewell to his friends Erst and Margot Rosenthal, Bruno Heidenheim gave them an album: "Farewell, farewell, think of us oft, we'll send you our well-wishing thoughts. Happiness awaits across the sea, but saying goodbye to you isn't easy." Written and illustrated with an eye for detail, Heidenheim wanted to give his friends an "etiquette guide" for America. Aubrey Pomerance, archive director and curator of the new core exhibition, talks about this testimony to a close friendship and two diverging life paths.
    Jewish Museum Berlin, 2020

  • Our Stories: Fanny Lewald
    With Inka Bertz
    Jewish Museum Berlin, 2020

    A glimpse into a 19th-century work and living space : the cozy apartment belongs to the writer Fanny Lewald, who held a successful Berlin salon in her time. What does the image tell us about the inconspicuous-looking woman seated at the desk? Inka Bertz, director of the JMB collections and curator of the new core exhibition, tells the story of a luminary who fought for the emancipation of women and Jewish people.
    Jewish Museum Berlin, 2020

  • Our Stories: The Flamenco Dress
    With Monika Flores
    Jewish Museum Berlin, 2020

    A white, purple, and pink flamenco dress, decorated with ribbons and heaped with ruffles. At first glance, there's nothing about this dress that one would generally associate with Jewishness. But it belonged to a Jewish person: Sylvin Rubinstein bought it, added certain details, and later wore it himself. Monika Flores, curator for the new core exhibition, tells the story of a distraught man who grieves his twin sister's death in his own way. Flores describes a Jewish object that reveals its identity upon close examination.
    Jewish Museum Berlin, 2020

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  • Kosher and Halal – Animal Slaughter in Judaism and Islam with Aaron S. Gross (University of San Diego) and Serdar Kurnaz (Humboldt University of Berlin), video recording of the live stream from 19 May 2021.
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  • Holy Food and Drink – Why Do Dietary Rules Exist? With Prof. Kikuko Kashiwagi-Wetzel (Kansai University of Osaka) and Prof. David Kraemer (Jewish Theological Seminary of America), video recording of the live stream from Thu 22 April 2021.
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    Holy Food and Drink – Why Do Dietary Rules Exist? With Prof. Kikuko Kashiwagi-Wetzel (Kansai University of Osaka) and Prof. David Kraemer (Jewish Theological Seminary of America), video recording of the live stream from Thu 22 April 2021.
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  • On the Path to Enlightenment: Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism. With Jerome Gellman (Ben-Gurion University) and Johan Elverskog (Southern Methodist University), video recording of the event on 24 Sep 2020, in English
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    On the Path to Enlightenment: Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism
    Whereas Jews rarely came in contact with the teachings of Buddha before the nineteenth century, the spread of Islam in central and southeast Asia sparked an intensive exchange between Muslims and Buddhists. What shape did these relationships take?
    Today, the popularity of Buddhism is growing in the West. Its followers include a group known as JuBus: predominantly American Jews who have adopted Buddhist practices. What explains that interest? And how do Judaism and Islam today approach a tradition of thinking that recognizes deities but not one all-powerful and immortal God?
    A discussion with Jerome Gellman (Ben-Gurion University) and Johan Elverskog (Southern Methodist University), video recording of the event on 24 Sep 2020, in English
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  • Tying the Knot versus Bonds with God: Jews and Muslims in Interfaith Marriages. With Madeleine Dreyfus (cultural anthropologist and psychoanalyst) and Imen Gallala-Arndt (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology), video recording of the event on 18 Jun 2020, in German
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    Tying the Knot versus Bonds with God: Jews and Muslims in Interfaith Marriages
    Does interfaith marital bliss require religious relativism?
    Love goes beyond religious and cultural barriers, or at least that is what many believe. The growing number of interfaith marriages in Europe and the United States does seem to confirm this. But in day-to-day life, couples who practice different faiths confront a variety of challenges.
    How do Jews and Muslims handle this? How can someone strike a balance between their own religious beliefs and their partner’s – and pass on those beliefs to children? And finally, how do the religious authorities react to interdenominational marriages?
    With Madeleine Dreyfus (cultural anthropologist and psychoanalyst) and Imen Gallala-Arndt (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology), video recording of the event on 18 Jun 2020, in German
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  • Non-Transcendental Morality: Judaism, Islam, and Atheism. With Jacques Berlinerblau (Georgetown University) and Ufuk Topkara (Johns Hopkins University), video recording of the event on 20 Apr 2020, in German and English
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    Non-Transcendental Morality: Judaism, Islam, and Atheism.
    Can mindsets critical of religion be constructive for a Jewish and Islamic theology that speaks to our times?
    Skepticism, non-belief, and doubt have accompanied religions since their beginnings. As a result of advancing secularization, however, atheistic and agnostic convictions have become widespread in the Western world to an unprecedented level. How do Judaism and Islam respond to this?
    As monotheistic religions, they both see the negation of God as a rejection of moral values. But do moral principles necessarily require recourse to transcendence? And how do Judaism and Islam meet the claim of rationality and reason formulated by the atheists?
    With Jacques Berlinerblau (Georgetown University) and Ufuk Topkara (Johns Hopkins University), video recording of the event on 20 Apr 2020, in German and English
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  • What do you think about Jesus? Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. With Israel Yuval (Hebrew University in Jerusalem) and Maha El Kaisy-Friemuth (Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg), video recording of the event on 18 Feb 2020, in German and English
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    What do you think about Jesus? Judaism, Islam, and Christianity
    Jewish and Muslim perspectives on Christianity – Many Christian beliefs and religious practices are baffling to Jews and Muslims, from the Holy Trinity and the veneration of saints to the role of Jesus as the Son of God. By contrast, the other two traditions applaud Christianity’s shared beliefs in divine creation and the immortality of the soul as well as the observance of moral principles.
    Where do Jewish and Muslim perspectives on Christianity overlap? Where do they diverge? And how is the diversity of Christian denominations addressed in theological debates?
    With Israel Yuval (Hebrew University in Jerusalem) and Maha El Kaisy-Friemuth (Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg), video recording of the event on 18 Feb 2020, in German and English
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  • Mono or Poly? Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism. With Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein (Elijah Interfaith Institute) and Reza Shah-Kazemi (Institute of Ismaili Studies in London), video recording of the event on 4 Feb 2020, in English
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    Mono or Poly? Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism
    How do today’s Jews and Muslims view Hinduism, which recognizes multiple deities?
    Since Antiquity, Judaism has been preoccupied with setting itself apart from polytheistic religions and “idolatry.” Islam, too, has had numerous experiences with non-monotheistic religions, dating back to its emergence in the early seventh century BCE, and particularly during its expansion in Asia.
    How do today’s Jews and Muslims view Hinduism, which recognizes multiple deities? As we will see, perhaps these historical perspectives are useful for a contemporary understanding of polytheistic religions, or perhaps such perspectives impede a nuanced exploration.
    With Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein (Elijah Interfaith Institute) and Reza Shah-Kazemi (Institute of Ismaili Studies in London), video recording of the event on 4 Feb 2020, in English
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  • Judaism and Islam – The History of Theological Relations. With Lukas Mühlethaler (Free University Berlin) and Imam Abdullah Antepli (Duke University, USA), video recording of the event on 21 Nov 2019, in German and English
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    Judaism and Islam – The History of Theological Relations
    Judaism is generally regarded as the first monotheistic religion. The advent of Islam, however, brought a strictly monotheistic “competitor” to Judaism. How did Jewish scholars view this new religion? Both the Koran and early Islamic writings testify to numerous encounters between the Prophet Mohammed and Jews.
    What does the Muslim Holy Scripture and early Muslim tradition reveal about how they perceived Jews and their religious ideas and practices?
    With Lukas Mühlethaler (Free University Berlin) and Imam Abdullah Antepli (Duke University, USA), video recording of the event on 21 Nov 2019, in German and English
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  • Key note discussion: Jewish Life today – A multitude of voices 

    Moderated by Dr. Josef Joffe (Die Zeit), speaking with Hetty Berg (Jewish Museum Berlin) and Max Czollek

    Key note discussion: Jewish Life today – A multitude of voices 

    Moderated by Dr. Josef Joffe (Die Zeit), speaking with Hetty Berg (Jewish Museum Berlin) and Max Czollek

  • Images and objects from a shared history in the collections of the Jewish Museum Berlin

    Chair: Aubrey Pomerance, Speakers: Inka Bertz, Theresa Ziehe and Dr. Tamar Lewinsky

    Images and objects from a shared history in the collections of the Jewish Museum Berlin

    Chair: Aubrey Pomerance

    Speakers:
    Inka Bertz: J.F.A. Darbes‘ Gemälde der Büste Moses Mendelssohns: Bilderverbot, Antikenrezeption und Mediengeschichte
    Theresa Ziehe: Fotografieren trotz Lebensgefahr: Werner Fritz Fürstenbergs Aufnahmen antisemitischer Schilder in Nazi-Deutschland
    Dr. Tamar Lewinsky: Migrationsgeschichten sammeln – die Objekttage des JMB

  • The search for belonging: The ongoing struggles for minority identity

    Chair: Hannah Dannel (Zentralrat der Juden), Speakers: Dr. Dani Kranz (Ben Gurion University of the Negev), Sabine Bergler (Jüdisches Museum Wien) and Jo Frank (Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk): Dynamics of Jewish identities in Germany today

    The search for belonging: The ongoing struggles for minority identity

    Chair: Hannah Dannel (Zentralrat der Juden)

    Speakers:
    Dr. Dani Kranz (Ben Gurion University of the Negev): Sharing is caring: Meet Cologne Jewry 2.0
    Sabine Bergler (Jüdisches Museum Wien): „Erde aus Österreich”: Das verklärte Habsburgerreich als Teil der österreichischen Identität
    Jo Frank (Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk): Dynamics of Jewish identities in Germany today

  • Migration: From Refugees to Citizens

    Chair: Prof. Dr. David Sorkin (Yale University), Speakers: Prof. Dr. Tobias Brinkmann (Penn State University), J.J. Kimche (Harvard University) and Dr. Vera Kallenberg (University of Erfurt)

    Migration: From Refugees to Citizens

    Chair: Prof. Dr. David Sorkin (Yale University)

    Speakers:
    Prof. Dr. Tobias Brinkmann (Penn State University): Fathers and Sons: Writing the History of the Morgenthau Family
    J.J. Kimche (Harvard University): Migration as a National Desideratum: The Peregrinatory Strain Within German Jewish Thought
    Dr. Vera Kallenberg (University of Erfurt): Almost equally unequal? The “Shared history” of Jews and Gentiles in the Frankfurt Criminal Justice System around 1800

  • Flight: Exile in Modern Times

    Chair: Dr. Simone Blaschka (Deutsches Auswandererhaus Bremerhaven), Speakers: Dr. Emilie Kutash, Malte Spitz (Selma Stern Zentrum) and Dr. Sheer Ganor (UMN, Twin Cities)

    Flight: Exile in Modern Times

    Chair: Dr. Simone Blaschka (Deutsches Auswandererhaus Bremerhaven)

    Speakers:
    Dr. Emilie Kutash: Hans Jonas Trauma, Exile and German Philsophy
    Malte Spitz (Selma Stern Zentrum): Hermann Grabs Pianoforte aus der Werkstatt J. A. Stein
    Dr. Sheer Ganor (UMN, Twin Cities): 'Hilde Scott Diskutiert:' Advice for the Displaced Family

  • Memory and commemoration: Historical narratives of minorities within discourse of the majority society

    Chair: Dr. Andreas Eberhardt (Alfred Landecker Stiftung), Speakers: Dr. Liat Steir-Livny (Sapir College), Aya Zarfati (Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz) and Adam Kerpel-Fronius (Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas)

    Memory and commemoration: Historical narratives of minorities within discourse of the majority society

    Chair: Dr. Andreas Eberhardt (Alfred Landecker Stiftung)

    Speakers:
    Dr. Liat Steir-Livny (Sapir College): Shared History: The Hybrid Identity of Jewish immigrants from Germany to Eretz-Israel in the 1930s in the Israeli Documentary The Flat
    Aya Zarfati (Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz): Talking about the Holocaust in the post-witnesses era: the Relation Between archival sources and family memories
    Adam Kerpel-Fronius (Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas): Die aktuelle Wissensvermittlung und Desiderate in der Mehrheitsgesellschaft

  • Withstanding the pressure: Resilience and self-assertion in times of discrimination

    Chair: Prof. Dr. Miriam Rürup (Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen Juden), Speakers: Dr. Christopher Brennan (London School of Economics and Political Science) and Alma Hannig (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms- Universität Bonn), Anna Knoblauch (SCHUM-Städte) and Dr. Nathaniel Weston (Seattle Central College)

    Withstanding the pressure: Resilience and self-assertion in times of discrimination

    Chair: Prof. Dr. Miriam Rürup (Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen Juden)

    Speakers:
    Dr. Christopher Brennan (London School of Economics and Political Science) and Alma Hannig (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms- Universität Bonn): Jews in governmental politics and diplomacy in Germany and Austria-Hungary
    Anna Knoblauch (SCHUM-Städte): Architektur als Spiegelbild gesellschaftlicher Resilienz: Die Synagoge in Worms zwischen dem 12. Jahrhundert und der Shoah
    Dr. Nathaniel Weston (Seattle Central College): Sharing Vienna in Hugo Bettauer’s The City without Jews (1922)

  • Shared spheres and cultural exchange – Acceptance as challenge and opportunity

    Chair: Dr. Aya Elyada (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Speakers: Renate Evers (Leo Baeck Institute New York I Berlin), Dr. Susanne Korbel (University of Graz) and Dr. Daniel Baránek (Czech Academy of Sciences)

    Shared spheres and cultural exchange – Acceptance as challenge and opportunity

    Chair: Dr. Aya Elyada (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

    Speakers:
    Renate Evers (Leo Baeck Institute New York I Berlin): The 1484 Nuremberg Jewry Oath (More Judaico)
    Dr. Susanne Korbel (University of Graz): Private Spaces as Spheres of Jewish and non Jewish Relations: Encounters Between Jews and Non-Jews in Viennese Homes
    Dr. Daniel Baránek (Czech Academy of Sciences): Crossing the Ghetto Borders: Integration of Jews in Loschitz and Mährisch Weisskirchen, 1848–1921

  • Final Discussion: “Shared” History? Reflections on a complex  interplay

     
    Moderated by Shelly Kupferberg, talking to Prof. Dr. Raphael Gross (Deutsches Historisches Museum) and Ambassador Michaela Küchler (Auswärtiges Amt)

    Final Discussion: “Shared” History? Reflections on a complex  interplay

     
    Moderated by Shelly Kupferberg, talking to Prof. Dr. Raphael Gross (Deutsches Historisches Museum) and Ambassador Michaela Küchler (Auswärtiges Amt)

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  • Interview with Najat Abdulhaq (MiCT – Media in Cooperation and Transition, Berlin); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

    Interview with Najat Abdulhaq (MiCT – Media in Cooperation and Transition, Berlin); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

  • Interview with Seth Anziska (University College London); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

    Interview with Seth Anziska (University College London); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

  • Interview with Orit Bashkin (University of Chicago); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

    Interview with Orit Bashkin (University of Chicago); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

  • Interview with Aomar Boum (University of California); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

    Interview with Aomar Boum (University of California); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

  • Interview with Michelle Campos (University of Florida); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

    Interview with Michelle Campos (University of Florida); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

  • Interview with Ahmad Dallal (Georgetown University in Qatar); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

    Interview with Ahmad Dallal (Georgetown University in Qatar); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

  • Interview with Yuval Evri (SOAS University of London); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

    Interview with Yuval Evri (SOAS University of London); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

  • Interview with Miriam Frenkel (Hebrew University of Jerusalem); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

    Interview with Miriam Frenkel (Hebrew University of Jerusalem); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

  • Interview with Dennis Halft (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

    Interview with Dennis Halft (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

  • Interview with Menachem Klein (Bar-Ilan University); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

    Interview with Menachem Klein (Bar-Ilan University); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

  • Interview with Achim Rohde (Philipps-Universität Marburg); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

    Interview with Achim Rohde (Philipps-Universität Marburg); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

  • Interview with Yaron Shemer (University of North Carolina); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

    Interview with Yaron Shemer (University of North Carolina); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

  • Interview with Faedah M. Totah (Virginia Commonwealth University); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

    Interview with Faedah M. Totah (Virginia Commonwealth University); Jewish Museum Berlin, 2017

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