Old Rituals, New Customs
Museum employees talk about traditions on Jewish holidays.
Across Mannheim in the Matzo-Mobile
David Studniberg about the great feeling to support others during the corona crisis
Report
Apr 2020
The Big Clean-Up
Dana Akrish on Passover in Jerusalem
Essay
2018
A Kind of Family Gathering
Bitter Herbs and Their Relatives in the Diaspora Garden
Essay
2017
A Small Window onto History
Aubrey Pomerance, Head of Archives, on a newly acquired Passover Haggadah and its previous owners in Kreuzberg
Behind the Scenes
2014/2016
“Go down Moses” and an Orange on the Seder Plate
Cilly Kugelmann on old and new customs for Passover
Essay
2013
The Long Night of Tikkun
Mirjam Wenzel and Avner Ofrath about what we can learn from loving women
Essay
May 2013
New Customs for the New Year
Shlomit Tripp about tashlikh boats and petals on the water
Essay
2012
Kol Nidre and the “Civil Improvement of the Jews”
Haim Mahlev on controversies throughout the ages
Essay
2015
Apples in Honey and Gefilte Fish
Museum employees share their personal experiences of the High Holidays
Interview
2013
Cycling Holiday
Avner Ofrath on Yom Kippur in Israel
Gloss
2012
Jewish Halloween
Naomi Lubrich on candy as a tricky matter for synagogues on Simhat Torah
Gloss
2012
Hanukkah Lasts Eight Days...
and for each day, we’ve got a little treat for you here (including some information about Chrismukkah)
Online Feature
2017/20
“8 Facts” about Hanukkah
David Studniberg on the Jewish Feast of Dedication
Essay
2016
“If I were a rich mouse ...”
Michal Friedlander on Mickey, Minnie and their Hanukkah message
Essay
2015
In the Sleeping Car with Ten Hand-puppets and a Travel Hanukkah Candelabrum
Shlomit Tripp on her Hanukkah with the bubales family
Essay
2015
Menurkeys for Thanksgivukkah?
Food for thought and recipes by Signe Rossbach
Essay
2013
Tu bi-Shevat Traditions in Israel
Avner Ofrath on trees, fruit, and a breath of New Age
Essay
2013
“Clever Esther” – Not Suitable for Children?!
Shlomit Tripp reports about her child-oriented retelling of the Esther story
Essay
2015
Quite “best practice”
Tom Chai Sosnik celebrated his coming out as transgender in spring 2015 with remarkable aplomb – in a ceremony performed by Rabbi Tsipi Gabai at a Jewish school in California, supported by his family.
Essay
2017