Joshua Cohen in Conversation:
Part of the Exhibition Program for Inventories: The Legacy of Salman Schocken
Pulitzer-prize winner Joshua Cohen will come to Berlin for the opening of the exhibition Inventories and will share his insights on the entrepreneur and publisher Salman Schocken. In conversation with journalist Felix Stephan (Süddeutsche Zeitung) and the architect Hillel Schocken, grandson of Salman Schocken, Cohen will discuss publishing and resistance, culture and capital, appropriation and belonging, and the relevance of these questions today.
Past event
Where
W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)
Former Talmud scholar Joshua Cohen is considered “a vanguard writer of our time” (FAZ). The American author’s stories and novels combine sharp powers of observation with linguistic virtuosity and existential wit. His works often feature themes of religion, displacement, life in exile and the Holocaust. His campus novel The Netanyahus was awarded the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction and the 2022 Pulitzer Prize.
Joshua Cohen; photo: Marion Ettlinger
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Exhibition Inventories: The Legacy of Salman Schocken: Features & Programs
- Exhibition Webpage
- Inventories (20 May to 12 Oct 2025) – exhibition website with some objects from the exhibition and all audio pieces written and narrated by Joshua Cohen
- Accompanying Events
- Current page: Joshua Cohen in Conversation on the Exhibition: 20 May 2025
- Curator-led Tour of the Exhibition: Thu 12 Jun, 17 Jul, 14 Aug & 11 Sep 2025, in German
- JMB Book Club – The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen: 2 Jul 2025, in German
- For FRIENDS: Preview and reading with Joshua Cohen: 19 May 2025, partly in German and partly in English
- Digital Content
- Jewish department stores and their owners on Jewish Places: Visualization on an interactive map
- See also
- Joshua Cohen, writer
- Salman Schocken, publisher and businessman
