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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 knowledge on the entrepreneur and publisher Salman Schocken. In conversation with journalist Felix Stephan (Süddeutsche Zeitung), Cohen will discuss publishing and resistance, culture and capital, appropriation and belonging, and the relevance of these questions today.

Tue 20 May 2025, 7 pm

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The W. M. Blumenthal Academy is marked in green

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 earned him the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction and the 2022 Pulitzer Prize.

Black and white portrait of a young man with short hair and glasses.

Joshua Cohen; photo: Marion Ettlinger

A collage of colorful book covers.

Exhibition Inventories: The Legacy of Salman Schocken: Features & Programs

Exhibition Webpage
Inventories (20 May to 12 Oct 2025) – exhibition website with some department store products
Accompanying Events
Current page: Joshua Cohen in Conversation on the Exhibition: 20 May 2025
Curator-led Tour of the Exhibition: 12 Jun 2025, in German
For FRIENDS: Preview and reading with Joshua Cohen: 19 May 2025, partly in German and partly in English
See also
Joshua Cohen, writer: A short biography and recordings of past events with him

Where, when, what?

  • WhenTue 20 May 2025, 7 pm
  • Where W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
    Klaus Mangold Auditorium
    Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
    (Opposite the Museum)
    See location on map

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