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A handbag, a stack of books, a dress and a nivea jar against an alternating light blue and orange background, with the S-shaped Schocken logo in the foreground.

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

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)

Where, when, what?

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.

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

Joshua Cohen; photo: Marion Ettlinger

Several objects, namely a porcelain box, a handbag, a plate, a gramophone needle box, a dress and a cream jar alternate on an orange and light blue background, with the Schocken logo in the shape of an S above.

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
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
Guided Tours
Curator-led Tour of the Exhibition: Thu 12 Jun, 17 Jul, 14 Aug & 11 Sep 2025, in German
Public Tour in German: 22 Jun, 27 Jul & 7 Sep 2025
Public Tour in English: 21 Jun, 26 Jul, & 13 Sep 2025
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

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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