Antisemitism in Europe Today: the Phenomena, the Conflicts
Conference talks
Online Publication
Lucky Coincidences
Interview with our New Museum Director Hetty Berg
JMB Journal 21
2020
Jewish Power
What is Jewish Music?
By Fabian Schnedler
JMB Journal 20
2019
Triumph of Survival
Cilly Kugelmann on a photo that visualizes the victory over the Nazis
Commentary
May 2020
Books on National Socialism and the Holocaust
Recommended reading for children and young people
Online Publication
2015/2017
VielSeitig
Book recommendations for children and teens
Online Publication
2013/2017
Media and Minorities
Open Access
Online Publication
Golem Catalog Online
Selected texts from our catalog
Online Publication
Places of Remembrance
Teaching Materials for Integration and Orientation Courses
Online Publications
Consuming Light
A Short History of Ritual Lights by Michal Friedlander
JMB Journal 18
2018
A Jew Is Not One Thing
The curator Miriam Goldmann about the exhibition A Is For Jewish
JMB Journal 20
2019
Kosher Portraits
A photo series about Jewish life n in Germany
JMB Journal 20
2019
“Hear the Truth, Whoever Speaks It”
Milestones in the Work auf Moses Maimonides from Islamic Spain to Modern Berlin, in German
Online Publication
2014
“Say it like it is!”
An interview with Ruth Wodak about media discourse around attacks committed by right-wing extremists and strategies to counter right-wing extremism
Interview
Apr 2020
The First Jewish Museum in Berlin
Inka Bertz on our collection, the seizure of the museum's holdings in 1938, reconstruction, and more
Online Publication
2012
“Original Voices Ensure a Diversity of Perspectives”
Interview with Lisa Albrecht about the New JMB App
Interview
Jul 2020
Contemporary Russian-Jewish Life in Germany
Open Access
Online Publication
2015
In a Foreign Country
Companion booklet to the exhibition about literature from DP camps
Online Publication
Diagonals of Diversity
Stephan Becker on Berlin’s Lindenstrasse from past to present
JMB Journal 14
2016
Question of the Month: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Jews (7)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Jews
Our exhibition The Whole Truth…Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Jews was based on 30 questions posed to the Jewish Museum Berlin or its staff over the past few years. In the exhibition, visitors had their own opportunity to ask questions or to leave comments on post-it notes. Some of these questions are answered here in our website.
How does a kippah stay on?
Answered by Michal Friedlander, Curator for Judaica and Applied Arts
Why do women have to cover their hair with a wig or scarf after getting married?
Answered by Miriam Goldmann, Curator of the Exhibition The Whole Truth
Do Jews have their own language?
Answered by Martina Lüdicke, Curator of the Exhibition The Whole Truth
Why do some Jews rock back and forth while they pray?
Answered by Miriam Goldmann, Curator of the Exhibition The Whole Truth
What role do gender themes play? What’s the story with women rabbis?
Answered by Anina Falasca, Curator of the Exhibition The Whole Truth
Are there gay Jews?
Answered by Anina Falasca, Miriam Goldmann, Martina Lüdicke, Curators of the Exhibition The Whole Truth
“Was Goethe a Jew too?”
Answered by Berhard Jensen, Library
All Past Issues: JMB Journal (20)
JMB Journal
With a theme for each issue, 2009 to the present
#20
A Is for Jewish
Publication
2019
#19
Revolutions
Publication
2018
#18
Light
Publication
2018
#17
Future
Publication
2017
#16
Cherchez la femme
Publication
2017
#15
Best of
Publication
2016
#14
Architecture
Publication
2016
#13
Superstition
Publication
2015
#12
Ban on Images
Publication
2015
#11
Women
Publication
2014
#10
Body
Publication
2014
#9
Times
Publication
2013
#8
The Whole Truth
Publication
2013
#7
Diversity
Publication
2012
#6
Generations
Publication
2012
#5
10 Years
Publication
2011
#4
Radical Jewish?
Publication
2011
#3
Business
Publication
2010
#2
Migration
Publication
2010
#1
Beyond Borders
Publication
2009
