A Is for Jewish
Journeys through Now in 22 Letters
Exhibition
26 Nov 2018 to 19 Apr 2020
Object Days
Memorabilia and migration stories – portraits of Jews living in Germany
Photo Project
2017
Russians Jews Germans
Photographs by Michael Kerstgens from 1992 to the Present
Exhibition
20 Apr to 26 Aug 2012
Contemporary Jewish life in a global modernity
International Conference (in English)
Video-Recording
11–12 December 2014
JMB Journal 20
Insights into the diversity of Jewish life in Germany
Publication
2019
“Species: Diaspora Jew, Sub-species: Eastern European Jew, Variant: Banana Jew”
Olga Mannheimer about her experiences in the exhibition The Whole Truth
Firsthand Story
From Wagner to the Weather
Signe Rossbach about her two hours as a living exhibition object
Firsthand Story
Apples in Honey and Gefilte Fish
Museum employees share their personal experiences of the High Holidays
Interview
“This four-minute performance means three to four months of training”
About the song and dance competition Jewrovision
Interview
17 Feb 2017
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