10 Years of the Jewish Museum Berlin: Anniversary Week

Following the concert, the "Prize for Understanding and Tolerance" will be presented to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a gala dinner in the future Jewish Museum Berlin Academy.

(Closed event)

Advance press accreditation is necessary for this event.

"Between the Lines" – A Literary Stroll through the City

Introduction by Daniel Libeskind

Young authors were inspired by biographies at the Leo Baeck Archive at the Jewish Museum Berlin. Starting with a look at Berlin’s topography, from which Daniel Libeskind developed the architecture for the Jewish Museum Berlin, you are invited to a virtual stroll through the city with texts written especially for the evening.

In cooperation with the New York Leo Baeck Institute and the University of Hildesheim

When: Tuesday 25 October 2011, 8 pm

Where: Glass Courtyard, ground level

Admission: 9 €, reduced rate 7 euros

Bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 488 or reservierung@jmberlin.de

"10th Grade Day"

Sixty free tours for 10th grade classes, four workshops for one hundred 10th graders from Berlin, and a film showing of "Roots Germania" followed by a discussion with Mo Asumang. To round off this day, the "Ohrbooten" will play live for all students, teachers, friends, museum visitors, and fans. The winners of the first school band competition at the Jewish Museum Berlin will play as the support act.

Bookings for the "10th Grade Day" (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de

When: Thursday 27 October 2011, 10 am - 8 pm

Concert: from 6 pm

Where: Glass Courtyard

Admission free, with ticket only (available at the cash desk)

"Visions of Belonging. Jews, Turks, and other Germans"

Symposium on the 10th Anniversary of the Jewish Museum Berlin

Identity and integration, exclusion and belonging, forced assimilation and parallel worlds: What is German in the 21st century? In conversations, brief talks, and discussions, the Anniversary symposium explores the state of the nation from a variety of perspectives.

Prelude to the Anniversary Symposium

"Eine kleine deutsche Volkskunde"

Participants: Mischa Gabowitsch (Einstein Forum), Adriana Lettrari (Project "3te Generation Ostdeutschland"), Jannis Panagiotidis (European University Institute Florence)

Moderated by Ijoma Mangold (DIE ZEIT)

When: Friday 28 October 2011, 8 pm

Where: Glass Courtyard, ground level

Anniversary Symposium on Saturday 29 October

10.30 am Harald Welzer: What Use is Identity?

11.30 am Panel 1: Immigration Country Against its own Will: What is the Situation in Germany?

Participants: Rauf Ceylan (University of Osnabrück), Helena Flam (University of Leipzig), Susan Neiman (Einstein Forum), Yasemin Yildiz (University of Illinois)

Moderated by Christina von Braun (Humboldt University of Berlin)

2 pm Panel 2: Islam is Part of Germany

Participants: Naika Foroutan (Humboldt University of Berlin), Hamed Abdel-Samad, Günter Piening (Commissioner for Integration and Migration, Berlin), Yasemin Shooman (Center for Research on Antisemitism), Marwan Abou Taam (State Office of Criminal Investigation, Rhineland Palatinate)

Moderated by Ferdos Forudastan

4 pm Panel 3: Visions of Belonging: Jews and Muslims in Europe and the USA

Participants: Micha Brumlik (Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main), Susannah Heschel (Dartmouth College), Riem Spielhaus (University of Copenhagen, invited)

Moderated by Susan Neiman (Einstein Forum, invited)

6 pm Sayed Kashua: "Zweite Person Singular" (Second person singular)

Reading with the Author and Burghart Klaußner

Sayed Kashua tells the skillfully woven story of two Arab Israelis whose burning desire is to be part of Jewish Israel.

Where: Old Building, second level, Great Hall

8 pm Concluding the Symposium:

Concert with Daniel Kahn & Psoy Korolenko: The Painted Bird & The Unternationale

In their "distorted klezmer," the music artist from Detroit, Daniel Kahn, and the avant-garde singer from Moscow, Psoy Korolenko, mix klezmer, punk, and folklore – in English, Yiddish, and Russian.

The anniversary symposium is a cooperation with the Einstein Forum and the "DeutschPlus – Initiative."

Where: All symposium events (excluding the reading with Sayed Kashua) will be held in the Glass Courtyard.

Symposium admission fee: 13 €, reduced rate 9 € (including evening concert and prelude event on Friday evening)

Admission to the evening program on Friday: 7 €, reduced rate 5 euros

Admission to the concert on Saturday: 5 € (on the evening)

Public Day with Free Admission on Sunday 30 October

The Birthday Party

Where: Glass Courtyard on ground level

10 am to 2 pm Family Brunch

10.30 am Iris Romen and Her Almost Forgotten Dreams (chansons, swing, and hits)

12.30 pm The Children’s Dance Company of Sasha Waltz & Guests

The dance company of 9 to 14 year olds directed by the dancer and choreographer Gabriel Galindez Cruz has created a new program for the anniversary that sees its premiere today.

3 pm Birthday Cake and the Rathaus Ramblers

Cilly Kugelmann, program director at the Jewish Museum Berlin, and Michael Naumann, who has a long-standing connection to the museum and is chair of the Friends of the Jewish Museum Berlin, cut the birthday cake from Cynthia Barcomi. And the Rathaus Ramblers play Hot New Orleans Jazz.

Children’s Program on Public Day

Where: Old Building, first level, Education room

Midday to 6 pm

Creative Birthday Workshop

Children can experiment with colors and fabrics, write their name in Hebrew, and leave their birthday wishes. Colors and stencils are ready to use.

11 am

"A Flat for Rent" - דירה להשכיר

Reading of the children’s classic by Lea Goldberg with the translator Mirjam Pressler in Hebrew and German for children from 3 to 7

4 pm

Alis wunderbarer Weg – Ali‘nin gizemli yolu (Ali’s wonderful path)

Reading with the author and illustrator Shlomit Baris Tulgan in Turkish and German for children from 5 to 9 years

2 pm and 4 pm

Where Should the Right Angle go?

Architectural tour for families with the Helmi marionette ensemble

Meeting point: Old Building, tours desk in the foyer

Guided Tours on Public Day

Meeting Point: Old Building, tours desk in the foyer

12.30 pm and 3.30 pm

JMB Underground

Tour of the museum’s hidden spots and secret passages

11 am to 5.30 pm (every half hour)

Objects and Their Stories

The museum close up: The curators from the collections – art, everyday culture, photography, Judaica and the applied arts – and the colleagues from the archive, restoration, and library present various objects.

11.45 am + 1.45 pm + 4.45 pm

Favorites

All day long, we welcome numerous well-known birthday guests who show their favorite museum exhibits in brief tours.

Including:

Wolfgang Thierse (member of the German Bundestag, SPD, vice-president of the German Bundestag) on the New Synagogue in his home town of Breslau

Marcel Reif (sports commentator) on the link between religion and sport in Jewish youth work of the 1920s

Michael Naumann (editor-in-chief, Cicero) on the Blumenthal family from Berlin and their escape

André Herzberg (singer of the band Pankow) on his mother’s life as a Jew in the GDR

Rabbi Tovia Ben-Chorin on old and new ceremonial objects taking the example of the spice box

Programs Running Throughout Anniversary Week

The "Anniversary Couch"

During anniversary week, the "Anniversary Couch" is a meeting point for all those who would like to learn more about the JMB’s work and personalities – and what is important to them. This is where the museum’s curators converse with contemporary witnesses, artists, experts, and visitors.

Admission free, with ticket only (available at the cash desk)

Tuesday 25 October

5.30 pm Contemporary Witnesses in Conversation: W. Michael Blumenthal speaks to David Dambitsch about his life’s work – "Auf den Einzelnen kommt es an" (It’s the individual that counts)

Where: Glass Courtyard on ground level

7 pm Artists in Conversation: Miguel Rothschild and Margret Kampmeyer on heavenly images

Where: In the special exhibition "How German is it?", 1st level of Old Building

Wednesday 26 October

5 pm Curators in Conversation: Inka Bertz and Raphael Gross on hunters and gatherers

Where: Rafael Roth Learning Center, lower level of Libeskind Building

6 pm Contemporary Witnesses in Conversation: Walter Frankenstein and Andreas Kossert on chutzpah, love, and survival

Where: Libeskind Building, basement, Rafael Roth Learning Center

7 pm Artists in Conversation: Eldar Farber and Inka Bertz on German landscapes (in English)

Where: In the special exhibition "How German is it?", Old Building, first level

Thursday 27 October

5 pm Curators in Conversation: Michal Friedlander and Anna Maigler on Saxon beer, Shabbat belts, and other Jewish products

Where: Libeskind Building, basement, Rafael Roth Learning Center

6 pm Contemporary Witnesses in Conversation: Dorothea Brander, Eugen Merzbacher and Corry Guttstadt on dancing under Atatürk

Where: Libeskind Building, basement, Rafael Roth Learning Center

7 pm Artists in Conversation: Via Lewandowsky and Denis Grünemeier on waiting rooms

Where: In the special exhibition "How German is it?", Old Building, first level

Friday 28 October

5 pm Curators in Conversation: Aubrey Pomerance and Wolfgang Trautwein on bandmasters, cantata, and Kulturbund-orchestras

Where: Libeskind Building, basement, Rafael Roth Learning Center

6 pm Contemporary Witnesses in Conversation: Ilona Simon-Strimber and Leonore Maier on kosher sausages in Berlin and Brazil

Where: Libeskind Building, basement, Rafael Roth Learning Center

7 pm Artists in Conversation: Maziar Moradi and Martina Lüdicke on becoming German

Where: In the special exhibition "How German is it?", Old Building, first level

Sunday 30 October

4 pm Contemporary Witnesses in Conversation: Peter and George Summerfield and Aubrey Pomerance on the flight and fortune of a pair of twins

Where: Libeskind Building, basement, Rafael Roth Learning Center

5 pm Contemporary Witnesses in Conversation: Anita Lasker Wallfisch and Werner Kilian on bearing witness and the quest for justice

Where: Libeskind Building, basement, Rafael Roth Learning Center

6 pm Artists in Conversation: Julian Rosefeldt and Margret Kampmeyer on the German forest

Where: In the special exhibition "How German is it?", Old Building, first level

Tours during anniversary week

When: Monday 24 October until Sunday 30 October

Duration: 90 mins each

Admission: free

Bookings on the day up until 30 mins beforehand at the tours desk in the lobby or on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 305

Through the Museum in Seven League Boots (in German and English)

When: Monday at 6 pm

Jewish Life and Traditions (in German and English)

When: Tuesday at 2 pm

Start of the Modern Age – From the German Empire to the Weimar Republic (in German and English)

When: Wednesday at 2 pm

Women in Judaism (in German and English)

When: Friday at 2 pm

Immigration Country Germany

Tour through the Special Exhibition "How German is it? 30 Artists’ Notion of Germany" (in German and English)

When:

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at 4 pm

Sunday at midday + 2 pm + 5 pm

Tour of the Building Site of the Future Jewish Museum Academy

When:

Wednesday at 4 pm

Friday at 4 pm

Saturday at 11 am and 1 pm

Sunday at 11 am and 1 pm

City Tour "Under the Open Sky"

In Search of Traces of Jewish Life in Friedrichstadt

When:

Tuesday at 3 pm

Thursday at 3 pm

Sunday at 4 pm

In the time around anniversary week, the Jewish Museum Berlin will close earlier on two days: on Friday 21 October at 5 pm and Monday 24 October at 7.30 pm. Please inform your readers and listeners of these altered opening hours. Otherwise the museum is open seven days a week from 10 am to 8 pm, on Mondays even to 10 pm.