"10th Grade Day" and "Ohrbooten" Concert in Anniversary Week

Sixty free guided tours for 10th grade classes

The museum is offering up to 60 free guided tours for 10th grade classes on this day. The choice is between tours through the anniversary exhibition "How German is it?" and a total of 15 themed tours through the permanent exhibition, including "Jewish Life and Traditions," "Isn’t it like that in Islam, too?" and "Kids and Careers: A 17th Century Woman."
Duration of all tours: 90 mins

Project Day for One Hundredd 10th Graders from Berlin

In four workshop formats and a film showing and discussion, the young people have the opportunity to explore the themes of identity and home in Germany’s multiethnic society. In conclusion, some of the findings will be presented in the Glass Courtyard

Workshops

Inspired by a work of art from the anniversary exhibition "How German is it? 30 Artists’ Notion of Home," the school students experiment with sounds and rhythms and develop their own piece of music in the music workshop. In the theater workshop, the school students ask each other about identity in partner interviews, associations, and brief scenes. This theme is explored further in the work on biographies that follows. In the art workshop, participants consider how immigrants weave the culture they bring with them into their new reality and how immigration changes both migrants and natives. Selected holdings from the Jewish Museum’s archive collection provide insight into the lives of Jewish youths in different eras in the archive workshop. Archivists and museum guides introduce the students in small groups to museum archival work.

Roots Germania – Film Showing Followed by Discussion with the Director Mo Asumang

It all began with a brutal hate song by the neo-Nazi band "White Aryan Rebels" which threatened the life of the black German Mo Asumang: "This bullet is for you, Mo Asumang." The Nazi poison effected Mo like a motor that took her across Germany and all the way to Africa. This was the inspiration for Mo Asumang’s first film in which she explored in discussions with neo-Nazis, scientists, and families how prejudice, hate, and fear arise. Following the showing of "Roots Germania," the film director will discuss history, integration, and right-wing extremism with the school students.

Concert by the "Ohrbooten" and "Empty Escape"

To round off an eventful day, the Berlin band the "Ohrbooten" will rock the stage in the Glass Courtyard with their groovy beats. Witty word acrobatics, sensational sounds, and a rousing performance catapulted "Die Ohrbooten" into German pop heaven a few years ago. And since the four Berlin musicians did not feel they fit into any of the existing music categories, they invented their own – with "Gyp Hop," a laid-back mixture of reggae, ragga, hip hop, and jazz, they have played their way into the hearts of their young fans.

The winners of the Jewish Museum’s first school band competition will perform as a support act – "Empty Escape" is a formation of four friends who have been making music together since primary school. The 16-17-year-old lads convinced the Facebook voters with their song "Longing for You." All students, friends, and fans are welcome to attend the double concert.

Where: Glass Courtyard, ground level

Admission free (spaces are limited). Admission with ticket only (available at the cash desk).