Musicroom
Jewish Music in all its Diversity in the Core Exhibition
From the chanting of the Talmudic period to contemporary compositions – music and sounds play a part in both religious and secular Jewish life. In the Musicroom in our exhibition you can immerse yourself in a service of worship, hear the sound of a shofar, and listen to centuries-old and modern music. On this page you will find playlists with religious music and playlists with secular music from the core exhibition.
From the Siddur – Prayers for Daily Life
From the Siddur – Prayers for Shabbat
From the Mahzor – Prayers for the Holidays
Songs for the Holidays
Hava Narimah
Chór dziecięco-młodzieżowy Alla polacca (Alla Polacca Children’s and Youth Choir), 2016
Music: George Frideric Handel, 1746/47
Lyrics: Levin Kipnis, 1936
Chansons and Cabaret
Ich hab kein Heimatland (Jüdischer Tango) (I Lost My Home Country (Jewish Tango))
Kol Colé, 2014
Music and lyrics: Friedrich Schwarz, 1933
Die Novaks aus Prag (The Novaks from Prague)
Hermann Leopoldi, 1946
Music: Hermann Leopoldi, 1946
Lyrics: Kurt Robitschek
Ich fühl mich nicht zu Hause (It’s Not Home to Me)
Georg Kreisler, 1966
Music and lyrics: Georg Kreisler
Greatest Hits
Wochenend‘ und Sonnenschein (Weekend and Sunshine)
Comedian Harmonists, 1930
Music: Milton Ager, 1929
Lyrics: Charles Amberg, 1930
Ein Lied geht um die Welt (My Song Goes Round the World)
Joseph Schmidt, 1933
Music: Hans May, 1933
Lyrics: Ernst Neubach
Im Gasthof zur goldenen Schnecke (At the Golden Snail Inn)
Semer Ensemble, 2016
Music: Willy Rosen, 1935
Lyrics: Willy Rosen and Marcel Lion
New and Old Folk Music
In ale gasn – Hey, hey, daloy politsey
Adrienne Cooper, Dan Rous, the New Yiddish Chorale, and the Workmen’s Circle Chorus Conductor: Zalman Mlotek
Music and lyrics: Russia and Poland, early 20th century
Shtil di nakht iz oysgeshternt – Silent Stars
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird, 2017
Music: based on a Russian folk song
Lyrics: Hirsch Glik, 1942
Mayn Shvester Khaye
Chava Alberstein and The Klezmatics, 1996
Music: Chava Alberstein
Poem: Binem Heller
Pop and Rock
Exhibition Jewish Life in Germany: Past & Present: Features & Programs
- Exhibition Webpage
- Jewish Life in Germany: Past & Present: Core exhibition of the Jewish Museum Berlin, since Aug 2020
- Guided Tours
- JMB App: Audio guide, available in English, German, German plain language, German Sign Language, French, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew and Russian, available for download
- Guided Tours for Adults as Individual Visitors or in Groups: Fixed dates or by appointment, on site or digitally, in several languages
- Guided Tours and Workshops for School Groups: Appointment, on site or digitally, in several languages
- Publications
- The JMB Book: History, architecture and core exhibition of the museum, available in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian
- Open: JMB Journal #21, with interviews and background information on the exhibition
- Digital Content
- Thematic Space Torah: Audios and objects on words, writing and language
- Current page: Musicroom: Playlists with religious and secular music from the core exhibition
- Topography of Violence. Antisemitic violence in Germany 1930–1938: Media application from the exhibition’s historical chapter Catastrophe
- 13 Objects – 13 Stories: Unusual objects from our core exhibition
- New Accents: Interview with Cilly Kugelmann, chief curator of the core exhibition
- See also
- The Libeskind building
- History of the museum
