Cultural Program in April 2014
Press Invitation
Press Release, Thu 27 Mar 2014
We herewith invite you to the cultural program at the Jewish Museum Berlin in April 2014:
Special Exhibition: "The Creation of the World. Illustrated Manuscripts from the Braginsky Collection"
4 April to 3 August
The Creation of the World. Illustrated Manuscripts from the Braginsky Collection
The largest private collection of Hebrew manuscripts worldwide includes rare Jewish documents dating back as far as the 13th century. The lender and entrepren€ René Braginsky has been collecting rare historic jewels of manuscript art from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East for more than 30 years.
The exhibition provides the opportunity to discover a true treasure of Jewish tradition. More than 120 objects give an insight into the richness and variety of Jewish book history and demonstrate the importance of text and scripture in Judaism.
After exhibits in Amsterdam, New York, Jerusalem and Zurich, the collection can now be viewed in Germany for the first time, including its most recently acquired items. The exhibition at the Jewish Museum Berlin provides the last opportunity to see the treasures from the Braginsky collections before the exhibits are returned to the private library of the collector.
Location: Old Building, first level
Admission: with the museum ticket
During the full exhibition running time, a Torah scribe will be working in the exhibition at these times:
Mon and Tues: 4 to 6 pm
Wed, Thurs, Sun: 2 to 4 pm
Tour through the Exhibition
Time: Sundays, 2 pm
Duration: 1 hour
Admission: 3 € (plus museum ticket)
In the exhibition, calligraphers will be demonstrating their skills in Arabic, Chinese, and Latin script. The dates can be found on the website.
13 April
Art Breakfast for Families: The Arts of Writing and Bookbinding
Family tour and workshops with Kirstin Sieling, Grit Wenig(bookbinding experts), and Cornelia Brauer (artist and designer).
A cooperation with the Bookbinders guild for Berlin-Brandenburg.
Time: 10.30 am to 2 pm
Meeting point: at the entrance to the exhibition, ground level of Old Building
Costs: Adults 25 €, children under 18 free of charge
Booking is necessary: g.struve@jmberlin.de or tel. +49 (0)30 259 93 517
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Special Exhibition "In an Instant. Photographs by Fred Stein"
Extended until 4 May
In an Instant. Photographs by Fred Stein
Born as son of a rabbi in Dresden in 1909, Fred Stein qualified as a lawyer there and then emigrated to Paris in 1933 and to New York in 1941. In search of a new professional perspective, he chose photography.
Alongside numerous street views of both metropolises, Fred Stein made over 1,200 portraits, among them well-known personalities such as Hannah Arendt, Albert Einstein, Marlene Dietrich, and Willy Brandt. With his miniature camera, he captured the city and its people in brief but decisive instants.
The exhibition shows Fred Stein’s oeuvre in its entirety for the first time in Germany. Over 130 black-and-white photographs show street views of Paris and New York and portraits. In addition, private documents, original and contact prints illustrate the biography and oeuvre of the photographer Fred Stein.
Location: Libeskind Building, ground floor, Eric F. Ross Gallery
Admission: with the museum ticket
14 April
Monday Movie
Ilse Bing and Ellen Auerbach
Two Film Portraits by Antonia Lerch
Film showing attended by the film director
Time: 7.30 pm
Location: Old Building, ground floor, Auditorium
Admission: free
Book Presentations
7 April
Book Presentation with the Author and Michael Naumann
Stefan Koldehoff: "Die Bilder sind unter uns" (The pictures are among us)
Dealing with Nazi Looted Art and the Gurlitt Case
Dealing with Nazi-looted art in Germany is a scandal. An unholy alliance of inadequate laws, possessors of looted art with no sense of wrongdoing, dealers, museums, auction houses, and gallery owners ensures that trading with pictures from Nazi-looted art still continues today. Stefan Koldehoff wrote an "outstandingly well-researched" (Götz Aly) standard work on Nazi-looted art in 2009. The book was highly praised, but none of the problems described therein have been solved. Now the book is available in a new edition, updated and expanded to include a detailed chapter on the Gurlitt case. It has a greater sense of urgency.
Location: Old Building, second level, Great Hall
Time: 7.30 pm
Admission: 8 €, reduced rate 6 Euro
Visitor Bookings on tel. +49 (0)30 8824 250
30 April
Book Presentation with the Publisher and Daughter Ruth Jacoby
Memories of Erich Hellmuth Jacoby (1903–1979)
Erich Jacoby, Jewish lawyer and legal advisor to the Railway Union, fled Berlin in 1933 via Denmark and Sweden to the Philippines, where he witnessed the exploitation of farm workers. After the war he became involved with the FAO to take a stand for the rights of workers and peasants in the "Third World." He died in Sweden, the only country that was ready to naturalize him after 23 years of statelessness. Ruth Jacoby, his daughter and former Swedish ambassador in Berlin, comments on her father’s memoirs entitled "Mensch – Land – Gerechtigkeit" (Man – Country – Justice).
Welcoming speech: W. Michael Blumenthal
A cooperation with Hentrich & Hentrich Publishers Berlin
Location: Old Building, second level, Great Hall
Time: 7 pm
Admission: free
Academy Program
7. and 8 April
Symposium in Cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Concepts of Citizenship and Participation in European Comparison
Concepts of citizenship in Germany and other European countries raise questions about the construction of belonging and the practical consequences of membership programs for political, social, economic, and cultural participation. The conference is devoted to the question of what citizenship in Europe of the 21st century can mean and which concepts of citizenship are currently guiding political policy and promise greater political inclusion. Speakers include State Minister Aydan Özoğuz (Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees, and Integration) and Dr. Aleksandra Lewicki (Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol).
Admission: free
Registration is requested at forum.gr@fes.de
7. April
Keynote Address followed by Panel Discussion
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Rainer Bauböck (European University Institute, Florence)
Location: Jewish Museum Berlin Academy, Academy Hall
Time: 6 pm
8 April
Talks and Workshops
Location: Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Hiroshimastr. 17, House 1
Time: 10 am to 6 pm
Program for Children
27 April
Family Passover Tour and Workshop
Baking Mazzah Bread!
On the family Passover tour, visitors learn why Mazzah is different from other types of bread and the Bible story behind this flat bread.Then, the academy workshop kitchen becomes a mazzah bread bakery and the results are enjoyed with Israeli spreads.
Time: 11 am and 2 pm
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: 3 € plus admission fee
Age: from 5 years
Visitor Bookings on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 437 or kinder@jmberlin.de
6 April
Guided Tour through the Permanent Exhibition
Halakhah and Braided Bread – What goes into the Shabbat-Basket?
On this stroll through the exhibition, participants look at Jewish traditions from kashrut (dietary laws) to the Shabbat and how they have changed over the course of many centuries.
They experience how it feels to wear a kippah, the traditional skullcap worn by religious Jews, admire a real scroll, and sniff a besamin box full of spices.
Age: 6 to 12
Time: 11 Uhr
Duration: ca. 1 Stunde
Cost: 3 € (plus museum ticket)
20. April
Tour: Daniel Libeskind for Children
The Crazy Crooked House
Why are the walls here at a slant, why are the windows slits, why does the staircase lead to nowhere, which direction do balls roll in the underground Axes, why are there no flowers blossoming in the garden?
The Jewish Museum's young visitors receive a playful introduction tailored to their respective age group to the architecture of Daniel Libeskind.
Afterwards building blocks, cardboard, paper, and other handicraft materials are available for the children to make their very own crazy fantasy house.
Age: 8 to 10
Time: 11 am
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: 3 € (plus museum ticket)
