Jewish Telegraphic Agency4y
‘We are here,’ not in Israel: The new Berlin Jewish museum director on Jewish life in Germany, beyond BDS
She’s focused on the museum’s reopening and its new permanent core exhibit. BERLIN (JTA) — The previous director of the Jewish Museum Berlin left in the wake of a tweet. In May, after the ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency5y
45 Jewish scholars sign unprecedented letter supporting Berlin Jewish Museum director who resigned under pressure
(JTA) — A group of 45 academic Talmud scholars has signed a letter in support of Peter Schafer, the former director of the Berlin Jewish Museum who resigned last week amid criticism of a tweet ...
Dezeen3y
Jewish Museum Berlin - Jewish life in Germany. Past and Present
In August 2020, the Jewish Museum Berlin opened its new permanent exhibition in the Libeskind Building in Berlin. In close collaboration with the curators, chezweitz created a separate spatial ...
StudyFinds on MSN13d
Holocaust museums in Muslim countries offer ray of hope amid rising antisemitism
As antisemitism surges globally in the wake of October 7, an unlikely phenomenon provides grounds for cautious optimism: the ...
The Times of Israel9d
In the shadow of Auschwitz, a museum commemorates an ancient Polish Jewish community
A tour of the town’s Jewish museum on International Holocaust Remembrance Day revealed a thriving community where, at its peak before World War II, Jews represented 60% of the population and ...