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How German Is It? 30 artists’ notion of home. Is there such a thing as a collective national identity?Works by artists with different origins and experiences.


n VIENNA The Jewish Museum reopens on 19 October Bigger than Life: A Century of Hollywood hollywood—it all started with a group of young economic refugees from Central and Eastern Europe. 19 October-15 April


New York Reflections by Saul Leiter


Lindenstraße 9-14 10969 Berlin +49 (0)30 259 93 300 www.jmberlin.de


n CRACOW GALICIA JEWISh MUSEUM Bletern: Images andWords The works of Fay Grajower featured in this unique exhibition are visual adaptations of Yiddish poetry written by 19th-century Polish Jewish women. Until November


Portraits of an Intellectual and Political Landscape New York artist Bernard Aptekar’s series of portraits of important people from the political and cultural sphere, painted in a characteristic surrealist/figurative style. Including Barack Obama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Philip Roth and Arthur Miller. Until October ul. Dajwór 18, 31-052 Krakow (+48) 12 421 68 42 galiciajewishmuseum.org


n PARIS MUSEE D’ART ET D’hISTOIRE DU JUDAISME Saviv Saviv Megillah Ben Adam Two works by Carole Benzaken. TheWalter Benjamin Archives An exhibition of writings, documents and objects. Until 5 February hôtel de Saint-Aignan 71, rue du Temple 75003 Paris (33) 1 53 01 86 60 www.mahj.org


n PRAGUE JEWISh MUSEUM Karel Cudlín – Silver Tide This exhibition provides a glimpse into the life of senior citizens at the Jewish community’s hagibor social care facility through photographs by leading Czech documentary photographer. Until 6 November U Staré školy 3, Prague 1 www.jewishmuseum.cz


Spirituality is not Shopping Austrian artist Zenita Komad has been working on the subject of spirituality for many years, focusing on the link between cultural-historical contexts and the individual’s own existential- personal attitude. 9 November-4 March Museum Judenplatz, Judenplatz 8 1010Wien www.jmw.at


ISRAEL


n JERUSALEM ISRAELMUSEUM Helmar Lerski:Working Hands Photographs from the 1940s by avant- garde portrait photographer helmar Lerski (Israel Schmuklerski, 1871– 1956), who used mirrors to illuminate his subjects during the sittings, yielding dramatic results. Until 23 October


Sands of Time The work of sculptor Micha Ullman. Until November


Made by Ennion Exhibition of twenty unique glass vessels fromthe first century CE, including seven rare examples of the work of themaster glassmaker Ennion. Until January 2012 Ruppin Boulevard, Jerusalem +972 2 6708811 info@imj.org.il


n TELAVIV


BEIT hATFUTSOT Be Happy! Naivety in Israeli art.Works presenting a populist style that has developed independently in disparate places but holds a common thread. Until 9 December


Transcending Tradition The works and lives of Jewish mathematicians in German-speaking countries. Opens 14 November


TELAVIV MUSEUM OF ART Avi Ganor: Reality Trauma 30 photographic works in direct ‘close- to-home’ documentary diary style. Until 3 December


Inside Job Street art in Tel Aviv. No closing date 7 Shaul hamelech Blvd, Golda Meir Cultural and Art Center, 61332 +972 (0)3 6077020 www.tamuseum.com


L O n d O n E V E n T S


Until 10 December Broken Glass Arthur Miller’s play, starring Antony Sher and Tara Fitzgerald. Vaudeville TheatreWC2R 0Nh 0844 412 4663 See our reviews on pp 40-1


Tuesday 18 October Multicultural Britain and the Jews Talk by Prof David Feldman (Birkbeck College) at the Jewish historical Society of Essex. 8.15pm, King Solomon high School, Forest Road, Barkingside, Ilford, Essex (nearest Underground station: Fairlop - Central Line) £3 Refreshments


Friday 21 October Science, Medicine and the Holocaust Workshop organised by the Wiener Library and UCL examining recent research in Germany on Nazi medical crimes as well as current debates around memorialisation. By invitation only, please contact the Library. info@wienerlibrary.co.uk 29 Russell SquareWC1B 5DP 020 7636 7247


Sunday 23 October A walk of firsts. A walk not only of synagogues, but also a Lord Mayor, a Prime Minister, a Baronet and an MP. 11am, meet outside St Paul’s tube station, Cheapside/Guildhall exit £15; www.jcclondon.org.uk


The Spark of Rebellion in Bow and Mile End Walking tour of the streets where striking matchgirls, dockers and tailors, suffragettes and rebel councillors made their stand for the rights and dignity of ordinary working women and men from the 1880s to the 1920s. 2.30pm, meeting point confirmed on booking £7/£4 conc.; 07876 200267 www.eastendwalks.com


Monday 24 October O People of the Book Lecture by Sheikh Dr Muhammad Al-hussaini about Christians and Jews in Islamic scripture and tradition. 7.15pm,West London Synagogue 33 Seymour PlaceW1h 5AU £5 donation; linda.bookman@wls.org.uk 020 7535 0272


Wednesday 26 October Sigismund’sWatch: A Tiny Catastrophe Barbara Loftus and Monica Bohm- Duchen in conversation. For more


details see our exhibition listings. 7pm, Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens NW3 5SX 020 7435 2002 www.freud.org.uk


The Rear-View Mirror Illustrated conversation about art and remembrance. 7pm, Jewish Museum, 129-131 Albert Street, Camden NW1 £10; 020 7284 7384 www.jewishmuseum.org.uk


Israel, the Arab Spring and Me Is the Arab Spring good or bad news for Israel? Linda Menuhin detects some grounds for hope: Arabs are rejecting regime- sponsored anti-Israel lies and focus on domestic issues. 7.30pm, The Sephardi Centre, 2 Ashworth Road, LondonW9 1JY £10; 0207 723 9991 www.spiroark.org


Thursday 27 October Book Launch Solomon Abramovich talks about his book Smuggled in Potato Sacks - Stories of the Hidden Children of the Kaunas Ghetto. Reception 6.15pm, Lecture 6.45pm, both in the Gustave Tuck lecture theatre UCL, Gower StreetWC1E 6BT


Goodbye Barcelona – AMusical Set during the Spanish CivilWar, this new musical tells the story of a young Jewish man who leaves London to join the International Brigades and fight Franco’s Fascists. 7pm, Jewish Museum, 129 -131 Albert Street, Camden NW1 7NB 020 7284 7384 www.jewishmuseum.org £15, incl. free entry to galleries


Kent House Jewish Film Night: My Architect Screening of Nathaniel Kahn’s celebrated film about his father’s (the late Louis I. Kahn) career. Followed by Q&A with architect Sir David Chipperfield CBE. 7pm, Kent house Knightsbridge, Rutland Gardens SW7 1BX £12 adv./£15 at the door/conc. £10 (seniors, students) – incl. refreshments 020 7584 3953 www.westminstersynagogue.org


The Haredim Apparently mysterious, increasingly influential and growing in numbers at an astonishing rate, the haredim will certainly be a more and more significant feature of our Jewish world.With Clive Lawton. 8pm, London Jewish Cultural Centre, 94-96 North End Road NW11 7SX £10; 020 8457 5000 www.ljcc.org.uk


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