We dreamed of nothing but Enlightenment: Moses Mendelssohn in His Time

Exhibition shown at the Jewish Museum of Berlin. Immigrant, Enlightenment philosopher, and self-made intellectual in his time, Moses Mendelssohn was already a European celebrity and he remains a central figure in German Judaism to this day. The exhibition tells of Mendelssohn’s life in Berlin and shows him as a figure who integrated polarizing forces in the midst of historical upheaval and ...

Salomon Bagels

1. OG, Potsdamer Platz Arkaden, Alte Potsdamer Str. 7, 10785 Berlin +49 (0) 30 25297626 http://www.salomon-bagels.de/

Literaturhandlung

Joachimsthaler Str. 13, 10719 Berlin +49 (0) 30 8824250 http://www.literaturhandlung.de/

Jewish cemetery of Berlin

Schönhauser Allee 22, 10435 Berlin +49 (0) 30 441 98 24

Orthodox Synagogue of Berlin

Joachimsthaler Str. 13, 10713 Berlin +49 (0) 30 91557402

Pestalozzistraße Synagogue

Pestalozzistr. 12-14, 10625 Berlin http://synagoge-pestalozzistrasse.de/

Theater in den Hackeschen Höfen

Rosenthaler Straße 40/41, in den Hackeschen Höfen, 10178 Berlin +49 (0) 30 4000590 https://chamaeleonberlin.com/en

Administrative Center for the Berlin Community

Fasanenstrasse 79-80, 10625 Berlin +49 (0) 30880280

Ephraim Palace

Poststraße 16, 10178 Berlin +49 (0) 30 24002162

Jüdische Galerie Berlin

Kaiserin-Augusta-Str. 63, 12103 Berlin http://www.juedische-galerie.de/

Grand Synagogue of Berlin

Oranienburger Str. 28-30, 10117 Berlin +49 (0) 30 88028300

Anne Frank Center

Rosenthaler Str. 39, 10178 Berlin +49 (0) 30 288865600 http://www.annefrank.de/

Topography of Terror Foundation

Niederkirchnerstraße 8, 10963 Berlin +49 (0) 30 2545090 http://www.topographie.de/en/

Jewish Museum Berlin

Lindenstraße 9-14, 10969 Berlin +49 (0) 30 25993300 http://www.jmberlin.de/

Germany

At the end of the nineteenth century, an international conference took place sponsored by the Zionist Organisation that was dedicated to the problem of the future national language of the Jewish state. A heated debate was held and the question put to vote: Hebrew won out only by several votes over German to become the national language. As absurd as it might seem, the language of Goethe ...