MISHPOCHA

2026-04-17 – 2026-09-27

The Art of Collaboration

Follow the Function?

2025-12-18 – 2026-11-29

Kabinettpräsentation

Ostend - A Glimpse into a Jewish Neighborhood

2026-04-26 – 2026-11-29

Ausstellung im Hochbunker an der Friedberger Anlage

Armin Stern: Painter and Zionist

2026-03-26 – 2027-01-03

Kabinettausstellung

Dealing with anti-Semitism

2026-09-24 @ 17:00

In light of current events, the Jewish Museum has added a guided tour on Jewish counter-strategies and reactions to Jew-hatred to its tour program. Although the European Enlightenment ended the power of the Church, it did not end Christian anti-Judaism. This was perpetuated in new anti-Jewish ideas, which towards the end of the 19th century described themselves as anti-Semitism and are currently very popular - both in the form of Israel-related hostility towards Jews and...

MISHPOCHA. The Art of Collaboration

2026-09-24 @ 18:00

MISCHPOCHE—Yiddish for “family”—is reimagined in this interactive exhibition. Under the artistic direction of Mike D (of the Beastie Boys), the team at the Jewish Museum, together with Atelier Markgraph and the IMA Clique, has developed an interdisciplinary exhibition and event project divided into four thematic rooms, beginning right on the forecourt. Guided tours of the exhibition take place on Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. and Sundays at 11:00 a.m., every…

Echoes of Collaboration: Finale with Shiran & Bakal

2026-09-24 @ 20:00

“Echoes of Collaboration” serves as the musical finale to the exhibition “MISHPOCHA. The Art of Collaboration,” which runs through Sunday, September 27. On September 24, the Israeli artist duo Shiran & Bakal will perform on the Open Stage in the forecourt, blending electronic music with Middle Eastern sounds in their live performance. The series comes to a close in an atmosphere that fosters encounters and shared experiences—as the final echo of a program that is entirely…

We are now: Jewish Frankfurt from the Enlightenment to the Present

2026-09-25 @ 16:00

Frankfurt's Jewish history from 1800 to the present day is diverse and dynamic. It opens windows onto the achievements of emancipation and the dawn of modernity. At the same time, it shows how closely the Enlightenment and modernization are linked to hostility towards Jews, right up to the Shoah. Get to know the Jewish Museum and its permanent exhibition on three floors of the Rothschild Palace during the highlight tour. Participation in public guided tours with fixed dates is included in the...

"Sammy Spider's First Sukkot"

2026-09-27 @ 14:00

A story by Sylvia A. Rouss Sammy the spider swings from an apple under the roof of the sukkah, the traditional booth that the Shapiro family has set up for the Sukkot festival. She spends the whole day watching the family members decorate the sukkah and learns a lot about the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles in the process. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Therefore, we ask that you reserve a free ticket at juedischesmuseum.de/tickets; any remaining tickets may be available at the museum ticket office…

The Old Jewish Cemetery on Rat-Beil-Straße

2026-10-01 @ 15:00

The Jewish cemetery on Rat-Beil-Straße is one of the most beautiful in the Rhine-Main region. It was opened in 1928 at the southern end of Frankfurt’s Main Cemetery. Today, it contains more than 30,000 graves. The guided tour takes you to the graves of well-known and lesser-known figures, including members of the Rothschild family, Daniel Oppenheim, and the financier Charles Hallgarten. Meeting place: Old Jewish Cemetery, entrance on Rat-Beil-Straße, 60435 Frankfurt am Main. Please register…

“Invisible Places” in Frankfurt’s Station District

2026-10-01 @ 16:30

During the city tour, visible symbols of remembrance are complemented by invisible, personal memories of the history of Jewish people after 1945. The app of the same name guides participants on a journey through Frankfurt in search of traces of the past. “Invisible Places” shows where the memories of Jewish people intersect with the stories of the Greek, Spanish, Turkish, and Italian communities, where their daily lives unfolded, and how the city became, after 1945, a…

Feasting in the Sukkah

2026-10-01 @ 19:00

In a guided tour focusing on selected objects in the permanent exhibition, Rifka Ajnwojner and Arwin Mahdavi Naraghi from the Jewish Museum’s Education and Outreach Department will provide insight into the traditions and customs of the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot). Afterward, Sara Soussan, curator of contemporary Jewish cultures, invites visitors into the sukkah (tabernacle) on the terrace of the Life Deli. In a lecture followed by a discussion, she explores Jewish concepts of the relationship between…

Jewish Voices in Contemporary Literature

2026-10-07 @ 17:30

To mark the commemoration on October 7, 2023, we are once again inviting you to a special evening this year. The focus will be on Jewish voices in contemporary literature—with space for literature, personal stories, and diverse Jewish perspectives. We are delighted to welcome Iryna Fingerova, Dana von Suffrin, and Dana Vowinckel, whose novel *Anton und Alma* is on the shortlist for the 2026 German Book Prize. Through readings and discussions, the…

Inheritance: Love, Loss, and the Legacy of the Holocaust

2026-10-08 @ 18:30

Charlie Scheidt’s family is from Frankfurt. After 1933, they fled Germany. A few weeks before her death, Charlie’s mother, Suse, told her son about a secret she had kept tucked away in a corner of her closet for decades. They are letters, photos, and documents—evidence of his family’s persecution and their escape through several countries to the U.S., but also memories of murdered relatives and friends. It took Charlie Scheidt several years before he decided to…

Rimonim from Around the World: The Cymbalista Collection of Tora Ornaments

2026-10-15 @ 18:00

For 45 years, Shoah survivor Norbert Cymbalista (born in 1926 in Worms) has been tracking down rimonim (Hebrew for “pomegranates”), which are placed atop a Torah scroll like a crown. “Rimonim from Around the World: The Cymbalista Collection of Torah Finials” offers a unique window into the diversity of Jewish ritual art and combines aesthetic fascination with a transnational perspective on Jewish culture. With the presentation…

Ostend – A Glimpse into a Jewish Neighborhood

2026-10-18 @ 11:30

Since this spring, the panel exhibition “Ostend—A Glimpse into a Jewish Neighborhood” at the Hochbunker on Friedberger Anlage has once again been open to visitors. The exhibition illustrates the unique history of the Ostend and the influence its Jewish population has had on the neighborhood. It commemorates the systematic destruction of Jewish life in the neighborhood during the Nazi era and the fragile new beginning after 1945. At the beginning of the 19th century, the Ostend emerged as a new Frankfurt…

My Uncle David: A Walk Through Memories

2026-10-21 @ 19:30

In the performance “My Uncle David,” director and writer Svetlana Fourer sets out on a quest to uncover her family’s history and the traumatic experiences of the Shoah, which had been kept silent within the family for decades. Research in the archives of the Shoah Foundation revealed the life story of her uncle David, who was a concentration camp survivor but had lost many family members. “My father couldn’t talk about it. He wanted me…”