The actress Joanne Gläsel, known for her role as Superintendent Eva Klaussner in the German television series "Der Ermittler" (nominated for the Bambi Award in 2002), and the director Soogi Kang were inspired by Charlotte Salomon's life and her colorful, expressive gouaches to produce a theatrical performance which will have its première at the Jewish Museum Berlin on Saturday 1 September.

The Jewish Museum will present The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend, the first major American survey of her work since 1980, through September 16, 2007. Sixty-six works will be on view including sculpture, drawings and two room-size masterworks.

The Jewish Museum will present Camille Pissarro: Impressions of City and Country from September 16, 2007 through February 3, 2008. This exhibition includes nearly 50 paintings and works on paper – drawn primarily from New York City-area private collections – many of which have rarely been on public view.

The Jewish Museum will present Isaac Bashevis Singer and the Lower East Side: Photographs by Bruce Davidson from September 16, 2007 through February 3, 2008. This exhibition features nearly 40 intimate and moving photos spanning the years 1957 to 1990.

The portraits of the Levy-Franks family, attributed to Gerardus Duyckinck and dating from the 1720s to 1735, are the most extensive surviving group of Colonial American portraiture. The Jewish Museum will be exhibiting six of them consecutively in pairs from April 2007 through June 2009.

Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) was a towering figure in postwar American art, exerting great influence with her monumental installations, innovative sculpture made of found wood objects, and celebrated public art. She was recognized during her lifetime as one of America’s most distinguished artists, and her work continues to inspire contemporary sculptors today.

A founding member of the Impressionists and a master of depicting urban life and rural settings, Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was the only artist to show his paintings in all eight of the Impressionist exhibitions from 1874 to 1886, and the only Impressionist who was Jewish.

Although Jews played a major role as competitive athletes at the start of the twentieth century, they do not occupy a significant place in Jewish memory. We cordially invite you to attend her English talk entitled "Swimming Against Stereotype" on Monday 21 May at the Jewish Museum Berlin.

The portraits of the Levy-Franks family, attributed to Gerardus Duyckinck and dating from the 1720s to 1735, are the most extensive surviving group of Colonial American portraiture. The Jewish Museum will be exhibiting six of them consecutively in through June 2009.

On the 95th anniversary of the Yiddish poet Lajser Ajchenrand's birth, the Swiss publishing company Ammann published in German "MIMAAMAKIM"("Aus der Tiefe" first published in Paris, 1953), his most significant collection of poems.

The special exhibition "Home and Exile" will be on show until the end of April at the Jewish Museum Berlin, the Museum is now showing the interactive multimedia installation "The Danube Exodus" by the Hungarian artist Péter Forgács from the Labyrinth Project at the beginning of the exhibition to add an artistic perspective on the theme.

They wavered between hate and homesickness. And when they made the decision to return to Germany, it was a foreign country they returned to. Probably not more than a few thousand of the nearly 300,000 Jewish refugees and emigrants returned to Germany, bringing their experiences of persecution and exile with them.