Is it the case that the "Long Museum Night" will not take place this year? Not so at the Jewish Museum Berlin! The Museum will open its doors for the "Long Night of Exile" on 27 January 2007 when admission will be free of charge for all visitors from 6 pm to midnight.

As teenagers, they fled the Nazis from many European countries to the USA. Years later, lots of the young Jewish emigrants returned - as soldiers on secret military missions. They called themselves the "Ritchie Boys" after the Ritchie training camp in Maryland where they were prepared for psychological warfare. The story of the "Ritchie Boys" was told for the first time by the film director Christian Bauer in his film of the same name released in 2004.

Fleeing, exile, and the question of "home" are not just themes belonging to the past but are still highly relevant and the subject of heated debate today.

As part of the program surrounding the exhibition "Jewish - now. Photographs and Interviews" on show at the Jewish Museum Berlin until 29 January 2007, students and professors from the University of Applied Sciences in Bielefeld will discuss their project "Jewish." The shooting of the various series of photographs involved intensive exploration of a theme with which they were unfamiliar at the outset: Jewish life today in Germany. We invite you to the discussion on Thursday 25 January at the Jewish Museum Berlin.

In April 2006, the Jewish Museum Berlin came into possession of the bequest of Elisabeth Wust and Felice Schragenheim, whose love story became well-known through the film "Aimee & Jaguar." After making an inventory of the more than 500 documents, diaries, and photographs, articles were selected and are, as of today, on display for the first time in the permanent exhibition of the Jewish Museum Berlin entitled "Two Millennia of German Jewish History."

The Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center will present the 16th annual New York Jewish Film Festival from January 10 through 25, 2007. One of the longest running collaborations of two arts institutions in New York City, the festival will take place at The Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 West 65th Street, with two screenings at The Jewish Museum, Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street.

The Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center will present the 16th annual New York Jewish Film Festival from January 10 through 25, 2007. One of the longest running collaborations of two arts institutions in New York City, the festival will take place at The Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 West 65th Street, with two screenings at The Jewish Museum, Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street.

The Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center will present the 16th annual New York Jewish Film Festival from January 10 through 25, 2007. One of the longest running collaborations of two arts institutions in New York City, the festival will take place at The Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 West 65th Street, with two screenings at The Jewish Museum, Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street.

A 19th-century silver synagogue Hanukkah lamp made in the Ukraine will be on view in The Jewish Museum's Skirball Lobby from December 9 through 31, 2006. On December 10, 2001, this menorah became the first Hanukkah lamp to be kindled by an American President in the White House residence.

To celebrate Hanukkah this year, The Jewish Museum will present Light x Eight: The Hanukkah Project from November 25, 2006 through February 4, 2007. This exhibition explores the transformative properties of light in the works of eight contemporary artists.

New York - The Jewish Museum will present Food for Thought: A Video Sampler from October 31, 2006 through February 28, 2006 in the Museum's Barbara and E. Robert Goodkind Media Center. Food for Thought features four videos from two generations of video artists - Martha Rosler, Laura Kronenberg (Cavestani), Jessica Shokrian, and Boaz Arad - in which food serves as a resource for memory, a way of connecting or disconnecting with family, and of understanding identity.