«Few know about the Jews detained in Mauritius during World War II.»
Four Questions to Anthona Smith
We preserve and exhibit Jewish culture past and present.
«Jewish settlers invested in tree planting»
Netta Cohen on Zionist Attitudes towards Climate
The Basel Trial of the «Protocols of the Elders of Zion»
The History of a Book in Our Collection
«The department stores were veritable dream worlds.»
Angela Bhend on Jewish founders of Department Stores in Switzerland
«To renew the old world – that is the collector’s deepest desire.»
The Scholar Michele Klein on Collecting Judaica
«I’m curious about unusual design.»
Dinah Ehrenfreund on Bernhard Friedländer
«A reserved man, an unwavering artist.»
Gisela Zürrer on the Artist Walter Haymann
Who were the Jews of North Africa?
Four Questions to Daniel Zisenwine
«The young people were not cheerful in the museum.»
Alliya Oppliger looks back at Monumenta Judaica on its 60th anniversary.
«Jews have always inhabited the countryside.»
Jonathan Schorsch on Jewish environmentalism
Solidarity with Israel
The Jewish Museum of Switzerland mourns with the victims and their families
«Neither endless work nor endless leisure make a meaningful life.»
Florian Lippke on Religious Concepts of Time
«Another inch, and our questions would be answered.»
Roger Harmon on Basel’s Medieval Date-Stone
«Forgeries have misled Judaica scholars»
Six Questions to Christina Meri
«Refugees were forced to do hard, physical labour»
Barbara Häne sheds light on a photo album from wartime Switzerland
