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JMB Buchclub mit dem Roman Die Jakobsbücher von Olga Tokarczuk
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- Date Tuesday, 13/October/2026 18:30
- Venue Jüdisches Museum Berlin
- Address Lindenstraße 14, 10969 Berlin-Kreuzberg
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Jüdisches Museum
JMB Book Club featuring the novel The Books of Jakob (Die Jakobsbücher) by Olga Tokarczuk
As part of the exhibition "The Opposite of Now: Artistic Paths to a Different Present" (in German)
Join us reading!
His followers saw him as the Messiah; to his opponents, he was a charlatan, even a heretic: Jakob Frank, born in Korolówka, Poland, in 1726 and died in Offenbach am Main in 1791, was one of the most enigmatic figures in 18th-century Europe. As the leader of the mystical Frankist movement, Jakob Frank was determined to open up his people – the Jews of Eastern Europe – to the modern age; throughout his life, he championed their rights, freedom, equality and emancipation.
In the Books of Jakob (Die Jakobsbücher), Nobel Prize-winner Olga Tokarczuk paints a portrait of a controversial historical figure and a panorama of a world in crisis on the threshold of modernity. At the same time, however, this metaphysical yet vibrant novel is a book for our times, as it poses the question of how we can imagine the world as a just place.
In the exhibition The Opposite of Now, the artist Daniel Laufer explores the life of Eva Frank, the daughter and successor of Jakob Frank. She lived as the manifestation of the Shekhinah, the female Messiah, with her followers at Isenburg Castle in Offenbach am Main.
Moderators: Monika Sommerer, Head of the JMB Library, and Lothar Quinkenstein, translator.
To mark the JMB’s 25th anniversary, admission to the book club is free.
His followers saw him as the Messiah; to his opponents, he was a charlatan, even a heretic: Jakob Frank, born in Korolówka, Poland, in 1726 and died in Offenbach am Main in 1791, was one of the most enigmatic figures in 18th-century Europe. As the leader of the mystical Frankist movement, Jakob Frank was determined to open up his people – the Jews of Eastern Europe – to the modern age; throughout his life, he championed their rights, freedom, equality and emancipation.
In the Books of Jakob (Die Jakobsbücher), Nobel Prize-winner Olga Tokarczuk paints a portrait of a controversial historical figure and a panorama of a world in crisis on the threshold of modernity. At the same time, however, this metaphysical yet vibrant novel is a book for our times, as it poses the question of how we can imagine the world as a just place.
In the exhibition The Opposite of Now, the artist Daniel Laufer explores the life of Eva Frank, the daughter and successor of Jakob Frank. She lived as the manifestation of the Shekhinah, the female Messiah, with her followers at Isenburg Castle in Offenbach am Main.
Moderators: Monika Sommerer, Head of the JMB Library, and Lothar Quinkenstein, translator.
To mark the JMB’s 25th anniversary, admission to the book club is free.
Meeting point: W. M. Blumenthal Academy, Klaus Mangold Auditorium Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin (Opposite the Museum)
Booking: Booking opens soon in our ticket shop
Booking: Booking opens soon in our ticket shop
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