THE POWER OF WORDS. ON JEWISH LANGUAGES 🗓️ 21.11.2025-8.06.2026 What language do Jews speak today? What does Yiddish sound like — omnipresent in the streets of Polish towns and cities before the War, today barely audible? What does it have in common with Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Persian or Ladino? "The Power of Words" exhibition presents languages that accompanied Jews scattered across the globe over the centuries. It is a tale of how languages grew to become the space of cultural development for a people living in dispersion. They shaped the sphere of the sacred, everyday communication, as well as religious, social, local and national identity, drawing strength from diversity and cultural continuity. Hebrew is at the core of this tale — an ancient language, a sacred language, a modern language. The exhibition features original objects including: - a Babylonian magic bowl - a richly decorated Sephardi Torah mantle - antique tomb stelae with Greek epitaphs - Hebrew amulets The exhibits come from the collections of the POLIN Museum, as well as the Jewish Museum in Prague, the Jewish Museum in Rome, the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Jewish Historical Institute, and the National Museum in Lublin, among others. Contemporary art constitutes an important part of the exposition. The exhibition features pieces by Mordechai Ardon, Moshe Castel, Monika Krajewska, Ewa Gordon, Helena Czernek, Mark Podwal, Oded Ezer, Ella Ponizovsky Bergelson and Anna Elena Torres. You will also be able to listen to music by Maria Ka, Vittoria Hanna, Daniel Kahn, and others. We invite you to watch, listen and write, to immerse yourselves in a space filled with letters, as if it were an intricately woven ornament. It is a unique opportunity to feel the power of language and the culture expressed by it. Curator: Dr Tamara Sztyma "The Power of Words" exhibition is organized by POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in cooperation with the Jewish Museum in Prague. For more information, visit: https://tinyurl.com/The-Power-of-Words-exhibition 🎟️ Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/The-Power-of-Words-tickets ___ Organizer: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews Co-organizer: Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland Main Partner of the exhibition: Jewish Museum in Prague Patron of the Museum: Orlen Patron of the exhibition: Jankilevitsch Foundation Exhibition was created with the support: The David Berg Foundation POLIN Museum’s strategic sponsor: TVN POLIN Museum’s official carrier: LOT Joint institution of culture: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, The Capital City of Warsaw, Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland Partners: Jewish Historical Institute, Yiddish Culture Center, Moses Schorr Foundation, Hebrew Union College, Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw Media partners: Zwierciadło, Sens psychologia dla ciebie, Tygodnik Powszechny, Vogue, TOK FM, Multikino, Viva!, Newsweek, Newsweek Historia, K Mag, Onet.
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