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Berlin at the turn of the century, perhaps as now, was Europe’s fastest-growing city, and arguably its most vibrant and challenging cultural centre. Long rooted in Germany’s urban life and excluded from careers in the military, government and academia, the city’s Jews played a leading role in developing Berlin’s arts, literary, cabaret and film worlds, acting as creators, promoters and consumers. In café society and galleries, theatres and journals, they helped foster German modernism and lay the groundwork for contemporary German culture. The Jewish Museum’s show takes in the work of such artists as Max Lieberman, Walter Leistikow, Lesser Ury and others, as part of a broader exploration of the cultural ferment of the times.