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AUGUST 28, 2025– MAY 14, 2026
Flowing through Time and Tradition
Exploring the theme of water through the holdings of the Magnes Collection, Flowing through Time and Tradition traces how water flows through and shapes Jewish lives: enacting belief, sustaining life and communities, providing the means for spiritual cleansing, and mapping identities.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Diasporic Kitchens: Jewish-Mexican Recipes and Stories
Sep 18 @ 5:00 pm
Join Berkeley’s Center for Jewish Studies and the Magnes for Diasporic Kitchens: Jewish-Mexican Recipes and Stories, a conversation, cooking demo, and tasting with Ilan Stavans and Margaret Boyle, authors of Sabor Judío: The Jewish-Mexican Cookbook, named a 2024 finalist in cookbooks and food writing by the Jewish Book Council.
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“Flowing through Time and Tradition” opens at UC Berkeley’s Magnes this fall
Opening August 28, 2025, Flowing through Time and Tradition is a new exhibition at the University of California, Berkeley’s Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life. Exploring the theme of water, the exhibition uses the Magnes's extensive holdings to examine how this...
The Magnes Community Conversations in July 2025
For the third consecutive year, the Magnes will host a series of Community Conversations with Executive Director Hannah Weisman to engage in meaningful dialogue around the museum’s past, present, and future. “The Magnes originated as a community entity,...
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The Magnes swelled with energy as 300 people packed the building to learn from and engage with more than 30 artists, authors, and curators during the museum’s Jewish Arts & Bookfest on May 4. And on a mild evening in March, music, laughter, and dancing filled the...
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