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NEW EXHIBITION
Cities & Wars: Roman Vishniac in Berlin & Jerusalem 1947/1967
Cities and Wars brings together Roman Vishniac’s previously unseen images of Berlin in 1947 after the Second World War and Jerusalem in 1967 after the Six-Day War. The exhibition highlights the unique gaze of the artist, who considered both cities “home,” and carefully chronicles the devastating effects of war on urban life.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Afterlife of a Shtetl
Apr 25 @ 5:30 pm
Dr. Natalia Romik, curator, architect and 2022 Dan David Prize winner, returns to the Magnes to present an exclusive preview of her vibrant new exhibition soon to premier at the POLIN Museum, in Warsaw.
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Q&A with Student Research Apprentice Derick Lietzow
Meet Derick Lietzow, one of UC Berkeley’s Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP) students working with material culture at the Magnes.
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Q&A with Student Research Apprentice Derick Lietzow
The Magnes partners with UC Berkeley’s Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP) to provide opportunities for Cal students to work with faculty on our world-renowned research and curatorial projects. As a Junior majoring in history, Derick Lietzow has...
Coming Together
With warm sunlight streaming through the window, supporters from the 2010 Campaign for the Magnes brimmed with excitement at the news of centenarian Florence Helzel’s arrival. Legendary in the Magnes community for her scholarly and philanthropic contributions, the...
Cine-concert with restored Austrian-Jewish silent film and live musical performance at UC Berkeley’s Magnes
BERKELEY — The City Without Jews, H. K. Breslauer’s 1924 silent masterpiece, will screen at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, with live original music composed and performed by violinist Alicia Svigals and pianist Donald Sosin....
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