News All2021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009200820072006200520042003 Inaugural Exhibition of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life: Gained in Translation. Jews, Germany, California circa 1849 – 02.04.2011 Feb 4, 2011 PRESS RELEASE Contact: Damaris MooreDirector of Communications510-643-4715dmoore (@) library.berkeley.edu Exhibition Gained in Translation: Jews, Germany, California circa 1849Inaugural exhibition of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life The Bancroft Library […] Read More Remembering Professor William M. Brinner (1924-2011) Feb 4, 2011 We are saddened by the news of the passing of William (Ze’ev) Brinner, Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and a long-time friend and supporter […] Read More Shoah, by Claude Lanzmann: 25th Anniversary Screening – Pacific Film Archive Jan 14, 2011 A sensation when it was released twenty-five years ago, Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah has long since passed from “mere” documentary (though it is praised as one of the greatest ever made) to attain […] Read More Berkeley Side: Magnes Collections Get New Downtown Berkeley Home, by Frances Dinkelspiel – 10.13.2010 Oct 26, 2010 Frances Dinkelspiel describes the groundbreaking ceremony marking the construction of a new facility to hold the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the Bancroft Library of the University […] Read More The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life Comes to Bancroft – Bancroftiana (Fall 2010) Oct 4, 2010 Frances Dinkelspiel describes the establishment of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at The Bancroft Library in the Fall 2010 edition of Bancroftiana, Newsletter of the Friends of The Bancroft […] Read More Pages: 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637Load More Keep Up-To-Date Email Address: