Join the Magnes for "Jewish Material Cultures in the Muslim World," an international symposium in conjunction with the exhibition "In Plain Sight: Jewish Arts and Lives in the Muslim World."
Join Executive Director Hannah Weisman and museum staffers virtually for a community conversation about the Magnes. Hannah will share a brief update on the museum’s current activities and upcoming plans. Come together on Zoom to share your favorite Magnes stories along with your thoughts about the present and creative ideas for the future.
Join Executive Director Hannah Weisman and museum staffers in person for a community conversation about the Magnes. Hannah will share a brief update on the museum’s current activities and upcoming plans. Come together to share your favorite Magnes stories along with your thoughts about the present and creative ideas for the future.
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.
Please join us for a screening and talkback of the film My Australia, by Ami Drozd. This screening is part of the Helen Diller Institute’s Fall 2025 Israeli cinema series.
Stop by the Magnes during UC Berkeley's Alumni and Parents Weekend at Homecoming for a free guided tour of the new exhibition, "Flowing through Time and Tradition"
Please join us for a screening and talkback of the film The Cakemaker by Ophir Raul Graizer. This screening is part of the Helen Diller Institute’s fall 2025 Israeli cinema series.
Join the 2025 LABA Bay Area fellows at the Magnes for LABA Live, an open-minded and free-spirited house of study showcasing their collective engagement with ancient Jewish texts on the subject of “CHANGE.”
Presented by Berkeley’s Center for Jewish Studies and CJS Antisemitism Education Initiative, the 25/26 Annual Pell Lecture features Sarah Gensburger and will consider what the notion of systemic anti-Semitism can contribute to our understanding of the implementation of the Holocaust in Paris and its aftermath.
Please join us for a screening and talkback of the film America by Ophir Raul Graizer. This screening is part of the Helen Diller Institute’s Fall 2025 Israeli cinema series.
Join the dynamic team of UC Berkeley students enrolled in the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program with Achinoam Aldbouby, Associate Curator of the Magnes, as they share highlights from their semester-long curatorial projects: Contextualizing Roman Vishniac's Photography Archive and the Jewish Timeline Exhibition Research Project.
The fourth in a series of creative, collaborative study sessions inspired by the art and objects on view in "Flowing through Time and Tradition." With filmmakers Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman, this session will include a screening of the film “Thirst”, a conversation with the filmmakers, and a text study.
