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Wartime Shanghai: A Microcosm of Eurasian Jewish Diversity

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

A professor of history at the University of West Georgia, Goldstein is the foremost authority on the history of Jewish community in China. He writes and teaches on Holocaust history, Jewish diasporas in Asia, and East-Asian international relations. This program is FREE Co-presented with the Jewish Studies Program. Sponsored by the Joseph and Eda Pell Endowed […]

Modern Jewish Studies Colloquium: What is Jewish Studies?

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

The Modern Jewish Studies Colloquium is inaugurated by a conversation about the formative history and the current state of the field of Jewish Studies, featuring Jeffrey Shandler (Rutgers) and John Efron (UC Berkeley), moderated by curator Francesco Spagnolo. Jeffrey Shandler is Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University and current President of the Association of Jewish Studies. His most […]

Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration; Author Alex Kershaw on “The Liberator”

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

A Program in Commemoration of Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass Best-selling author and noted historian Alex Kershaw discusses his latest book, The Liberator, which follows one American soldier’s 500 day odyssey from the beaches of Sicily to the liberation of Dachau. Presented by The Jewish Federation and The Jewish Community Foundation of the East Bay and The […]

Purim: A Diaspora Story in Jewish Art and Folklore

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

In conjunction with the opening of the exhibition, Case Study No. 3 | Sound Objects, The Magnes presents a lecture by Shalom Sabar (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem). Though a minor holiday in the Jewish year cycle, the Purim festival and the Book of Esther assumed unusual significance for the Jews living as a religious minority, whether […]

Immigrants, Cantors, and Klezmers: Lecture by Mark Slobin

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

A professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University, Mark Slobin is one of the most distinguished ethnomusicologists working today. He is author of the award-winning book Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World (Oxford, 2001) where he uncovers the intimate connection between style and stereotype in the representation of musical practice among Jewish immigrants. […]

Holocaust Author Reading Series | Lucille Eichengreen reads from From Ashes to Life

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

Please join Jewish Family & Children’s Services of the East Bay for the continuation of our special series featuring Holocaust survivors reading from their published works. All events will take place at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Life & Art in Berkeley. You’re welcome to bring a brown bag lunch. Thursday, November 6, 2014 12:00 […]

Liana Fink: “The Bintel Brief” | The American Jewish Experience Speaker Series

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE SPEAKER SERIES  LIANA FINCK ON "THE BINTEL BRIEF" "Liana Finck talks about her graphic novel, adapted from letters written to the Yiddish daily Forward newspaper's popular advice column in the early 1900s.”  The column documented the economic, social, and personal tribulations of Jewish newcomers to America. Finck's book was described in the New York […]

Piyyut: Hebrew Poetry and World Music: Robert Alter, Yair Harel, and the Tafillalt Ensemble

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

Hebrew poems (piyyutim), chanted for centuries across the Diaspora, have been adapted to different melodies, evolving into a form of  “Jewish world music” with roots in Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Middle East. This singing tradition, a core component of synagogue practice, has also entered secular life in Israel through public performances, workshops, […]

The Helix Project: Sharing the Story of Jewish Life in Europe

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

Join Rob Adler Peckerar, Executive Director of Yiddishkayt, a Yiddish cultural and educational center in Los Angeles, and Helix Project Instructor, Mindl Cohen, and alumni of the Helix Project to learn about the only educational summer program that brings the 1000 year history of Jews in Eastern Europe to life. The presentation will include photographs and short films from the […]

Holocaust Author Reading Series | Sam Genirberg reads from Among the Enemy

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

Please join Jewish Family & Children’s Services of the East Bay for the continuation of our special series featuring Holocaust survivors reading from their published works. All events will take place at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Life & Art in Berkeley. You’re welcome to bring a brown bag lunch. Thursday, December 11, 2014 12:00 […]

Frontier Yiddish: Western Yiddish Americana from the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

Special Guest: Danny Luzon, Graduate Student in Comparative Literature Come learn about Yiddish at the first meeting of the Working Group this semester, on Wednesday 28 January 2015, 4:30pm-6pm! This session will highlight the Magnes’s holdings of Western Yiddish Americana imprints, consisting of original Yiddish literature printed in California until the middle of the twentieth century. […]

Bruce Phillips: “Who is a Jew in 21st Century America?” | The American Jewish Experience Speaker Series

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE SPEAKER SERIES  Professor Bruce Phillips, HUC-JIR (Los Angeles) Who is a Jew in 21st Century America? 6:30PM Reception 7PM Lecture Using the most recent data on American Jewry, Bruce Phillips will explore the complexities and ambiguities of Jewish identification in an age of intermarriage along with their implications for the Jewish […]