Pell Lecture Series: Back “Home”? The Return of Jewish Intellectuals to Germany after the Holocaust

Morrison Library, University of California, Berkeley

Pell Lecture Series Presented by the Jewish Studies Program Sponsored by The Joseph and Eda Pell Endowed Fund for Holocaust Studies Michael Brenner , Professor of Jewish History and Culture, University of Munich Michael Brenner taught previously at Indiana and Brandeis University and was visiting professor at the universities of Budapest, Haifa, Paris, Stanford, Berkeley, Luzern, and […]

Gained in Translation: Jews, Germany, California circa 1849 – Opening Program

Morrison Library, University of California, Berkeley

Speakers: John Efron, Koret Professor of Jewish History, University of California, Berkeley Marc Dollinger, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies and Social Responsibility, San Francisco State University Followed by an gallery tour and reception at the Bancroft Library. The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life is supported by Koret Foundation, Taube Philanthropies, Hellman […]

An Apocalypse of Our Time: Sergei Nilus and “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion”

Dwinelle 370, UC Berkeley

The Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures, the Institute for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, the Institute for European Studies, and the Jewish Studies Program at UC Berkeley are proud to present: Michael Hagemeister Universität Basel AN APOCALYPSE OF OUR TIME: SERGEI NILUS AND THE "PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION" Monday, September 19, 2011 4:00 […]

Reception | The Anna Davidson Rosenberg Awards for Poems on the Jewish Experience

The Morrison Library, 101 Doe Library, UC Berkeley

This year’s winners are: First Prize: Jehanne Dubrow Second Prize: Dan Bellm Third Prize: Jenny Factor and Anna Elena Torres                         Our four judges will also read: Yosefa Raz, Zeek’s poetry editor Yiskah Rosenfeld, last year’s first prize winner Marcia Falk, author of the poetry collections This Year in Jerusalem and It is July in Virginia Chana Bloch, author […]

Formations of Orthodoxy: Religious Life Now and Then

Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies Easton Hall, 2401 Ridge Road, Berkeley

Opening Panel: 5:30-7:00 Naomi Seidman, GTU: "The Last Will and Testament of the Ninety-three Bais Yakov Girls of Krakow" Nathaniel Deutsh, UCSC: "Writing Down Tradition: Minhag Literature, Ethnography, and the Orthodox Experience of Modernity" David Myers, UCLA: "A Shtetl in America? The Curious Case of Kiryat Joel, New York" Reception 7:00-7:30 Sponsored by the Religious […]

Pell Lecture: From the Ottoman Empire to the Holocaust

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

Aron Rodrigue Charles Michael Professor in Jewish History and Culture, Stanford University.   The small Sephardi Jewish community of the island of Rhodes lived under Ottoman rule for centuries. The island was conquered by Italy in 1912, and the community underwent a complete  political and economic transformation as a  result of the new circumstances that […]

Lehrhaus 360| Bridging Past and Future: The Bay Area Jewish Community

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

This conference offers a panoramic perspective on the history of the Bay Area Jewish community from the Gold Rush to the present and in-depth perspectives through workshops and a dramatic monologue. The Lehrhaus 360 event is dedicated to the memory of the Judah L. Magnes Museum’s visionary co-founder, Seymour Fromer (1922-2009), and will include tributes […]

Rosenberg Poetry Award Reception

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

Please join us to celebrate the community-wide reception in honor of this year’s winners of the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Awards.  The program will include readings of the winning poems and refreshments. The Anna Davidson Rosenberg Awards for Poems on Jewish experience were established in 1987 by Nedda Fratkin, Marvin Rosenberg and Violet Ginsburg in memory of their mother, […]

The 2012 Anna Davidson Rosenberg Awards for Poems on the Jewish Experience: Winners and Reception

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

The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, UC Berkeley announces The Winners of the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Awards, 2012 First Prize (shared): Lauren Camp and Yosefa Raz  The 2012 Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Awards for Poems on the Jewish Experience were awarded to two poets. Based on their outstanding submissions, the judges elected to award […]