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 […]
Marina Temkina is considered one of the most important Russian poets of her generation. Born in St. Petersburg, she emigrated from the former Soviet Union in 1978 and now lives in New York. Temkina published five books of poetry. She writes on gender, Russian-Jewish identity, and immigration with a sense of history lived through and […]
Presented in association with the 28th Jewish Music Festival, this performance by Michael Alpert, instrumentalist, singer, dancer, composer, songwriter and ethnographer, will thrill music lovers of all stripes. Alpert is one of the leading figures in the world scene of Jewish music, and in this performance-conversation with musicologist and The Magnes curator Francesco Spagnolo, he will retrace the […]
Psoy Korolenko (pseudonym of Pavel Lion) is a Russian/Jewish multilingual poet-singer, known as a 'wandering scholar' and 'singing professor'. His unique one-man shows intersect folk, klezmer, rap, sound poetry and intellectual cabaret/comedy. As a writer and scholar he is known for his interest to otherness, diaspora, territory, minorities, and borderlines. He sings in English, Russian, […]
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 […]
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, […]
A unique encounter between two world-class interpreters of Jewish musical traditions from Central and Eastern Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Esti Kenan Ofri teaches in the Department of Music at Bar Ilan University. She is a composer and a performer of Sephardic and Arabic music and dance, and a vocalist sought by some of […]
Program Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) 5 Lieder, op.10 (1850) Clara Schumann (1819-1896) Sechs Lieder, Op. 13 (1844) Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) 6 Lieder, op.9 (1850) Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Minnelied im Mai, Op. 8, No. 1 (1826) Erard Grand Piano, London, 1854 Born in Munich, Germany and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, […]
In Summoned, Tavory takes readers to the heart of the exhilarating —at times exhausting—life of the Beverly-La Brea Jewish Orthodox community. Just blocks from West Hollywood’s nightlife, the Orthodox community thrives next to the impure sights, sounds, and smells they encounter every day. But to sustain this life, as Tavory shows, is not simply a moral […]
This talk aims to portray the significant effects of Freud’s anxieties regarding anti-Semitic violence on his psychoanalytic theory. Taking as its entry point Freud’s reorientation of anti-Semitism as aggressive action, Sharvit argues that Freud’s fear of the violent mob had deep implication on his political theory and theory of mind. The threat of anti-Semitism encouraged […]
6 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. lecture Today, American Jews are in centrifugal motion, and the center does not hold. Sixty years ago, after the Holocaust, Jews overwhelmingly joined in the American celebration and in a common commitment to Israel. Redemptive spirit, old-country nostalgia, and successful assimilation came together. Today, the sense of commonality frays, perhaps to the breaking […]
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 (1839) I. Molto Allegro agitato II. Andante con molto tranquillo III. Scherzo. Leggiero e vivace IV. Finale. Allegro assai appassionato Left Coast Chamber EnsembleAnna Presler, violin Tanya Tomkins, cello Eric Zivian, piano Erard Grand Piano, London, 1854 Founded in 1992, Left […]
