To kick off the new program series, Magnes by The Marsh, The Magnes Collection and The Marsh Theater are proud to present: Yehuda Hyman THE MAD 7: A Mystical Comedy with Ecstatic Dance September 15, 17 & 18 Only! The Marsh Berkeley Thursday at 8pm Saturday at 8:30pm Sunday at 2pm For tickets, visit www.themarsh.org or call 415-282-3055 Magnes by […]
After introducing the Kerala Jews, their history and culture in South India for more thana millennia, and their community life since migrating to Israel, Johnson will offer a fewhighlights from her research and her own ethnographic practice over the past 40 years.Topics include collaborative research, changing views of gender and caste, and the joys ofresearch […]
Free and open to the public. Followed by reception. UC Berkeley faculty, curators, graduate and undergraduate students and members of the community discuss the history of the intellectual migration from Europe to Berkeley in the 20th century. The program will follow the innovative unconference format: a participant-driven meeting in which the agenda is created by […]
The Paradesi synagogue, constructed 1568, is the most famous synagogue in Asia. Its Chinese willow tiles have inspired Salman Rushdie to fantasize about the relations and inter-relations of different peoples in Cochin (Kochi). Today, there is not even a quorum (minyan) at the famous Paradesi synagogue. Until recently, the synagogues of the Malabar Jews (once […]
We are honored to present a reading by members of the Holocaust Survivors Memoir Writing Group, sponsored in conjunction with JFCS East Bay. Over seven years of writing in a supportive workshop setting, the writers' voices have become more vibrant, distinct, and confident as each writer revisits his or her childhood and teen years lived […]
East Bay premiere of the epic story of the pioneering Jews of San Francisco. The film makes extensive use of images and documents from The Magnes and The Bancroft Library collections. Panel discussion with Jackie Krenzman, Executive Producer and Producer, to follow the screening. Space is limited, please reserve a seat: http://themagnes.eventbrite.com/
Global India: Kerala, Israel, Berkeley, curated by Francesco Spagnolo, unveils the extensive holdings of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life documenting the history of the Jewish community in Kerala, South India. The exhibition includes over one hundred individual items, many of which were never catalogued before. Dr. Barbara C. Johnson (Professor Emerita, Ithaca College), […]
