Pell Lecture: Film Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker Lisa Gossels and Peter Gossels

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

"THE CHILDREN OF CHABANNES" A film by Lisa Gossels and Dean Wetherell April 7th, 2013 at 3pm Event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by The Joseph and Eda Pell Endowed Fund for Jewish Studies. Co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Graduate Program in Jewish Studies, Berkeley Hillel, the UC Berkeley Graduate School of […]

Movie Night | My So-Called Enemy

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

Spanning a seven-year period, “My So-Called Enemy” follows six Palestinian and Israeli teenage girls committed to justice and mutual understanding as the conflict continues to rage in their homeland, after participating in a women’s leadership program in the U.S. called Building Bridges for Peace.  This heart and mind-opening film documents how the young women’s transformative experience, of knowing […]

SFJFF Film Screening with special guest Anna Halprin

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

World-renowned modern dancer Anna Halprin will introduce two short films realted to dance in Israel. Inside Envelopes (2012) 50 min, Dir. Shelly King This documentary tells the story of two dancer sisters and two musician brothers who come together to create a performance piece. Offering a glimpse into their creative process, replete with fiery arguments and […]

SFJFF Film Screening

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

Portrait of Wally (2012, 90 min, Dir. Andrew Shea)   Screening with screenwriter/producer David D’Arcy   The film traces the history of Egon Schiele’s iconic 1912 painting from its origins as a gesture of affection toward his young lover to the theft of the painting from Lea Bondi to its  surprise resurfacing when it turns up […]

Reflections on the Legacy of Nuremberg: the 70th Anniversary of The Nuremberg Trials

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

Program Schedule: 5:30 pm Reception 6:15 - 7:00 pm Film Screening – Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today 7:00 - 8:00 pm Q & A with Sandra Schulberg, filmmaker and producer, and Richard Buxbaum, Professor of Law, UCBerkeley School of Law ______________________________________________________________________________________________ This conference is a two-day event with multiple locations and programs.  For event details, […]

Depth of Field: Sephardic Identities on Screen | Toledo: El Secreto Oculto, Israel, 2008, 90 min.

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

Toledo: El Secreto Oculto Dir. Jack Matitiahu, Documentary. Israel, 2008. 70 min. The city of Toledo was famous for its rich cultural and historical heritage; a city in which three major cultures met, intertwined and enriched each other. The movie Toledo - the Hidden Secret is a meeting of the past and the present and […]

Depth of Field: Sephardic Identities on Screen | Saved by Language, USA, 2014, 53 min.

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

Saved by Language Dir. Susanna Zaraysky and Bryan Kirschen. Documentary. USA, 2014. 53 min.   Saved by Language tells the story of Moris Albahari, a Sephardic Jew from Sarajevo (born 1930), who spoke Ladino (Judeo-Spanish), his mother tongue, to survive the Holocaust. Moris used Ladino to communicate with an Italian colonel who helped him escape to […]

Depth of Field: Sephardic Identities on Screen | El Gusto, UK, 2011

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

El Gusto Dir. Safinez Bousbia. Documentary, UK, 2011. 88 min. Director Safinez Bousbia discovered the story of an orchestra of Jewish and Muslim musicians torn apart by war 50 years ago, and recently reunited for an exceptional concert. The musicians share a passion they never lost: the soul of Algiers, Chaabi music. After the Algerian […]

Depth of Field: Sephardic Identities on Screen | The Governess

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

The Governess  UK, 1998. 115 min. The life of Rosina da Silva, the eldest daughter of a wealthy Jewish Italian family living in a small enclave of Sephardic Jews in London in the 1830s.         About the Depth of Field Series The term "Sephardic" indicates the descendants of the Iberian Jews who were […]

Depth of Field: Sephardic Identities on Screen | Turn Left at the End of the World

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

Turn Left at the End of the World France-Israel, 2004. 110 min. In Israel in the late-1960s, Jewish immigrants from India are confronted with a community of Moroccan Jews. About the Depth of Field Series The term "Sephardic" indicates the descendants of the Iberian Jews who were expelled from Spain and Portugal (in Hebrew, sepharad) after 1492, […]

Depth of Field: Sephardic Identities on Screen | The Wedding Song

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

The Wedding Song  France-Tunisia, 2008. 100 min. The Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim and a Sephardic woman who are both preparing for their marriages.       About the Depth of Field Series The term "Sephardic" indicates the descendants of the Iberian Jews who were expelled from Spain […]

Film Screening & Performance l “On the Banks of the Tigris”

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

The documentary On the Banks of the Tigris (Australia, 2015, 79 mins) follows an Iraqi-Australian, Majid Shokor, as he rediscovers the classic Iraqi songs from his youth. Following the film screening, there will be a discussion and performance by Yair Dalal, an Isreali musician, who is one of the featured musicians in the film. Dalal […]