Join the Magnes for a lecture via Zoom with Blue Shield International's Patty Gerstenblith, as she discusses the legal, ethical, and voluntary constraints that have been adopted to protect cultural heritage and in particular archaeological sites from theft and looting during armed conflict.
Join Executive Director Hannah Weisman and museum staffers virtually for a community conversation about the Magnes. Hannah will share a brief update on the museum’s current activities and upcoming plans. Come together to share your favorite Magnes stories along with your thoughts about the present and creative ideas for the future.
Join the Magnes, Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies, and JIMENA, Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa for Our Own Stories: Authors on Jewish Life in the Muslim World, a virtual program with Jewish authors Almog Behar, Ruby Namdar, and Ayelet Tsabari, and scholar Angy Cohen. The objects exhibited […]
Presented by Berkeley’s Center for Jewish Studies and CJS Antisemitism Education Initiative, the 2025 Annual Pell Lecture features Elissa Bemporad and traces the endurance and permutation of the traditional ritual murder accusation against Jews during World War II, in particular in the German-occupied territories of the Soviet Union.
Join the Magnes for "Jewish Material Cultures in the Muslim World," an international symposium in conjunction with the exhibition "In Plain Sight: Jewish Arts and Lives in the Muslim World."
