Pharaonic magic has broadly influenced magic in Antiquity; in particular, ancient Jewish magical texts and practices reveal interesting points of contact with earlier Egyptian sources. During this talk, a few […]
City of Berkeley 14th Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Free and open to the public. Honoring Marika and Laszlo Somogyi Distinguished Survivors With David Chernyavsky, violinist Markus Pawlik, Pianist Tomasz Koncewicz, Fulbright Visiting Professor, […]
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life cordially invites you to an opening reception for I-Tal-Yah: An Island of Divine Dew Italian Crossroads in Jewish Culture An exhibition marking the […]
Drawing on Dr. Patricia Munro's research in Bay Area synagogues, Professor Claude Fischer and Dr. Munro will focus on how the Bar and Bat mitzvah developed into a major American […]
The Band's Visit (Israel, 2007, 87 min.) A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, […]
Dr. Mira Amiras, Professor Emerita of Comparative Religious Studies, San Jose State University, received her PhD in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. She is the daughter of the […]
The talk will describe and analyze Professor Karen Barkey’s two seasons of ethnographic study of the sharing in Greek Orthodox Churches in Istanbul, Turkey. The study explores identities, practices and […]
GETT: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem An Israeli woman (Ronit Elkabetz) fights for three years to obtain a divorce from her devout husband (Simon Abkarian), who refuses to grant his […]
How do Jewish communities in the global diaspora transform the Passover Haggadah to meet their local needs (visually, symbolically, and textually), and what information do these transformations provide about the common […]
6:30 p.m. reception. 7 p.m. program start time. RSVP here. Center for Jewish Studies Faculty Director and Professor of Music, Ben Brinner, will interview Israel’s international singer, songwriter, and peace activist, […]
The pinnacle of Jewish immigration to the United States at the turn of the twentieth century coincided with the rise of the phonograph disc (which was itself invented by a […]
The Magnes is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Noah’s New York Bagels Collection (1989-1996) documenting the early history of Noah’s New York Bagels. Founded in Berkeley by Noah […]
