The Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Chair in Jewish Studies invites you to the 2017 Taubman Lecture Series by Professor David Biale. On Jewish Heresy I A Three Lecture Series […]
Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman is the Executive Director of Berkeley Hillel. Upon completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Rhode Island, he initially worked in the financial sector as a […]
Ron Feldman is a Visiting Scholar at the Graduate Theological Union, where he earned his PhD in History of Culture and Religion with an emphasis on Judaism. In addition, he […]
More than any other generation, Post World War II Jewish American authors were continually engaged in challenging their own tradition and defied any attempt to characterize their texts as distinctly […]
Eric Drooker's drawings and posters are a familiar sight in the global street art movement, while his paintings appear frequently on covers of The New Yorker. A Berkeley resident for […]
Alongside a distinguished career in college and university planning, Ira Fink has assembled a significant research collection of books on synagogue architecture and Jewish ceremonial art. A graduate of UC […]
The Magnes is delighted to co-sponsor, The Berkley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies' Israeli Artists in Conversation with Israel, An International Conference on Israeli Art and Society Wednesday, […]
The Magnes is delighted to co-sponsor, The Berkley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies' Israeli Artists in Conversation with Israel, An International Conference on Israeli Art and Society Thursday, […]
Barbara Goldstein is a historian of European fascism. She received her PhD from the University of Vienna, Austria with a dissertation devoted to newsreel films created by the Austrian Police […]
Talk l Music l Reception Honoring Jacob "Yakov" Harari, who will share the riveting story of his family's survival in Poland, along with a musical performance by The Ensemble Bembrillo, featuring Rachel Valfer, […]
Shana Penn is executive director of the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture and a visiting scholar at the Graduate Theological Union's Center for Jewish Studies. Her award-winning book, Solidarity’s […]
Polish-born Yiddishist and oral historian Agnieszka Ilwicka will talk about her research project "Love in the Ruins: Jewish Life in Lower Silesia 1945-1968." After World War II, Lower Silesia was […]
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