The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life cordially invites you to an opening reception for the new exhibition, Memory Objects: Judaica Collections, Global Migrations and to celebrate the gift […]
Visual Judaica: Jewish Icons and Judaica Collections in the early 20th century Shir Gal Kochavi, The Magnes, UC Berkeley Please RSVP here The highly decorative works of Arthur Szyk contain key […]
Additional Program Dates Thu, April 11, 2019 7pm Tue, April 16, 2019 5:30pm Program Schedule Lecture One: Tuesday, April 9, 7pm: Freud, Anna O., and the Linguistic Architecture of the Modern Jewish […]
The 17th Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Program honors survivors, and remembers those who were murdered, those who resisted, and those who rescued victims of the Holocaust.
Almog Behar is a poet, novelist, and critic. Born in 1978, Behar now lives in Jerusalem. He has published three books of poetry: Zim'on Be'erot (Well's Thirst, 2008), Chut Moshekh Min Ha-Lashon (A Thread […]
Additional program dates: Tue, May 21, 2019 9am-3pm Wed, May 22, 2019 9am-5pm In Global Transit Forced Migration of Jews and Other Refugees (1940s – 1960s) May 20 – 22, […]
Heated debate surrounds the question of the role Christianity and Christian churches played in the Nazi and Italian Fascist demonization of the Jews. This talk brings to light similarities and […]
Cole’s prize-winning book solves the mystery of the Constantine riots of August 1934, an episode of violence between Muslims and Jews in French Algeria that resulted in the deaths of […]
Tapestry of Tongues: The Multilingual Matrix of Modern Hebrew Literature Screening of “Amos Oz:” selected scenes from a work-in-progress for “Ha’Ivrim” created by Israeli filmmaker Yair Qedar followed by Conversation […]
Unfortunately, our Spring 2020 Celebration scheduled for Thursday, March 12 is postponed until further notice as UC Berkeley takes measures to minimize coronavirus exposure risks, including the suspension of public events for large […]
When, at the beginning of the semester, Prof. Francesco Spagnolo, Curator of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, worked with Prof. Isabel Richter, DAAD Professor of History to plan a […]
Francesco Spagnolo (Curator, The Magnes) and Molly Robinson (Graduate Student, Folklore) discuss their research about a ritual spice box recently displayed by The Magnes, how exhibitions can serve as “archives,” […]
