Honoring Sonia Korn-Grimani Distinguished Survivor with Jenny Chabon Cantor Eliana Kissner Performer Benji Marks Bass and Guitar Stephanie Anne Johnson, PhD Theater Arts, Writer Susan D. Felix Berkeley Art Ambassador Noon-1:30 PM Followed by a Reception For additional information 510-981-7170
Jews have lived in Morocco for over two millennia, both prior to and eventually deeply integrated with Moroccan Muslims. Their communities were also among the largest in the Arab world, and boast an impressive cultural heritage, expressed in The Magnes Collection through textiles, photographs and illustrated manuscripts. Join Professor Emily Gottreich in exploring the history […]
Special Weekend Opening on CalDay! April 18 & 19, 11AM-4PM ON VIEW THIS SPRING: The Future of Memory: Jewish Culture in the Digital Age What should we remember? What should we forget? And who decides? An innovative project that includes an installation, a museum exhibition, and a digital research lab in which museum professionals, scholars, […]
An Interactive Panel Discussion and Presentation of Work for Faculty and Graduate Students in Jewish Studies Featuring Rachel Deblinger Postdoctoral Fellow and Digital Humanities Specialist, UC Santa Cruz Ari Y. Kelman Chair in Education and Jewish Studies, Stanford University Francesco Spagnolo Curator, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and Lecturer, Department of Music, […]
Special Weekend Opening on CalDay! April 18 & 19, 11AM-4PM ON VIEW THIS SPRING: The Future of Memory: Jewish Culture in the Digital Age What should we remember? What should we forget? And who decides? An innovative project that includes an installation, a museum exhibition, and a digital research lab in which museum professionals, scholars, […]
The Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Chair presents The 2015 Taubman Lectures with Professor Elchanan Reiner From Joshua to Jesus: Three Chapters of the Galilean Jewish Foundational Myth 7pm Tues, April 21 The Founder: On the Myth of Joshua in the Galilee 5pm Thurs., April 23: Sun in Givon, Samson in Galil: Rabbinic Literature Meets Local […]
Creating a good exhibition generally depends on the ability of the curator and the museum staff to tell a good story. What is needed is not so much a variety of interesting objects as a definite focus on narrative, with which the audience can interact. Join Professor Thomas W. Laqueur (Helen Fawcett Professor of History, […]
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, […]
The Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Chair presents The 2015 Taubman Lectures with Professor Elchanan Reiner From Joshua to Jesus: Three Chapters of the Galilean Jewish Foundational Myth 7pm Tues, April 21 The Founder: On the Myth of Joshua in the Galilee 5pm Thurs., April 23: Sun in Givon, Samson in Galil: Rabbinic Literature Meets Local […]
The Mikraot Gedolot are an edition of the Biblical text that juxtaposes the fully vocalized Hebrew text of the Bible with the commentaries of various Jewish exegetes, such as Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi) and Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra, published in Venice by Daniel Bomberg (1524-25). Editions of theMikraot Gedolot continue to be published to this […]
Special Guest: Dana von Suffrin (LMU-Munich) Currently on view at The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life is the exhibition “The Secret Language of Flowers. Botanical Drawings from Israel, 1949-1950”. This exhibition is curated by Dr. Francesco Spagnolo. The exhibition displays the works of Shmuel (Samuel) Lerner (1890-1981), a Californian artist born in the […]
Helen Burke (1916-1997) was the artist-in-residence at the Swig Camp Institute, a sleep-away camp for teenagers operated by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (now known as the Union for Reform Judaism) in Saratoga, California. Ms. Burke taught generations of campers the art of metal sculpturing and welding. She inspired them to create a Holocaust […]
