by Laura Bratt | May 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
We have just concluded a bustling academic year anchored by our exhibition Flowing through Time and Tradition, which explored how water flows through and shapes Jewish life, prompting us to consider how our own rhythms and cycles mirror or connect with nature. As...
by Laura Bratt | May 6, 2026 | Featured News, News
Above image: End the War with Food [detail] by Charles Edward Chambers, Rusling Wood, for United States Food Administration, New York, 1918. 75.225. Photo by Sibila Savage This May, the Magnes proudly joins the nation in celebrating the 20th annual Jewish...
by Laura Bratt | Apr 7, 2026 | Featured News, News
UC Berkeley’s Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life is excited to share details for the upcoming 2026 Jewish Arts & Bookfest, taking place Sunday, May 3, 2026, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm in Downtown Berkeley. The festival is presented in partnership with J. The...
by Laura Bratt | Mar 24, 2026 | Exhibition News, News
BERKELEY, CA — UC Berkeley’s Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life is proud to present No Lines in the Sea, a musical performance featuring internationally acclaimed vocalist and bandleader Elana Sasson with Queralt Giralt on cello and Bahar Badiei on oud. Taking...
by Laura Bratt | Mar 16, 2026 | Featured News, News
BERKELEY — The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California, Berkeley, is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Alissa Schapiro as its new Senior Curator beginning April 20, 2026. An accomplished art historian, educator, and curator, Dr....
