by Laura Bratt | Mar 18, 2022 | Jewish Life, Magnes Blog, News, Synagogue and Communal Life
Louis M. Morrison (1883-1955) built the portable Torah Ark while living in Rock Springs, WY. Photo courtesy of Donna Chazen. Seeing for the first time the portable Torah Ark built by her grandfather, Louis Morrison (1883-1955), an astonished and elated Donna Chazen...
by Chris Slater | Mar 17, 2022 | News
Berkeley — On May 1-2, 2022 The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life reopens with Roman Vishniac. In Focus: 1922-2022, an open house, display of Vishniac photographs, and day-long symposium. The Magnes invites the public to an in-person reception featuring a...
by Laura Bratt | Feb 18, 2022 | News
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California, Berkeley has begun the search for its new Executive Director. Established in 2010 following the transfer of the Judah L. Magnes Museum to the University of California, Berkeley, The Magnes...
by Jeff | Jan 10, 2022 | News
A mezuzah from The Magnes Collection will soon be hung in the official Washington, D.C. residence of Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff. The sterling silver mezuzah was made after a design by Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert, a Jewish American sculptor and...
by Laura Bratt | Jan 9, 2022 | News
While the air of uncertainty is all around us, The Magnes nonetheless pushes forward, determined to fulfill its mission, namely, to highlight and make accessible the material treasures of Jewish civilization. There are numerous ways we do this: by opening our doors to...
