by Laura Bratt | May 27, 2025 | Featured News, News, Uncategorized
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life announces the retirement of Dr. Francesco Spagnolo, Curator, and Julie Franklin, Registrar and Rights and Reproductions Manager. Both will step down from their roles on July 1, 2025, after twenty years of transformational...
by Laura Bratt | May 12, 2025 | Featured News, News
Above image: Girl with a Red Scarf [detail] by Raphael Soyer. USA 1975-85. 91.23. This May marks the 19th annual celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month, an opportunity for all Americans to connect with the vibrant and varied American Jewish experience. The...
by Laura Bratt | Apr 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
The University of California, Berkeley’s Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and event partners New Lehrhaus, J. The Jewish News of Northern California, and the Jewish Community Library are thrilled to announce the upcoming Jewish Arts & Bookfest in...
by Laura Bratt | Mar 27, 2025 | Featured News, News
As a live band plays, a full Jewish Middle Eastern bridal party dances and sings. Seventh graders from Sacramento peer into a case of ancient Judean coins. UC Berkeley undergraduates discover messages of belonging and community as they research a trove of century-old...
by Laura Bratt | Mar 4, 2025 | Exhibition News, News
BERKELEY — The University of California, Berkeley’s Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and JIMENA, Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa are thrilled to announce the upcoming Henna Party: Celebrate Middle Eastern Jewish Wedding Traditions. Set to...
