by Laura Bratt | Jul 8, 2024 | Featured News, News
The Magnes is thrilled to introduce the newest member of the museum’s staff, Achinoam Aldouby. With academic and museum experience steeped in Jewish arts and culture, Achi’s research explores aspects of collective memory, focusing on theatrical adaptations of...
by Laura Bratt | May 20, 2024 | Featured News, News
I can hardly believe another academic year has come to a close! This year the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life enjoyed many highlights, including opening Cities and Wars: Roman Vishniac in Berlin and Jerusalem 1947/1967, which featured dozens of the...
by Chris Slater | Apr 30, 2024 | Featured News, News
Above image: San Francisco Jewish Family in the Redwoods, California, ca. 1900. This May marks the 18th annual celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month, an opportunity for all Americans to connect with the vibrant and varied American Jewish experience. The...
by Chris Slater | Apr 10, 2024 | Featured News, News
The Magnes partners with UC Berkeley’s Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP) to provide opportunities for Cal students to work with faculty on our world-renowned research and curatorial projects. As a Junior majoring in history, Derick Lietzow has...
by Chris Slater | Mar 11, 2024 | Featured News, News
With warm sunlight streaming through the window, supporters from the 2010 Campaign for the Magnes brimmed with excitement at the news of centenarian Florence Helzel’s arrival. Legendary in the Magnes community for her scholarly and philanthropic contributions, the...
