by Laura Bratt | Feb 20, 2024 | Featured News, News
BERKELEY — The City Without Jews, H. K. Breslauer’s 1924 silent masterpiece, will screen at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, with live original music composed and performed by violinist Alicia Svigals and pianist Donald Sosin....
by Laura Bratt | Feb 7, 2024 | Featured News, News
[Berkeley]—The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life joins its campus peers BAMPFA, Lawrence Hall of Science, and UC Botanical Garden in participating in Museums for All, a signature access program of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS),...
by Laura Bratt | Jan 30, 2024 | Featured News, News
Thank you, on behalf of the entire team at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, for supporting our work and sustaining the museum as one of the preeminent Jewish collections in the world! Among our many accomplishments during this landmark year from July 2022...
by Laura Bratt | Dec 28, 2023 | Featured News, News
As a museum dedicated to advancing knowledge of Jewish cultures and experiences, the moments of engagement and discovery this past year have reminded us of the power of The Magnes’s collections to bring people together. Community Community Conversations Over the...
by Laura Bratt | Dec 3, 2023 | News
Image: Judith Bejeweled (The Victory Page, detail) by Ellen Frank. 2009-2013. Gift of Stephen Dickman. In this impossibly difficult time, darkness can feel pervasive. And yet, every day I see rays of light in the students and visitors who find meaning and connection...
