In celebrating a decade at UC Berkeley, Time Capsules revisits ten out of the over 30 exhibitions presented since the Magnes opened the doors of its new academic home to the public. Each exhibition featured in Time Capsules is unique in exploring the cultures of Jews in a global perspective, in bringing museum objects back to life, and […]
Led by curatorial staff, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley opens its doors for a behind the scenes view of our exhibitions and holdings.
Led by curatorial staff, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley opens it's doors for a behind the scenes view of our exhibitions and holdings.
Berkeley's Center for Jewish Studies presents a spring poetry panel featuring Dan Alter with Erika Meitner and Daniel Khalatschi, two of the most exciting Jewish poets working in the US, with new books out now and in the spring. Naomi Seidman will moderate a discussion and reading, offering poetry as a lens into how particular sensibilities navigate these issues in a time of uncertainty and possibility.
Berkeley's Center for Jewish Studies presents acclaimed historian Jeffrey Veidlinger's lecture discussing the Pogroms of 1918-1921. Drawing upon long-neglected archival materials, including thousands of newly discovered witness testimonies, trial records, and official orders, Professor Veidlinger shows for the first time how this wave of genocidal violence created the conditions for the Holocaust.
Celebrating the richness of the Roman Vishniac Archive, this 2-day event combines an Open House featuring "A Glimpse of Vishniac," a digital display of photographs of Jewish life from Eastern and Central Europe from before World War II, as well as a day-long Symposium with internationally acclaimed scholars discussing the historical context and content of the photographs Vishniac took.
Arthur Szyk’s compelling political cartoons placed Nazi genocide, tyranny and racism on the covers of America’s most popular magazines during World War II. Highlighting how Szyk used his art to take immediate, direct action in bringing attention to the Holocaust as it was being perpetrated, In Real Times. Arthur Szyk: Art & Human Rights (1926-1951) showcases over fifty […]
Arthur Szyk’s compelling political cartoons placed Nazi genocide, tyranny and racism on the covers of America’s most popular magazines during World War II. Highlighting how Szyk used his art to take immediate, direct action in bringing attention to the Holocaust as it was being perpetrated, In Real Times. Arthur Szyk: Art & Human Rights (1926-1951) showcases over fifty […]
In collaboration with UC Berkeley's Center for Jewish Studies, Faculty Director John Efron welcomes the German and Israeli Consul Generals to a reception and program showcasing Leo Baeck Institute’s traveling panel exhibition, Shared History Project: 1700 Years of Jewish Life in German Speaking Lands. The program will feature Koret Professor of Jewish History at UC […]
Alumni and Parents Weekend at Homecoming is scheduled for September 23–25, 2022. Join us as we come together to celebrate the Cal community with three days of engagement with fellow Golden Bears, lectures and other learning opportunities, special tours, and much more. This homecoming weekend discover one of the preeminent Jewish collections in the world, […]
Don't miss Professor Ron Hassner's special exhibit opening and book launch, Anatomy of Torture: Testimonies from the Berkeley Archive, to celebrate the publication of his newest book, “Anatomy of Torture," (Cornell, 2022) making a trove of original manuscripts from the UC Berkeley archives that detail the persecution of Spanish Jews in the 16th and 17th […]
The UC Berkeley archives contain a trove of original manuscripts that detail the persecution of Spanish Jews in the 16th and 17th century. Ron Hassner's special exhibit, Anatomy of Torture: Testimonies from the Berkeley Archive accompanies the publication of his latest book Anatomy of Torture (Cornell, 2022) by making several of these documents available for […]
