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Dissolving Localities: Conversation with the Artist

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

Multimedia artist Emmanuel Witzthum (Jerusalem) and scholar Jeffrey Shandler (Rutgers University), in conversation with Francesco Spagnolo (The Magnes, UC Berkeley), will discuss Witzthum's audiovisual installation, Dissolving Localities | Berkeley Jerusalem (on view at The Magnes until July 3, 2012), and unveil the Jerusalem/Berkeley component of the project to the public. With the participation of violist Nils Bultmann (CNMAT, UC Berkeley). Emmanuel Witzthum’s multimedia project, Dissolving Localities, […]

Screening: Adam Resurrected

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

See the film adapted from the controversial 1968 novel by noted Israeli author, Yoram Kaniuk, and directed by Paul Schrader. Adam Resurrected follows Adam Stein, a once famous European clown and now an unhinged patient in an Israeli mental institution. With performances by Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi and Ayelet Zurer. Adam Resurrected (USA, 106 min) Dir. Paul […]

Lehrhaus 360| Bridging Past and Future: The Bay Area Jewish Community

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

This conference offers a panoramic perspective on the history of the Bay Area Jewish community from the Gold Rush to the present and in-depth perspectives through workshops and a dramatic monologue. The Lehrhaus 360 event is dedicated to the memory of the Judah L. Magnes Museum’s visionary co-founder, Seymour Fromer (1922-2009), and will include tributes […]

Pell Lecture: From the Ottoman Empire to the Holocaust

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

Aron Rodrigue Charles Michael Professor in Jewish History and Culture, Stanford University.   The small Sephardi Jewish community of the island of Rhodes lived under Ottoman rule for centuries. The island was conquered by Italy in 1912, and the community underwent a complete  political and economic transformation as a  result of the new circumstances that […]

Troika Journal Release Party

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

Reception for the release of the semiannual publication, Troika, hosted by the Russian Student Club. Troika is an undergraduate journal in Eastern European, Eurasian, and Slavic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. It was founded in 2010, and the first issue was published in Spring 2011. The journal features outstanding undergraduate work from colleges and […]

The Magnes Open House

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life is opening the doors of its new facility. See the new home of The Magnes. View the opening exhibitions and the exciting glass wall open storage. Learn about the role of the Magnes at UC Berkeley. Meet curators, artists, and staff. The Magnes Effect: Five Decades of […]