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Event Series In Real Times. Arthur Szyk: Art & Human Rights (1926-1951)

In Real Times. Arthur Szyk: Art & Human Rights (1926-1951)

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

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 […]

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Roman Vishniac. In Focus: 1922-2022

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

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.

Event Series An Archive of Archives: Roman Vishniac’s Exhibition History | New York, 1971-72

An Archive of Archives: Roman Vishniac’s Exhibition History | New York, 1971-72

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

This inaugural installation from the Roman Vishniac Archive shares many of Roman Vishniac’s (1897-1990) most iconic images documenting Eastern-European Jewish life in the years immediately preceding the Holocaust. This group of images in An Archive of Archives: Roman Vishniac's Exhibition History | New York, 1971-72 were originally presented in an exhibition at the Jewish Museum in New York […]

At Home in America? Three Poets on Belonging & Diaspora in an Unsettled Moment

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

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.

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Backstage at The Magnes | December 8, 2021

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

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.

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Backstage at The Magnes | November 10, 2021

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

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.

Displaying Identity, Protecting Oneself: (What do we learn from) The shape of Hanukkah lamps

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

Bringing the Light On the occasion of Hanukkah, we are partnering with the Bay Area's six Jewish Community Centers to bring you the light from the 200 Hanukkah lamps in The Magnes Collection. We invite you to join us in discovering the culturally rich stories of these unique lamps collected from Europe, North Africa, the […]

Cal Week 2021

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

As Berkeley's official open house, Cal Week is where the entire Berkeley campus community devotes time to engage with our newly admitted students. The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life has several opportunities for incoming students to learn more about us, including a curatorial conversation from our Zooming In series, student profiles and testimonials from our undergraduate […]

“Zooming In”: Teaching Online with the Magnes Exhibition “In Real Times”

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

When, at the beginning of the semester, Prof. Francesco Spagnolo, Curator of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, worked with Prof. Isabel Richter, DAAD Professor of History to plan a class visit to The Magnes for her course on Politics and Culture in 20th-Century Germany: Fascism and Propaganda, social distancing requirements were not a consideration. However, […]

Postponed: Spring 2020 Celebration

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

Unfortunately, our Spring 2020 Celebration scheduled for Thursday, March 12 is postponed until further notice as UC Berkeley takes measures to minimize coronavirus exposure risks, including the suspension of public events for large groups. We apologize for the inconvenience. Notifications will be posted when the reschedule date is confirmed. In the meantime, our museum is operating during its […]

Tapestry of Tongues: The Multilingual Matrix of Modern Hebrew Literature

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

Tapestry of Tongues: The Multilingual Matrix of Modern Hebrew Literature Screening of “Amos Oz:” selected scenes from a work-in-progress for “Ha’Ivrim” created by Israeli filmmaker Yair Qedar followed by Conversation with Professors Robert Alter & Chana Kronfeld. Sunday, February 23, 5:00 pm, at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Berkeley Free and open to […]

Cold Case in Constantine: Anti-Jewish Violence and the Colonial Situation in French Algeria

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

Cole’s prize-winning book solves the mystery of the Constantine riots of August 1934, an episode of violence between Muslims and Jews in French Algeria that resulted in the deaths of 25 Jews and 3 Muslims. The murders in Constantine were the most lethal episode of anti-Jewish violence in peacetime in modern French history. Cole argues […]