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NEW EXHIBITION
Cities & Wars: Roman Vishniac in Berlin & Jerusalem 1947/1967
Cities and Wars brings together Roman Vishniac’s previously unseen images of Berlin in 1947 after the Second World War and Jerusalem in 1967 after the Six-Day War. The exhibition highlights the unique gaze of the artist, who considered both cities “home,” and carefully chronicles the devastating effects of war on urban life.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Film Screening | Vishniac
Feb 4, 2024 @ 2:00 pm
Join us at BAMPFA for a special screening of the documentary, Vishniac, and a conversation between the film’s director and producer, Laura Bialis, and Oakland-based filmmaker and editor, Veronica Selver.
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Illuminating the diversity of Jewish life around the world
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...
Campus Connections
As a museum within the University of California, Berkeley, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life partners with students, faculty, and staff across academic disciplines to support research, teaching, and learning with one of the world’s preeminent Jewish...
A message to the community
As a museum dedicated to advancing knowledge of Jewish cultures and experiences, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life mourns the loss of life in Israel and grieves for families experiencing terror and displacement as we denounce Hamas’s brutal attacks on...
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