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Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History | Steven Zipperstein (Stanford) in conversation with John Efron (UC Berkeley

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

This event is free and open to the public Please RSVP here Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History (Liveright/WW Norton, 2018) by Steven Zipperstein will be available for purchase through Mrs. Dalloway's bookstore after the event. In April, 1903, 49 Jews were killed, 600 were raped or wounded, and more than 1,000 Jewish-owned houses and stores were […]

Sholem Aleichem on the South Side of Chicago: The Story and Songs of the Rediscovered 1905 Musical Stempenyu

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

This event is free and open to the public Please RSVP here In June of 1905, Sholem Aleichem—author of the Tevye Stories—met in Warsaw with theater producers Spivakovsky and Adler, and agreed to pen adaptations of his fiction works for theatrical production on stages throughout the Russian Empire. Only a few months later, caught in the […]

Around Arthur Szyk: Berkeley Scholars on Art and History

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

Additional Program Date: Tue, Nov 27, 2018 5:30pm The Taube Family Arthur Szyk Collection comprises hundreds of artworks, sketches, illustrated books, and archival documents created between two world wars and documenting the rise of totalitarianism in Europe. Szyk’s work touches on motifs drawn from the Bible, history, politics, and culture to pair extraordinary craftsmanship with […]

Around Arthur Szyk: Berkeley Scholars on Art and History

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

Poland Reborn: A State Between Democracy and Fascism John Connelly, History, UC Berkeley RSVP here This talk focuses on the divided Poland that emerged after World War I. On the one hand Poland had to accommodate the demands of generations of freedom fighters, while on the other, it quickly became a dysfunctional democracy that lapsed into […]

Around Arthur Szyk: Berkeley Scholars on Art and History

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

Visual Judaica: Jewish Icons and Judaica Collections in the early 20th century Shir Gal Kochavi, The Magnes, UC Berkeley Please RSVP here The highly decorative works of Arthur Szyk contain key Jewish visual elements such as the Lion of Judah, the dove, and the seven spices mentioned in the bible as typical of the Land of […]

Event Series Special Exhibit | Anatomy of Torture: Testimonies from the Berkeley Archive

Special Exhibit | Anatomy of Torture: Testimonies from the Berkeley Archive

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

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 […]

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Life’s Greatest Questions: A Journey into Jewish Mystical Thought through Film and Story with Mira Z Amiras

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

Presented by the Bay Area Book Festival, The Magnes Collection is pleased to host this event to honor the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Magnes co-founder Seymour Fromer. Fromer was Amiras’s father and a major influence on her book and film. Celebrate his legacy at this memorable screening and conversation that honors the tradition of Jewish mystical inquiry.

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Fashion Metropolis Berlin 1836-1939: The Story of the Rise and Destruction of the Jewish Fashion Industry

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

Based on his book "Fashion Metropolis Berlin 1836-1939: The Story of the Rise and Destruction of the Jewish Fashion Industry," Uwe Westphal’s lecture will examine Jewish participation in Berlin’s fashion industry and how Nazi loyalists within the industry contributed to the Holocaust.

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Restless Lexicons: Contemporary Hebrew Poetry in Translation

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

Two translators, two books by important and divergent voices in contemporary Hebrew literature. Yakir Ben Moshe's Take a Breath, You’re Getting Excited walks “a tightrope of levity and weight” in its portrait of a younger poet’s frenetic, serial search for love in Tel Aviv. Simon Adaf’s Aviva-No, a cycle of elegies on the death of the poet’s sister, inhabits an opposite pole of grief and loss.

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Texts You Can Taste: Sephardic Culinary Heritage

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

Join the Magnes for Texts You Can Taste: Sephardic Culinary Heritage with culinary historian and cookbook author Dr. Hélène Jawhara Piñer as she reflects on ways food can tell stories about the Jewish Diaspora. A lecture, cooking demo, tasting, and book signing, Dr. Jawhara Piñer will share her research work collecting recipes from historical sources and demonstrate the preparation of traditional Sephardic foods.

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Coca-Cola, Black Panthers, and Phantom Jets: Israel in the American Orbit, 1967–1973 with Oz Frankel

Berkeley Law Building, Room 141 2763-2719 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, United States

In this book talk presented by the Helen Diller Institute and the Center for Jewish Studies, historian Oz Frankel examines the period of the late 1960s as a unique moment when Israel became more closely entwined with the United States not just as a strategic ally but also through its intensifying intimacy with American culture, society, and technology.

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PJ Library Story Hour

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

Stop by the Magnes on the last Sunday of the month for PJ Library's Story Hour, presented in partnership with PJ Library Bay Area. Each month features a different theme and book suited for children of all backgrounds as they learn about themselves and the world around them.