Sounds of Two Cultures: Synagogue Life, and Jewish‐Christian Relations in Italy
Graduate Theological UnionLecture by Francesco Spagnolo, Director of Research and Collections, Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA.
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Pell Lecture: From the Ottoman Empire to the Holocaust
Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesAron 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 […]
Lehrhaus 360| Bridging Past and Future: The Bay Area Jewish Community
Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThis 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 […]
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival – Best of SFJFF Online Shorts
Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesEvery month, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival features a new full-length short film, available to view online for free. This international selection of best online shorts includes comedies and documentaries. THE TAILOR Dir. Gordon Grinberg United States, 2011, 6 min, English Culture and confusion meet on a Brooklyn street in this hilariously charming tale […]
Rosenberg Poetry Award Reception
Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesPlease join us to celebrate the community-wide reception in honor of this year’s winners of the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Awards. The program will include readings of the winning poems and refreshments. The Anna Davidson Rosenberg Awards for Poems on Jewish experience were established in 1987 by Nedda Fratkin, Marvin Rosenberg and Violet Ginsburg in memory of their mother, […]