More than any other generation, Post World War II Jewish American authors were continually engaged in challenging their own tradition and defied any attempt to characterize their texts as distinctly “Jewish.” This talk will portray a new style of writing in literature that redefined a new sense of Jewish self in American culture. Even though […]
Eric Drooker's drawings and posters are a familiar sight in the global street art movement, while his paintings appear frequently on covers of The New Yorker. A Berkeley resident for many years, Drooker was born and raised in New York City, where he began to slap his images on the streets as a teenager. Over […]
Alongside a distinguished career in college and university planning, Ira Fink has assembled a significant research collection of books on synagogue architecture and Jewish ceremonial art. A graduate of UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Dr. Fink’s family collection includes one of the few surviving sets […]
The Magnes is delighted to co-sponsor, The Berkley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies' Israeli Artists in Conversation with Israel, An International Conference on Israeli Art and Society Wednesday, April 5 Conference Opening: Film Screening, at The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94720 5:30pm RECEPTION 6:00pm FILM […]
The Magnes is delighted to co-sponsor, The Berkley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies' Israeli Artists in Conversation with Israel, An International Conference on Israeli Art and Society Thursday, April 6 ISRAELI ARTISTS IN PERFORMANCE 6:00pm DINNER RECEPTION 6:30pm PERFORMANCES Yair Dalal c.a.t.a.m.o.n dance troupe Ibrahim Miari 8:30pm End of Program
Barbara Goldstein is a historian of European fascism. She received her PhD from the University of Vienna, Austria with a dissertation devoted to newsreel films created by the Austrian Police between 1929-1938 as part of governmental fascist propaganda campaigns.One of Goldstein’s focuses and special interests is in historic administrative structures and “infamous people” in the […]
Talk l Music l Reception Honoring Jacob "Yakov" Harari, who will share the riveting story of his family's survival in Poland, along with a musical performance by The Ensemble Bembrillo, featuring Rachel Valfer, Eliyahu Sills, and Dan Cantrell. This event is free and open to the public.
Shana Penn is executive director of the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture and a visiting scholar at the Graduate Theological Union's Center for Jewish Studies. Her award-winning book, Solidarity’s Secret: The Women Who Defeated Communism in Poland (University of Michigan Press, 2005) examined women’s leadership role in defeating Poland’s communist regime. Presently, Penn is completing […]
Polish-born Yiddishist and oral historian Agnieszka Ilwicka will talk about her research project "Love in the Ruins: Jewish Life in Lower Silesia 1945-1968." After World War II, Lower Silesia was the largest Jewish settlement in Europe. Ilwicka will share her journey through Yiddish, Polish, Hebrew, and German stories recorded in the U.S., Israel, Germany, and […]
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life cordially invites you to an opening reception for its two new exhibitions: The Invisible Museum: History & Memory of Morocco and Sketching "Fiddler": Set Designs by Mentor Huebner Reception Opening Remarks George Breslauer, Faculty Director, The Magnes History & Memory of Morocco Francesco Spagnolo, Curator, The Magnes Emily […]
The Ashkenazim (Jews of Central and Eastern Europe) have been singing in Yiddish since the Middle Ages. Their historical song repertoires were very different from today's Yiddish songs. Diana Matut's lecture will explore the world of Renaissance and Baroque Yiddish song, and answer a set of specific research questions, such as: What did the Jews […]
Free and open to the public Meet Victoria Hanna and watch as she develops MAGIC SPELLS, a new performance repertoire based on Hebrew amulets in The Magnes Collection. The series is curated by Francesco Spagnolo, and presented in conjunction with his UC Berkeley course, Jewish Nightlife (Jewish 121-001, Music 139). During her Fall 2017 residency, […]
![Caricature [2015-0-11-80-4]](https://live-magnes-wp.pantheon.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/30849200616_67de973b5b_q.jpg "Caricature [2015-0-11-80-4]: Nathan Kohn, der Wundersohn” (‘Nathan Kohn, prodigy son’), [Vienna, Austria, n.d.)")
