Over the course of a turbulent and tortuous century, the Yiddish song has survived and is even thriving in today’s flowering of performance and songwriting. Professor Mark Slobin's lecture will cover both the continuity and the new creativity of this history.
Almost 80 years after her tragic death in concentration camp Bergen-Belsen, Anne Frank still figures prominently in the public domain. Over the years, her diary and her life story have been the subject of an expansive output of adaptations and engagements, giving her an iconic status. While there is an unabated interest in Anne Frank, new generations connect to her on their own terms and within their own, rapidly changing, media landscape. It poses a challenge to us to open up to their worlds and to find new ways to tell the story of Anne Frank.
Thirteen years ago the Judah L. Magnes Museum began a new chapter as it became The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California, Berkeley. In celebration of this milestone we invite those who made the transition possible to come together for a reunion luncheon with a behind-the-scenes tour. The Magnes […]
Stop by The Magnes Collection’s Open House to learn more about the Roman Vishniac Archive and our newest exhibition, Cities and Wars: Roman Vishniac in Berlin and Jerusalem 1947/1967, before heading over to BAMPFA for a special screening of Laura Bialis’s documentary Vishniac.
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.
Join us for a bilingual reading featuring acclaimed French poet and translator Mireille Gansel and her English translator, poet Joan Seliger Sidney, on the occasion of the publication of Soul House (World Poetry, 2023), Gansel’s first book of poetry in English translation and her second book in English since her important contribution to Translation Studies, Translation as Transhumance (Feminist Press, 2017). The reading will be followed by a discussion with the author and translator.
Join the Magnes for a lecture via Zoom with Blue Shield International's Patty Gerstenblith, as she discusses the legal, ethical, and voluntary constraints that have been adopted to protect cultural heritage and in particular archaeological sites from theft and looting during armed conflict.
Join us at BAMPFA for a special screening of the documentary, Vishniac.
"Walkers in the City" documents how roving, imaginative Jewish New Yorkers, entranced by the medium of photography, transformed everyday sights into rousing, joyous, and poignant moments of time, creating visual poetry out of the fabric of social life.
The Magnes invites high school students who are interested in art, history, culture, and more to connect with each other and UC Berkeley personnel on campus at our upcoming teen event.
Join the Magnes for a special lecture via Zoom with Professor Eran Kaplan as he explores the impact of the 1967 Six Day War on Israel in this insightful program in conjunction with the current exhibition, "Cities and Wars. Roman Vishniac in Berlin and Jerusalem 1947/1967."
Thursday, March 14, the whole UC Berkeley family comes together for Big Give — our annual 24-hour fundraising event. Take part and show your support by coming together with the Cal community to shine a light on programs like the Magnes. Let’s make this our most successful Big Give yet!
