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Taubman Lecture Series | The Construction of Jewish Identity in the Second Temple Period

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

Non-Mosaic Judasim” examines whether there were forms of Judean identity for which the Law of Moses was not the definitive criterion, and consider three test cases: the colony of Judeans at Elephantine, the wisdom literature prior to Ben Sira, and the early Enoch literature. John Collins, Holmes Professor of Old Testament, Yale University Divinity School, will […]

Taubman Lecture Series | The Construction of Jewish Identity in the Second Temple Period

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

Professor Collins will consider how the traditional understanding of the covenant was modified when it was supplemented by claims of a higher revelation in the apocalyptic literature. John Collins, Holmes Professor of Old Testament, Yale University Divinity School, will give the lecture as related to the construction of Jewish Identity in the Second Temple Period.

SFJFF Movie Night | Next Year in Bombay

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

Sharon and Sharona Galsulkar are the last educators of their Indian Jewish community, the Bene Israel, which has been residing in the Bombay region for centuries and is now disappearing. Genuinely Zionists and concerned about their daughters' future, they are also committed to their community's needs. Whose education will they sacrifice? Introduced by Lawrence Cohen, […]

Open House: Alumni and Family Weekend

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

Special exhibition tours with Magnes Director Alla Efimova and Curator Francesco Spagnolo.

Sunday Streets Berkeley

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

The Magnes opens its doors to participate in Sunday Streets Berkeley, the annual downtown street festival along 17 blocks of Shattuck Avenue.

Litquake: Thaisa Frank

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

The day culminates with a public reading by award-winning author Thaisa Frank. Heidegger’s Glasses is Frank’s startling, surreal debut novel. Part love story and part historical fiction, Heidegger’s Glasses evocatively reconstructs the landscape of Nazi Germany from an entirely original and haunting vantage point. To register, please click here.

KlezCalifornia’s Yiddish Culture Festival

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

Annual Bay Area celebration of Yiddish culture for all ages. Enjoy and celebrate Yiddish culture! For all ages, musicians and not, Yiddish speakers and not. Saturday night: Klezmer Concert and Dance Party with internationally renowned klezmer groups: Strauss/Warschauer Duo (from New York) and Veretski Pass (Bay Area).   Affordable ticket prices, discounts for teens and […]

Global India: Kerala, Israel, Berkeley | An Exhibition in Context

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

The exhibition Global India: Kerala, Israel, Berkeley brought to light the extensive holdings from Kerala, South India, collected by The Magnes since the 1960s, and their relationship with the development of South Indian studies at UC Berkeley, since the pioneering work of David G. Mandelbaum and Walter J. Fischel. A multidisciplinary panel of scholars from UC Berkeley and Stanford, including […]

SFJFF Movie Night: Orchestra of Exiles

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

Orchestra of Exiles explores the 4-year odyssey of prodigious Polish violinist Bronislaw Huberman in the founding of the orchestra that would become the Israel Philharmonic. Huberman's personal transformation and subsequent heroic struggle to get Jewish musicians out of Europe to found this orchestra are at the film's heart. Introduction by Dr. Francesco Spagnolo (The Magnes and Department […]

Fiddler Reception and Klezmer Dance Party

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

Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark play Fiddler on the Roof with performances, screenings, conferences, sing-alongs, and more. When Fiddler on the Roof, a musical adaptation of Sholem Aleichem’s “Tevye” stories, made its debut on Broadway in 1964 it was an immediate hit. Join us for a festive reception and dance party following the 6:30pm California Theatre […]

Saved by The Bay: Exhibition Opening Reception

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

The Magnes Director Alla Efimova , The Bancroft Library Director Elaine Tennant and The Friends of The Magnes cordially invite you to the opening reception for the exhibition Saved by The Bay The Intellectual Migration from Fascist Europe to UC Berkeley based on a student research project that highlights the story of over seventy scholars […]

SFJFF Film Screening with special guest Anna Halprin

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

World-renowned modern dancer Anna Halprin will introduce two short films realted to dance in Israel. Inside Envelopes (2012) 50 min, Dir. Shelly King This documentary tells the story of two dancer sisters and two musician brothers who come together to create a performance piece. Offering a glimpse into their creative process, replete with fiery arguments and […]