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San Francisco Jewish Film Festival – Best of SFJFF Online Shorts

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

Every 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 States

Please 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, […]

The 2012 Anna Davidson Rosenberg Awards for Poems on the Jewish Experience: Winners and Reception

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

The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, UC Berkeley announces The Winners of the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Awards, 2012 First Prize (shared): Lauren Camp and Yosefa Raz  The 2012 Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Awards for Poems on the Jewish Experience were awarded to two poets. Based on their outstanding submissions, the judges elected to award […]

Wartime Shanghai: A Microcosm of Eurasian Jewish Diversity

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

A professor of history at the University of West Georgia, Goldstein is the foremost authority on the history of Jewish community in China. He writes and teaches on Holocaust history, Jewish diasporas in Asia, and East-Asian international relations. This program is FREE Co-presented with the Jewish Studies Program. Sponsored by the Joseph and Eda Pell Endowed […]

Movie Night | A Jewish Girl In Shanghai (China 2010)

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

A Jewish Girl in Shanghai Dir. Wang Genfa | China | 2010 | 85min. The film, based upon the popular graphic novel by Wu Lin, is the first Chinese animated film to portray the Holocaust. Artfully created with traditional animated imagery, the film offers a glance of Shanghai's Little Vienna – the neighborhood where around […]

Fall Open House on Homecoming Weekend

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

Join thousands of alumni, families, and friends on October 5–7, 2012, for Homecoming at Cal — the University of California, Berkeley's largest annual gathering to celebrate Class Reunions, Parents Weekend, and all that Berkeley stands for. On this special occasion, The Magnes will remain open to the public during the weekend (on Saturday, October 6, and Sunday, October 7, […]

Music @ The Magnes: Efrat Ben Zur

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

A collection of Emily Dickinson's poems set to music composed by acclaimed Israeli singer and actress, Efrat Ben Zur, results in songs blessed with a magical touch.  Her new album "Robin” has received enthusiastic reviews. Enjoy a free performance by a protagonist of the new Israeli music scene. "Ben Zur's new album "Robin" is a magical, moving, […]

Litquake’s Berkeley Ramble

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

Litquake, San Francisco’s annual literary festival, comes to Berkeley’s Allston Way. The day starts at The Magnes with the appearance of Rabbi Joshua Plaut, author of A Kosher Christmas: ‘Tis the Season to be Jewish (Rutgers, October 2012). "With humor and insight Rabbi Joshua Plaut, Ph.D. recounts the meaning of Christmas to American Jews. This 'only in America' […]

Sunday Street Berkeley Open Galleries at The Magnes

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

This Sunday, downtown Berkeley closes its streets to automobile traffic so people get out and connect with their community. The galleries of The Magnes will be open to the public from Noon until 4pm. Come and enjoy our Fall Exhibitions and explore the wonders of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.   Sunday Streets (also called […]

Modern Jewish Studies Colloquium: What is Jewish Studies?

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

The Modern Jewish Studies Colloquium is inaugurated by a conversation about the formative history and the current state of the field of Jewish Studies, featuring Jeffrey Shandler (Rutgers) and John Efron (UC Berkeley), moderated by curator Francesco Spagnolo. Jeffrey Shandler is Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University and current President of the Association of Jewish Studies. His most […]

Movie Night | Tinghir Jerusalem, Echoes from the Mellah (Israel 2011)

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

Tinghir Jerusalem, Echoes from the Mellah Dir. Kamal Hachkar | France, Morocco, Israel | 2011 | 86min. The film traces Kamal Hachkar's rediscovery of a Judeo-Berber culture in Morocco through a personal journey that leads him from the country of his birth, France, to Israel and Tinghir. Introduced by Professor Emily Gottreich, Vice Chair of […]

Music @The Magnes: Theodore Bikel

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

  An Academy Award-winning and Tony-nominated actor and internationally renowned folksinger, who was also active in the Soviet Jewry Freedom Movement will present a one-night-only special performance. This concert is in conjunction with a free conference, Captives of the Dawn: Remembering Soviet Yiddish Culture taking place Sunday, November 4 at The Magnes. Tickets for this performance are […]