From our series, "Zooming In: Weekly Curatorial Conversations from The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life." Each week, Curators Francesco Spagnolo and Shir Kochavi present insights and connections emerging from the holdings of UC Berkeley's Magnes Collection, one of the largest Jewish museum collections in the world. Throughout the series, guests will join them to […]

From our series, "Zooming In: Weekly Curatorial Conversations from The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life." Each week, Curators Francesco Spagnolo and Shir Kochavi present insights and connections emerging from the holdings of UC Berkeley's Magnes Collection, one of the largest Jewish museum collections in the world. Throughout the series, guests will join them to […]

From our series, "Zooming In: Weekly Curatorial Conversations from The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life." Each week, Curators Francesco Spagnolo and Shir Kochavi present insights and connections emerging from the holdings of UC Berkeley's Magnes Collection, one of the largest Jewish museum collections in the world. Throughout the series, guests will join them to […]

From our series, "Zooming In: Weekly Curatorial Conversations from The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life." Each week, Curators Francesco Spagnolo and Shir Kochavi present insights and connections emerging from the holdings of UC Berkeley's Magnes Collection, one of the largest Jewish museum collections in the world. Throughout the series, guests will join them to […]

From our series, "Zooming In: Weekly Curatorial Conversations from The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life." Each week, Curators Francesco Spagnolo and Shir Kochavi present insights and connections emerging from the holdings of UC Berkeley's Magnes Collection, one of the largest Jewish museum collections in the world. Throughout the series, guests will join them to […]

From our series, "Zooming In: Weekly Curatorial Conversations from The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life." Each week, Curators Francesco Spagnolo and Shir Kochavi present insights and connections emerging from the holdings of UC Berkeley's Magnes Collection, one of the largest Jewish museum collections in the world. Throughout the series, guests will join them to […]

From our series, "Zooming In: Weekly Curatorial Conversations from The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life." Each week, Curators Francesco Spagnolo and Shir Kochavi present insights and connections emerging from the holdings of UC Berkeley's Magnes Collection, one of the largest Jewish museum collections in the world. Throughout the series, guests will join them to […]

From our series, "Zooming In: Weekly Curatorial Conversations from The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life." Each week, Curators Francesco Spagnolo and Shir Kochavi present insights and connections emerging from the holdings of UC Berkeley's Magnes Collection, one of the largest Jewish museum collections in the world. Throughout the series, guests will join them to […]

From our series, "Zooming In: Weekly Curatorial Conversations from The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life." Each week, Curators Francesco Spagnolo and Shir Kochavi present insights and connections emerging from the holdings of UC Berkeley's Magnes Collection, one of the largest Jewish museum collections in the world. Throughout the series, guests will join them to […]

From our series, "Zooming In: Weekly Curatorial Conversations from The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life." Each week, Curators Francesco Spagnolo and Shir Kochavi present insights and connections emerging from the holdings of UC Berkeley's Magnes Collection, one of the largest Jewish museum collections in the world. Throughout the series, guests will join them to […]

An exhibition created in collaboration with Jeffrey Shandler (Rutgers University), a leading figure in the study of modern Jewish culture. The Inventory Project centered on Shandler’s research on the creation of "lists" and inventories as a "defining practice of modern Jewish culture, although seldom recognized as such," and offered an unconventional look at The Magnes […]

Sound Objects combined the study of Jewish material culture with the emerging field of Sound Studies and investigated the role of objects that emit sound during synagogue rituals. Some objects used in synagogue rituals are designed to produce specific sounds, such as the shofar horn blasted on the High Holy Days, and the noisemakers used […]