Ernest Jolly

Ernest Jolly

Ernest Jolly is the Exhibitions Specialist at The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life. Jolly has over 15 years of exhibition and collection management experience, including work at the Oakland Museum of California, UC Davis Design Museum and the Brooklyn Museum....
Zoe Lewin (Rhetoric and History of Art)

Zoe Lewin (Rhetoric and History of Art)

Zoe Lewin graduateD from UC Berkeley in 2016, majoring in History of Art and Rhetoric, and focusing on photography and public discourse respectively. In her free time Zoe loves to cook and bake, hike in the Bay Area, and check out exhibitions at galleries and museums....
Eva Gurevich

Eva Gurevich

Eva Gurevich volunteered as a Curatorial Intern in 2010-2011, and later was the Programs and Events Coordinator at The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life in 2011-2012, when she oversaw the opening of the new facility, as well as the planning of programs and...
Elaine Tennant

Elaine Tennant

Elaine Tennant is the James D. Hart Director of The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life was affiliated with The Bancroft during the first five years since its joining UC Berkeley (2010-2015).
Florence B. Helzel (1921-2024)

Florence B. Helzel (1921-2024)

Florence B. Helzel is a former curator of prints and drawings at the Judah L. Magnes Museum. She and her husband Leo Helzel were among the early supporters of the Museum. With degrees from Mills College and John F. Kennedy University’s Museum Studies Program, Florence...