Jewish Resistance: The many contexts of a 1905 painting by Lazar Krestin

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 explore Jewish art and life, one object at a time.

Register for this free online program now closed.

View the weekly schedule for the entire series.

Image:
Lazar Krestin (1868-1938)
[Birth of] Jewish Resistance
Vienna, Austria, 1905
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, University of California, Berkeley,
gift of Alan Sternberg, 84.55