Please join us for the closing of our Spring Exhibition, "Through the Eyes of Rachel Marker | A Literary Installation by Moira Roth".
For over ten years, writer and art historian Moira Roth has ...
Introduction by Lyn Hejinian
Nikky Finney, Poet
Nikky Finney was born in South Carolina, within listening distance of the sea. A child of activitists, she came of age during the civil ...
We are honored to present a reading by members of the Holocaust Survivors Memoir Writing Group, sponsored in conjunction with JFCS East Bay.
Over seven years of writing in a supportive workshop ...
Dan Pine of J. The Jewish Weekly of Northern California, writes about a UC Berkeley Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program at The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the ...
Swing Girls (Le ragazze dello swing)Dir. Maurizio Zaccaro | Italy, 2010 | 210 min.
During the Fascist Regime in Italy, three Dutch sisters, Alexandra, Judith and Kitty Leschan, try to make a ...
The Paradesi synagogue, constructed 1568, is the most famous synagogue in Asia. Its Chinese willow tiles have inspired Salman Rushdie to fantasize about the relations and inter-relations of ...
Free and open to the public. Followed by reception.
UC Berkeley faculty, curators, graduate and undergraduate students and members of the community discuss the history of the intellectual ...
After introducing the Kerala Jews, their history and culture in South India for more thana millennia, and their community life since migrating to Israel, Johnson will offer a fewhighlights from ...
Robert Alter’s award-winning translation of the Hebrew Bible continues with the stirring narrative of Israel’s ancient history. To read the books of the Former Prophets in this riveting ...
Spanning a seven-year period, “My So-Called Enemy” follows six Palestinian and Israeli teenage girls committed to justice and mutual understanding as the conflict continues to rage in ...
A panorama of Jewish life in the 20th century as told through images from the vast art collection at The Magnes. Paintings and sculptures by prominent artists illustrate key historical moments ...
The nearly one thousand posters acquired since the 1960s by the former Judah L. Magnes Museum constitute an important component of the pictorial holdings of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and ...
Sound Objects combines the study of Jewish material culture with the emerging field of sound studies and investigates the role of objects that emit sound during synagogue rituals. The ...
A multi-media installation based on a literary project by Moira Roth, a leading international voice in feminism, performance and contemporary art.
For over ten years, writer and art ...
We are honored to present a reading by members of the Holocaust Survivors Memoir Writing Group, sponsored in conjunction with JFCS East Bay.
Over seven years of writing in a supportive workshop ...
Please join us for the closing of our Spring Exhibition, "Through the Eyes of Rachel Marker | A Literary Installation by Moira Roth".
For over ten years, writer and art historian Moira Roth has ...
By Lisa Wurtele
Not all those who have spent time with Rachel Marker have connected with her through the portal of the physical exhibition at The Magnes. Rachel has also had a deep impact on those ...
By Lisa Wurtele
World-renowned art historian and cultural analyst Griselda Pollock visited the exhibition last month and was inspired to write about her impressions in a letter, which she ...
What goes into the staging of an exhibition–especially one like Through the Eyes of Rachel Marker?
By Lisa Wurtele
Let’s peek behind the scenes into the search for images to enhance ...
Last month, many of our exhibition visitors were moved to sit down at this desk in the gallery and pen a message to Rachel Marker.
Here is one of them:
February 5, 2013
Tuesday,
Berkeley, ...