Programs

The Magnes educational and public programs include tours, lectures, artist talks and scholarly symposia, as well collaborations with local cultural and performing arts institutions.

Click on "Upcoming Programs" to find information about events taking place at The Magnes in the near future. Be sure to check the calendar!

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The Jews of Rhodes and the End of the Sephardi Levant, 1900-1944
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Aron RodrigueCharles Michael Professor in Jewish History and Culture, Stanford University.  
How We Got Here: Reflecting on the Past 150 Years
Sun, 02/12/2012 - 10:30am - 5:00pm
This conference offers a panoramic perspective on the history of the Bay Area Jewish community from the Gold Rush to the present and in-depth perspectives through workshops and a dramatic monologue
Thu, 02/23/2012 - 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Thu, 03/15/2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Emmauel Witzthum is an Israeli composer and a scholar in residence at UC Berkeley Music Department and The Magnes Collection.
Presented by the Jewish Music Festival
Thu, 03/22/2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Reunited members of an internationally acclaimed Arab and Jewish ensemble from Israel draw on Western and Middle Eastern classical traditions, Jazz and improvisation to create a stunningly ori
Hosted by the Russian Student Club, UC Berkeley
Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
A Day of Celebration of The New Magnes Home in Downtown Berkeley
Sun, 01/22/2012 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life is opening the doors of its new facility. See the new home of The Magnes.
A program of The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union
Tue, 11/29/2011 - 5:30pm - 9:30pm
Opening Panel: 5:30-7:00 Naomi Seidman, GTU: "The Last Will and Testament of the Ninety-three Bais Yakov Girls of Krakow"
Sun, 09/25/2011 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
This year’s winners are:
Mon, 09/19/2011 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
The Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures, the Institute for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, the Institute for European Studies, and the Jewish Studies Program a
Sun, 09/18/2011 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
UCLA Festival of Preservation
Thu, 09/15/2011 - 8:00pm - Sun, 09/18/2011 - 2:00pm
To kick off the new program series, Magnes by The Marsh,
Sun, 02/27/2011 - 1:00pm
A sensation when it was released twenty-five years ago, Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah has long since passed from “mere” documentary (though it is praised as one of the greatest ever ma
Sat, 02/26/2011 - 5:00pm
A sensation when it was released twenty-five years ago, Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah has long since passed from “mere” documentary (though it is praised as one of the greatest ever ma
Sun, 02/20/2011 - 5:15pm
A sensation when it was released twenty-five years ago, Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah has long since passed from “mere” documentary (though it is praised as one of the greatest ever ma
Sun, 02/20/2011 - 11:30am
A sensation when it was released twenty-five years ago, Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah has long since passed from “mere” documentary (though it is praised as one of the greatest ever ma
Wed, 10/20/2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Public opening of the exhibition, Zakheim: The Art of Prophetic Justice. 
Mon, 11/02/2009 - 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Lecture by Francesco Spagnolo, Director of Research and Collections, Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA.
Sun, 02/25/1990   - Sun, 03/11/1990  
The  John S. Sills Memorial Lectureship was established in 1985 to hold annual lecture on Judaic art, history or culture.
Sun, 02/15/1987 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
The Second Annual John S. Sills Memorial Lecture
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