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FALL 2013
Exhibitions & Public Programs
Fall Programs
August
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 11AM
Keepers of the Lost Ark: Behindthe Scenes at The Magnes
Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Designed for students during UC Berkeley
Welcome Week, this behind-the-scenes
tour will reveal the many unique resourcesand events that are available for teaching,
study and personal enrichment. Visitorsmay even get to see a Lost Ark or two.
September
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 5:00PM-7PM
American Jerusalem: Jews and
the Making of San Francisco(Dir. Marc Shaffer, 2013, 55 min)
Join us for the East Bay premiere of the
epic story of the pioneer ing Jews of San
Francisco, which features a multitude
of images and documents from TheMagnes and The Bancroft Library col-
lections. Panel discussion with Jackie
Krenzman, the film’s executive produc-er, following the screening. Co-present-
ed by The Bancroft Library
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, NOON
Special Tour of Global India:Kerala, Israel, Berkeley withBarbara Johnson
Join us on a guided tour of the ex-
hibition with Dr. Barbara Johnson(Professor Emerita, Ithaca College), a
renowned anthropologist specializing
in Kerala, who served as a consultanton the exhibition. Currently a Visiting
Scholar in South Asia Program at Cor-nell University, Johnson is the author
of Oh Lovely Parrot!: Jewish Women’s
Songs from Kerala (2004) and Ruby of Cochin: An Indian Jewish Woman
Remembers (1995).
THE MAGNES COLLECTION OF JEWISH ART AND LIFE | THE BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
2121 ALLSTON WAY • BERKELEY, CA 94704 • 510.643.2526 • MAGNES.ORG
GALLERY HOURS: TUE-FRI 11-4PM • FREE ADMISSION
Fall ExhibitionsON VIEW: SEPTEMBER 10-DECEMBER 13, 2013
Lands/Scapes: On Paintingand Jewish GeographyMain Gallery
Spanning the twentieth century and
following the paths of Jewish migra-tion, this is the first exhibition to high-
light landscape art from The Magnes
collection, offering a new look at theartists’ relationship with the sites and
spaces they inhabited. From WesternEuropean Impressionism to Eastern
European Realism, from Romanti-
cism of the Americas to Modernismof Israel/Palestine, images of the land
were created at the intersection of pictorial traditions and ideo-logical values. Included in the exhibition are nearly thirty works by
such artists as Max Liebermann, Jacob Nussbaum, Robert Falk,
Moshe Mokady, and Maurycy Minkowski.
Case Study No. 4: Global
India: Kerala, Israel,Berkeley
Warren Hellman Gallery and Charles
Michael Gallery
This eye-opening exhibition unveils
for the first time the complete andextensive holdings of The Magnes
documenting the history of theJewish community in Kerala, South
India, many of which have never
been seen before. The MagnesCollection includes hundreds of ritual objects and textiles,
Hebrew books, photographs, archival records and manuscriptsin Hebrew, Aramaic, Malayalam, English, and Judeo-Spanish.
These materials illustrate the history and the customs of one
of the oldest communities in the Jewish Diaspora, following itsdevelopment until its immigration to Israel in the 1950s.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 5PM
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 5PM
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 5PM
Taubman Lecture: The
Construction of Jewish Identityin the Second Temple Period
John Collins, Holmes
Professor of OldTestament, Yale Univer-
sity Divinity SchoolThe first lecture, “TheAncestral Law,” will focus
on what it meant to be a
Ioudaios in the Macca-bean crisis and ask how the Torah came
to be the definitive touchstone of Judeanidentity. The second lecture, “Non-Mosa-
ic Judaism,” will examine whether there
were forms of Judean identity for whichthe Law of Moses was not the definitive
criterion and consider three test cases:the colony of Judeans at Elephantine, the
wisdom literature prior to Ben Sira, and
the early Enoch literature. In his thirdand final lecture, “Apocalypticism and
Torah,” Professor Collins will considerhow the traditional understanding of
the covenant was modified when it wassupplemented by claims of a higher
revelation in the apocalyptic literature.
The final lecture will be followed by a
reception. Presented by the Center for
Jewish Studies at UC Berkeley
October
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2013 7PM
SFJFF Movie Night | NextYear in Bombay (Dirs. Mathias
Mangin and Jonas Parienté,2010, 55 min)
Sharon andSharona Gal-
sulkar are the last
educators of theirIndian Jewish
community, theBene Israel, which
has been residingin the Bombay
region for 2000
years and is nowdisappearing. Genuinely Zionists and
concerned about their daughters’ future,they are also committed to their commu-
nity’s needs. Whose education will they
sacrifice? Introduced by LawrenceCohen, Professor of Anthropology and
South and Southeast Asia Studies, Sarah
Kailath Chair of India Studies, and Chair
of the Center for South Asia Studies atthe University of California, Berkeley. For
information and tickets: sfjff.org
SUNDAY OCTOBER 6, 1-4 PM
Open House: Parents and AlumniWeekend
Special exhibition tours with The
Magnes Director Alla Efimova andCurator Francesco Spagnolo, music,
and Kosher-style hot dogs by Old WorldFood Truck.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 11 -4 PM
Sunday Streets Berkeley
The Magnes opens its doors to partici-pate in Sunday Streets Berkeley, the an-
nual downtown street festival spanning17 blocks of Shattuck Avenue.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 5:30PM
Litquake: Thaisa Frank
A reading by award-winning author Thaisa
Frank. Heidegger’s
Glasses is Frank’sstartling, surreal debut
novel. Part love storyand part historical
fiction, Heidegger’s
Glasses evocatively reconstructs thelandscape of Nazi Germany from an
entirely original and haunting vantagepoint. Co-presented with UC Berkeley
Extension and Litquake, San Francisco’s premier literary festival since 1999.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26-27
KlezCalifornia’s Yiddish Culture
Festival
Annual Bay Area celebration of Yiddish
culture for all ages. For information and
tickets: klezcalifornia.org
SATURDAY @ 7PM
Klezmer Concert and Dance Party withinternationally renowned klezmer groups
Strauss/Warschauer Duo (New York)
and Veretski Pass (Bay Area).
SUNDAY @ 1-6PM
Workshops on Yiddish
song performance, klezmerinstrumental techniques and
Yiddish history. Youth Programfor ages 6-12. Finale Music andDance Party.
Presented by KlezCalifornia
November
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 5PM
Panel Discussion on Global India:Kerala, Israel, Berkeley
How did Jewish communities color
the multicultural tapestry of the Indiansubcontinent? The exhibition Global
India inspires a discussion with Berkeley
faculty from the Center for South AsiaStudies and the Department of South
and Southeast Asian Studies, moder-ated by the Magnes Curator Francesco
Spagnolo. Co-presented by the Center
for South Asia Studies
THURSDAY DECEMBER 5, 2013 7:00PM
SFJFF Movie Night: Orchestra of
Exiles (Dir. Josh Aronson, 2012,85 min)
Orchestra of
Exiles exploresthe 4-year
odyssey ofprodigious Polish
violinist Broni-slaw Huberman
in the founding of
the orchestra thatwould become
the IsraelPhilharmonic. Huberman’s personal
transformation and subsequent heroic
struggle to get Jewish musicians out ofEurope to found this orchestra is at the
heart of the film. For information and tickets: sfjff.org
THE MAGNES COLLECTION OF JEWISH ART AND LIFE | THE BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
2121 ALLSTON WAY • BERKELEY, CA 94704 • 510.643.2526 • MAGNES.ORG
GALLERY HOURS: TUE-FRI 11-4PM • FREE ADMISSION
OCTOBER 25-DECEMBER 8, 2013
Partner Program: Berkeley
Repertory TheatreThe Pianist of Willesden Lane
Based on the book TheChildren of Willesden Lane
by Mona Golabek and
Lee Cohen. Adapted anddirected by Hershey Felder.
For more information and tickets:
www.berkeleyrep.org