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PopUp Exhibition | Karen Barkey, Choreographies of Shared Sacred Sites: Mixed Attendance at Greek Orthodox Churches in Istanbul

October 26, 2016

The talk will describe and analyze Professor Karen Barkey’s two seasons of ethnographic study of the sharing in Greek Orthodox Churches in Istanbul, Turkey. The study explores identities, practices and patterns of participation in church rituals and life. The presentation will delineate between different choreographies of sharing, the borrowing of traditions, and the bricolage of practices that occurs as generations of Muslims and Christians accommodate to each other’s religious needs and negotiate in public their otherness.

Karen Barkey joined the Department of Sociology at UC...

“Why Can’t Alison Sell her Drill? Evidence from eBay”

October 31, 2016

CO-SPONSORED PUBLIC LECTURE: “Why Can’t Alison Sell her Drill? Evidence from eBay”
Tamar Kricheli-Katz, Visiting Professor at the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies (Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Law)

Co-sponsored with The Center for the Study of Law and Society, UC Berkeley

Organizer The Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law & Israel Studies

ART AND FILM: ISRAELI FILM SERIES “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem”

November 1, 2016

ART AND FILM: ISRAELI FILM SERIES
Second Screening
“Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem”
Directed by Ronit and Shlomo Elkabetz

Organizer The Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law & Israel Studies

The Past Is a Foreign Country: Poland Confronted with Holocaust History

November 1, 2016

Poland Confronted with Holocaust History“The Past Is a Foreign Country: Poland Confronted with Holocaust History” with Dr. Jolanta Ambrosewicz-Jacobs and Dr. Sven Erik-Rose.

Organizer Graduate Theological Union Center for Jewish Studies

PopUp Exhibition | Zachary Bleemer with Aiko Gonzalez and Clayton Hale (URAP) on The Passover Haggadah: Digital Perspectives

November 2, 2016

How do Jewish communities in the global diaspora transform the Passover Haggadah to meet their local needs (visually, symbolically, and textually), and what information do these transformations provide about the common beliefs held by each community?

In order to answer these questions, Zachary Bleemer, a Graduate Student in Economics has been collaborating with the Digital Humanities-focused Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) of The Magnes. Together with a team of undergraduate students, he digitized and textually organized 30 different editions of the Passover...

Music & Activism: Israeli Superstar Noa (Achinoam Nini) in Conversation with Prof. Ben Brinner

November 7, 2016

Israeli Superstar Noa (Achinoam Nini) in Conversation with Prof. Ben Brinner

Center for Jewish Studies Faculty Director and Professor of Music, Ben Brinner, will interview Israel’s international singer, songwriter, and peace activist, Achinoam Nini.

Achinoam Nini, also known as Noa, an Israeli of Yemenite descent who was...

PopUp Exhibition | Ashley Bacchi on Hellenistic Jewish Myths and Oracles

November 16, 2016

This presentation will discuss the Hellenistic Jewish text of the Sibylline Oracles which combines Greek oracular form and myth with themes from the Hebrew prophets to create a unique oracular voice that weaves together foundational narratives from both cultures. Examining this blend of traditions helps us frame questions on the elusive nature of identity constructions and what primary sources reveal about boundary formations and the complex spectrum between cultural acceptance, rejection, and adaptation.

Ashley Bacchi received her Ph.D. at the Graduate Theological Union in 2015...

The Bagel and the Archive: Celebrating Noah’s Bagels Legacy at The Magnes

November 13, 2016

Celebrate The Magnes’ acquisition of the Noah’s New York Bagels Collection (1989-1996) documenting the early history of Noah’s New York Bagels. The program will include an intimate display of select items from the collection, Noah Alper’s own reminiscences about the early days of the business, and of course a bagel–based reception (shmear provided). RSVP is required for this event.

Organizer The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

ART AND FILM: ISRAELI FILM SERIES “Late Marriage”

November 29, 2016

ART AND FILM: ISRAELI FILM SERIES
Third Screening
“Late Marriage”
Directed by Dover Koshashvili

Organizer The Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law & Israel Studies

PopUp Exhibition | Nick Underwood From Shund to Avant-garde: Yiddish Theatre in the City of Light

November 30, 2016

Known as a center of early 20th-century avant-garde and experimental theatre, Paris does not tend to figure on the map of pre-World War II Yiddish theatrical production specifically. This pop-up talk will realign our understanding of Yiddish theatre in Paris and ask whether or not we can consider Paris as the capital of a Western European Yiddish theatre during the first half of the twentieth century. Not only were there important Yiddish theatrical productions in Paris, but Parisian Yiddish theatre would make its mark outside of Yiddish-speaking circles, garnering praise from luminaries...