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Harry Potter in Yiddish: Translating Across Languages and Cultures

March 4, 2021

Arun ViswanathArun Viswanath in conversation with Robert Alter (UC Berkeley).

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is the first book in the most-translated series of all time recently appeared in a new language: Yiddish (Heri Poter un der Filosofisher Shteyn). In this talk, Arun Viswanath, the translator, a native Yiddish speaker, will engage with...

Ode to Energy: Einstein, Feynman, and Oppenheimer at Mid-Century

February 3, 2021

Anne GoldmanAnne Goldman (Sonoma State University)

Stargazing in the Atomic Age counters the assumption that Jewish history largely chronicles tragedy. Designed for the common reader, its essays take the nadir of modern Jewish experience as their starting point. But they are not elegiac. Life for Jews in the United States, the...

Race and Responsibility: A Conversation on Black-Jewish Relations and the Fight for Equal Justice

April 12, 2021

A Conversation on Black-Jewish Relations and the Fight for Equal Justice

Eric K. Ward (Western States Center) in conversation with Michael Rothberg (UCLA).

How are the historical experiences of the Black and Jewish communities...

The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Pittsburgh Neighborhood: A Book Talk with Mark Oppenheimer

October 11, 2021

Mark OppenheimerMark Oppenheimer, Yale University.

On October 27, 2018, a gunman killed eleven Jews who were worshipping at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill–the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history. Many neighborhoods would be understandably subsumed by despair and recrimination after such an event, but not this one.

In this...

Satmar Hasidism: History, Ideology, and Sociology

October 12, 2021

Menachem Keren-KratzMenachem Keren-Kratz.

With an estimated 120,000 members, Satmar is by far the world’s largest and wealthiest Hasidic court. It is also the most recognizable “brand” associated with Jewish ultra-Orthodoxy in America, with the possible exception of Chabad/Lubavitch. Moreover, Satmar is known for its leaders’ strict anti-Zionist policy and...

At Home in America? Three Poets on Belonging & Diaspora in an Unsettled Moment

April 21, 2022

At Home in America? Three Poets on Belonging & Diaspora in an Unsettled MomentThe Center for Jewish Studies, in conjunction with The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, is pleased to present this in-person poetry panel featuring Dan Alter with Erika Meitner and...

Roman Vishniac. In Focus: 1922-2022 (Day 1)

May 1, 2022

1922-2022The Magnes Collection, in collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Center for Jewish Studies, presents “Roman Vishniac. In Focus: 1922-2022.” celebrating the reopening of The...

Roman Vishniac. In Focus: 1922-2022 (Day 2)

May 2, 2022

1922-2022The Magnes Collection, in collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Center for Jewish Studies, presents “Roman Vishniac. In Focus: 1922-2022.” celebrating the reopening of The...

Shared History Project: 1700 Years of Jewish Life in German Speaking Lands Exhibition Reception and Program

September 19, 2022

1700 Years of Jewish Life in German Speaking Lands Exhibition Reception and ProgramIn collaboration with The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Faculty Director John Efron welcomes the German and Israeli Consul Generals to a reception and program showcasing ...

Special Exhibit | Anatomy of Torture: Testimonies from the Berkeley Archive

October 18, 2022

Testimonies from the Berkeley ArchiveThe UC Berkeley archives contain a trove of original manuscripts that detail the persecution of Spanish Jews in the 16th and 17th century.

Ron Hassner’s special exhibit, ...