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Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

Author Daniel Handler (right),  better known as Lemony Snicket, talks about his career with J.'s then-Editor-in-Chief Chanan Tigay during the Jewish Arts & Bookfest at the Magnes in 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inCalendar

Upcoming events: Mizrahi music, Jewish book fest, Lag Ba’Omer bonfires

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight April 28, 2026April 28, 2026

So much happens in our community every day that it can be hard to sift through all of the events. We’re highlighting a few here, in every corner of the […]

From left, J.’s Maya Mirsky interviews Lara Michels, head of archival processing at Cal's Bancroft Library, and Susan Morris, a former curator and executive director of the Judah L. Magnes Museum. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Preserving Jewish history and Americana: Insights from two Bay Area archivists

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 1, 2026April 1, 2026
painting of Polish refugee children
Posted inArt

Magnes exhibit traces the flow of water through centuries of Jewish life

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 3, 2025September 4, 2025
The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. (Photo/Gary Sexton)
Posted inPhotography

‘Art can offer some comfort’: Local Jewish cultural orgs look to provide respite from Israel news

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 13, 2023October 16, 2023
Hannah Weisman is the new executive director of the Magnes Collection. (Photo/Ryuji Suzuki)
Posted inArt

Magnes Collection appoints Hannah Weisman as new executive director

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 21, 2022November 22, 2022
Roman Vishniac holding the cover image of his book, "A Vanished World," New York, 1982. (Photo/The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Magnes receives $1 million gift for Vishniac archive project

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
Detail from “Do not forgive them, oh Lord, for they do know what they do! (after Luke 23:34)” by Arthur Szyk, part of the Magnes Collection. (Courtesy Magnes)
Posted inPhotography

Now online: Magnes exhibits of works by Vishniac and Szyk

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 29, 2020
A museum goer at the Magnes Collection in 2016. (Photo/Courtesy Magnes)
Posted inCulture

‘Long road’ for CJM and Magnes to be fully operational again

by Gabriel Greschler May 19, 2020May 26, 2020
Detail from “Do not forgive them, oh Lord, for they do know what they do! (after Luke 23:34)” by Arthur Szyk, part of the Magnes Collection. (Courtesy Magnes)
Posted inCulture

New Magnes exhibit: ‘Soldier in art’ Arthur Szyk blasted tyranny in stunning works of graphic art

Lezak Shallat by Lezak Shallat March 3, 2020March 3, 2020
"Chad Godyo" illusration by El Lissitzky (Courtesy/The Magnes, UC Berkeley)
Posted inPassover

Rare early Soviet-era illustrations of ‘One Little Goat’ seder song at Magnes

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller August 22, 2019August 22, 2019

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