5:30pm – 7:30pm
Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley
Tony winner Ari'el Stachel performs his one-man Off-Broadway show about growing up Yemeni-Israeli and Ashkenazi American and the search for belonging.
More about Ari’el Stachel’s “Other” (opens in a new tab)12pm – 1pm
Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley
Brown-bag lunch talk in which photographer Nancy Lee Katz's longtime partner discusses her life and work with the Magnes senior curator.
More about Behind the Scenes: Insights into Nancy Lee Katz with Michael S. Sachs (opens in a new tab)5pm – 6:30pm
Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley
Annual Diller Lecture by Harvard historian Derek Penslar on how the world perceived and reacted to the 1948 war, with a reception beforehand.
More about Seeing Through a Mirror: The 1948 War in the Eyes of the World (opens in a new tab)11am – 5pm
Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley
A day of art, readings, dance, film and music by LABA Bay Area fellows responding to Jewish texts on the theme of names, plus text study.
More about LABA Live: NAME (opens in a new tab)3pm – 4:15pm
Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley
Workshop with LABA scholar Tova Birnbaum on the meaning of names in Torah, followed by a name game with prizes in the gallery.
More about NAME GAME: Pre-show Workshop (opens in a new tab)5:30pm – 7pm
Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley
Senior Curator Alissa Schapiro lectures on photographer Ilse Bing, whose career was upended by the Holocaust, and her portrait by Nancy Lee Katz.
More about Ilse Bing: From Jewish Avant-Garde Photographer to Nancy Lee Katz’s Most Complicated Sitter (opens in a new tab)