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The Art of Prophetic Justice: Bernard Zakheim in Depression-Era San Francisco
This course is no longer offered.
Bernard Zakheim (1896-1985), who was born and raised in Warsaw under Czarist Russia and lived in his old age on a commune near Sebastopol, California, was one of the most seminal Jewish artists of the 20th century. He vividly portrayed Hasidism, the Holocaust, Israel, and the American Civil Rights Movement in his watercolors and oils, murals and sculptures. This lecture, explicating a 12-panel photo exhibit, will focus on Zakheim's most productive period, the early 1930s, when he was at the center of the greatest public art controversy in San Francisco's history, the Coit Tower murals.
This lecture takes place at the opening reception for the exhibit Zakheim: The Art of Prophetic Justice on view at the Oshman Family JCC from January 9 to March 29. Reception begins at 7 pm, lecture begins at 7:30.
Schedule
# Sessions
1
Date & time
Thursday, February 16
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Location
Tuition
Free
| Session | Time | Days | Location | Instructors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16 | 7:00 PM–9:00 PM | Thu | OFJCC | Fred Rosenbaum |
Location
Instructors
Fred Rosenbaum
Fred Rosenbaum, founding director of Lehrhaus Judaica, has written four books on Bay Area Jewish history and three books on the Holocaust. He has taught numerous courses on the history of contemporary Israel at Lehrhaus and the University of San Francisco. He has been awarded the S.Y. Agnon Gold Medal for Intellectual Excellence by the Scopus Society of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Covenant Award for Exceptional Jewish Educators, as well as the Anne and Robert Cowan Writers’ Award for making an exceptional impact on the Bay Area by writing on Jewish themes.