But this summer it is celebrating a recent expansion with a festive show, "Precious Possessions: Treasures From the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary," which puts 90 or so of its most charismatic objects on view.
He was clever, canny and at times charismatic, his political views based on the conviction that he was always right.
Moving to Berkeley in 1964 at the height of the Free Speech Movement and campus unrest, Alice Waters was drawn into a bohemian circle of charismatic figures whose views on design, politics, film, and food would ultimately inform the unique culture on which Chez Panisse was founded.
The oldest, Jonathan, was the more handsome and charismatic and was viewed as a natural-born leader destined for politics.
Socialized relationships, on the other hand, are established by followers with a clear set of values who view the charismatic leader as a means to achieve collective action.
Mr. Jobs's public return will reassure many Apple fans and shareholders, who view the charismatic co-founder of the company as crucial to Apple's success.
Authorities, though, take a dim view of charismatic sects, especially those with any overseas connections; Falun Gong, for instance, a spiritual movement with roots in Buddhism and Taoism and whose leader lives in the U.S., was banned as an evil cult in 1999.
"He was viewed as charismatic, tough, courageous and brave," recalled Petrit Selimi, Kosovo's deputy foreign minister.
Navalny is a tall, charismatic lawyer with nationalist views and a popular blog: plenty of reasons for the authorities to shut him up. 4 Bill Browder Browder's lobbying campaign following the murder of his lawyer Sergei Magnitsky has been extraordinarily successful, with the US and others banning the officials involved.
Though relatively few have adopted outright charismatic and third wave views and remained in the body, apparently the spiritual waves have begun to erode that rational rock".
