Videos of Seymour Fromer
A selection of video interviews with Seymour Fromer (1922-2009), co-founder of the
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Image resources from The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.
linoit – online stickies
The Magnes shares its work in progress via lino's online "stikies" and canvases.
The Elkind Family in the San Francisco Fillmore District (1930s)
Prepared by Risa Elkind Nye from family documents.
Bassya and Philip Bibel papers, 1813-1969
Bassya (Maltzer) Bibel was a poet, author, secretary, and an actress. She came to San Francisco in 1921 from Kapaegorod, Bessarabia.
Christmas Parties at 2007 Franklin Street (1954-1971): American-Jewish Family Life in the Haas-Lilienthal House of San Francisco
Elizabeth Lilienthal Gerstley's Christmas Parties album contains 201 photographs taken inside the Haas Lilient
Making Things Happen: The American Premiere of Darius Milhaud's Opera "David" (1956)
On February 22, 1956, the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California, was filled by a crowd of opera-goers, rushing to attend
Far From Where? Jews and China in Modern Times
Jewish roots in China can be traced from the 9th century when Jewish merchants thought to be from Persia reached China by wa