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Oakland-Piedmont Jewish Community Center records
BANC MSS 2010/878
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Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Oakland-Piedmont Jewish Community Center records
Creator:
Oakland-Piedmont Jewish Community Center
Creator:
Jewish Community
Center of the East Bay
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2010/878
Physical Description:
22.5 linear feet
(18 cartons)
Date (inclusive): 1957-1994
Date (bulk): 1980-1994
Abstract: The Oakland-Piedmont Jewish Community
Center served the East Bay community from 1958-1994. This collection consists of the
administrative files of the organization and it's various departments. The materials are
arranged in alphabetical order.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections
are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on
the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English .
Collection is open for research.
No future additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Oakland-Piedmont Jewish Community Center records were transferred to The Bancroft
Library from the Judah L. Magnes Museum in 2010.
Existence and Location of Copies
There are no alternative forms of this collection.
The Oakland-Piedmont Jewish Community Center was established in 1958 and provided essential
services to the East Bay Jewish community until it was forced to close in 1994 due to
financial issues. OPJCC provided the East Bay with Jewish daycare and children's camps,
basketball courts, swimming pools, a gym, and other community programs for youth, adults,
and seniors. Outside of programs at the Center, OPJCC was involved with helping Russian
Jewish refugees get settled in the Bay Area in the 1980s. In 2003, Oakland-Piedmont Jewish
Community Center and Berkeley-Richmond Jewish Community Center combined to become the Jewish
Community Center of the East Bay.
[Identification of item], Oakland-Piedmont Jewish Community Center records, BANC MSS
2010/878,The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
Processed by Presley Hubschmitt in 2023 with funding from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert
Foundation.
Arranged to the folder level.
Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay records, 1881-1999, BANC MSS 2010/739, The Magnes
Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
This collection consists of administrative documents and correspondence relating to the
operation of the Oakland-Piedmont Jewish Community Center. This includes Early Childhood
Services department programming, daycare operations, staff communications, and mailings to
parents; adult services and programming; youth services and programming; building and pool
activities and maintenance; New Americans and other immigration services; services and
programming for seniors; Board of Directors meeting minutes, agendas, supplemental
materials, and correspondence; communications with the Jewish Welfare Federation of the East
Bay; budgetary materials; and various OPJCC committee meeting minutes, agendas, and
correspondence.
Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17,
U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of
University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of
the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited
without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with
the user. For additional information about the University of California, Berkeley Library's
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Jews--California--Oakland
Jews--California--East Bay
Jews--California--Oakland--Charities
Jewish community centers--California--East Bay
Jews -- California --
Oakland -- Social life and customs
Jewish day schools.
Jewish refugees--Europe
Jewish religious
education
Administrative records
Jewish Federation of the East Bay
(Calif.)