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Western Jewish History Center, Zionism in the San Francisco Bay Area records, approximately 1900-1991 (bulk 1950-1975).
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Western Jewish History Center, Zionism in the San Francisco Bay Area records, approximately 1900-1991 (bulk 1950-1975)Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Voorsanger, Jacob, 1852-1908Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 299.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1967.007.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
This collection, consisting of materials from various sources, documents the evolution of Zionist thought in the San Francisco
Bay Area. It includes correspondence; pamphlets; newspaper clippings and small publications; and photographs and posters.
In addition, the collection contains the proposed constitution and by-laws for the San Francisco District of the Zionist Organization
of America (1947); a description of Menachim Begin's 1948 visit to the United States that appeared in an issue of "Herut"
(Freedom); materials published by Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger; copies of correspondence of Congressman Julius Kahn; and a letter
from Morris Lowenthal to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Date:
1950 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caJews -- California
Jews -- Palestine
Zionism -- California -- San Francisco
Zionists -- California -- San Francisco
Juifs -- Californie
Jews
Travel
Zionism
Zionists
California
California -- San Francisco
Middle East -- Palestine
United States
Western Jewish History Center -- Archives
American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Zionist Organization of America. -- San Francisco District.
American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Western Jewish History Center.
Zionist Organization of America. -- San Francisco District.
Begin, Menachem -- 1913-1992 -- Travel -- United States
Kahn, Julius -- 1861-1924 -- Correspondence
Lowenthal, Morris -- 1911-1983 -- Correspondence
Begin, Menachem -- 1913-1992
Kahn, Julius -- 1861-1924
Lowenthal, Morris -- 1911-1983
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Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 299.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1967.007.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
The Western Jewish History Center (WJHC) was established in 1967 at the Judah L. Magnes Museum to collect, preserve, and provide
access to archival and oral history documentation about the Jewish community in the American West. The center was created
by Seymour Fromer under the direction of Moses Rischin, and from an early stage saw the involvement of a series of archivists
and local historians, including Ruth Kelson Rafael, Fred Rosenbaum, and Ava Kahn. The archival collections collected by the
Western Jewish History Center are now part of the Western Jewish Americana archives of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art
and Life at the Bancroft Library, and encompass the entire western United States beginning with the 1849 Gold Rush and continuing
to the present, with a specific focus on the Jewish experience in California and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Preferred citation: Western Jewish History Center, Zionism in the San Francisco Bay Area records, BANC MSS 2010/795, The Magnes
Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Materials in English.
Type:
Posters.Photographs.
Constitutions.
constitutions.
correspondence.
pamphlets.
photographs.
posters.
Archives.
Personal correspondence.
Constitutions.
Photographs.
Posters.
Constitutions.
Photographies.
Affiches.
Physical Description:
0.25 (1 1
Language:
English
Identifier:
2005576893
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.