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Ida Frank papers, 1953-1990.
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Ida Frank papers, 1953-1990Creator/Contributor:
Frank, Ida, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1995.006.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
This collection reflects Ida Frank's interest in the history and activities of the East Bay's Jewish community. It contains
correspondence; newspaper and magazine clippings; photographs; documentation of the activities of local rabbis in Selma, Alabama;
materials about Frank's work with B'nai B'rith's men and women's organizations and UC Berkeley Hillel; and items relating
to her interests in Vera Greenfeld and the California Alliance of Jewish Women. It also has a copy of a publication celebrating
the 100th anniversary of Oakland's Temple Sinai; a photographic portrait of Ben Frankel, who served as the rabbi for the Jewish
students at the University of Illinois in 1924; and a copy of the September 1966 issue of The Atlantic magazine that contains
an article, "The Decline of Freedom at Berkeley," written by Lewis S. Feuer.
Date:
1953 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caFrank, Ida -- Archives
Greenfeld, Vera -- 1877-1982
Berkeley Hillel (University of California, Berkeley)
Jewish women authors
Jewish women -- California -- Berkeley
Jews -- California
Rabbis -- California
Note:
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1995.006.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Ida Frank papers, BANC MSS 2010/844, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Ida Frank (b. 1915 - d. 1998) was active in Berkeley's Jewish community. She started the library at Berkeley's Congregation
Beth El; assisted the first United Synagogue Youth chapter at Oakland's Temple Beth Abraham; and was a member of Berkeley's
Congregation Netivot Shalom. She also worked to get a bus line going from Berkeley to Merritt College in Oakland and helped
runaways in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. In addition, she wrote Vera Greenfield: A Journey from Gdyach to
Berkeley (1988), a biography of the Ukrainian immigrant who founded the California Alliance of Jewish Women, an organization
which, in turn, played an important role in creating Berkeley Hillel and Through their Eyes: Memories of Berkeley Hillel (1996).
The Judah L. Magnes Museum published both of these books.
Materials in English.
Type:
Photographs.personal correspondence.
Physical Description:
print
0.8 (2
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.