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Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

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Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life is located in California

The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the Bancroft Library, formerly known as the Judah L. Magnes Museum from 1961 until its reopening in 2012, is a museum of Jewish history, art, and culture in Berkeley, California. The museum, which was founded in 1961 by Seymour and Rebecca Fromer,[1] is named for Jewish activist Rabbi Judah L. Magnes, a native of Oakland and co-founded the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life houses more than 15,000 Jewish artifacts and manuscripts, which is the third largest collection of its kind in the United States.[5]

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