Bride Lia Weiss welcomes more people to join the wedding party in dance during a Henna party, which explores and celebrates Middle Eastern Jewish wedding traditions, at the Magnes museum in Berkeley on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Magnes collection of Western Jewish Americana obituaries and biographies
The collection consists of photocopies of obituaries and biographies for that appeared mainly in Western US Jewish newspapers and newsletters between the early 1970s and the late 2000s. The collection was compiled by long-time Magnes volunteer Mary Hoexter.
Carton 1: Obituaries for San Francisco, A-Z; obituaries for outside San Francisco, A-Gu. Box 1: Obituaries for outside San Francisco, Ha-Ru. Box 2: Obituaries for outside San Francisco, Sa-Z; Biographies, A-Z
Author/Creator
Judah L. Magnes Museum. Western Jewish History Center
Size1 carton and 2 boxes (1.8 linear feet)
Collection #BANC MSS 2010.740
Publication DateNovember 15, 1970
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