Seymour Fromer (1922-2009)

Seymour Fromer (1922-2009)

Seymour Fromer, internationally known Jewish educator and founder of the Judah L. Magnes Museum, was born on October 3, 1922 and raised in the Bronx, New York. Fromer graduated from Stuyvesant High School, earned a B.A. from Brooklyn College, and did graduate work at...
Rebecca Camhi Fromer (1927-2012)

Rebecca Camhi Fromer (1927-2012)

Poet, playwright, and historian Rebecca Camhi Fromer co-founded the Judah L. Magnes Museum with her husband, Seymour Fromer. Starting with a few objects and a display case the Magnes grew to become the country’s third-largest Jewish museum with objects ranging from...