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Seymour Fromer dies at 87; founder of Jewish museums

Source: L.A. Times - Europe

Nov 08, 2009

Summary

At the Judah L. Magnes Museum in Berkeley, he displayed thousands of items reflecting the daily lives of Jews around the world. Another museum highlights the Jewish pioneers of the American West.

Seymour Fromer, who built one of the country's largest collections of Judaica with little money but enormous drive to preserve the history of Jews, especially those who helped settle the American West, has died. He was 87.