The Western Jewish History Center of the Judah L. Magnes Museum in Berkeley, California, established in 1967, contains a library and a large collection of archival material that documents and preserves the history and experiences of the Jewish community of the Western United States from the start of the California Gold Rush to the present. Although it has collected material relating to most of the thirteen western U.S., it has come to focus on the San Francisco Bay Area.
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