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Frances Dinkelspiel describes the establishment of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at The Bancroft Library, following the transfer of the holdings of the Judah L. Magnes Museum to the University of California, Berkeley, in the Fall 2010 edition of "Bancroftiana," Newsletter of the Friends of The Bancroft Library.

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Frances Dinkelspiel describes the establishment of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at The Bancroft Library, following the transfer of the holdings of the Judah L. Magnes Museum to the University of California, Berkeley, in the Fall 2010 edition of "Bancroftiana," Newsletter of the Friends of The Bancroft Library.

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The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life Comes To Bancroft - Bancroftiana (Fall 2010)

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