Harry Gray collection on the San Francisco Jewish Community Center's production of The Golem, 1936.

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Harry Gray collection on the San Francisco Jewish Community Center's production of The Golem, 1936.

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The collection contains materials relating to a dramatic presentation of the folktale of the Golem (retold by H. Leivik) by the Center Players of San Francisco's Jewish Community Center (with Harry Gray portraying the Golem). Materials include a program with an explanation by Rabbi Jacob J. Weinstein and director Ralph Freud of the production's attempt to present the emotional spirit of the Hasidic movement, together with photographs of the production taken by Walter S. Hertzmann.

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Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum, Rabbi Morris Goldstein Library

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Bancroft Library. Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.

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Leivick, H., 1888-1962

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San Francisco Jewish Community Center. Center Players

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Freud, Ralph, 1901-1973

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Freud was born in England in 1901; brought to the US as a child; attended Mercersburg Academy in PA and Detroit public schools; at 20 he became a member of the Bonstelle Stock Company of Detroit, and the next year toured as a general understudy for the Sothern and Marlowe Shakespeare Company; moved to CA in 1922 and became director at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, and in 8 years, played over 200 roles and directed more than 40 productions; became head of the San Francisco Federal Project in ...

Judah L. Magnes Museum

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Hertzmann, Walter S., 1909-1993

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Western Jewish History Center

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The Western Jewish History Center (WJHC), a research center based around a library and large archive, was founded in 1967. It is part of the Judah L. Magnes Museum, located in Berkeley, Calif. Its mission is to collect and preserve materials documenting the history of the Jewish community in the western United States. To that end, it has collected a large number of organizational records; personal papers and correspondence; audiotapes; and photographs, graphic art, and motion picture films. It h...

Gray, Harry J. (Harry Joshua), 1924-

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Professor of history at Solano Community College (in Fairfield, Calif.); authored several books, among them, "California Vignettes"; "California Parade"; "California Mosaic"; "North Bay Vignettes"; "Governors in Profile"; and "Women of California." From the description of Harry Gray papers, 1933-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83600818 Long a central character in Jewish folklore, The Golem is a creature created by magic to serve the creator's needs and desires. The Gole...

Weinstein, Jacob Joseph, 1902-

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