The Judah L. Magnes Museum is tucked away on Russell Street, its stately brick mansion barely visible from the road. Yet the 50-year old museum has the third largest collection of Judaica and fine art in the country and is internationally recognized as an outstanding museum.

Take the Magnes, multiply it many times over, and you have a description of Jews in Berkeley: they are everywhere, are doing amazing things, but their deeds and accomplishments are often hidden.

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