Articles:

An Inside Look at the Creative Process. by Mel Wacks
The longest continuing series of commemoratives continues the Renaissance tradition of medallic portraits.

Chronology
Illustrated chronology of the Jewish-American Hall of Fame.

The Making of a Medal
See all of the steps necessary to produce the medal honoring Leopold Karpeles --beginning with the original suggestion and preliminary sketches.

The Creation of a Jewish Museum
Here is the story of the early years of the Magnes Museum (Oakland & Berkeley, California) written eloquently by co-founder Rebecca Camhi Fromer who, with her husband Seymour Fromer and a handful of very dedicated people -- starting in a loft above a movie theater -- created the "Jewish Museum of the West." For over 30 years, beginning in 1969, the Magnes Museum was home to the Jewish-American Hall of Fame, the sponsor of this web site.