Fromer co-founded the museum, which houses 11,000 Jewish artifacts, one of the largest collections in the United States, with his wife, Rebecca Fromer, in a Berkeley mansion in 1962.
[1] He worked as a school administrator in New Jersey, before moving to the Los Angeles area in the 1950s.
[1] Seymour (in partnership with his spouse Rebecca Camhi Fromer) dedicated his life to retrieving and preserving the art and artifacts of Jewish daily life, culture, and religion.
Among the numerous artists and artisans whose careers and projects he helped launch and whose crafts he helped preserve: Among the projects that Seymour and Rebecca created: Seymour Fromer died at his home in Berkeley, California, on October 25, 2009, at the age of 87.
[1] He was survived by his wife, Rebecca Camhi Fromer, their daughter, Mira Z. Amiras, and two grandchildren.