JEWISH COMMUNITY LIBRARY

    My pen is my harp and my lyre;
    My library is my garden and my orchard.

    –Yehuda Halevi, c. 1075–1141

    Hours

    Main Branch
    1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco
    Sun. noon-4 PM
    Mon. 11 AM-5 PM
    Tues. 11 AM-5 PM
    Thurs. 11 AM-5 PM

    Pushcart Branch at the OFJCC
    3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto
    Wed. 8:30 AM-1 PM

    Contact

    415.567.3327
    info@jewishcommunitylibrary.org
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    The Library will have reduced summer hours through August 7: Sunday 12-4; Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 12-4.

    For more than seventy years, the Jewish Community Library has offered the Bay Area a place to discover and engage with the riches of Jewish thought, culture, and history.

    New Arrivals

    Effingers / by Tergit, Gabriele
    When the Stones Speak : by Spielman, Doron
    Reviving the Artist Who Fought Hitler : by Ungar, Irvin
    The Fire Agent : by Baerwald, David
    The Disordered Cosmos : by Prescod-Weinstein, Chanda
    The Princeton Companion to Jewish Studies /
    This Ain't Rock 'N' Roll : by Rachel, Daniel
    Don't Feed the Lion / by Golodryga, Bianna
    The Second Journey / by Bigman, Joel
    Montage : by Fogel, Devorah
    The Way It Haunted Him / by Samotin, Laura R
    Recipes for the Melting Pot : by Rubel, Nora L
    Portrait of An Unknown Woman / by Peretti, Camille De
    Chutzpah : by Fletcher, Yehudis
    Brooklyn Odyssey : by Newfield, Zalman
    Golem Crafters / by Cohen, Emi Watanabe
    My First Trip to Coney Island and Other Stories / by Cohen, Mindl
    Who Is American? : by Berman, Lila Corwin
    Jonah / by Stein, Tammar
    The Riddle of the Trees /
    Paper Tombs : by Rich, Jennifer Eve
    Animals Are Shouting Down From the Sky : by Greinetz, Genevieve
    Jewish Firebugs : by Marx, Jeffrey A
    Where Was I From? : by Sinton, John Walter
    The End of Romance / by Meyer, Lily
    Goodbye, Tahrir Square : by Zarmati, Elio
    Jews In the Soviet Union :
    Delivering Knowledge : by Katz, Jordan R
    Some Kind of Hate / by Littman, Sarah
    I Am A Georgia Girl : by Hite, Ann
    It Could Lead to Dancing : by Gollance, Sonia
    The Rooster Princess and Other Tales :
    Rogues Gallery / by Schechter, Joel
    We Are Black Jews : by Malkai, Roni
    Judaism Mediated : by Yares, Laura
    The Last Time We Saw Her : by Goldis, Jaclyn
    The Book of Elsie / by Levy, Joanne
    Linked / by Korman, Gordon
    At Last : by Silver, Marisa

    Upcoming Events

    Behind Ancient Bars: Narratives of Incarceration in the Hebrew Bible, with Hadar AviramIn-Person

    Please register to attend this free in-person program. The Library is located at 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco, with free garage parking at 1227 Pierce Street between Ellis and Eddy.   In Behind Ancient Bars, law professor and rabbinical student Hadar Aviram challenges the conventional assumption that incarceration is an artifact of modernity by looking back […]
    Thu, Sep 03
    6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Jewish Community Library
    1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
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    The Empty Envelope: Family Secrets and a Grandfather’s Legacy, with Rhona S. Weinstein and Harvey M. WeinsteinVirtual

    Please register for this free online program. In 1921 Vienna, Eisig Lubetzky—a gifted Jewish writer, critic, and former child prodigy—died by suicide, leaving behind a wife, three children, and a silence so profound it shaped generations. Nearly a century later, his psychologist granddaughter and her psychiatrist husband set out to uncover the truth of who […]
    Wed, Sep 09
    6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Virtual via Zoom
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    Reviving the Artist Who Fought Hitler: My Life with Arthur Szyk, with Irvin UngarIn-Person

    Please register to attend this free in-person program. The Library is located at 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco, with free garage parking at 1227 Pierce Street between Ellis and Eddy.   During World War II, the Polish-Jewish immigrant Arthur Szyk became America’s leading anti-Nazi artist. His art was so effective that Adolf Hitler reportedly put a […]
    Sun, Oct 11
    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Jewish Community Library
    1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
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    Main Branch

    Location
    1835 Ellis Street
    San Francisco, CA 94115

    Hours
    Sundays noon to 4 PM
    Mondays 11 AM to 5 PM
    Tuesdays 11 AM to 5 PM
    Thursdays 11 AM to 5 PM

    Phone
    415-567-3327

    Email
    info@jewishcommunitylibrary.org

    Palo Alto Pushcart

    Location
    Oshman Family JCC
    3921 Fabian Way
    Palo Alto, CA 94303

    Hours
    Wednesdays 8:30 AM to 1 PM

    Main Branch

    Location
    1835 Ellis Street
    San Francisco, CA 94115

    Hours
    Sundays noon to 4 PM
    Mondays 11 AM to 4 PM
    Thursdays 11 AM to 4 PM

    Phone
    415-567-3327

    Email
    info@jewishcommunitylibrary.org

    Palo Alto Pushcart

    Location
    Oshman Family JCC
    3921 Fabian Way
    Palo Alto, CA 94303

    Hours
    Wednesdays 8:30 AM to 1 PM