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 be closed  Sunday, May 24 and Monday, May 25 for Memorial Day Weekend.

    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

    Menachem Kipnis : by Kipnis, Menahem
    Hinenu : by Shlachter, David
    Nadezhda In the Dark : by Moskovich, Yelena
    The Jew Who Would Be King : by Rovner, Adam
    When Caesar Was King : by Margolick, David
    Yehoash's Muse : by Mazower, David
    Ashkenazi Herbalism : by Cohen, Deatra
    Hyphen : by Sapolsky, Fabrice and Voloj, Julian
    The Intermediaries : by Schillace, Brandy
    Fragments of A Future Scroll : by Schachter-Shalomi, Reb Zalman
    Hester Street / by Wagner, Julia
    The Lost Masterpiece / by Shapiro, Barbara A
    Motherland : by Ioffe, Julia
    Out of the Sky : by Friedman, Matti
    Fashion City : by Bide, Bethan
    Night Night Fawn : by Rosenberg, Jordy
    Re-VIsioning Zionism : by Lurie, Brian
    Ten Clear Days / by Rubin, Eric Beck
    The Right Blessing : by Olitzky, Kerry
    Cheesecake : by Kurlansky, Mark
    Everybody's Book : by Strauss, Linda Leopold
    The Last Woman of Warsaw : by Batalion, Judith
    October 7th: by Schimmel, Chen G
    Mordecai M. Kaplan : by Weissman Joselit, Jenna
    Israeli Documentary Poetry : by Rosen, Ilana
    When We See You Again / by Goldberg-Polin, Rachel
    When We're Born We Forget Everything: by Rabins, Alicia Jo
    Hanah's Sheep and Cattle : by Gorshman, Shire
    Everybody's Hero / by Sinclair, Alex J
    Livonia Chow Mein : by Savitch-Lew, Abigail
    In A Yellow Wood : by Ozick, Cynthia
    The Winding Road : by Feygenberg, Rakhel
    The Secret War Against Hate : by Ross, Steven J
    The Woman Who Wrote the Bible : by Scliar, Moacyr
    The Un-Chosen Body : by Szobel, Ilana
    Porcupines : by Fabriczki, Fran
    Transcription : by Lerner, Ben
    Fagin the Thief : by Epstein, Allison
    Israel : by Bartov, Omer
    Ritchie Boy Secrets : by Eddy, Beverley Driver

    Upcoming Events

    Jewish Things: The Lives of Jewish Objects, with Rachel B. GrossIn-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.   Schedule: 5:30 Reception and Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Jewish Community Library 6:00 Program with Professor Rachel B. Gross What kinds of objects […]
    Tue, May 26
    6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
    Jewish Community Library
    1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
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    The Wanderers: A Story of Exile, Survival, and Unexpected Love in the Shadow of World War II, with Daniela GersonVirtual

    Please register for this free online program, co-presented by the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society. Daniela Gerson and her wife, Talia Inlender, met at a picnic in Los Angeles, not knowing that 75 years earlier, their grandparents had left homes only blocks away from each other in a small Polish town, and fled […]
    Tue, Jun 02
    6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Virtual via Zoom
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    Drop-In Book Discussion: Fagin the Thief, by Allison EpsteinIn-Person

    Join us for an in-person discussion at the Jewish Community Library of this year’s One Bay One Book selection, facilitated by Jim Van Buskirk. The Library is located at 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco, with free garage parking on Pierce between Ellis and Eddy.  To register, click here. You may borrow a copy of […]
    Sun, Jun 07
    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Jewish Community Library
    1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
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    The Plot Against Harry: A Screening and DiscussionIn-Person

    Click here to register for 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.   Harry Plotnick, the unlikely protagonist of this unusual cult film that sat on the shelf for two decades after its completion, is a […]
    Tue, Jun 23
    6:30 pm - 8:15 pm
    Jewish Community Library
    1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
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    Who Is American? Belonging and the Question of Jewish Citizenship, with Lila Corwin BermanVirtual

    Please register for this free online program. The history of Jews in the United States is often told as if they immigrated, gained citizenship, and almost immediately achieved full legal rights. Yet this story fundamentally misses how citizenship rights worked for Jews and countless others who arrived on American shores. In Who Is American? Lila […]
    Tue, Jun 30
    6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Virtual via Zoom
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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