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-5:30 PM
Tues. 11 AM-5:30 PM
Thurs. 11 AM-5:30 PM
Pushcart Branch at the OFJCC
3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto
Wed. 8:30 AM-1 PM
Contact
415.567.3327
info@jewishcommunitylibrary.org
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.
The Library will be closed Sunday, April 20 for the final day of Passover. Alto
New Arrivals
Upcoming Events
Immigrant Jews on the Silent ScreenIn-Person
To register for this free in-person program co-presented by New Lehrhaus, click here. The Library is located at 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco, with free garage parking at 1227 Pierce Street between Ellis and Eddy. Howard Freedman will share a variety of short film clips that demonstrate how immigrant Jews were represented in films of […] ...
The Jewish South: An American History, with Shari RabinVirtual
Click here to register for this free virtual program. In 1669, the Carolina colony issued the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina, which offered freedom of worship to “Jews, heathens, and other dissenters,” ushering in an era that would see Jews settle in cities and towns throughout what would become the Confederate States. The Jewish South tells […] ...
Jewish Arts & Bookfest at the MagnesIn-Person
Join us at the first annual Jewish Arts & Bookfest at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life. To register or learn more, click here. The Magnes is located at 2121 Allston Way in Berkeley. It will be an extraordinary day, featuring keynote speaker Daniel Handler and a wide array of talks and workshops, […] ...
Drop-In Book Discussion: Goyhood by Reuven FentonIn-Person
Join us for an in-person discussion at the Jewish Community Library of one of this year’s One Bay One Book selections, 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 […] ...
A Different Picture of Jewish Civil Rights Leadership, with Marc DollingerIn-Person
To register for this free in-person program co-presented by New Lehrhaus, click here. The Library is located at 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco, with free garage parking at 1227 Pierce Street between Ellis and Eddy. Marc Dollinger will explore the famous image of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. marching, and […] ...
Goyhood: A Novel, with Reuven FentonVirtual
Click here to register for this free virtual event with the author of one of this year’s One Bay One Book selections. When Mayer (née Marty) Belkin fled small-town Georgia for Brooklyn nearly thirty years ago, he thought he’d left his wasted youth behind. Now he’s a Talmud scholar married into a great rabbinical family. […] ...
The Jewish King and Queen Lear: Immigration, Care for Elders, and the American Yiddish Stage, with Gabriella SafranIn-Person
Click here to register for this free in-person program co-presented by Workers Circle / Arbeter Ring of Northern California, the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco, and KlezCalifornia. The Library is located at 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco, with free garage parking at 1227 Pierce Street between Ellis and Eddy. The large wave of […] ...
Ain’t No Grave: A Novel, with Mary GlickmanVirtual
Click here to register for this free virtual event with the author of one of this year’s One Bay One Book selections. Nine-year-olds Max Sassaport and Ruby Johnson are best friends who can’t imagine a world where they aren’t together. Unfortunately, no one—not their families, nor anyone else in rural Georgia in 1906—wants to see […] ...
Musikah Mizrahit, with Eliyahu Sills, Rachel Valfer, and Faisal Zedan of the Qadim EnsembleIn-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. Eliyahu Sills, Rachel Valfer, and Faisal Zedan of the celebrated Qadim Ensemble will perform music of North Africa and the Middle East. Eliyahu […] ...
Yiddish Songs at an Exhibition: Musical Expression of the Paintings of Mayer Kirshenblatt, with Sharon BernsteinIn-Person
Click here to register for this free in-person program co-presented by Workers Circle / Arbeter Ring of Northern California, the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco, and KlezCalifornia. The Library is located at 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco, with free garage parking at 1227 Pierce Street between Ellis and Eddy. Sharon Bernstein will offer […] ...
Drop-In Book Discussion: Ain’t No Grave by Mary GlickmanIn-Person
Join us for an in-person discussion at the Jewish Community Library of one of this year’s One Bay One Book selections, 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 […] ...
Hester Street at 50: A Screening and DiscussionIn-Person
Click here to register for this free in-person program, co-presented by New Lehrhaus. The Library is located at 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco, with free garage parking at 1227 Pierce Street between Ellis and Eddy. Joan Micklin Silver’s 1975 black-and-white independent film Hester Street marked a turning point in the representation of the American […] ...
Shelly Sanders and Sasha Vasilyuk on The Night SparrowIn-Person
To register for this free in-person program, click here. The Library is located at 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco, with free garage parking at 1227 Pierce Street between Ellis and Eddy. Shelly Sanders’ The Night Sparrow (Harper) brings to light the untold stories of female snipers and interpreters in the Soviet Army during World War […] ...
Hidden in Plain Sight: A Family Memoir and the Untold Story of the Holocaust in Serbia, with Julie BrillVirtual
Click here to register for this free virtual program, co-presented by New Lehrhaus. “A standout among Holocaust memoirs…It shines a bright light on the children of survivors, providing an intimate view of the deep trauma inherited and internalized by them, and translated in this case into an extraordinary book.” -Jonathan D. Sarna, Brandeis University Hidden […] ...
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Main Branch
Location
1835 Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Hours
Sundays noon to 4 PM
Mondays 11 AM to 5:30 PM
Tuesdays 11 AM to 5:30 PM
Thursdays 11 AM to 5:30 PM
Phone
415-567-3327
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
Palo Alto Pushcart
Location
Oshman Family JCC
3921 Fabian Way
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Hours
Wednesdays 8:30 AM to 1 PM