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-4 PM
Thurs., 11 AM-4 PM
Pushcart Branch at the OFJCC
3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto
Wed., 8:30 AM-1 PM
Contact
415.567.3327
info@jewishcommunitylibrary.org
Our main branch is on a reduced summer schedule through August 8, open Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays 11-4, and Sundays 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.
Upcoming Events
Millennial Jewish Stars: Navigating Racial Antisemitism, Masculinity, and White Supremacy, with Jonathan BranfmanIn-Person
Hugging My Father’s Ghost, with Zack RogowIn-Person
A Mystical Journey into the Aleph-Bet, with Mira Z AmirasIn-Person
Liberty Street A Savannah Family, Its Golden Boy, and the Civil War, with Jason K. FriedmanIn-Person
Drop-In Book Discussion: One Hundred Saturdays by Michael Frank, Facilitated by Jim Van BuskirkIn-Person
From Moses to Moisesville: A Journey through the Jewish World, with Ariel GoldsteinIn-Person
Sabor Judío: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook, with Ilan Stavans and Margaret E. BoyleVirtual
Redeemed: A Memoir of a Stolen Childhood, with Penny LaneVirtual
Whistleblowers: Four Who Fought to Expose the Holocaust to America, with Rafael Medoff and Ruth LandyVirtual
Soviet-Born: The Afterlives of Migration in Jewish American Fiction, with Karolina KrasuskaVirtual
Translating Hebrew, Translating Israel with Jessica CohenVirtual
Between the Bridge and the Barricade: Jewish Translation in Early Modern Europe, with Iris Idelson-SheinVirtual
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
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