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
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
Upcoming Events
UNVEILED: New Works for Klezmer Clarinet, with Nat SeelenIn-Person
Please register to attend this free musical program, co-presented by KlezCalifornia. The Library is located at 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco, with free garage parking at 1227 Pierce Street between Ellis and Eddy. Join Nat Seelen, artistic director of the Boston Festival of New Jewish Music and clarinetist with Ezekiel’s Wheels Klezmer Band, for […]
Yetzirah Jewish Poetry Open MicIn-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. Refreshments will be served. Yetzirah is a national nonprofit literary organization dedicated to supporting Jewish poets, nourishing writers and readers of Jewish poetry now and for […]
Fagin the Thief, with Allison EpsteinVirtual
Please register for this free online program, in conjunction with the Library’s One Bay One Book program. In her novel reexamining Charles Dickens’s hateful portrayal of Fagin in Oliver Twist, Allison Epstein fashions a compassionate Jewish origin story for the notorious pickpocket. The novel reveals the world of those struggling at the lowest rung of Victorian […]
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 […]
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. 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 east to Ukraine. The Gersons and the Inlenders would go […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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
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