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

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

Good Grief : by Confino, Sara Goodman
Conversations With My Rabbi : by Goldstein, Nikki
To Life : by Greenberg, Joel
The Jewish Policeman : by Dunsky, Jonathan
Jews In the Soviet Union :
Haman : by Silverstein, Adam J
The Way It Haunted Him / by Samotin, Laura R
Jewish Firebugs : by Marx, Jeffrey A
Ransom : by Silva, Daniel
Bethlehem Road : by Lev, Judy
It Could Lead to Dancing : by Gollance, Sonia
The Second Journey / by Bigman, Joel
The End of Romance / by Meyer, Lily
Golem Crafters / by Cohen, Emi Watanabe
The Princeton Companion to Jewish Studies /
Recipes for the Melting Pot : by Rubel, Nora L
How the West Became Antisemitic : by Marcus, IVan G
The Rooster Princess and Other Tales :
Animals Are Shouting Down From the Sky : by Greinetz, Genevieve
Where Was I From? : by Sinton, John Walter
Analog Poet Blues / by Johnson, Yeva
A Flame Burns On : by Ho, Richard
Some Kind of Hate / by Littman, Sarah
Meant to Be and Other Stories / by Gorshman, Shire
Tarantula / by Halfon, Eduardo
Lives In Common : by Klein, Menachem
Montage : by Fogel, Devorah
Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters : by Nayberg, Yevgenia
Offseason : by Sharp, Avigayl
My First Trip to Coney Island and Other Stories / by Cohen, Mindl
We Are Black Jews : by Malkai, Roni
Women On the Yiddish Stage /
Caravan of Hope : by Abraham-Klein, Dahlia
Paper Tombs : by Rich, Jennifer Eve
The Last Time We Saw Her : by Goldis, Jaclyn
Postcards to Hitler : by Neuburger, Bruce
The Kama Sutra for Senior Citizens : by Rogow, Zack
When the Stones Speak : by Spielman, Doron
Fifty-Seven Fridays : by Sack, Myra

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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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

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

Palo Alto Pushcart

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

Hours
Wednesdays 8:30 AM to 1 PM