The Library’s events are free of charge and open to all. Some are presented via Zoom, and some in person. Click on an event below for registration information. Events are also listed on the Library’s Facebook page and in our printed brochure.
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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 […]
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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