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A member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Congregation Beth Sholom is a hub of the Bay Area Jewish community. Beth Shalom built a synagogue on Fourteenth Avenue and Clement Street in 1934 after initially meeting in a church on Fourth Avenue near Geary.
"Jewish Community". Encyclopedia of San Francisco. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Museum and Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 6, 2016. Eskenazi, Joe (February 25, 2005). "On shaky ground: Sherith Israel needs $20 million to retrofit – or will close doors". j. Vol. 109, no. 8. SF, CA: SF Jewish Community Publications ...
In 1944, the National Community Relations Advisory Council (later renamed the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) was formed as an umbrella organization of 14 local JCRCs, the ADL, the two AJCs, and the Jewish Labor Committee, in the United States. [10] [12] In 2000, the JCPA counted among its membership 120 JCRCs. [11]
In 1946, following a merger, it changed its name to the Jewish Community Bulletin, [10] [11] [12] in 1979 it was renamed the San Francisco Jewish Bulletin, [13] [14] in 1984 it was renamed the Northern California Jewish Bulletin, in 2003 it was renamed j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California, [4] [15] [16] and in 2017 it was renamed J ...
In 1869, he emigrated to the United States, where he served as rabbi of New York City's (then) Orthodox Congregation Shaare Zedek. He moved from New York to San Francisco in 1874 to take the position of rabbi at Beth Israel. [12] Streisand was succeeded by Aron J. Messing in 1877 or 1878, [a] and died in San Francisco in January 1879. [12]
The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival has slated two world premieres and one international premiere for its 2024 edition, which runs July 18-Aug. 4. This year’s full lineup, which will be ...
During the Gold Rush in 1849, a small group of Jews held the first High Holy Days services in a tent in San Francisco; it was the first Jewish service on the West Coast of the United States. [2] This group of traders and merchants founded Congregation Emanu-El sometime in 1850, and its charter was issued in April, 1851.
The Kitchen is a non-denominational Jewish congregation located in San Francisco, California, in the United States.. The congregation was founded by Rabbi Noa Kushner in 2011 following her work at Congregation Rodef Sholom, as part of an effort "to create something that filled a gap, that met needs that weren’t being met."