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San Francisco Bay Area. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. "Churches and temples". Discovering San Francisco. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. "Congregation Sherith Israel records, 1851–2003". Bancroft Library Online Archive of California at UC Berkeley. "Sherith Israel records, 1851–2000". Judah L. Magnes Museum at UC ...
This is a list of Jewish communities in the North America, including yeshivas, Hebrew schools, Jewish day schools and synagogues. A yeshiva ( Hebrew : ישיבה) is a center for the study of Torah and the Talmud in Orthodox Judaism .
The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco is on California Street at Presidio Avenue in Presidio Heights. [44] The 1933 building was designed in the Mediterranean Revival Style with Art Deco details by Arthur Brown Jr. [ 45 ]
The Koret Foundation is a private foundation based in San Francisco, California.Its mission is to strengthen the Bay Area and support the Jewish community in the U.S. and Israel through grantmaking to organizations involved with education, arts and culture, the Jewish community, and the Bay Area community.
Hebrew Free Loan societies (such a society is also known as a Gemach) are based on the biblical injunction that Jews may not charge interest to other Jews in need, found in Exodus 22:25: "If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, do not act towards them as a creditor; exact no interest from them."
The St. Anthony Foundation is a nonprofit social service organization in San Francisco, California. They are best known for their operation of the St. Anthony Dining Room in the Tenderloin District. [1] [2] [3] It was founded in 1950 by Franciscan friar Alfred Boeddeker to serve free meals
Pages in category "Jewish charities based in the United States" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Tomchei Shabbos is the name for several Jewish charities in different communities, which are not all affiliated with one another. The Hebrew name means "supporters of the Sabbath." Thus, the charity's mission is to provide food and other supplies so that poor Jews can celebrate the Sabbath and the Jewish holidays.