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Dolores & Church St (btwn 18th & 20th St), San Francisco, CA
Park · Mission Dolores · 505 tips and reviews
Contemporary Jewish Museum: This picturesque park used to be a Jewish cemetery, owned by Congregation Sherith Israel and Congregation Emanu-El. It became inactive in 1894 when it was moved to San Mateo County.
429 Castro St (btwn 18th & Market), San Francisco, CA
Indie Movie Theater · Castro · 118 tips and reviews
Contemporary Jewish Museum: The Castro Theatre is home base to the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, the first of its kind in the country (started 1988) and the largest of its kind in the world.
1600 Divisadero St (Post Street), San Francisco, CA
Hospital · Lower Pacific Heights · 3 tips and reviews
Contemporary Jewish Museum: The hospital was founded by SF's German-Jewish elite in 1887, but unlike Jewish hospitals in other cities, it was designed to serve the entire community.
600 Montgomery St (at Washington St), San Francisco, CA
Structure · Financial District · 28 tips and reviews
Contemporary Jewish Museum: In 1849, the very first Rosh Hashana service in San Francisco was held in a storefront near the Pyramid with 30 people. 10 days later for Yom Kippur, the number of attendees had doubled.
Contemporary Jewish Museum: One of the first two synagogues in SF, it was founded by Eastern European Jews in 1851, and houses a stained glass window featuring Moses carrying the 10 commandments down from Half Dome in Yosemite.