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CSI Featured Prominently in CJM California Dreaming Exhibit, Opening Nov 17 The image of Sherith Israel's iconic Moses window is one of the highlights of the Contemporary Jewish Museum's California Dreaming exhibit. In addition, five historic documents unearthed from Sherith Israel's 1905 sanctuary cornerstone during seismic retrofit construction last August are on display for the first time. Unseen for 107 years, the items include a package of two 1854 newspapers, a turn-of-the-twentieth-century prayerbook, the program for the 1900 Golden Jubilee 50th anniversary celebration, a New Occident Jewish monthly with a history of Bay Area Jews, and a nine-page handwritten history of the congregation. “We are thrilled to share these treasures with visitors to the Contemporary Jewish Museum,” says Sherith Israel's Senior Rabbi Larry Raphael. "These documents reveal the rich history of San Francisco’s Jewish community and offer a greater understanding of the important role that earlier generations played in the communal life of San Francisco.” Read more about the exhibit in the J. Weekly. CJM Community Photo Wall The Bay Area Jewish community is invited to submit photos that illustrate what it means to be Jewish in all its diversity and complexity. Images submitted will be on display in the gallery as well as online through the museum's website and flickr page. You are invited to participate by uploading images to flickr.com/groups/californiadreaming. |
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