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Added to NRHP. March 31, 2010. [1] Congregation Sherith Israel ( transliterated from Hebrew as "loyal remnant of Israel ") is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in San Francisco, California, in the United States. Founded in 1851 during California’s Gold Rush period, it is one of the oldest synagogues in the United States.
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. This group of traders and merchants founded Congregation Emanu-El sometime in 1850, and its charter was issued in April, 1851.
Website. www .fidf .org. Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) (in Hebrew: ארגון ידידי צה״ל בארה״ב) is an organization established in 1981 dedicated to the men and women serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), wounded veterans, and the families of fallen soldiers. Headquartered in New York City, Friends of the ...
19th-century. The small Mexican settlement of Yerba Buena was renamed San Francisco in 1847 and quickly became the most important city in the American West. The discovery of gold in California in 1848 brought many people to San Francisco, including Jews. One of the first Jewish synagogues to be formed was the Congregation Sherith Israel, in ...
Aby Rosen. Stephen M. Ross. Michael Shvo. Bob Stark. Ben Ashkenazy (1968/69–), Israeli-American developer, founder of the Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation [1] Sol Atlas (1907–1973), Long Island real estate developer responsible for the Miracle Mile [2] Gary Barnett (1956–), founder of the Extell Development Company (known for One57 a.k.a.
The Holocaust Library and Research Center of San Francisco, opened in 1979. A lasting memorial in San Francisco: "Holocaust," which was dedicated in Lincoln Park in November 1984, was created by the sculptor George Segal. The Holocaust Center of Northern California is in collaboration with the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service.
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 ...
History. Congregation Beth Israel had consecrated a portion of City Cemetery in San Francisco as Sholom or Salem Cemetery on December 2, 1877.: 77 City Cemetery was mainly used to bury immigrants and the indigent, with the vast majority of those interred being Chinese immigrants to California; the site is now occupied by the golf course in Lincoln Park and the Legion of Honor museum.