Contemporary Jewish Museum

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736 Mission St (map)
415.655.7800
Directions: 736 Mission Street, between 3rd and 4th Streets.
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Daily 11 AM - 5 PM (Closed Wednesdays), Thursday 1 - 8 PM
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The Contemporary Jewish Museum is the newest addition to the Yerba Buena arts district, re-opening its new Daniel Libeskind-designed digs in 2008. While its hard not to focus on the geodesic glass cube that Libeskind seemingly lobbed into the side of the 1909 Jessie Street PG&E Power Substation, the museum's exhibits – that have examined Jewish culture and identity through such lenses as record covers and the art of Maurice Sendak – are fascinating in their own right and certainly not identity politics as usual.

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Artist Talk: Zadok Ben-David

Art: Discussion

Artist Talk: Zadok Ben-David

Today @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

Join internationally renowned Israeli artist Zadok Ben-David and Museum curator, Dara Solomon, as they discuss the on-going theme of nature that... 

Mah Jongg Open Play

Workshop/Class

Mah Jongg Open Play

Sunday 2/12 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

Come to the Museum on Valentine’s Day weekend to connect with Bay Area Mah Jongg enthusiasts of all levels for an... 

Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought

Art: Installation

Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought

Thursday 2/16 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

From the very first chapters of the Torah where one encounters them in the Garden of Eden, to the commandment Bal... 

Fred Rosenbaum on the Fabulous Fillmore, 1907-1955

Art: Lecture

Fred Rosenbaum on the Fabulous Fillmore, 1907-1955

Thursday 2/23 @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

  Fred Rosenbaum, founding director of Lehrhaus Judaica, and author of Cosmopolitans: A Social and Cultural History of the Jews of...