Contemporary Jewish Museum

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736 Mission (at Third St.) San Francisco, CA 94105

415-655-7800

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Hours: Sun-Tue, Fri-Sat 11am-5pm, Thu 1pm-8pm

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"Being Jewish: A Bay Area Portrait"

Daily

A mural of community photos and objects that reflect the flavor of Jewish life in the Bay Area.
“Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought”

Every Mon., Tue., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. from February 16 until September 9

The tree, as a motif, repeatedly appears in mythology and ancient tales, often representing a powerful aspect of nature. There’s Yggdrasil in Norse...
Drop-in Art Making

Every Sun.

Make art with your kids. Every Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m.
Let’s Go Salsa@Jessie with Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca

6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. June 7
"Let's Go Salsa@Jessie"

6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. May 10

Open air salsa dance party with live bands. Presented by the Yerba Buena Garden Festival.

Magical Death Match

By : Michael Leaverton | Wed, January 11, 2012

Of all the magicians telling stories at “Abracadabra! Stories about Magic with Porchlight,” one will be given a wide berth: James “the Amazing” Randi. An accomplished magician, in 1956 he beat Houdini’s time trapped in an underwater coffin by 13 m... More »
Get Into the Escape

By Heidi De Vries | Wed, December 21, 2011

Those of us of a certain age and musical inclination might remember the cover of Kate Bush's 1982 album The Dreaming. On it, the singer is dressed as Harry Houdini's wife and co-conspirator Bess, depicted in the act of passing her husband – throug... More »
Lost Girls

By Heidi De Vries | Wed, November 16, 2011

The books of the Torah are strewn with stories of women who don't have the easiest time of it, to put it mildly. There is Miriam, who despite her status as a prophetess was struck down with leprosy for questioning her brother Moses' leadership. O... More »
… Or Die Trying

By Michael Leaverton | Wed, October 26, 2011

We should all go out as well as William Ellsworth Robinson did: In 1918, the legendary American magician (with the stage name Chung Ling Soo -- these were racist times) ended the famed Bullet Catch trick by dying. He caught the bullet. You're not ... More »
Artifacts of Escape

By Jonathan Curiel | Wed, October 12, 2011

More than 80 years after his death, the escape artist who called himself Houdini still commands the popular imagination, with new books arriving this year (including The Last Greatest Musician in the World) and big-budget movies in the works (incl... More »
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