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Contemporary Jewish Museum

The S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund is making changes to its board.
Posted inBay Area

Federation issues $2.4 million in second wave of emergency grants

by Dan Pine May 8, 2020May 12, 2020
Screenshot of the Contemporary Jewish Museum's virtual tour of its exhibit “Levi Strauss: A History of American Style.”
Posted inArt & About

Art, concerts and museums during a pandemic: What is ‘local’?

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 27, 2020March 30, 2020
Lori Starr will step down as executive director of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco at the end of the year. (GARY SEXTON PHOTOGRAPHY)
Posted inCulture

Lori Starr to step down as CJM head: ‘Change is healthy’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 12, 2020March 12, 2020
Rabbi Dev Noily (center) with members of Jews on Ohlone Land in front of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco on Feb. 12. (David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish activists for indigenous rights take issue with CJM’s Levi Strauss exhibit 

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 18, 2020February 19, 2020
Levi Strauss bib overalls, ca. 1900 — currently on display at Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. (Levi Strauss & Co. Archives)
Posted inCulture

Colorful exhibit shows how Levi’s jeans became an American icon

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller February 7, 2020February 10, 2020
Dorothy Saxe is a mainstay of Jewish philanthropy in the Bay Area with a passion for art. (Photo/Norm Levin)
Posted inTrailblazers

Dorothy Saxe: a masterpiece of generosity and understanding

by Liz Harris September 6, 2019September 5, 2019
Annabeth Rosen's art on display at the Houston Contemporary Arts Museum in 2017 (Photo/Gary Zvonkovic)
Posted inCulture

The whimsical, profound ceramic art of Annabeth Rosen comes to CJM

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller July 19, 2019July 25, 2019
Adam Sandler and Jennifer Anniston star in the new Netflix comedy "Murder Mystery."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Adam Sandler back on Netflix; CJM pops up in romcom; etc.

by Nate Bloom June 13, 2019
Three works by Amy Trachtenberg, whose work will be shown at Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco beginning June 14 (Photo/Laura Paull)
Posted inCulture

Summer has landed in the Bay Area, bringing new art with it

Laura Pall by Laura Paull June 12, 2019June 12, 2019
Jeremy Corbyn leads the British Labour Party. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images-Thierry Monasse)
Posted inLetters

Is ‘heil Hitler’ free speech?; ‘evil’ CJM protest; Corbyn’s anti-Semitism

by J. Readers March 8, 2019March 8, 2019

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