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Levi Strauss

Emil Knopf with a Sinai Memorial Chapel hat on at Sinai's Hanukkah outreach booth in San Francisco's Union Square, 2022. Sinai was one of many Jewish organizations Knopf donated his time to over the years. (Courtesy)
Posted inObituaries

Emil Knopf, Holocaust survivor, Levi Strauss executive, community volunteer dies at 91

by Dan Pine July 5, 2024July 8, 2024

Emil Knopf had a favorite expression, according to his niece Yola Kalinski. However vexing the circumstances may appear, he would invariably say, “It’s no big deal.” As a Jewish Holocaust […]

“The West Grew Up in Levi’s” billboard, 1955. (Photo/Levi Strauss & Co. Archives)
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Beyoncé’s ode to Levi’s Jeans is giving the brand a moment

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar April 10, 2024April 10, 2024
Daniel Lurie, who filed this week to run for mayor of San Francisco, was chair of the host committee for Super Bowl 50. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inNews

Daniel Lurie, S.F. Jewish philanthropist, files to run against Mayor London Breed

by J. Staff September 22, 2023November 8, 2024
Daniel Lurie (Photo/Courtesy)
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Could San Francisco elect (another) Jewish mayor?

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 27, 2023November 8, 2024
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
Gabriella Farber as Bella Cohen and Rita Petviashvili as Sarah Davis (Photo/Ivan Nikolaev)
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Teen musical ‘Jeans!’ tells the essential SF Jewish immigrant story

by Rob Gloster May 28, 2018May 29, 2018

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