Click here to register for this free virtual program, co-presented by the Workers Circle / Arbeter Ring of Northern California. Jewish Americans have long known how the 1924 Johnson-Reed Immigration Act prevented many of their ancestors from escaping death during the Holocaust. Less well-known and understood in the Jewish community is the role this Act […] ...

Click here to register for this free virtual program, co-presented by New Lehrhaus. Carole King’s extraordinary career has defined American popular music for more than half a century. Born in New York City in 1942, she shaped the soundtrack of 1960s teen culture with such songs as “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” one of many […] ...

Click here to register for this free online program, co-presented by New Lehrhaus. Michael Hoberman examines how the Jewish experiences of the American Revolution, slaveholding in the early republic and antebellum period, and westward migration have been imagined, commemorated, and frequently mythologized. Focusing on how historical relationships between Jews and Native Americans and Jews and […] ...

To register for this free in-person program, click here. The Library is located at 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco, with free garage parking at 1227 Pierce Street between Ellis and Eddy.   In this groundbreaking literary biography, Steven J. Zipperstein captures the complex life and astonishing work of Philip Roth (1933–2018), one of America’s most celebrated […] ...