Congregation Sherith Israel

Sabra Grill is a glatt kosher restaurant in San Francisco, offering Israeli and Mediterranean cuisine since 1996. Takeout is also available.

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Congregation Sherith Israel is a historic Reform Jewish congregation founded during the Gold Rush in 1851. One of the oldest synagogues in the U.S., Sherith Israel is known for its innovative worship and community engagement. Its majestic sanctuary, completed in 1905, is an architectural landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the building itself housed the city's courts after the 1906 earthquake and fire, playing a key role in post-disaster San Francisco. The congregation's magnificent domed sanctuary, built in 1905, is a significant architectural achievement and a San Francisco landmark, featuring elaborate Byzantine-style frescoes, opalescent stained glass, and a historic Murray Harris organ. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

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Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco is significant as the oldest Jewish congregation west of the Mississippi River, established in 1850, and a prominent center of Reform Judaism. Its first synagogue was a 19th-century landmark with onion-domed towers, and the current Arthur Brown Jr.-designed building was completed in 1926, continuing its role as a major community institution. Designed primarily by Arthur Brown, Jr. (designer of the War Memorial Opera House, the Hoover Library at Stanford and, with two others, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge) the building was influenced by the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. From the exterior of the dome (150 feet) to the four-manual Skinner organ to the nine-foot high jewel box which is the Ark itself, the Main Sanctuary is a place of dignity, power and peace. In 1927, the American Institute of Architects selected Temple Emanu-El as the finest piece of architecture in Northern California. The Awards Committee honored it as, “a glorious building… beautifully planned and modeled… realizing to the highest degree the expression of its religious character.” A member of the Union for Reform Judaism, Congregation Emanu-El is a significant gathering place for the Bay Area Jewish community.

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