![]() ![]() ![]() The mikvah was moved to Menorah Square, a Jewish retirement home in Pacific Heights. By about 1960 regular synagogue services had ceased ,Īnd during the 1970s, the temple closed. The congregation started to decline in the 1930s as members dispersed. Orthodox Jews came from as far as Nevada to use it. Mikvah was the first one in northern California. Part of the building's historic significance was its mikvah, or ritual bath, which was used for purification purposes. Stucco and tile over a wood frame, the building typifies what has been called "recessive protective architecture." In other words, it was designed to notĬall attention to itself, bespeaking an attitude born of centuries of persecution. Originally located near 16th and Mission streets, they built this unassuming temple here after the 1906 fire. They established their own congregation - B'nai David - in the Mission District. Temple Sherith Israel) and came from many countries.įrom about 1880 to 1910 a new wave of Jewish immigrants came to San Francisco from eastern Europe, most of them from Russia, Poland,Īnd Romania. The Jewish population in San Francisco in the wake of the gold rush was mainly reform (such as Temple Emanu-El and The following is quoted from Historic Walks in San Francisco: 18 Trails Through the City's Past by Rand Richards: 3535 19th Street Between Guerrero and Valencia ![]()
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