Ask JCI&R: Top 10 ways to explore the Jewish Bay Area

Welcoming Jewish visitors this summer who enjoy architecture, baseball, films, food and more? Show them our milk and honey of the San Francisco Bay Area--Jewish style. Here are our top ten ways to explore the Jewish San Francisco Bay Area! 10. Tour a kosher chocolate factory. (Contact us for sweet details) 9. Pray in the Chabad cable car and in inspiring synagogues

Rabbi Yosef Langer and a key supporter welcome travelers aboard the inaugural tour of goodness and kindness. (Photo: Chabad.com)

8. Read about early Jewish philanthropists at the BJE Library 7. Shop for Jewish books, gifts and art. Look for gift shops on our website

6. View architecture at the magnificent Haas Lilienthal House, a wonderful example of Victorian heritage with Jewish history

5. Touch George Segal’s the Survivor sculpture at the Lincoln Park, near the Legion of Honor 4. Feeling Festive? From July 24-August 11, view films at the Jewish Film Festival at locations in the Bay Area! And on September 21, join us at the To Life! Jewish Cultural Street Festival in Palo Alto 3. Eat and drink at kosher restaurants and kosher wineries 2. Cheer on the San Francisco Giants on Jewish Heritage Night. August 25--Save the date

1. See exhibits in the NEW Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, the Judah Magnes Museum in Berkeley or check out our website for a list of galleries displaying Jewish art.

The new Contemporary Jewish Museum just opened on June 8!

The Magnes is an amazing museum of art and history focused on the Jewish experience.

For more information about connecting to Jewish life, call JCIR 415.777.4545 or local toll-free in the Bay Area 877.777.JCIR (5247), or email us at Info@JewishNfo.org. Jewish Community Information and Referral is a free and confidential service of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, and Sonoma counties. Visit our website: www.sfjcf.org/resources.