Currently

Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg

Through September 8, 2013

Through over seventy photographs by renowned poet, Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), Beat Memories tenderly captures the young writers and rebels that would define the Beat Generation.

Stanley Saitowitz: Judaica

Through Sep 8

Stanley Saitowitz: Judaica combines the Contemporary Jewish Museum’s ongoing commitment to presenting new perspectives on Jewish tradition with its dedication to working with contemporary artists, like Saitowitz, whose vision enables us to find fresh ways to examine and appreciate Jewish culture and ritual.

StoryCorps StoryBooth

Through Oct 31

The Contemporary Jewish Museum is the first museum in the country to host a StoryCorps StoryBooth. StoryCorps is a New York-based oral history project founded and directed by award-winning documentary artist and MacArthur Fellow Dave Isay.

Black Sabbath

The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations

Ongoing

A musical journey through a unique slice of recording history–the Black-Jewish musical encounter from the 1930s to the 1960s.

736 Mission Street (btwn. 3rd and 4th Streets), San Francisco, CA 94103 | Hours: Daily 11am–5pm, Thursdays 1–8pm, Closed Wednesdays | 415.655.7800 | info@thecjm.org