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Old 05-10-2015, 06:58 PM
 
Location: Hewlett Harbor, NY - Long Island South Shore
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Hey there I'm a Jew from NYC, I was just wondering if the Bay Area has any areas that can be called "observant Jewish communties".
I know the Bay has Jews and Synangogues, but I'm not talking about Jews like Mark Zuckerberg but religious Jewish communities that wear religious attire (suit, kippah, black hat) and that observe shabbos and thus have to live walking distance to shul because we can't use cars or public transit on shabbos.

I know LA has a community in Pico Robertson/Fairfax area, but I am wondering about SF. I am guessing that it would be in SF proper or Oakland just because these areas would be the urban type areas that make Jewish life accessible.

Do you know of any areas where you would see Jews out on shabbos walking around? Kosher eateries? I'm curious
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Old 05-10-2015, 07:19 PM
 
Location: Bay Area
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No...not that I am aware of.
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Old 05-10-2015, 09:15 PM
 
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I occasionally meet Jews in religious attire on Shabbos in the Lakeshore/Trestle Glen area of Oakland, nearish to Temple Beth Abraham. There's also a kosher grocer on Lakeshore and a few other Jewish businesses nearby (some of which close on Shabbos). I don't know how big the supporting community is, but certainly not very.
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Old 05-10-2015, 09:55 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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You can Google around, and see what you can find. There may be a community center you could email to ask. There's a Jewish Museum in Berkeley, you could contact them if you don't find any other resources.
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Old 05-10-2015, 10:08 PM
 
Location: Brisbane, CA
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i know some orthodox who live in alameda but i can't say if there is a neighborhood like you are describing.
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Old 05-11-2015, 12:35 AM
 
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Yes, as thing12 noted, there's a community in Oakland near Glenview/Crocker Highlands. It's not large but you will find families who choose that area to be within walking distance of Beth Jacob (which is the Modern Orthodox synagogue in Glenview; Beth Abraham, which is also nearby in Adams Point, is Conservative). You can also try Berkeley (Netivot Shalom, which is technically Conservative but has an Orthodox egalitarian following too). There is an eruv there, but not in Oakland, if that matters. There are also two in SF, so I presume that means there is an Orthodox community (or two) somewhere there.
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Old 05-11-2015, 01:18 AM
 
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the crocker highland neighborhood area has largest orthodox community in the east bay
from the beth jacob web site :
What attracted you to Beth Jacob Congregation?
Sheldon & Diane: Our attraction to Beth Jacob started with our connection
to Oakland Hebrew Day School and our move to the Crocker
Highlands area. After discovering the school, we began to look for a[\place to live in Oakland. David Gluck helped us find a place on the outskirt]of the Longridge “shtetl,” and the Dardiks generously allowed usto stay at their place while our stuff was being moved. We have lived inmany different places, always trying to find the optimal community settingThe Beth Jacob community is unique. It feels like an extended family, especially on Shabbat. We love the experienceof a Modern Orthodox neighborhood with doors open, kids running from house to house, and shared meals. When
Diane was recovering from surgery, the community meals were a real blessing. We are honored to be participating in
Rabbi Dardik’s larger vision for this evolving community


Oakland's Crocker Highlands development, meanwhile, is located within walking distance of a kosher bakery, butcher and restaurant, and the city's only Orthodox shul, Beth Jacob Congregation."As the East Bay goes, it is probably the most Jewishly identified neighborhood there is," said Ben Marcus, a Beth Jacob member, who moved into the neighborhood three months ago. He estimates that at least five Jewish families, including his own, reside within a 15-house vicinity of one another on Longridge Road

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Old 05-11-2015, 07:25 AM
 
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According to this article there are 4 "eruv" in the SF area:

Eruv fever: Four Bay Area eruvs, including new one in S.F., are reshaping local Jewish demographics | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California
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Old 05-11-2015, 11:35 AM
 
Location: Bay Area
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Wow - that's pretty interesting article. I lived in two of the neighborhoods mentioned in the article for most of my life and had no idea! It's not like you see very many people dressed in the Hasidic attire like you might in neighborhoods in New York ,London, or Antwerp wearing the yarmulke, beards, etc.
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Old 05-11-2015, 12:02 PM
 
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Ive seen a few around the inner / outer Richmond district, SF

they appear to be Russian Jews? they dress in conservative black suits with black hats, long beards.
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