MEETINGS 2025

We hold live meetings with an option to view remotely via Zoom. Meetings start at 7 p.m. Congregation Sherith Israel is located at 2266 California Street, at Webster.

Parking: Check the signs. The surrounding streets contain several passenger white zones that are not active after 6 p.m. and can be used for parking in the evenings. Note that paid parking at the closest garage to Sherith Israel IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE after 7 pm at CPMC at 2100 Webster, AKA the Pacific Professional Building.

There is 24-hour parking available a half-block further north on Webster at 2401 Clay, with entry on Clay Street. 

Muni: 1, 2, 22, 24.

Admission is free for members; there is a $10 admission for nonmembers. (More information can be found on the membership tab.)

TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 7 P.M., live and on Zoom:

Kathryn Ayres: Relics Dug From The Ruins:

The Story of Mr. and Mrs. Wong Sun Yue Clemens

Chung Collection, University of British Columbia

For our April meeting, learn the story of Mr. and Mrs. Wong Sun Yue Clemens, who opened up a shop in San Francisco's Chinatown just one year after the devastating 1906 Earthquake and Fire.  They saved all sorts of debris that everyone else was trying to sweep away in order to rebuild—pieces of crockery that had broken and then become fused together in the flames, melted bottles, melted coins, dolls' heads, portions of business signs, and the like—and sold these items as souvenirs to curious tourists. 

In defiance of anti-miscegenation laws and intense racial discrimination against the Chinese, they openly proclaimed themselves as man and wife in their advertisements.

How to watch the presentation online

Zoom streaming is available only for SFHA members. The San Francisco History Association will send out the Zoom link and password to current members on the morning of the meeting day. Check the website membership tab to renew or obtain current membership. Please add info@sanfranciscohistory.org to your email address book, and check your spam or bulk mail folder.