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With visitors and donations down, San Francisco’s Jewish museum to shutter at least temporarily

JL;DR SUMMARY The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco is set to undergo a year-long closure starting December 15, citing significant drops in visitation and donations attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and broader challenges facing San Francisco's downtown area. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CultureAnti ZionismTikkun OlamCovid 19 ImpactSan FranciscoContemporary Jewish MuseumArt ExhibitsFinancial RestructuringIsrael Hamas TensionsAmerican Jewish Museums

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San Francisco, California, United States
"the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco announced Wednesday its taking a sabbatical."
California, United States
"The economic headwinds the museum faces are common among cultural institutions across the United States and are compounded by struggles particular to downtown San Francisco, where vacant storefronts have proliferated amid a drop in the citys population and a demoralized atmosphere for civic life."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"The closure comes as another of the countrys largest Jewish museums, the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, pursues legislation to become part of the Smithsonian network as a strategy to reach financial sustainability."

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