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|Country=U.S.A.|CITY INTRO=Jews are part of San Francisco since the days of the gold rush in the 1840s. In 1906 an earthquake and a fire destroyed most of the city and little remains from that earlier period.|COMMUNITY WEBSITESMany of these early pioneers were successful in business. In later generations the extensive philanthropy of these first families – Fleishhacker, Haas, Koshland, Stern, Steinhardt, Dinkelspiel, Zellerbach and others – made their names well-known in Northern California.The House of Love and Prayer founded by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, drew many spiritually minded young Jews.  ==Jewish Geography==|KEY SHULApproximately 50,000 Jews live in the city. One of the orthodox Jewish neighborhoods are the Richmond District and the Sunset District. Also known as the avenues- http://wikitravel.org/en/San_Francisco/The_Avenues==Kosher Shopping==There are several Kosher Groceries to choose from see list below. Mollie Stone’s Market has 9 branches. The supermarket offers a full line of kosher food products (including Cholov Yisroel products), grocery, dairy, frozen foods, liquor, wines and fresh-cut meat. All meat cut under kosher supervision at Palo Alto store. Order products at any branch for delivery at the closest Mollie Stone'Ss.|COMMUNITY WEBSITES=http://www.jewishresourceguide.com/|KASHRUS INFO=Vaad Hakashrus of Northern California - http://www.sunrisekosher.org