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Start the day with a walk in 12 Stern Grove, a lush, heavily wooded 33-acre park at 19th Ave. and Sloat Blvd. Rosalie Meyer Stern (1869-1956), member of a leading pioneer Jewish family, purchased land slated for development as a memorial to her husband Sigmund Stern, a nephew of Levi Strauss. The park has lakes, trails and picnic areas, and is the site of a popular annual summer outdoor performance series that begins in mid-June (415-252-6252).

The free Stern Grove Festival, launched in the 1930s, features world-class entertainment such as the San Francisco Symphony, Opera and Ballet, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, the Kronos Quartet, and R & B star Johnny Otis. Mrs. Stern’s descendants – daughter Elise Haas and grandchildren Walter Haas Jr., Peter Haas and the late Rhoda Haas Goldman – continued the family tradition of major philanthropic contributions in San Francisco.

13 The Jewish Museum of San Francisco (121 Steuart St.; 415-591-8800) is two stories of traveling exhibits on Jewish themes. As it awaits the completion of its new home near the S.F. Museum of Modern Art, planned for 2003, the museum will be a community center focusing on the contemporary relevance of Jewish heritage through lectures, art workshops, artist-in-residence placements.

14 The Levi Strauss Factory (250 Valencia St.; 415-565-9159) was built in 1906 to replace the two factories that were lost in the earthquake and fire. Strauss, who established a San Francisco branch of his family's New York cloth company in 1853, began manufacturing denim work pants for miners during the Gold Rush and, unknowingly, launched a clothing style that has persisted for a century and a half. His descendants still own the company. This red brick and wood structure now makes 501 Jeans and 1930s through '60s specialty reproductions.

For evening entertainment Sept. through June, 15 A Traveling Jewish Theatre (470 Florida.; 415-399-1809) presents original works, created and performed by an artist-led ensemble that uses the Jewish experience to explore universal themes. Founded in 1978, the ensemble has toured more than 60 cities worldwide with works whose topics range from the legends of the Hasidim to the assassination of Trotsky, from Yiddish poetry to the challenge of interfaith marriage.

1906 Levi Strauss Factory

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