About the Library @ Samuel & Rebecca Astor Judaica Library

Astor Judaica Library

Library Hours:
Monday-Thursday,
noon - 5:00 p.m.
Closed Friday - Sunday

The Samuel & Rebecca Astor Judaica Library is a community library, serving all ages, which offers philosophical, cultural, and historical literature of the Jewish people, as well as resources for research, circulation, and online access. JCC members have borrowing privileges.

The library seeks to enhance existing Jewish literature programs through the use of multimedia, film, art, and music, and to broaden community participation in its programs through developments such as the Holocaust Education Program, “DAVKA, The Survival of A People”and the Viterbi Baby Book Club (BBC).

Please come visit us upstairs. We house over 10,000 volumes on our shelves. There are also eight computers available for your use, hooked up to our Internet server.

Special Collections:

Tillie Lawrence Israel Collection
Holocaust Collection
Woman's Institute for Continuing Jewish Education
Jewish Healing Center
San Diego Jewish Genealogical Society
Jewish Heritage Video Collection

Features:

Computer workstations with high-speed Internet access
Information on all aspects of Jewish life and heritage
Children's section with a large collection of award-winning books

Honor a Loved One or Friend with a Library Dedication

Adopt a book or dedicate a Library shelf at the Astor Judaica Library. We will customize a bookplate or shelf plaque, and send an acknowledgment of your special gift.

For Your Next Meeting

The Astor Judaica Library provides the perfect atmosphere to inspire Book Group discussions. Join us!

Astor Judaica Library Chair: Roberta Berman
JCC Program Director: Jackie Gmach, 858-362-1150
Program Assistant : Hadas Blinder, 858-362-1174
Advisory Committee: Sir Martin Gilbert, Francine Klagsbrun, Rabbi Danny Landes, Rabbi Jack Riemer