Exhibition | The House of Love and Prayer
Photo Gallery
BY OREN KROLL-ZELDIN
House of Love and Prayer wedding featured in Life Magazine, September 1969. Photo by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
This photo gallery provides a small sampling of the many photographs of the House of Love and Prayer. As a visual archive, this gallery is intended to document and preserve the memory of this important element of San Francisco’s Jewish history.
If you have photographs or other archival material from the House of Love and Prayer that you would like to include in this exhibition, please email info@mappingjewishsf.org.
A group of hippies sitting on the front steps of the original House of Love and Prayer at 347 Arguello Blvd, circa 1969. Photograph by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
The back steps of the House of Love and Prayer on 9th Ave., 1973. Photo courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
Hanging out in the backyard of the House of Love and Prayer on 9th Ave., 1973. Photo courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
Miriam Succot, one of the original founders of the House of Love and Prayer. Golden Gate Park, 1969. Photograph by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
Rose Zarchin outside the House of Love and Prayer, circa 1968. Photograph by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
Hanging out in the backyard of the House of Love and Prayer on 9th Ave., 1973. Photo courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
Libby (Rivka) and Charlie, who were married at the House of Love and Prayer. Photograph courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
House of Love and Prayer wedding featured in Life Magazine, September 1969. Photo by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
House of Love and Prayer wedding featured in Life Magazine, September 1969. Photo by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
House of Love and Prayer wedding featured in Life Magazine, September 1969. Photo by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
House of Love and Prayer wedding featured in Life Magazine, September 1969. Photo by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
House of Love and Prayer wedding featured in Life Magazine, September 1969. Photo by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
The bride and groom at the House of Love and Prayer wedding featured in Life Magazine, September 1969. Photo by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
House of Love and Prayer wedding featured in Life Magazine, September 1969. Photo by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
Louise Berky at the House of Love and Prayer wedding featured in Life Magazine, September 1969. Photo by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
House of Love and Prayer wedding featured in Life Magazine, September 1969. Photo by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
House of Love and Prayer wedding featured in Life Magazine, September 1969. Photo by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
Elia Succot helping George Gorner put on tefillin before the wedding in Golden Gate Park. Photo by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
Elia Succot hugging George Gorner after helping him put on teffilin prior to his wedding. Photo by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
A young Shlomo Carlebach at the House of Love and Prayer, circa 1968. Photo by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
Shlomo Carlebach, "The Singing Rabbi"
Aryae Coopersmith and Shlomo Carlebach singing and playing guitar on the steps inside the House of Love and Prayer on Arguello Blvd. Photo by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
A study session at the House of Love and Prayer, 1973. Photo courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
A study session at the House of Love and Prayer, 1973. Photo courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
A study session at the House of Love and Prayer, 1973. Photo courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
A study session at the House of Love and Prayer, 1973. Photo courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
A study session at the House of Love and Prayer, 1973. Photo courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
A study session at the House of Love and Prayer, 1973. Photo courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
A study session at the House of Love and Prayer, 1973. Photo courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.