wednesday | 8

Tzavta’s San Francisco Café Ve’ivrit with Artist Hanoch Piven. Co-sponsors: Consulate General of Israel and Israel Center. At Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California St., Room 312. 8 p.m. $5. (415) 512-6424.

sunday | 12

“The Infinite Within.” Kabbalah seminar with Rabbi Yisrael Rice. Lunch. At Chabad Center, 3070 Louis Road, Palo Alto. 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $45. (650) 424-9800.

“Taking a Risk.” Artists in Residence. Sponsor: Congregation Beth Sholom. Lecture and tour with Bernice Steinbaum based on the traveling exhibit “Memories of Childhood … So We’re Not the Cleavers or the Brady Bunch.” 5 p.m. lecture, 7 p.m. dinner. $100. (707) 226-1551.

“Is Israel’s fence legal — or necessary?” With civil rights attorney Ephraim Margolin. At Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. 7:15 p.m. $10 donation. (510) 527-4217.

tuesday | 14

Physical therapy lecture: osteoporosis. With physical therapist Amanda Hutton-Parrot. At Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California St. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free to $10. (415) 292-1241.