sunday/2
“Help With Your Family Tree.” With the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society. At Jewish Community Library, 835 Ellis St., S.F. 12 p.m. Registration requested. (415) 567-3327, ext. 704. Free. www.jewishlearningworks.org/library.
Talk on Julius Rosenwald. Peter Ascoli discusses his great-grandfather, who built Sears, Roebuck and Co. and advanced the cause of black education in the South. Napa Valley Historical Society, 1219 First St., Napa. 2 p.m. $5 for non-members. [email protected].
thursday/6
Holocaust Survivors’ Memoir Writing Group. Public readings by writers in a seven-year workshop. At the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley. 12 p.m. Free. www.magnes.org.
21 J Street. Kickoff event for J Street’s new group for young professionals. Topic is “Why two states? Why now?” At the Women’s Building, 3543 18th St., S.F. 7 p.m. Free. www.facebook.com/21jstreetsf.
sunday/9
“Bagel Brunch: Local Human Services.” Guest speaker is seniors expert (and j. columnist) Rob Tufel, director of adult services at Jewish Family and Children’s Services of the East Bay. At Albany Community Center, 1249 Marin Ave., Albany. 11 a.m. $7.50-$10 for bagel brunch. www.kolhadash.org. (510) 428-1492.