saturday/16
Comedian Jeff Appelbaum. The Jewish standup riffs about his life experiences. Part of Under One Tent: Contra Costa Jewish Book and Arts Festival. At Contra Costa JCC, 2071 Tice Valley Road, Walnut Creek. 7:30 p.m. $15. www.jfed.org/underonetent.
tuesday/19
“From Tel Aviv to Ramallah.” Beatboxer Yuri Lane performs his part hip-hop, part vox-pop piece addressing the struggles in the Middle East. At Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 7 p.m. Free. www.marinjcc.org. (See story, 32)
thursday/21
A very Jewish Christmas. Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies’ “Coney Island Christmas” jumps from Los Angeles to the Bay Area this holiday season. The play tells the story of immigrant Jews in 1930s New York who are apprehensive about their daughter playing the role of Jesus in her school’s Christmas play. Learn what it means to be an American of any faith in this ensemble-cast comedy. 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21 at City Lights Theater Company, 529 S. Second St., San Jose. Through Dec. 22. $17-$35. www.cltc.org