sunday/24
Reading of “Thirty-Six Psalms.” Author Betty Bracha Stone will sign copies and read selections from her new translation of psalms. At Afikomen Judaica, 3042 Claremont Ave., Berkeley. 3:30 p.m. Free. www.36psalms.com.
thursday/4
“After Auschwitz: A Love Story.” Brenda Webster will discuss her book in which a man with Alzheimer’s deals with his past. Proceeds benefit Aquarian Minyan in Berkeley. At St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave., Berkeley. 7 p.m. $10-$20 recommended. (510) 301-4282.
“Shabbat Ha’aretz.” Rabbi Julian Sinclair of Jerusalem discusses his English translation of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook’s 1909 treatise on the practice of shmita, the biblical sabbatical year and agricultural cycle. At Jewish Community Federation, 121 Steuart St., S.F. 3:45 p.m. Free. www.hazon.org/shmita-project.