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Speak Memory Project. Art performance and reception for project that seeks to record and understand the experiences of 20th-century Russian Jewry through photos and memory preservation. At Jewish Community Federation, 121 Steuart St., S.F. 6 p.m. $7. www.jewishfed.org

“About-Face.” Guided showings of traveling exhibit about the life and legacy of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. At noon and 7 p.m. at Berkeley Hillel, 2736 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. Also Dec. 7 at 4 p.m. at Congregation Beth El, 1301 Oxford St., Berkeley; Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. at Temple Beth Abraham, 327 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland; and Dec. 10 at noon and 7 p.m. at Congregation B’nai Shalom, 74 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek. Free. www.jfed.org/rabin (See story, 3)