saturday/6
Story time with Caryn Yacowitz. The children’s author presents her new holiday book “I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Dreidel.” At Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. 11 a.m. www.keplers.com. Also Dec. 7 at the Reading Bug, 785 Laurel St., San Carlos. 11 a.m. www.thereadingbug.com. Same day at the Linden Tree, 265 State St., Los Altos. 2 p.m. www.lindentreebooks.com (See story, 19)
sunday/7
“Enchantress: A Novel of Rav Hisda’s Daughter.” Maggie Anton discusses her book, a magical tale set in fourth-century Babylonia. At Congregation Emanu-El in S.F., 9:30 a.m., and Addison-Penzak JCC in Los Gatos, 1 p.m. Also Dec. 8 at Congregation Etz Chayim in Palo Alto, 7:15 p.m.; Dec. 9 at Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, 2:30 p.m., and JCC East Bay in Berkeley, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 10 at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, 7 p.m.; and Dec. 11 at Congregation Beth Jacob in Redwood City, 7:30 p.m. Free. www.maggieanton.com (See story, 34)
“Jewish Community of Solano County.” Presentation and signing by the authors of photo-illustrated book about Jews who settled in the region after the Gold Rush. At Mare Island Museum, 11 Railroad Ave., Vallejo. 2 p.m. Free. (707) 631-8529
thursday/11
“Among the Enemy.” Author Sam Genirberg reads from his memoir about surviving the Holocaust while hiding in plain sight. Part of Holocaust Survivor Reading Series. At Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and Art, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley. 12 p.m. Free. www.magnes.org
tuesday/16
“The Rise and Fall of a Jewish American Princess.” Author and J. columnist Barbara Rose Brooker will discuss her new novel about a Jewish princess and would-be artist’s personal journey through divorce and the art world. At Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., S.F. 5:15 p.m. $7-$20. www.commonwealthclub.org