saturday/6
Dance to Poland’s beat. Get your Hanukkah party started early: “From Poland with Beat” brings the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow to Hillel at Stanford, featuring visiting Polish DJs MDLVA and Easy Cheesy along with in-house artist DJ Gideon Weiler. Enjoy hookahs, Hanukkah drinks, dreidel and the finest in Polish, Central European and Middle Eastern grooves.
8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6 at Hillel at Stanford, 565 Mayfield Ave., Stanford. Free. RSVP requested to [email protected]
Miriam Raziel and Band. Album release concert to celebrate debut album “Light Warrior.” At Chochmat HaLev, 2215 Prince St., Berkeley. 7:30 p.m. $15-$25. www.miriamraziel.com
“Exit 2.” Performance by Israeli rock veterans Shalom Hanoch and Moshe Levi. At Bayside Performing Arts Center, 2025 Kehoe Ave., San Mateo. 8:30 p.m. $55-$65. www.tinyurl.com/hanoch-levi
“Shir LaShalom—Sing for Peace.” Concert of Jewish liturgy, folk music and works by Jewish composers performed by the Kol Truah Jewish Choir. At Temple Israel, 3183 Mecartney Road, Alameda. 7:30 p.m. Also Dec. 7 at Congregation Netivot Shalom, 1316 University Ave., Berkeley. 7 p.m. $10-$15. (510) 981-2705 or email [email protected]
sunday/7
“Sephardic Flamenco Fusion.” Evening of music and dance based on the Sephardic Ladino and gypsy musical traditions, featuring Israeli vocalist Rivka Amado, guitarist Itamar Shapira and dancer Hilit Maniv. At Chochmat HaLev, 2215 Prince St., Berkeley. 6:30 p.m. $15. www.chochmat.org
Jewish music with Dan Nichols. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 1455 Elm St., Napa. 3 p.m. Free. www.cbsnapa.org
monday/8
“Klezmer Mondays.” Music by Hothouse Habibi. At Saul’s Deli, 1475 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. www.saulsdeli.com
wednesday/10
“Chanukah with Kugelplex.” Outdoor concert by the local klezmer and old-world music band. At Oakland City Center, 550 10th St. 12 pm. Free. www.oaklandcitycenter.com/events
saturday/13
CD release concert. Cantor Jennie Chabon celebrates the release of “Roots and Branches,” her album of Jewish music. At Congregation B’nai Tikvah, 25 Hillcroft Way, Walnut Creek. Wine and cheese reception at 7 p.m., concert at 8 p.m. $18. www.tikvah.org
sunday/14
The Maccabeats Hanukkah concert. Performance by Yeshiva University’s Jewish a capella group. At Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. 5 p.m. $15-$35. www.paloaltojcc.org
monday/15
Concert to honor Daniel Pearl. World premiere of Concerto for Violin and Mandolin “Tikkun,” composed by Ariel Blumenthal in memory of the slain reporter. Featuring Ittai Shapira on violin and Avi Avital on mandolin. At Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall, 50 Oak St., S.F. 8 p.m. Free. http://calendar.sfcm.edu
thursday/18
“Jewish Nightlife.” Concert of ritual Hebrew music, poetry and liturgy by U.C. Berkeley students led by Israeli musician Yair Harel, a scholar of piyyut, or Hebrew poems set to music. At Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley. 5 p.m. Free. www.magnes.org