monday/6
Israel Ride. Bay Area alumni lead information session about the five-day fall bicycle ride from Jerusalem to Eilat sponsored by the Arava Institute and Hazon. In Belvedere; address provided with RSVP. 6:30 p.m. Free. www.hazon.org/israel-ride
sunday/12
Jewish thinking on science. What effect have Jews and Judaism had on science? How has Jewish thinking influenced scientific inquiry? Questions about the convergence of Jewish thought and science will be debated by a panel of scholars, including Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, U.C. Berkeley professor of Jewish history John M. Efron and U.C. Santa Cruz physics professor Joel R. Primack.
5 p.m. Sunday, April 12 at Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. $25-$30. www.paloaltojcc.org/jewsandscience
Jewish genealogy clinic. Brainstorm family history at a roundtable with genealogists. At Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis St., S.F. 12 p.m. Free. www.jewishcommunitylibrary.org
“Jewish Life and the Threat of Extremism: No Time for Silence.” Symposium on anti-Semitism worldwide with panels and breakout sessions. Presented by Lehrhaus Judaica. At Kehillah Jewish High School, 3900 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. 2 to 6 p.m. Free but registration suggested. (510) 845-6420 or www.lehrhaus.org
monday/13
“Jews and Judaism in France Today.” Lecture by Rabbi Daniel Dahan, chief rabbi of Aix-en-Provence, France. At Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies, 295 Boalt Hall, U.C. Berkeley. 5 p.m. Free, but RSVP requested. www.law.berkeley.edu/JLILES.htm
tuesday/14
“Jewish Perspectives on Life After Death.” First of two discussions with Rabbi Hugh Seid-Valencia of Kevah exploring early Jewish thought on the afterlife. Part 2 on May 5. At Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. 1 p.m. $15. www.paloaltojcc.org
Yom HaShoah community commemoration. Holocaust remembrance event with Fred Rosenbaum of Lehrhaus Judaica speaking about his book on partisan Mira Shelub. Presented by Jewish Federation of the East Bay. At Temple Sinai, 2808 Summit St., Oakland. 7:45 p.m. Free. (510) 809-4953
wednesday/15
“Yom HaShoah V’HaGevurah.” Holocaust remembrance program. Readings, commemorative songs and artwork, with guest speaker Andy David, consul general of Israel. At Congregation Beth Am, 26790 Arastradero Road, Los Altos Hills. 7 p.m. Free. www.betham.org
Contra Costa Yom HaShoah. Rabbi Michael Berenbaum, formerly with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, addresses how to speak to younger generations about the Holocaust and anti-Semitism. Presented by the Jewish Federation of the East Bay. At Temple Isaiah, 945 Risa Road, Lafayette. 7:15 p.m. Free. www.temple-isaiah.org
“Israel’s Struggle Against Terror and the United Nations Human Rights Council.” Hebrew University professor Yuval Shany in conversation with Peter Berkowitz of the Hoover Institution at Stanford. At Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. 8 p.m. $8-$12. www.paloaltojcc.org. Also April 16 at JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. 7 p.m. $10. www.jccsf.org