saturday/14
Saul Kaye. Concert by Bay Area Jewish blues musician. At Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. 7 p.m. $26. (510) 684-5580
“Great Love.” Hebrew-language concert by Israeli singer Rita. Sponsored by OFJCC Israeli Cultural Connection. At Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University, 471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford. 8 p.m. $75-$85. www.paloaltojcc.org
sunday/15
Music in the Mishkan. Chamber music series featuring Cantor Sharon Bernstein with the Bridge Players. Includes folk song cycle “Hidden Yiddish Treasures.” At Congregation Sha’ar Zahav, 290 Dolores St., S.F. 4 p.m. $20-$25. www.tinyurl.com/mishkanmusic2016
wednesday/18
Feinstein at Feinstein’s. Pianist and singer Michael Feinstein performs the standards of Alan and Marilyn Bergman. At Feinstein’s at the Nikko, 222 Mason St., S.F. 7 p.m. Also May 19 at 7 p.m. Also with Alan Bergman May 20 at 8 p.m., May 21 at 7 p.m. and May 22 at 3 p.m. $80-$95. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.ticketfly.com (See story, 26)
saturday/21
‘Lord, Get Me High.’ A who’s-who of Bay Area Jewish music will gather to celebrate the work of the late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. Creative interpretations of melodies by “the singing rabbi” will be performed by Yiddish folk singer Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell, vocalist Jewlia Eisenberg of Charming Hostess, guitarist Jeremiah Lockwood of the Sway Machinery, oud player John Erlich of Safra, and Veretski Pass’ Joshua Horowitz, who plays accordion, cimbalon and piano.
7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 21 at JCC East Bay, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. $10. www.jcceastbay.org/shlomocarlebach
sunday/22
“Fiddler’s Choice.” Improvised program of traditional Eastern European Jewish music performed by Veretski Pass. At Village Homes Community Center, 2661 Portage Bay Ave. East, Davis. 7 p.m. $15-$18. www.timnatalmusic.com