sunday/31

San Rafael Pacifics Jewish Heritage Day. Food for sale at independent, minor-league baseball game will include pastrami sandwiches and latkes. Free Pacifics/Osher Marin JCC yarmulkes for first 200 attendees. At Albert Field, 155 Anderson Drive, San Rafael. 1 p.m. $12 general admission. www.pacificsbaseball.com (See story, 2)

tuesday/9

Oakland A’s Jewish Heritage Night. A’s vs. Baltimore Orioles on free-parking Tuesday. Holders of promo ticket get a free falafel sandwich and drink, plus an A’s Jewish heritage blanket. At Oakland Coliseum, 7:05 p.m. $33. www.tinyurl.com/athletics-jewish-2016

friday/12

Nathan Miller photo/miller-ink.com, Riva Gambert and Ravit Baer photos/file

Little nation with big ideas. “Israel Innovations in Solving Big Problems” is a Commonwealth Club program that will examine the small state’s ability to solve large problems threatening the environment, health and economies around the world. Ravit Baer, S.F.-based deputy consul general for Israel, will be on the panel with Nathan Miller, a former speechwriter for Israel’s mission to the United Nations. Riva Gambert of the East Bay International Jewish Film Festival will moderate.

12 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12 at Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. $20, members and students free. www.commonwealthclub.org

saturday/13

Café Shalom. Monthly Israeli folk dancing event. Dance requests and children welcome. At St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, 1399 43rd Ave., S.F. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. $5-$8. [email protected]

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