friday/30

“Erased: Babi Yar, the SS and Me.” Dramatic reading with original songs by Corey Weinstein detailing his journey to Kiev to confront events of the Holocaust. At Community Music Center, 544 Capp St., S.F. 7:30 p.m. Free. www.sfcmc.org

sunday/9

Rabbi Dorothy Richman (from left), Maggid Jhos Singer and Julie Batz

Sing your heart out: Set your Days of Awe spiritual experience to music this year. Rabbi Dorothy Richman will team up with Maggid Jhos Singer and Julie Batz of Chochmat HaLev for an uplifting concert focusing on hope, forgiveness and beginnings in advance of Yom Kippur. Singing along is encouraged.

7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9 at JCC East Bay, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. $8. www.jcceastbay.org

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