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Hanukkah is approaching — like it or not, the holiday season is here. Here are five events this weekend to get you started.

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For romantics who love to dance, there’s Hanukkah in Paris on Friday night. The “party with a purpose” at San Francisco’s Clift Hotel features DJs, complimentary dreidels and “premium gelt.” Bring a new, unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots and then get your groove on. Hosted by Reboot and local entrepreneur Adam Swig, the party is from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Clift, 495 Geary St., S.F. $15-$20.

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Also on Friday night, listen to the unique sounds of hip-hop klezmer with Waystation’s Ariel Luckey and Lila Sklar, celebrating the release of their debut album “rememory.” Kugelplex opens, and hip-hop activist Gina Madrid hosts. It’s happening at Awaken Café, 1429 Broadway, Oakland. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8. $10-$20.

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Is visual art more your thing? The opening-night reception for “Prussian Blue” happens at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. This exhibition of paintings by Yishai Jusidman, a Mexican artist of Jewish heritage, consists of works almost entirely in Prussian blue, a pigment used by early European painters that also has a macabre Holocaust connection. If you can’t make it on Friday, the exhibit runs through March. YBCA is at 701 Mission St., S.F. 7-10 p.m. Reception is included with $12 admission.

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Looking for a fun family activity that supports a worthy cause? “Journey to Worlds Unknown,” the Contemporary Jewish Museum’s annual family gala and fundraiser, includes acrobatics, storytellers, interactive activities and more. The event takes place 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at 736 Mission St., S.F. $25 and up.

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Last but not least, Reboot’s Shop Hanukkah four-day pop-up starts today, with plenty of events throughout the weekend and plenty of gifts for Hanukkah. There’s Lego menorah-making, a “Great Latke Debate” with four Bay Area luminaries, a children’s book reading, mahjong, and on Saturday night from 6:30 p.m. to midnight a glow-in-the-dark dance party with Dan Lebowitz and the Four Flames (plus Hanukkah cocktails). At 2670 Harrison St., S.F. Shop 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Free admission.