saturday/7
“Simple Gifts.” Robert Schoen performs work by Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein. Presented by Kol Truah Jewish Choir of the East Bay. At Temple Israel of Alameda, 3183 Mecartney Road, Alameda. 7 p.m. Also June 8 at Congregation Netivot Shalom, 1316 University Ave., Berkeley. 3 p.m. Also June 14 at Temple Beth Hillel, 801 Park Central St., Richmond. 7 p.m. $10-$15. www.koltruah.org.
sunday/8
Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco. Choral folk songs sung in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino and Russian. At Jewish Community High School, 1835 Ellis St., S.F. $12-$15. www.jewishfolkchorussf.org.