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“Master Chats: Vince Donovan on Composition and Concepts.” The local photographer and co-founder of the former San Francisco portrait studio Photobooth discusses portrait photography. Presented in conjunction with the exhibit “Arnold Newman: Masterclass.” At Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St., S.F. 12:30 p.m. Included with museum admission. www.thecjm.org
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Living memorial to a peacemaker. The life of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin will be on display in “About-Face,” which uses photographs, media accounts and personal statements by Israeli academics, journalists and political leaders to offer insight into the history-changing peacemaker. The traveling exhibit is coming to the Bay Area as part of its first U.S. tour. Dec. 4 at Berkeley Hillel, 2736 Bancroft Way; Dec. 7 at Congregation Beth El, 1301 Oxford St., Berkeley; Dec. 9 at Temple Beth Abraham, 327 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland; and Dec. 10 at Congregation B’nai Shalom, 74 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek. Free. www.jfed.org/rabin
Speak Memory Project. Art performance and reception for project that seeks to record and understand the experiences of 20th-century Russian Jewry through art and memory preservation. At Jewish Community Federation, 121 Steuart St., S.F. 6 p.m. $7. www.jewishfed.org