sunday/22
“Giving as a Work of Art—the Botanical Series.” Opening reception of artwork by Chris Hellman, S.F. watercolor artist and philanthropist. Also trunk show and sale of merchandise featuring her work, with proceeds to the Chris Hellman Alzheimer’s Fund. At Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 2 to 4 p.m. Free. www.marinjcc.org
wednesday/25
“Pop-up Exhibition: Daniel Fisher on Biblical Lives.” The graduate fellow discusses three objects from the Magnes collection and their connection to Jewish history. At the Magnes, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley. 12 p.m. Free. www.magnes.org
thursday/26
‘Lost Stories, Found Images.’ More than 10 years after the death of Dutch photographer Annemie Wolff, a researcher stumbled upon her undeveloped film from 1943. The collection included portraits of Amsterdam Jews, some of whom did not survive the Holocaust. (Hilde Jacobsthal, pictured above, was among the survivors.) The photographs will be displayed for the first time, along with the subjects’ identities and stories, at the opening reception for “Lost Stories, Found Images: Portraits of Jews in Wartime Amsterdam,” which runs through April 17.
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26 at Goethe-Institut, 530 Bush St., S.F. Free. RSVP requested. www.jewishfed.org/lost-stories
“Letters to Afar.” Opening of exhibit of amateur movies that Jewish American immigrants made of their hometowns in Poland during the 1920s and ’30s, as well as archival newsreels and historically popular Polish films. Through May 24. At Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St., S.F. www.thecjm.org (See story, 20)
“Poland and Palestine: Two Lands and Two Skies.” Opening of exhibit of Ze’ev Aleksandrowicz’s portrait photographs taken in two countries in the 1930s. Through May 24. At Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St., S.F. www.thecjm.org