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Myra Strober. Pioneering feminist economist and Congregation Beth Am member reads from and discusses her new memoir “Sharing the Work.” Wine and cheese reception follows. At Beth Am, 26790 Arastradero Road, Los Altos Hills. 7 p.m. Free. Also June 5 at Hotel Shattuck Plaza, 2086 Allston Way, Berkeley. 10 a.m. $5. www.myrastrober.com (See story, 20)
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Drop-in book club. Discussion of journalist Ariel Sabar’s memoir “My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq.” At Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis St., S.F. 2 p.m. Free. www.jewishcommunitylibrary.org
Steve Sem-Sandberg. Journalist-author is interviewed by writer Dan Schifrin about his 2011 award-winning Holocaust fiction book “The Emperor of Lies” in Bay Area Book Festival. At the Magnes, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley. 11:30 a.m. $5 in advance, free at door if space. www.bayareabookfest.org
“Changing the Conversation About Israel and Palestine.” Journalist Ben Ehrenreich, author of new book based on his reporting from West Bank, is interviewed at Bay Area Book Festival. At Marsh Arts Center, 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley. 3:15 p.m. $5 in advance, free at door if space. www.bayareabookfest.org