New investment series scheduled for women
A workshop on Women and Investing will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesdays, Oct. 30 and Nov. 6 at Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center, 14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos.
Cost is $40 for members, $50 for nonmembers, plus $10 workbook fee. For information, call (408) 358-3636, ext. 57
Women heroines of the Bible topic for new class at ALSJCC
A course on Women’s Midrash of Biblical Heroines will begin at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28 and continue through Dec. 2 at Albert L. Schultz Jewish Community Center, 655 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto.
The teacher will be Rebecca Schwartz, author of “The Dancing with Miriam Haggadah.” Cost is $40 for members, $50 for nonmembers. For information, call (415) 493-9400.
Chorus to sing Yiddish, Ladino melodies
Sacred and Profane, a chamber chorus directed by Susan Swerdlow, will perform two concerts of Yiddish songs, 19th century liturgical works, folk and contemporary music from Israel, Yemenite and Ladino melodies and music from Theriesenstadt.
The first will take place at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3 at Albert L. Schultz Jewish Community Center, 655 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. For information, call (415) 493-0563, ext. 249.
The second is at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10 at Temple Sinai, 2808 Summit St., Oakland. For information, call (510) 451-3263.
Guest artists at the concerts, which are titled “Shtetl, Synagougue, Sephard,” will include vocalist Arella Barlev, oboist Phil Freihofner and percussionist Peter Maund.