friday | 12
“Remembering Rabbi Michael Robinson.” Memorial lecture about the social activist rabbi who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. At Congregation Shomrei Torah, 2600 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa. 7:30 p.m. Free. (707) 569-8879.
saturday | 13
“Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family.” Book discussion group led by Paul Freudenthal. At Congregation Beth David, 19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga. 1:30 p.m. Free. www.beth-david.org.
monday | 15
“A Story of History and Hope.” Reading by author Miriam Kelemen Solis from “Goldie’s Story,” about a girl’s survival in Budapest during the Holocaust. Book signing, Hungarian songs. At Phoenix Books, 3957 24th St., S.F. 7 p.m. Free. (415) 221-2575.
thursday | 18
“The Art of Four Saints in Three Acts.” Author Steven Watson talks about the history of American modernism, Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thompson’s opera. At Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St., S.F. 6:30 p.m. Free with museum admission. www.thecjm.org.
friday | 19
“Portraiture and the Making of Gertrude Stein.” Co-curator Wanda M. Corn examines the legacy of artistic portraits and Gertrude Stein. At Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St., S.F. 12 p.m. $15 general, free to members and youth under 18. www.thecjm.org.
sunday | 21
“Breaking in Order to Become Whole,” presented by Rabbi Hillel Lester and Chaya Kaplan-Lester. Torah workshop for personal growth and one-woman play about a woman’s spiritual journey from the Mississippi Delta to Jerusalem. At Chochmat HaLev, 2215 Prince St., Berkeley. 2 p.m. $18. (510) 704-9687.
“Why We Seek Peace and Pursue It.” J Street S.F. Bay Area and Kehilla Community Synagogue present a discussion with five J Street representatives. At Kehilla Community Synagogue, 1300 Grand Ave., Piedmont. 3 p.m. Free. RSVP to [email protected].
“Stealing in the Digital Age.” Summer Hot Topics class taught by Rabbi Shaye Guttenberg. At Jewish Study Network, 3626 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. 7:30 p.m. $15 includes dinner. Email to [email protected].