Eternal music
Heather Klein’s Inextinguishable Trio will share the century-old art of Yiddish song, and then invite the audience to join in the singing at the JCC in Berkeley. Klein, a classically trained soprano, and her group will perform a world premiere of Holocaust poetry set to music, a haunting niggun (melody) collected in Budapest and other rarely heard works by Yiddish composers in an album-release party for “Shifreles Portret.”
7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12 at JCC East Bay, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. $10. www.jcceastbay.org
saturday/12
“Celebrating Jewish Racial Diversity.” Mark Levy performs a combination of Ashkenazi and Sephardi melodies. Culmination of yearlong program on Jewish diversity. At Temple Sinai, 2808 Summit St., Oakland. 6:30 p.m. Free. www.oaklandsinai.org.
wednesday/16
“The Musical Genius of Leonard Cohen.” Listen to Cohen’s songs and learn about the Jewish texts that inspired them. At Congregation Beth Chaim, 1800 Holbrook Drive, Danville. 7 p.m. Free. RSVP to (925) 736-7146. www.bethchaim.com.
thursday/17
“The Jewish Fiddler.” Cookie Segelstein, founder of the klezmer group Veretski Pass, explores tradition of Jewish violin music. At BJE Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis St., S.F. 7 p.m. Free. www.bjesf.org.