Lectures and Workshops

saturday | 12

Author Michael Chabon. At Cody's Books, 1730 Fourth St. Berkeley. Free. 7 p.m. http://www.codysbooks.com.




sunday | 13

"Poetry Workshop for Mother's Day." At Kehillah Jewish High School, 3900 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. 10 a.m. $5. (408) 970-8891.

Alan Dershowitz: The Case for Israel. At JCC of San Francisco, 3200 California St., S.F. 12:30 p.m. $17-$20. (415) 292-1233.




tuesday | 15

Author Nathan Englander. At JCC of San Francisco, 3200 California St., S.F. 8 p.m. $8-$10. (415) 292-1233.




wednesday | 16

"Jerusalem through the Ages." With professor William G. Denver. At Congregation Emanu-El, 2 Lake St., S.F. 7:30 p.m. Free. (415) 369-2861.

Rabbi Alan Lew in conversation with holistic physician and author Deepak Chopra. At Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 7:30 p.m. $40. (415) 444-8000.




thursday | 17

Jewish community meet and greet with Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris. At JCC of San Francisco, 3200 California St., S.F. 7 p.m. (415) 359-7933.

"Celebrating Spring - a quick and easy menu for Shabbat and other entertaining." With Rebecca Ets-Hokin. At JCC of San Francisco, 3200 California St., S.F. 6:30 p.m. $40 - $45. http://www.jccsf.org.




friday | 18

"A Jewish View on Stem Cells, Cloning and the Future of Medicine. With Scholar in Residence, Rabbi Michael Broyde. At Emek Beracha, 4102 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. 6:15 Free. (650) 857-1800.




sunday | 20

"Building peace and respect between Islam and Israel: An Arab woman's journey of transformation." With Nonie Darwish. At Congregation Beth El, 1301 Oxford St., Berkeley. 7 p.m. $10 (510) 848-3988.