wednesday/24
“Pop-Up Exhibition: Piercing the Veil of Silence.” Tomasz Tadeusz Koncewicz, Berkeley Law School visiting professor from Poland, discusses cultural restitution of Jewish assets in Eastern Europe. At the Magnes, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley. 12 p.m. Free. www.magnes.org
tuesday/1
“A Yiddish World Remembered.” PBS documentary about lives of Jews in Eastern European shtetls. In conjunction with the “Roman Vishniac Rediscovered” exhibit. At Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St., S.F. 1 p.m. Included with museum admission. www.thecjm.org