At Contra Costa Jewish Film Festival. Israeli Romeo and Juliet with happy ending. Gene Wilder plays a Polish Orthodox rabbi. Northern California Jewish Film Festival. Retelling of 1976 incident in which Israeli commandos rescue passengers from hijacked plane at Entebbe, Uganda.
Nazis abandon a cattle car full of concentration camp inmates.
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, with Jewish musical director Edgar Braun, violin soloist Philip Levy and viola soloist Benjamin Simon, and guest conductor Szymon Kawalla. Repeats at 2 p.m. Jan. 12 at Florence Gould Theater at Palace of the Legion of Honor, in S.F.'s Lincoln Park. Israeli violinist Ittai Shapira, cellist Inbal Segev and pianist Miri Yampolsky. Consulate General of Israel. At Florence Gould Theatre, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park.