‘Being Jewish Now’ The Braid is making a tour stop at Etz Chayim in Palo Alto on April 11 at 7:30 p.m. with a theatrical version of Zibby Owens’s bestselling “On Being Jewish Now.” The adaptation is among the first theatrical works to explore the American Jewish experience in a post-Oct. 7 world and features Jewish writers, thinkers and cultural voices sharing personal stories in a time of anti-Semitism. Without sets or props, a small cast dressed in plain black clothing transforms into multiple narrators and characters. The show includes author Joanna Rakoff’s account of visiting a hidden underground synagogue...