BROOKLYN SCRIBES Leonard Lopate of WNYC moderates a discussion and readings by three writers who live in or write about Brooklyn: Susan Choi, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Pete Hamill. Tonight, 7 p.m., Brooklyn College, Whitman Hall, 2900 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, 718-951-5195, $5.

STITCHES OF SURVIVAL Before her death a few years ago, Holocaust survivor Esther Nisenthal Krinitz quilted a series of panels detailing her heroic journey of survival. Her daughter, Bernice Steinhardt, took those panels and created an illustrated book, “Memories of Survival” (Hyperion), which she discusses and signs. The event includes a screening of a short film by Lawrence Kasdan. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Cooper Union, the Great Hall, 7 E. 7th St. at Third Avenue, 212-353-4195, free.

PEACE AND RABIN “Remembering Rabin: Whither Israel? Whither Peace?” is a panel on the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Rabin. Panelists include the president of the American Task Force in Palestine, Ziad Asali, and the publisher of the Forward, Samuel Norich. Wednesday, 6 p.m., the New School, Theresa Lang Student and Community Center, 55 W. 13th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-229-5488, $8.

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