JPM 810-967-4030
15110 W. 10 Mile Rd., Oak Park 48237

Maple/Drake 810-661-1000
6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield 48322

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all, winter and spring come
alive with some of the finest
Jewish performing artists
in the world as the new ENCORE
series thrills the metropolitan De-
troit area. Straight from Off-Broad-
way, Avi Hoffman performs a new
Yiddish musical revue, "Too Jew-
ish?" featuring nostalgia, song,
comedy, and cultural social histo-
ry on Saturday, November 11 at
8:00 p.m. New England Klezmer
Conservatory Band performs Jan-
uary 13 at 8:00 p.m. Gemini offers
a Tu B'Shevat family concert
blending laughter, fun, song and
togetherness on Sunday, January
28 at 2:00 p.m. Voice of the Turtle
introduces folk music from
Sephardic cultures to the commu-
nity on Sunday, March 24 at 8:00
p.m. The New York Times de-
clares, "This powerfully expres-

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sive repertory will leave no one
unmoved." The season concludes
with a celebration of Jerusalem
3000 as Israel's hottest rising star,
Gitit Shoval debuts in our com-
munity in a concert for all ages.
This show will take place on Sun-
day, April 21 at 2:00 p.m. Tickets
are now on sale at the Adult and
Family Enrichment Department
Maple/Drake building for all per-
formances.

44th Annual Jewish Book
Fair is November 4-14

Sunday, November 5
Sunday sposored by Mark, Ilyssa and Alex
Kahn in honor of the 25th Wedding Anniver-
sary of Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe

11:00 a.m.
Bette Roth Young, author of Emma Lazarus in
Her World

1:00 p.m.
Reader's Theatre Presentation starring Rube
Weiss and Al Vinocur
Address Unknown by Kressman Taylor

1:30 p.m.
Sherry Margolis will read
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco. Partici-
pants will then help to make a quilt for the JCC
that will commemorate the 3000th Anniversary
of Jerusalem.

2:00 p.m.
Rabbi Daniel Gordis, author of G-d Was Not In
The Fire:The Search fora Spiritual Judaism

3:00 p.m. _
Lawrence Katz, author of Baseball in 1939:
The Watershed Season of the National Pas-
time

4:00 p.m.
Paul Eidelberg, author of Demophrenia: Israel
and the Malaise of Democracy

7:00 p.m.
Joyce Starr, author of Covenant Over Middle
Eastern Waters

8:00 p.m.
John Scalamonte, author of To Be Ordained a
Jew

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Monday, November 6
Monday sponsored by Belle and Isidor
Eisenberg

10:00 a.m.
Robert Eisenberg, author of Boychiks In The
Hood: Travels in the Hasidic Underground

1:00 p.m.
Blu Greenberg, author of Black Bread: Poems
After the Holocaust

8:00 p.m.
Aviva Cantor, author of Jewish Women, Jew-
ish Men: The Legacy of Patriarchy in Jewish
Life

8:00 p.m. at JPM
Blu Greenberg, author of Black Bread: Poems
After the Holocaust

Tuesday, November 7
Tuesday sponsored by Barbara and
Douglas Bloom and the Nosanchuck Fami-
lies Book Fair Fund

10:00 a.m.
Cara Weiss Wilson, author of Love, Otto: The
Legacy of Anne Frank

1:00 p.m.
Elie Weisel, author of All Rivers Run to the
Sea — Memoirs

Wednesday, November 8
Wednesday sponsored by Dr. Peter and Es-
ther Shifrin

10:00 a.m.
Robin Hirsch, author of Last Dance at the Ho-
tel Kempinski

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Sunday, November 12
Sunday sponsored by Belle Kukes, Dr. Mar-
cus H. and Eleanor Sugarman, and Grant and
Betty Silverfarb

8:00 p.m.
Rabbi Sherwin Wine, contributing author of
Judaism in a Secular Age

11:00 am.
Judith Wallerstein, author of The Good Mar-
riage: How and Why Love Lasts

8:00 p.m. at JPM
Yonah Weinrib illustrator of Hallel

1:00 p.m.
Raphael Ezekiel, author of The Racist Mind:
Portraits of American Neo-Nazis and Klans-
men

10:00 am.
Pearl Abraham, author of Romance Reader

1:00 p.m.
Myma Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer, au-
thors of Growing up Jewish in America: An
Oral History

8:00 p.m.
David Mel, author of What Jews Believe: The
Spiritual Foundations of Judaism

8:00 p.m. at JPM
Rabbi Moshe Gans, author of Make Me, Don't
Break Me: A Guide for Parents and Teachers

Saturday November 11
8:00 p.m.
An evening honoring Sarah Friedman for all her
years of service to the Center, with one special
ENCORE performance by:
Avi Hoffman, in His One Man Yiddish Musical
"Too Jewish?" Tickets start at $12.00.

October 23 -

10:00 a. m.—Men's Club

October 28-

8:00 p.m. —Bolshoi Sym-
phony Concert- Hill Audi-
torium Ann Arbor

October 30-

Wednesday, November 8, cont.
1:00 p.m.
Maurice Lamm, author of The Power of Hope:
The One Essential of Life and Love

Thursday, November 9
Thursday sponsored by Bea and Boris Katz

1:00-4:00 p.m.—Institute fct,
Single Jewish Mothers
Conference

Boris Berezovsky, Pianist

Call for reservations and further information.

JPM: Sue Miller, 967-4030
Maple/Drake: Dave Stone, 661-7731
Maple/Drake: Theresa Fulgenzi 661-7691

October 22-

Conductor

Refreshments

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Alexander La zarv,

You Too Can Belong!

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8:00 p.m.
Rabbi Michael Goldberg, author of Why Should
Jews Survive?

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This Week
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2:00 p.m.—Spotlight on
Jewish Arts

JPM

October 22-

7:00-10:00 p.m.—Young
Adults Health Club Open
House

October 23 -

930 ain—Adult Eduction
Classes, Naomi Levine

12:30 p.m.—Bingo

2:00 p.m. at JPM
Joan Nathan, author of The Childrens Jewish
Holiday Kitchen, with J.E.F.F.

2:00 p.m.
Reuven Hammer, author of Classic Midrash

3:00 p.m. at JPM
Siach Sarfei Kodesh - Choir of the Hebrew
Day School f Ann Arbor

4:00 p.m.
Naomi Rosenblatt, author of Wrestling With An-
gels: What the First Family of Gensis Teach-
es Us About Our Spiritual Identity

4:00 p.m. at JPM
Ann Armbruster, author of The Life and Times
of Miami Beach

7:00 p.m.
Rabbi Abraham Twerski, M.D., author of Life's
Too Short!

8:00 p.m .
Moshe Arens, author of Broken Covenant:
American Foreign Policy and the Crisis Be-
tween the U.S. and Israel

October 24-

9:30 am. —Russian Accultura-
tion - Money Management

1:00 p.m. —Music Appreci-
ation 'Tabs" Kaldobsky

October 25 -

9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. —
Adult Education Classes,
Naomi Levine

1:00 p.m. —Insight Social
Support Group

1:00 p.m. —Senior Social

October 26-

1:00 p.m.—Elie Weisel
Video

Odober 27-

12:30 p.m.—Erev Shabba t
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