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Food and music for the art, heart and soul.

winter, the next was mostly white troit, will take place at Beth Abra-
with a little red for spring, the ham Hillel Moses on Friday,
The Leadership Network of third was mostly red with a little March 22. The cost of the dinner
B'nai B'rith will lend a hand to white, and the last was all red, is $18. The topic of discussion is
Yad Ezra, the Jewish communi- for fall — of course.
"Turn Friday Night Into Shab-
ty's kosher food bank. From 11
"I think a lot of people don't bat." The evening begins at 6:45
a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sun-
know about Tu B'She- p.m. For more information, call
day, March 24, many
vat seders and they Fern Hoberman Kepes at
young-adult volunteers
don't necessarily con- (810) 642-4260.
will meet at the Oak
nect Judaism with the
Park location to prepare
environment. The holi- Hold The Sweet 'N Low
Passover food baskets
The next Hillel of Metro De-
day is the perfect time
and distribute them to
to be thankful for na- troit Coffee House Night will be
1,200 local Jewish fami-
ture," says Stacey, who held at 9 p.m. Monday, March 18,
lies. For directions to
works for Friends of the at the Lonestar Coffee Co. on
RUTH
LIT
TMANN
Yad Ezra and more in-
Rouge River, a nonprof- Woodward in Birmingham. For
STA
FF
formation, call Karen
it environmental orga- a list of more HMD events, call
WR"EY E"TER
Safran at (810) 358-
nization based in (313) 577-3459.
0875.
Detroit.
Before the seder began, Stacey Lock 'Em Up
scattered laminated leaves on the
Friendship Circle
No, I'm not talking about ex-
Bassie and Rabbi Levi floor of her home and prepared a boyfriends and ex-girlfriends. The
Shemtov, both in their 20s, send prayer service. Each guest took arresting news is as follows:
The American Cancer Society
thanks out to owners and stylists turns reading.
After the wine, the young peo- will sponsor its 11th Annual
at Hair In Vogue on the corner of
Maple and Orchard Lake roads. ple — ages 24 to 28 — consumed Great American Lock Up, to be
The salon provided free hair- different types of fruit. First came held Tuesday, March 19, through
cuts to 25 volunteers with the the almonds (O.K., they're nuts, Friday, March 22, at 16 "jail sites"
Daniel Sobel Friendship Circle, but it's still a Tu B'Shevat tradi- throughout Wayne, Oakland,
Macomb, Washtenaw
an organization that
and Monroe counties.
offers different kinds
The purpose: to
of help to people who
raise $800,000 for the
are isolated or in
continuing fight
need.
against cancer.
The group, very
During the Lock
grass-roots, functions
Up, anyone can send
on the goodwill of
a loved one or friend
young people who
to the clinker, thus
offer free tutoring,
more-or-less coercing
transportation, baby-
donations to the
sitting and emotional
American
Cancer So-
support.
ciety. Prisoners will
The Shemtovs,
come up with their
founders and direc-
bail by phoning for
tors of the nonprofit
pledges while behind
friendship circle, en-
bars. And, if they
courage young adults Sarah Chana Lerner gets a complimentary haircut from Sheila
don't come up with
to get involved.
McCormick from Hair In Vogue.
the dough
"So many, so many
families, unfortunately, need this tion), then came the olives, the ... they're never going home
raisins, the strawberries and again.
help," says Bassie.
Do you want an excuse to fire
For assistance, for more infor- carob.
Then came dinner.
back at a new-found foe, bad
mation, or to become a volunteer,
Among those seen on the scene boss or delinquent significant
call the Shemtovs at (810) 855-
were several chavurim from other? (We're talking about a
1212.
Stacey's Otzma and Tamarack really Samaritan way to take
days. A snapshot of part of the evenge.)
Have You Ever Heard Of
crowd: Amy Mickel, Amy
Better yet. Consider the fact
Lavetter, Margery and Dr. that the girl or guy you send to
A Tu B'Shevat Seder?
Howard Klausner, Jeff Edel- jail also must don prisoner
Twenty-something Stacey
man, Renee Himmelhoch, Ja- stripes, wear an I.D. badge and
Hoffer combined two passions
son Collins, Kari Grosinger dine on bread and water (albeit,
last month: Judaism and envi-
and Taron Tachman, who that's probably not much worse
ronmentalism.
than food at your company's cafe-
The opportunity arose on Tu played guitar.
teria).
B'Shevat eve, when Stacey and
At
The
Behest
Of
Rest
Listen, the EYE can't give you
20 of her friends gathered in
The next Shabbat Dinner and all the details here, so try calling
Southfield for a different kind of
seder. In accordance with Jewish Service For Singles, sponsored by the American Cancer Society for
tradition, they drank four cups of the Michigan Board of Rabbis, more information. Here's the
The Jewish News and the Jewish number: (810) 557-5353. See you
wine to symbolize each season.
The first cup was all 'lite for Federation of Metropolitan De- in jail. El

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