Parents With A Special Needs Child Simcha Sets Social Event Are you a parent of a special needs pre-school age child? Do you dream of a full Jewish educational experience for your child? Simcha, an organization for Jew- ish lesbians, gays, their families and friends, will present a games night: an evening of board games, card games, socializing and refreshments on Saturday, April 27, at 7 p.m. This free event will take place in a private home in the north Oak Park area. For directions and or information, contact the Simcha Info-line; (810) 353-8025. Are you willing to pursue this dream? Temple Israel Chamber Concert Fred Raimi, cellist, and Jane Hawkins, pianist, will perform in a recital in the next Schmier Chapel Chamber Series Concert at Temple Israel on Sunday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Raimi, a Detroit native, was educated at the Johns Hop- kins University and the Juilliard School of Music. He has been a member of the Ciompi Quartet since 1974, when he joined the Duke faculty. Previously he was cellist of the Amici Quartet at Hamilton College and Colgate University. He has performed at Monadnock Music and at the Marlboro and Spoleto Festivals. He was one of 100 cellists who performed in Carnegie Hall in 1969 under the direction of Pablo Casals and also played in Casals' final master class in 1973. Ms. Hawkins graduated with distinction from the Royal Acad- emy of Music in London, where she studied both cello and piano. Her experience includes ap- pearances with the Dorian Wind Quintet, the Ciompi String Quar- tet, the Chicago Symphony Chamber Players and the Amer- ican Chamber Players at the Li- brary of Congress. A faculty member at Duke University dur- ing the academic year, Ms. Hawkins spends her summers teaching and performing at the Musicorda Festival in Massa- chusetts. She is a founding mem- ber of the Mallarme Chamber Players and the North Carolina Chamber Soloists. For complimentary tickets, call the Temple Israel office, (810) 661-5700. Nora colnwtitm~4 eterfietAw amd end/416 Acti 114 el 40/ace el/at:4 ()Jen ce/n/tIntott4 Maple-Drake Happenings 1. • & HA; ( 1 (1,11 ( 118 Tv;bah Ilitabah 4-a 0 qqa (Iciaey l'obriefeei (1;of,r7m(ri, PlefiJ (.1 -eY'ff /ire irk) SpAsibo Gitit Shoval-Jerusalem3000 Cel- ebration, in commemoration of the Trimillenium anniversary of Jerusalem, will appear at the Maple-Drake on Sunday, April 21, at 3:30 p.m. This is a family concert. General admission: member-adult $5; child $4; non- member-adult $6; child $5. Great Decisions 1996 will start on Wednesday, May 1, and run through June 19. The first in this series of eight will be on "Foreign Policy and the U.S. Political Sys- tem." Rabbi Shmuel Irons will lead a series of four lectures in the li- brary at 8 p.m. from May 7-28. No charge. "From Jerusalem With Love," featuring the Israel Lyric Trio, will appear at Maple-Drake on Sunday, May 12, at 3:30 p.m. The trio, founded by pianist/com- poser Rami Bar-Niv, includes flutist Wendy Eisler-Kashy and soprano Cara Goodrich. Israeli works, songs in Ladino and Yid- dish as well as Chasidic songs will be featured. Admission: adults $3; children $2. Mothers and/or grandmothers accompa- nied by their children or grand- children or carrying photos of the children will be admitted free of charge. Refreshments will be available for purchase. Artists from the Michigan Opera Theatre will perform on Monday, May 13, at 2 p.m. in the Janice Charach Epstein Muse- um/ Gallery for the Si and Muriel Israel Concert. Artists include baritone Mark Vondrak, lyric so- prano Maria Cimarelli and pi- anist Kevin Bylsma. Admission: members $2; non-members $3. For information or reserva- tions, call Lorraine Morris, 661- 7649. Fatal Crash Is Discussed The plane crash of Jessica Dubroff will be the topic of the next Detroit Jewish Judicial Seminar titled 'What Are Chil- dren for? Or, Who was really fly- ing the Plane?" The lunch and learn will be on Wednesday, May `--\ 1, in the Riverside Conference room 700A of the Detroit City/County building at 12:15 p.m. Rabbi Herschel Finman will lead the discussion. Kosher lunch is $10 by reser- vation; information can be re- ceived by calling Rabbi Finman, (810) 542-5087. Jewish Hour Airs Sunday This week's program of The Jew- ish Hour, hosted by Herschel Finman, will feature Levi Shem- tov, director of the Daniel Sobel Friendship Circle. The program will air on WPON - 1460 AM on Sunday, April 28, at noon. The Daniel Sobel Friendship Circle is an Outreach Counsel- ing center. Rabbi Shemtov will discuss how the circle works and retell some of the more interest- ing cases that have occurred. People are invited to call the station, (810) 332-1460.