Who's Who
and What's
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Young Jews are hip,
happening and living
in metro Detroit.

PHOTOS BY DANIEL LIPPI1T

Sunday Schmoozers brunch

at Seva Vegetarian Restaurant.
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Liberty Street
west of State Street in Ann Ar-
bor. Sponsored by Professional
Jewish Singles. For information,
call Phyllis Perry, (313) 973-
8699.

Murder mystery party at the

Potomac Club. 6200 Farming-
ton Road in West Bloomfield.
Sponsored by Hillel of Metro De-
troit. Cost: $5. R.S.V.P. by Feb.
10, (313) 577-3459.

Sunday, Feb. 16

Understanding gender dif-
ferences in relationships. 7

Lonestar Coffee Co., 207 S.
Woodward. Sponsored by Hillel
of Metro Detroit.

p.m. With coffee and dessert at
the Agency for Jewish Educa-
tion, 21550 W. 12 Mile Road in
Southfield. Cost: $3. Sponsored
by Professional Jewish Singles.
R.S.V.P. by Feb. 13. For infor-
mation, call Susan Dines, (810)
626-7246, or Cindy Leven, (810)
542-9166.

Dinner at Max and Erma's.

6:15 p.m. Sponsored by Profes-
sional Jewish Singles. For in-
formation, call Susan Dines,
(810)626-7246, or Cindy Leven,
(810) 542-9166.

Friday, Feb. 14

Midwest Singles Shabbaton

for Orthodox singles over 30. Ac-

In Good
With
Grandma

One Jewish girlfriend
explains how she won
over her beau's bubble.

Singles Saturday sports
night. 7-10 p.m. At the Jimmy

kosher. Cost: $129. For informa-
tion, call the Baron Hirsch Syn-
agogue, (901) 683-SHUL.

Singles Shabbat at Temple

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Shir Shalom. 8 p.m. Guest
speaker: Don Cohen, executive
director of the Anti-Defamation
League's Michigan Region. For
information, call (810) 737-8700.

Saturday, Feb. 22

Laser light show at Cran-

brook. 7:30 p.m. Drinks after at
Old Woodward Grill. Sponsored

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have uncovered the secret
weapon sure to win over the
most critical of Jewish grand-
mothers.
No, no, you don't have to stop
dating their perfect grandchil-
dren, and you need not know how
to make gefilte fish from scratch
(although it can't hurt).
The key I have found is neat

Allison Kaplan is a columnist for

the Chicago Jewish Star whose
mother only lets her date
Jewish guys.

Sunday, Feb. 16-18

The Spitzer Forum on Public

Policy in Washington D.C. For
information, contact Hillel of
Metro Detroit, (313) 577-3459.

Tuesday, Feb. 25

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Friday, Feb. 21

Rabbi Sherwin Wine will
speak about balancing the keys

Friday, Feb. 14-17

National Singles Celebration
in Memphis. Orthodox, glatt

Prentis Morris JCC on 10 Mile
Road in Oak Park. Cost: $8; in-
cludes refreshments and sports.
Sponsored by Professional Jew-
ish Singles. R.S.V.P. by Feb. 19.
For information, call Larry Rood,
(810) 545-6912, or Lee Winer,
(810) 265-6206.

if

SINGLE TRAVEL

mation, call (810) 683 5030.

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Coffee House Night. 9 p.m.

Friday-Sunday, Feb. 14-16

Hadassah Ruach Chapter
progressive dinner. For infor-

Saturday, Feb. 15

Monday, Feb. 10

to a meaningful life. 8 p.m.
Birmingham Temple, 28611 W.
12 Mile Road. Sponsored by the
Singles Group of the Birming-
ham Temple. For information,
call (810) 477-1410.

by B'nai B'rith Leadership
Network. Meet at Cranbrook's
Planetarium. For information,
call Mark Levine, (810) 352-
8393.

tivities will take place in West
Bloomfield, at neighborhood
homes and at the Bais Chabad
Torah Center. Cost: $175. For
information, call Mirj am Gunz-
Schwarcz, (810) 968-6719.

Sunday, Feb. 9

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Name: Carrie Benigsohn
Age: 24
Residence: Farmington Hills
Occupation: Senior account executive, advertising
Three items she would take if stranded on an
island: Suntan lotion, water and probably a
canoe
First job: Baby-sitting
Best part about being single: The freedom to do
what you want, when you want
Worst part about being single: I still haven't found
the worst part.
A quality you like most in others: A sense of
humor

Name: Jon Dwoskin
Age: 24
Residence: Farmington Hills
Occupation: Principal of Online Marketing Co., in
charge of sales and marketing
Favorite article of clothing: Ties and suspenders
The best thing about living in the Detroit area
is: My friends and family are here.
The worst thing about living in the Detroit
area is: I really can't think of anything that bad.
Television or movie character with whom I
most closely identify: John F. Kennedy Jr.
— young, entrepre-neurial and ambitious.
A childhood memory that stands out: Having weekly Friday night Shabbos dinners
with my family

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Interdating, intermarriage
and racism discussion with

Sunday, March 2-9

Rabbi Avraham Jacobovitz and
Hillel of Metro Detroit. 6:30 p.m.
Includes deli dinner. Max M.
Fisher Building, 6735 Telegraph
Road. For information, call (313)
577-3459.

Costa Rica, through Premier
Jewish Singles. For information,
call (314) 994-9600.

RID Happenings will list
events of a Jewish nature for
singles of any age and occa-
sions for young adults. Please
send materials to Lynne
Meredith Cohn at The Jew-
ish News, 27676 Franklin
Road, Southfield, MI 48034,
at least two weeks prior to
the issue in which you'd like
the event to appear.

and genuine. And in my case, it
was as much a surprise to me as
to my boyfriend's protective
grandma.
It happened at a family dinner
where I was strategically seated
to her right. She was describing
her late husband when I hap-
pened to sneeze.
"Ah, you sneeze on the truth,"
she wisely pointed out. Now I
could have asked what exactly it
means to sneeze on the truth and
how I had unknowingly accom-
plished this seemingly fantastic

feat. Or I could have simply nod-
ded and smiled.
But instead, I spoke without
thinking, which for once turned
out to be better than the alter-
native.
"Genossen of n emes," I reiter-
ated with a shrug. (That's Yid-
dish for "sneezing on the truth.")
It's a saying my own grandma
has always favored, especially
when I happen to let one out
while she's telling me that I
should only date Jewish men or
start saving my money. It's for

Sunday, March 30-April 6

London, England, through

Premier. (314) 994-9600.

dnesday, April 2-6

Jewish singles ski trip to

Steamboat, courtesy of Chicago's
Steppin Out. Cost: $735; includes
round-trip air from Chicago. For
information, call (312) 509-8595.

those types of occasions that
sneezing on the truth was creat-
ed.
Well, you'd think I had parted
the Red Sea. I mean, from a
grandma's perspective, being
Jewish is a must if dating one of
her precious grandkids. Good
manners, a strong benefit. A nice
family, couldn't hurt. But a com-
mand of the Yiddish language,
virtually unheard oft
My boyfriend's grandma was
practically kvelling, right there,
before a heaping mound of