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was ro push the cart. Toward the
end, we mopped sweat from our
/-- • and panted as we took
Monday, jan. 18
turns pushing and pulling the cart
Jewish
Book Club for Young Adults will
up and down the aisles. My hus-
cliscuss Naomi Ragen's The Ghost of
band, a self-described skinflint,
Hannah Mendes, 7-8:30 p.m. at Bravo
didn't even wince as I wrote a
Coffee House, Southfield. Sponsor:
check for $194.68.
Agency for Jewish Education. For infor-
We raced to the car, lest the
mation, call Amy Milner, (248) 354-
owners of the store realize the
6060.
steals we found and stop us at the
exit to pay more for the booty.
Tuesday, Jan. 19
But the experience didn't stop
Discuss The Gold ofEvodus with Rabbi
there. What we shared in that
store was so profound that I found Josh Bennett, as part of the Loop book
club program. 7 p.m., Birmingham
myself stopping throughout the
Borders. Kari Grosinger, (248) 203-
day to process the things I had
1470, or Amy Milner, (248) 354-1050.
seen. I'd be in the middle of a
heated debate with Joel about Bill
Sunday, Jan. 24
Clinton's impeachment when
"Making
Your Own Traditions," a free pro-
suddenly I would open my
gram
for
singles
and couples ages 21-35,
,,iouth and out would pop,
and
their
children,
friends' children, nieces
"Did you know that Bounty
and nephews. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the
towels come in a 15-roll pack?
Kahn Jewish Community Center Discovery
At $12, that breaks down to
Room.
80 cents a roll. Honey, how
Participants will learn to make Jewish food •
much do we usually spend
and
learn about Jewish holidays and tradi-
on that stuff, like $3 for a
tions.
Bagels and snacks will be served. Event
3-roll pack? Why right
chair:
Lisa
Granitz. Reservation deadline is
there, we saved $3."
Friday,
Jan.
15. For reservations, call Lauren
- The same thing hap-
Dworkin
at
Jewish
Federation, (248) 203-
pened to Joel. As he
1492.
assembled his flash-

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Sunday, Jan. 24
Metro Hillel will serve a meal at the
Coalition On Temporary Shelters
(COTS). Participants will meet at
9:30 a.m. at the Jimmy Prentis
Morris JCC in Oak Park. Event
chair: Mira Zeevi. For reservations,
by Thursday, Jan. 21, call Metro
Hillel at (313) 577-3459.

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lights and I read a bedtime story to
our son, Joel suddenly broke into
the soothingly rhythmic beat of Dr.
Seuss to make the observation that
he was surprised he didn't see cam-
ouflage-wearing survivalists there.
"With the sizes of the boxes, bags
and cans of food, you could survive
the fall out of any Armageddon,"
he said.
Tuesday, Jan. 26
Joel and I have decided to soon
Bar night social, 8:30 p.m., with Black
return to the warehouse of ungodly
Beauty blues-jazz band, sponsored by
deals. We will buy some wine, more
Federation Young Adult Division at
cereal and the four-pack of muffin
Dick O'Dow's, 160 W. Maple,
mix I could shoot myself for not
Birmingham. Free admission. At 7:30
scooping up the first time around.
p.m., information meeting on the
We have talked about remodel-
1999 singles mission to Israel. For
ing our kitchen or building an
information, call Lauren Dworkin at
addition to house the oversized
Federation, (248) 203-1492.
goods but plan to store them on
shelves we recently erected in the
Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 6-7
basement.
An evening at Camp Tamarack (bring
I told my mother of the expe-
your sleeping bag) followed by a day
rience. She first welcomed me
of skiing at Mt. Holly, sponsored by
into the 1990s then added
Metro Hillel. Event chair: Talya
something disturbingly forward
4
Drissman. $40 for accomodations and
thinking.
lift ticket; $15 ski rental; Tamarack
"You know, you can do
only, $25; skiing only, $20. Payment
some of that shopping on the
due by Wednesday, Jan. 27. Call
Internet now," she said. ri
Metro Hillel, (313) 577-3459.

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