Calendar
SINGLES
Singles listings for ages 20-35 are found in
"The Scene" in the JN Living Well pages.
The Yiddish culture will meet 1 p.m.
Thursday, May 6. Lectures, poetry and
songs facilitated monthly by Chaim
Rosenthal. Free.
dents and a dozen performing groups 7-
9 p.m. Tuesday, May 4 at the school,
4925 Orchard Lake Rd. There will be six
performance areas in all aspects of the
arts. (248) 738-3568.
W. BLOOMFIELD JCC
SUPPORT
For information or to RSVP, call the Jewish
Community Center, D. Dan 6- Betty Kahn
Building, 6600 W Maple Rd., West
Bloomfield, at (248) 661-1000.
JVS 'WOMEN TO WORK'
PROGRAM
YIDDISH CULTURE CLUB
JEWISH PROFESSIONAL SINGLES
Jewish Professional Singles, ages 30-50,
special friends interest group, day at the
Detroit Zoo Sunday, May 9. Meet at 10
for breakfast at Einstein Bros. Bagel,
27365 Woodward, Berkley, then carpool
to zoo. RSVP: Marilyn, (248) 544-9348.
The special cultural arts interest group
joins artist Lynne Avadenka as she gives a
tour of her exhibition of calligraphic
prints inspired by the Hebrew alphabet.
Meet for lunch 11:30 Sunday, May 16 at
Einstein Bros. Bagel, 29525 Northwestern
Hwy., Southfield, then carpool to the
DIA. RSVP: Jack, (248) 642-4767.
YOUTH
BEIT KODESH SUNDAY SCHOOL
Congregation Beit Kodesh Sunday school
early registration will be 9:45 a.m. Sunday,
May 2. Mrs. Green, (734) 477-8974.
OAR PARE JCC
For information or to RSVP, call the Jewish
Community Center, Jimmy Prentis Morris
Building, 15110 W 10 Mile Rd, Oak
Park, at (248) 967-4030.
RABBI FELDMAN AT LUNCHEON
Rabbi Marla J. Feldman, assistant
director for domestic concerns for the
Jewish Community Council will speak
on "The Politics of Division; the
Challenge of the Religious Extreme" at
the Institute for Retired Professionals
Lunch and Learn Tuesday, May 4.
Bring or buy lunch at 12:15, Room
310. Coffee, tea and dessert provided.
The lecture at 1 p.m. Free. Gloria B.
Ellis, IPR director, (248) 967-4030.
ISRAEL MEMORIAL CONCERT
The Si and Muriel Israel Memorial
Concert features baritone Mark Vondrak
and soprano Maria Cimarelli 1 p.m.
Tuesday, May 4 in Room 332. Free.
RSVP required.
ARTS &
ENTERTAINMENT
YIDDISH FILM SERIES
The Yiddish Film Series presents Kuni
Lemel in Tel Aviv 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May
2 and 12:45 p.m. Monday, May 3. Mike
Burstyn is Kuni Lemel, the bungling
folk-hero of the shtetl. His grandpa Kuni
offers $5 million to the first of his two
grandsons to marry and settle in Israel.
Sponsored by DMC/Sinai Hospital's
Program for Holocaust Survivors,
Workmen's Circle, Agency for Jewish
Education, Midrasha Center for Adult
Jewish Studies, CHAIM, Jewish Home and
Aging Services, Shaarit Haplaytah. and JCC.
BALLROOM DANCING CLASS
The JCC and the Stardust Ballroom
Dance Studio ballroom dancing class
7:15-8:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 4. Come
with or without a partner. Charge.
`SIMCHA DANCING' CLASSES
Eight-week "Simcha Dancing" classes
with the latest circle and line dances begin
Tuesday, May 4. The teen class in 7:45-
8:30 p.m. The women's class is 8:30-9:30
p.m. $45 members, $50 others.
MOTHER'S DAY FASHION SHOW
The JCC, the Institute for Retired
Professionals, Liz Claiborne Fashions and
Nino's Salon of Somerset Mall present a
Mother's Day Fashion Show and
Makeover 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 5.
Light refreshments. RSVP at front desk.
$2 members, $4 others.
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For more listings, see "Out and About" in
the JN Arts & Entertainment pages.
Musical Notes
ANN ARBOR CANTATA CONCERT
The Ann Arbor Cantata Singers Spring
Concert will honor 20th Century Jewish
composers and remember the Holocaust
7 p.m. Sunday, May 2 at Temple Beth
Emeth, Ann Arbor. U-M Prof. Henry
Greenspan (author of On Listening to
Holocaust Survivors, 1998) will speak. $5
individuals, $10 families, $2 students.
On The Stage
W. BLOOMFIELD 'MUSIC MAN'
West Bloomfield High School presents The
Music Man 8 p.m. Friday, April 30 and 2
and 8 p.m. Saturday, May 1 at the school,
4925 Orchard Lake Rd. (248) 539-2539.
`CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU'
Berkley High School presents the comedy
You Can't Take It With You 8 p.m.
Thursday and Friday, May 6-7 at the
school, 2325 Catalpa. $4. (248) 837-8080.
The Art Scene
W. BLOOMFIELD FESTIVAL
The West Bloomfield High School
"Celebrate the Arts" will involve 600 stu-
The Jewish Vocational Service Women to
Work informational meeting 10-noon,
Tuesday, May 4 at 29699 Southfield
Rd., Southfield, will give an overview of
the program for homemakers who have
lost their source of income following sep-
aration, divorce, death or disablement of
spouse. (248) 559-5000.
CHADD ANGER MANAGEMENT
Children and Adults with Attention
Deficit Disorder of Eastern Oakland
County will present a program on anger
management for ADD children at its
meeting 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 3 at
Way Elementary School, 765 W. Long
Lake Rd., Bloomfield Hills. Register at 7.
$5 for non-members. (248) 682-6185.
LOSS OF CHILD SUPPORT
Temple Israel loss of child bereavement
support group will meet for five
consecutive weeks 7-8:30 p.m.
Thursdays, beginning May 6,
facilitated by Phyllis Levitt. RSVP:
Kari K. Provizer, Family Life Center,
(248) 661-5700.
SPACE BEREAVEMENT GROUP
Space for Changing Families drop-in
bereavement support group meets 7:30-
9:30 p.m. Thursdays, May 6-June 3 at
the Space office, 26400 Lahser Rd., Ste.
100, Southfield. Free. RSVP: (248)
355-9936.
TEMPLE ISRAEL BEREAVEMENT
Temple Israel bereavement support group
meets for eight consecutive weeks 10:30-
noon Tuesdays, beginning May 11 facil-
itated by Dr. Bette Glickfield. RSVP:
Kari K. Provizer, Family Life Center,
(248) 661-5700.
JFS 'CHILDREN OF DIVORCE'
The Jewish Family Service new program
for children of divorced parents features
author and therapist Neil Kalter speaking
7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 12 at the
Applebaum Parenting Center at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek B'nai Israel,
West Bloomfield. $7.50 advance, $10 at
door. Sandy Hyman, (248) 559-1500.
FOOD ALLERGIES AND KIDS
Dr. James Braly, medical director of
Immuno Laboratories will speak on
"Food Allergies and the Brain for Special
Needs Children" 7 p.m. Thursday, May
13 at the Applebaum Parenting Center
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek B'nai
Israel, West Bloomfield. Free. RSVP
Randee Klein at JARC: (248) 352-5272.
EDUCATION
REPUBLICAN PARTY FUTURE
Rabbi Sherwin Wine, State Rep. Patricia
Godchaux and State Board of Education
member Clark Durant will discuss "The
Future of the Republican Party: Will the
Moderates or Conservatives Win?" 10:30-
noon Sunday, May 2 at the Center for
New Thinking, at the Kingsley Inn, 32400
Woodward, Bloomfield Hills. Continental
breakfast. $15. (248) 338-0105.
HEBREW
LECTURE ON
ISRAEL
Josef Tzeel, an indus-
trial engineer and for-
mer member of the
Haganah and IDF,
will speak in Hebrew
on "The Leadership
Crisis in Israel" 12:30 Josge Tzeel
p.m. Sunday, May 2
as part of the Mifgash
program for Hebrew speakers at the
Midrasha Center for Adult Jewish Study at
the Agency for Jewish Education, 21550 W.
12 Mile Rd., Southfield, Free. RSVP: Nira
Lev, (248) 354-1050.
LATTE AND JEWISH POETRY
Rabbi Aaron Bergman's eight-part Latte
and Learning series, "It Could Be Verse
- Jewish Poetry form the Bible to
Today" resumes with a discussion of
`Modern Poetry About the Bible"10 a.m.
Monday, May 3 at Borders Books &
Music, 30995 Orchard Lake Rd.,
Farmington Hills. $5 for members of
sponsoring institutions, $7, others.
Nancy Kaplan, (248) 737-1931.
ANTICIPATING SHAVUOT
Congregation B'nai Moshe holiday mini-
series 'Anticipating Shavuot" 7-9 p.m. three
consecutive Mondays, beginning May 3
with Cantor Berris and Rabbi Pachtef.
RSVP: (248) 788-0600.
`MAKING JEWS JEWISH'
Jewish historian Todd Endelman will speak
on "The Changing Agendas of American
Jewry: From Making Jews American to
Making Jews Jewish" 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
May 6 at the Kahn Building of the West
Bloomfield JCC. Free. Sponsored by the
JCC and the U-M Frankel Center for
Judaic Studies. (248) 661-1000.
NIRIM WORKSHOP ON ASHREP
The Agency for
Jewish Education is
holding a two-credit
Nirim workshop for
Jewish educators 7-
8:45 p.m. at the
AJE building,
21550 W. 12 Mile
Rd., Southfield.
Nira Lev, director of
Hebrew programs,
will present "Focus
Nira Lev