Calendar Calendar Listings are updated daily on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com SHABBAT SHALOM ! CHURCH VISITS SHIR SHALOM Sister congregation Trinity Missionary Baptist, with Rev. Bailey and his choir, visits 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17. (248) 737-8700. BETH SHALOM DINNER For members, 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1. $15 adults, $7 children over 3. RSVP by Sept. 27: Gail Langer (248) 553-3690. JEWISH PARENTS INSTITUTE Secular, family-oriented services at the West Bloomfield JCC. Yom Kippur: 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20 in Room 332. RSVP: (248) 661-7637. Y.A.S.S. AT ADAT SHALOM "Young Adult Shabbat Service" Kol Nidre service 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19 in Joseph D. Shiffman Chapel. Free and open to young adults and college students. Jeremy Fogel and Paul Mabry lead. Information: Beth and Jeremy Kahn (248) 544-6433. TOM KIPPUR OAK PARK JCC SERVICES At Jimmy Prentis Morris Building. Yom Kippur: 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19 and 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 20. Tickets, at front desk, are $10 for all. (248) 967-4030. GROSSE POINTE SERVICES Jewish Council services will be led by Rabbi Nicolas Behrmann and Cantorial Soloist Bryant Frank at the Grosse Pointe United Church, 240 Chalfonte, Grosse Pointe Farms. Yom Kippur services will be 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19 and 9:30 a.m. Monday Sept. 20 with children's services 1:30-2 p.m. Memorial and concluding services begin at 4 p.m. Open to the community. (313) 882- 6700. SERVICES IN WINDSOR Congregation Shaar Hashomayim has seats available for Yom Kippur services. Convenient to downtown Detroit. Regular daily minyans are at 7:30 a.m. and in the evening. (519) 256-3123. SHIR TIKVAH SERVICES Troy congregation's Yom Kippur services require tickets, but no tickets are required for family service at 4 p.m. Sept. 20. (248) 649 4418. THE SHUL (CHABAD LUBAVITCH) At the JCC in West Bloomfield. Yom Kippur: 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19 and 9:30 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20. Break-fast follows Yom Kippur services. Free. Open to the community regardless of affiliation or level of commitment. Seating limited. RSVP: (248) 788-7131. WORKMEN'S CIRCLE Arbeter Ring. At the Oak Park Community Center, 14300 Oak Park Blvd. Secular/cul- tural observances 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20 for Yom Kippur. Charge. (248) 545-0985. AISH HATORAH At Yeshivat Akiva, 21100 W 12 Mile Rd., Southfield. Yom Kippur: 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20. Break-fast Monday night. (248) 737- 0400. THE SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY Yom Kippur: 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 20, Neila 7:10 p.m. (248) 788-8069. CLUBS / AFFILIATES RADOMER MUTUAL SOCIETY Memorial service at Hebrew Memorial Park cemetery 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 19 to honor more than 30,000 members of Radom, Poland who were killed during the Holocaust. Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz and Cantor Earl Berris will officiate. SHARON GROUP HADASSAH Jane F. Cunningham of the Food and Drug Administration speaks on "How Consumers Can Protect Themselves Against Fraud" at a luncheon 12:30 Tuesday, Sept. 21 at Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake Rd., West Bloomfield. Charge. Guests welcome. RSVP: Dorothy Eichenhorn (248) 559- 0434 or Anne Sukenic (248) 557-7540. ROOSEVELT GROUP HADASSAH Cheryl Chodun of Channel 7 speaks at the opening meeting 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21 at Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake Rd., West Bloomfield. Dessert buffet. Charge. RSVP: Sonja Kass (248) 545-7843 or Rita Sukenic (248) 626-1234. WRITER ROBERT ROCKAWAY Lecture on the national and local societal forces that led to forming the Jewish Community Council in the 1930s 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21 at the West Bloomfield Jewish Community Center. Refreshments. Free. Sponsored by the Council, the Institute for Retired Professionals and the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. TEMPLE BETH EL SISTERHOOD Family law attorney Harriet Band Rotter will discuss "Five Best Friends Every Woman Should Have" to achieve personal goals and maintain indepen- Harriet Rotter dence, noon Wednesday, Sept. 22. $12 members/$15 guests. RSVP. (248) 855-2423. TEMPLE ISRAEL TREASURES Former state legislator Jack Faxon will speak on "Looking Back at 40 Years of Michigan Politics" at a luncheon meeting noon Wednesday, Sept. 22 Charge. (248) 661- 5700. BRANDEIS WOMEN'S COMMITTEE James Grey, past president of the Jewish Historical Society and member of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan will speak at a membership tea 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22 at the Bloomfield Townshhip Library, Lone Pine at Telegraph. Free. Open to the public. Joan Braun, (248) 626-8985. FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN U. Detroit organization presents comedian Rita Rudner at a benefit 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22 at Royal Oak Music Hall. $180. (248) 540-8900. GLENWOOD ORT MEETING Craig Faille of WDET public radio will speak 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22 at the ORT office in the Max M. Fisher Bldg., 6735 Telegraph Rd., Bloomfield Twp. Information: Laurie Chudnow (248) 546- 6932. MARSHALL-ISRAEL-BRANDEIS Chapter, Jewish Women International lun- cheon noon Thursday, Sept. 23 at Whitehall Apts. Clubhouse, 16176 Cumberland, Southfield. The Yiddishe Mamas will perform song, dance "and other shtick." Eileen Israel is program chairlady. Cost. RSVP: Ruth Fisher (248) 968-3231 or Estelle Friedenberg (248) 353-3238. TEMPLE ISRAEL MUSIC Nathalie M. Conrad and Susan Greener will perform a music program for seniors 1:30-3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23. Free, open to the community. Sponsored by the Family Life Center of Temple Israel, the Temple Treasures and the Caring Community of Temple Israel. (248) 661-5700. NCCJ EVENING CONFERENCE The National Conference for Community and Justice presents "Managing Conflicts in Faith Communities" 5:30-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23 at Bethel AME Church, 5050 Richard Allen Dr., Detroit. Free. RSVP: Dr. Dan Krichbaum, (313) 567-6225. `IDENTITY, THOUGHT, VISION' Cynthia Phillips, exhibition producer, will discuss the development of the exhibit of 22 Israeli artists 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23 at the Janice Charach Epstein Museum Gallery at the West Bloomfield JCC. (248) 661-7641. TEMPLE ISRAEL COUPLES Paid up ($50) membership "Country Hoe- Down" with dancing, hayrides, and dinner Saturday, Sept. 25 at the In7y J Ranch in Milford. Non-temple members may join Couples Club. Fran or Howard Heicklen (248) 661-5629. GILDA'S CLUB FAMILY WALK And block party, 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 26 at Cobo Hall. Walking tour of downtown Detroit, indoor fun walk and party at Cobo with marching bands, clowns, games and prizes. $22, children under 10 free. (248) 577-0800. SHAAREY ZEDEK SISTERHOOD Sukkot luncheon 11:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27. Rabbi Leonardo Bitran shares his insights on Sephardic Judaism and the book The Ghost of Hannah Mendes by Naomi Regan. Free to paid-up members. Guests, $12. RSVP by Sept. 20: Frieda Langnas (248) 357-5544, ext. 42. Babysitting on request. TEMPLE ISRAEL SISTERHOOD Paid-up member luncheon noon Monday, Sept. 27 features Sue Marx, Academy Award winner for the docu- mentary film Young at Heart. Dues of $30 may be paid at the door. Non-members, $10. Babysitting $5 by request. RSVP: Nancy Borman (248) 553- Sue Marx 8655 or the temple (248) 661-5700. GREATER DETROIT HADASSAH Yiddish Conversation Class 1:30-3 p.m. Mondays beginning Sept. 27 at Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake Rd., West Bloomfield. Rochell Sabel, facilitator. Charge. Guests welcome. (248) 683-5030. HA1VITAJISRAEL CHAPTER Na'amat USA lunch meeting 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28 in the Na'amat building, 25900 Greenfield Rd., Ste. 205E, Oak Park. Frita Dratkin will speak on growing up Jewish in America. Free. Guests wel- come. RSVP: (248) 967-4750. FEDERATION AND FOUNDATION Author and educator Dr. Ron Wolfson will speak at the first combined annual meeting of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and the United Jewish Foundation 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28 at Yeshivat Akiva, 21100 W. 12 Mile Rd., Southfield. David Page, the 1999 recipient of the Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award will be hon- ored. Free. Information: Susan Kamin (248) 642-4260 ext. 237. PARKWOOD CHAPTER ORT Allan Gale, assistant director of the Jewish Community Council, will speak on the Israel/Arab peace process at 1 p.m. after a noon luncheon Wednesday, Sept. 29 at the Max M. Fisher Federation Bldg., 6735 Telegraph Rd., Ste. 150, Bloomfield Township. Charge. Guests welcome. (248) 723-8860. SHIR TIKVAH SISTERHOOD Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg speaks on how the Jewish people survive tragedies with life- affirming humor Wednesday, Sept. 29 at the Troy temple. Informal dinner 6:45, pro- gram at 7:45. RSVP: (248) 649-4418 ext. 28. CHILDREN OF CHERNOBYL The 7th annual concert for the Children of Chernobyl/Michigan Region is 7:45 p.m.