********** LINCOLN Mercury and girls schools and yeshivot will dis- cuss post-high school options in Israel and America. The NCSY will host a mini-shabbaton for freshmen and seniors in Beachwood, Ohio the same weekend. Information: Rabbi Steven Burg (248) 557-NCSY. TZEDAKA JOINT BLOOD DRIVE With Temple Shir Shalom and Congregation B'nai Moshe 8:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7 at the temple. To reserve a time slot: Shir Shalom (248) 737-8700, Merryl Schwartz (248) 932- 5199, or B'nai Moshe (248) 788-0600. PARACHAPLAINCY TRAINING Jewish Home and Aging Services' Jewish Community Chaplaincy Program hosts a volunteer training session to discuss "Coping With Loss, Death and Dying" 7- 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11 at the Fleischman Residence/Blumberg Plaza, 6710 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. Speakers include Ruth Aaronson, Judy Keys, Robert Hack and Rabbis Avi Shapiro and Sheila Goloboy. Free. RSVP by Nov. 9: Shiley Jarcaig (248) 661-2999, ext. 300. SUPPORT Space for Changing Families offers two seven-week groups for adults grieving the death of a spouse or partner. One group meets 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays, Nov. 9-Dec. 21; the other meets 10-noon Wednesdays, Nov. 10-Dec. 22 at the Space office, 26400 Lahser, Suite 100, Southfield. Free. RSVP by Nov. 8: (248) 355-9936. JEWISH BEREAVEMENT LECTURE The Bereavement Coalition, a consortium of synagogues and organizations, hosts "The Mourner's Path: Jewish Resources in Times of Grief" with Rabbi Amy Eilberg, the first woman ordained as a Conservative rabbi and an expert in bereavement and spirituality, 7-9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 15 at the Space for Changing Families office, 26400 Lahser, Suite. 100, Southfield. Free. RSVP by Nov. 11: (248) 355-9936. wRZ, We JEWISH MYSTICISM LECTURES Eilu v' Eilu, the adult learning project of the Detroit Conservative movement Latte & Learning series presents Rabbi Aaron Bergman speaking on "Tearing Off the Coat of Many Colors: The Figure of Joseph in Modern Literature" 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 8 at Borders Books and Music, 30995 Orchard Lake Rd., Farmington Hills. $5. Nancy Kaplan (248) 737-1931. E-mail: eilulearn@aol.com Learn . Rabbi Herschel Finman discusses "Prayer — The Gateway to the Soul" 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 7 following 8:30 minyan at Congregation B'nai David. Free; open to the community. Nov. 14 topic: "Biography of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai - SUZUKI SUPERSTAR USED CARS CE) To SELL, SERVICE, and SATISFY every customer in a way that makes RABBI WINE MONDAY FORUM them want to come back and do business with us again and again with the least amount of cost in order for us to make a profit. The second of five talks for Jewish Book Month looks at Shtetl by Eva Hoffman 8:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8 at the Birmingham Temple. $4 members/$6 others. (248) 477-1410. "If my people are better I have a priceless advantage over my NIRIM CREATIVITY WORKSHOP The Agency for Jewish Education invites Jewish educators to learn how to quilt, with a Jewish theme, 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9 at the AJE building, 21550 W. 12 Mile Road, Southfield. No sewing experience necessary. Two NIRIM units. Free. Educators can regis- ter with their school directors. Information: Madeleine Goldstein (248) 354-1050. Rosh Chodesh prayer and study group 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10 at Congregation Beth Shalom. Information: Nancy Kaplan (248) 737- 1931. AJE NIRIM LEARN AND LEAD The Agency for Jewish Education will hold a Jewish educators workshop 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10 at Adat Shalom Synagogue. Conservative schol- ar-in-residence Rabbi Benjamin Segal discusses "When Belief in the Good- and-Great God Confronts a Different Reality." Participants will discuss Ashrei and will learn how to integrate its con- cepts into classrooms. Two NIRIM units. Free. Educators can register with their school directors. Information: Madeleine Goldstein (248) 354-1050. AISH HATORAH CLASSES Rabbi Tzvi Hochstadt discusses the week's parsha at 7:30 p.m. and a mysti- cal overview of Judaism at 8:40 every Wednesday at the Aish Center, 555 S. Old Woodward Ave., Ste. 611, Birmingham. (248) 737-0400. competition." "WE SELL & LEASE FOR LESS" Call 1•800•MEL•FARR • 24 Hour Info Center c 7VorthWf3od geweler8 THE BRIDAL STORE SILVERWARE CHINA AND CRYSTAL SALE SAVE 20% - 60% ON THE FOLLOWING NAME BRANDS. 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