Oak Park JCS' Offers Classes Someone is having their 1st birthday... or getting married, building a new home, taking that trip they've put off for 20 years....Look for our new section that celebrates all these wonderful milestones in our lives! a LOOK FOR OR • C w H 0 LL1 a_ a) _E z a) > U) CtS 10/27 t: 2000 0 O C N N 0 O 64 0 C to G ift Certificates a re avai lab le fo r any $ amou nt following the MAZE! TOV section in your Jewish News! SPECIAL ElIENT FLOIIIST Mitzvahs y porate Evens Weddings svww ettieraideitydestfos.corn 734 - 454 - 7 0 77 The Jewish Community Center in Oak Park is offering a number of classes this fall for all ages. For preschool, children and teens are the following: Kindermusik with Trish, starting 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6 for seven weeks. Creative Dance with Harriet Berg: for preschoolers, 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7; for 4-5 year olds, 11:15 a.m. Nov. 7. Both run seven weeks. Movin' with Maureen and Coco is for 2-3 year olds, starting 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, for six weeks. Kidzcraft with Jacqui is for 2 1 /2-3 year olds. It begins 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9. Girls Empowered is for girls 4-5 years old. It begins 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, for seven sessions. Girls Ja77 for second-fourth graders starts 4:30-5:30 Monday, Nov. 7; for third-fifth graders, 6-7 p.m. Both run for seven sessions. An Introduction to Bead and Wire Work for teens will begin 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, for seven sessions. Simcha Dancing for teens will begin 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, for seven ses- sions. Carol Fisher's Babysitting Workshop for sixth-10th grade girls will run for two weeks beginning 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9. Creative Writing for seventh-12th graders will begin 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6. Making Magic Fun is for fourth- eighth graders and will begin 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, for seven weeks. Adult Classes In the list of offerings for adults is Elementary Hebrew, which will begin at 1 p.m. Monday. Nov. 6, for seven ses- sions. Photography Workshop with iviarji Silk meets Mondays 1-2 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. beginning Monday, Nov. 6, for seven weeks. Two classes on Israel will be taught by Shoshana Ben Ozer. Israel and Zionism will start 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 6, for seven weeks. Israel and Its Diverse Culture/Challenges will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, for seven weeks. A Creative Writing Workshop for adults will be held beginning 8: 1 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, for seven sessions. A Foreign Accent Reduction class for non- native English speakers will be offered 1- 3 p.m. starting Tuesday, Nov. 7, for 14 weeks. There will also be a class from 7- 9 p.m. staring Thursday, Nov. 9. Introduction to Jewish Genealogy will be presented 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, and the same times again on Dec. 12. Bead and Wire Work for adults is scheduled 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, for seven sessions. Simcha Dancing for adults will start 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, for seven sessions. A Needlepoint class will be offered for seven weeks if interest is shown; call for dates and times. A class in Intermediate Hebrew is set for 7-8 p.m. beginning Wednesday, Nov. 8, for seven sessions. Belly Dancing will start 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, for seven sessions. Staying Healthy on a Kosher Platter will start 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, for four sessions. A class in Mah Jongg will begin 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, for six weeks. For class information, including costs, call Sharon Gaspas Goldenberg, (248) 967-4030. Search For Past Is Talk Focus Temple Israel Senior Shabbat Susan Jacoby, author of Half-Jew, A Temple Israel will continue its Senior Saturday Shabbat program with special alternative Saturday ser- vices for seniors. Services this fall will be Nov. 11 and Dec. 9, starting at 11 a.m. and followed by a light lunch. The spring dates are May 19 and June 23. Seniors will have an opportunity to attend a more participatory ser- vice. Lunch will be free for those who respond at least five days in advance; call Elaine Bertsch, (248) 661-5700. Daughter's Search For Her Family's Buried Past, will speak at Temple Israel 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2. The book explores the link between personal shame and social shame, lead- ing a family to deny its Jewishness. The program is open to the public and there is no charge. For reservations, call Temple Israel Tyner Religious School, (248) 661-5725. Note that Helen Fremont, who was scheduled for Nov. 2, has cancelled her engagement; Susan Jacoby is the replace- ment.