merits. $18 in advance, $20 at the &or.
Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road,
West Bloomfield. Debbie Cohen (248) 788-
0942, Laura Goldston (248) 539-8937.
Hadassah, Masada, Sharon and Szold
Chapters — Tuesday, March 27, noon.
Spring luncheon featuring Penny Steyer, con-
torial soloist, musician and director. Charge.
Adat Shalom, Farmington Hills. RSVP by
March 20: Bess Haron (248) 353-1348, Fran
Elson (248) 642-3281.
Hadassah, Eleanor Roosevelt — Tuesday,
March 27, 7 p.m. "Think Spring" at English
Gardens. Tips on gardening. 6730 Orchard
Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Pat Oseff (248)
539-8463.
Hadassah, Tilcvah — Tuesday, March 27,
11 a.m. Tour and lectures at The Antique
Center of Troy and Judy Frankel Antiques.
Box lunch. $10. RSVP by March 20: Jackie
Michaelson (248) 738-0550, Diane Fishman
(248) 626-7777.
Temple Israel Sisterhood — Monday, April
2, 11:30 a.m. "Make Your Everyday Recipes
Passover Edible" with Annabel Cohen. $9
members, $12 guests. Babysitting available.
Elissa Kline (248)851-2505.
Sisterhood of Congregation Beth Ahm —
Wednesday, March 28, 7:30 p.m. Dr.
Marsha Billes of Botsford Hospital will dis-
cuss "Women's Health Through the Ages."
Refreshments. No Charge.
MEN'S GROUPS
Gamma Kappa Chi Alumni — Thursdays,
in March, 12:30 p.m. Weekly lunch meet-
ings. Sero's, Northwestern Hwy., Southfield.
Art (Aaron) Maniker (248) 557-7105.
SENIORS
Temple Emanu-El EMES — Sunday, March
18, 1 p.m. Rabbi Joseph Klein will discuss
how a rabbi can be, or has been, of benefit to
those in crisis. No charge. Lloyd (248) 626-
7857.
Congregation Beth Shalom — Tuesday,
March 20, 7:30-9:30 p.m. The Talmud
Circle with Jerry Lapides, Ph.D. (248) 547-
7970
Beth AHM Seniors — Sunday, March 25,
11:30 a.m. Cantor David Montefiore will
speak on his experiences as a cantor in differ-
ent countries. $3 members, $3.50 guests.
ChaZaKaH/Young at Heart — Thursday,
March 29, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon featuring
Rose Morgan Choral. $7 members, $8 guests.
RSVP by March 22: (248) 851-5100. Adat
Shalom, Farmington Hills.
Temple Israel Treasures — Wednesday,
March 28, noon. Luncheon presents "Spring
Is Here" with Irene Kelter, accompanied by
Anne Harper. $7 members, $9 guests and
members without reservations. RSVP with
check by March 21: Ethel Traurig, 4030
White Birch Drive, W. Bloomfield, MI
48323, (248) 682-7232.
SINGLES
Institute for Single Jewish Parents —
Tuesday March 20, 7:30-8:20 p.m. A panel
of teen-agers discuss their transition through
their parents' divorce. West Bloomfield JCC.
Linda Orbach-Shear (248) 205-2542.
Speeddating — Tuesday, March 20, 7-8
p.m. (ages 35-45), 8-9 p.m. (ages 45 and
over). RSVP: (248) 626-4756.
OAK PARK JCC
For information or to RSVP, call the Jewish
Community Center, Jimmy Prentis Morris
Building, 15110W 10 Mile Road Oak Park,
(248) 967-4030. No charge for events unless
otherwise noted.
• Composer and Pianist — Monday, March
19, 1 p.m. Stephan Becker will perform origi-
nal compositions along with classical pieces.
• "Commodore Urial Levy: Stormy Patriot
of the War of 1812"— Thursday, March 22.
Lecture by Leon Stein, Institute for Retired
Professional Speaker's Bureau.
• Institute for Retired Professionals Spring
Mini Series — Friday, March 23.
• 10:30 a.m. — "A Dangerous
Triangle: Lebanon, Syria, Israel" with Dr.
Frederic S. Pearson, director, Center for Peace
and Conflict Studies, Wayne State University.
• 1 p.m. — "What's Ahead for
Theater in the Detroit Area" with David
Regal, artistic director, University of Detroit
Mercy's Theater Company.
CLUBS/AFFILIATES
Southeast Michigan Coalition on the
Environment (SEMCOEJL) and Jewish
Vegetarians of Nord' America (JVNA) —
Sunday, March 18, 3-4:30 p.m. Great
American Meatout 2001 includes vegetarian
food sampling, vegetarian and environmental
groups, medical and nutritional experts and
local businesses. No charge. Royal Oak
Community and Senior Center, 3500 Marais.
(248) 674-1278.
Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan
Sunday, March 18, 11 a.m. Trip to the
Abrams Collection, Library of Michigan,
Lansing. No charge members, $5 guests.
Carpool from Temple Beth El, Bloomfield
Twp. Barbara Wiener (248) 851-4228.
Jewish Community Center Travel
Department — Sunday, March 18, 3 p.m.
Informational meeting about Nov. 26-Dec.
11 trip to Asia. West Bloomfield JCC.
Marilyn Wolfe (248) 661-7636.
Congregation Shaarey Zedek Cultural
Commission — Saturday, March 24, 8 p.m.
2nd Annual Academy Awards Party features
dancing, D.J., trivia contests, prizes, dessert
buffet. $20 in advance, $25 at door. B'nai
Israel Center, West Bloomfield. Mindy
Shuback (248) 737-2726.
Jewish Community Center Travel
Department — Sunday, March 25, 1:30
p.m. Informational meeting about a trip to
Western Europe. West Bloomfield JCC.
Marilyn Wolfe (248) 661-7636.
Cardoza Law Society — Thursday, April 5,
7:30 a.m."Uncensored and Unplugged with
Judge Nancy Edmunds" for members of the
legal profession. Max M. Fisher Federation
Bldg., Bloomfield Twp. RSVP by March 30:
Kara Weiner (248) 203-1499.
HILT .FL ON CAMPUS
University of Michigan 22nd Annual Hillel
Conference on the Holocaust — March 12-
21. For a complete list of events: (734) 769-
0500.
• March of the Living Reception — Sunday,
March 18, 8 p.m. An opportunity to remi-
nisce and see fellow participants. Hillel
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• 'America Discovers the Holocaust, 1945-
2000" — Monday, March 19, noon.
Professor Todd Endelman will speak.
Michigan Union.
• The Undying Flame: Ballads and Songs of
the Holocaust— Tuesday, March 20, 8 p.m.
Performer Jerry Silverman will present songs
and reading from the book
• Denying The Holocaust: The Growing
Assault on Truth and Memory —
Wednesday, March 21, 7 p.m. Deborah
Lipstadt will speak about her book. Rackham
Amphitheater,
Michigan State University Hillel — For
more information: (517) 332-1916
• Freshman Cosmic Bowling — Saturday,
March 17, 8 p.m. No charge.
• "The Mystique of Mysticism: The Magic
and Mystery of Kabbalah" — Sunday,
March 18, 8 p.m. Taught by Rabbi
Jacobovitz, Machon L'Torah. Deli dinner, no
charge.
• The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz —
Sunday, March 18, 5 p.m. "Beyond the
Bimah: Growing up Jewish Through the
Decades." Pizza
• Torah Class —Wednesday, March 21, 8
p.m. Informal study group. Pi77a
• AIPAC Shabbat Dinner — Friday, March
23, 6 p.m. $3. RSVP by March 22.
Central Michigan University — For more
information: (517) 774-2635.
• Israeli Dancing — Sunday, March 18, 6
p.m.
• Shabbat Across America — Friday March
23, 7 p.m.
SUPPORT
• Survivors of Suicide Support Group —
Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. For adults who
have lost loved ones to suicide. Space for
Changing Families/NCJW, 26400 Lahser
Road, Suite 100, Southfield. (248) 355-9936.
Recovery, Inc. — Mondays, 1 p.m. Self-help
method of mental health for those suffering
from depression, tension, anger, low self-
esteem and other feeling that interfere with
daily living. Beth Shalom, Oak Park. No
charge. (313) 561-2521.
JACS (Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically
Dependent Persons & Significant Others)
— Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m. JFS West Bloomfield
Center for Families. Gloria Mum MSW
(248) 559-1500.
EDUCATION
Sephardic Community Synagogue —
Monday, March 19; Thursday, March 29; 8
p.m. Class with Rabbi Yigal Tsaidi.
Eilu v' Eilu — The following programs are
open to the public. Unless otherwise noted there
is a fee per class. Call for a complete list of
upcoming classes: (248) 593-3490.
• "Judaism and Vegetarianism" — Mondays,
March 19 and 26, 7:30 p.m. Study series
with Michael Weiss, co-sponsored with SEM-
COEJL. $10 per session. Beth Ahm, West
Bloomfield.
• "Swimming in the Sea of Talmud: Lessons
for Everyday Living" — Thursday, March
22, 9:30 a.m. Brunch and learn with Rabbi
Joseph Krakoff. $15. La Difference, 7295
Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield. RSVP
Wayne State University Center for Peace
and Conflict Studies — Wednesday, March
28, 7-9 p.m. "Israel and the Palestinians:
There is No Alternative to Peace" with Rabbi
Israel S. Dresner. Max Mark Memorial Peace
Studies Lecture 2001. $5. Temple Emanu-El,
Oak Park RSVP by March 20: (313) 577-
3453.
Frankel Center for Judaic Studies —
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. For infor-
mation: Deborah Greene (734) 763-9047
• "Recovering the Uncovered: Kabbalistic
Hermeneutics and Taking-Hold of Letting-
Go" — Monday, March 19, 4 p.m. Elliot
Wolfson, New York University. 3040 Frieze
Bldg.
• "Fiction and Aggadah: The Jewish Poetics
of Arthur A. Cohen — Wednesday, March
28, noon. Julian A. Levinson, Shetzer
Assistant Professor of American Jewish
Studies and English language and Literature.
3040 Frieze Bldg.
• "Early Jewish Law and Ancient Jewish
Sects: The Miktsat Ma'aseh Torah Scroll —
Thursday, March 29, noon Zvi Arie
Steinfeld, Bar-Ilan University. 3040 Frieze
Bldg.
Jewish Studies Program Michigan State
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University East Lansing. No charge unless oth-
erwise indicated (517) 432-3493.
• Israeli Film Showing — Tuesday, March
20, 7:30 p.m. Late Summer Blues (1987), a
first-prize winner at the Jerusalem Film
Festival, directed by Uri Barabash.
Introduction by Ellen Rothfeld, Hebrew
instructor. 1279 Anthony Hall.
• "Catastrophe, Culture and the Jews" —
Thursday, March 29, 7:30 p.m. David
Roskies, professor, Jewish Theological
Seminary. Union.
LUNCH & LEARN
Sephardic Community Synagogue —
Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. With Rabbi Yigal
Tsaidi. Judaic Library, Yeshivat Akiva, 2100
West 12 Mile Road, Southfield. Susan
Alspector: (248) 788-1006.
Aish HaTorah — "Six Constant Mizvot."
For information and reservations: (248) 593-
5138.
• Wednesdays, noon-1 p.m. Aish HaTorah
office, 555 S. Old Woodward Avenue,
Birmingham. $5.
• Wednesdays, noon-1 p.m. LoanGiant.com ,
Northwestern Hwy.
• Thursdays, noon-1 p.m. Detroit Jewish
News office, Southfield.
Ohr Somayach — Mondays, 12:15-1:30
p.m. Pragtical Jewish ethics for Pirkei Avot.
3900 Northfield Pkwy., Troy. (248) 649-
4418.
Calendar Likings are updated regularly on
JN Online: www.detroitjevvishnews.com
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