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 • • '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 . 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 3/16 2001 43