Beth El, Bloomfield Twp. (248) 851-
1100.

CLUBS/AFFILIATES
Hillel Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit — Monday, Oct. 15, 7 p.m.
Open house for prospective new parents
with children entering kindergarten and
first grade programs for the 2002-03
school year. (248) 851-3220.
Jewish Family Service — Mondays, 6
weeks, beginning Oct. 15, 6:30-8 p.m.
"Mothers and Adult Daughters: A Journey
of Discovery and Understanding." JFS,
6960 Orchard Lake Road, #202, West
Bloomfield. Marilyn Hertzberg or Erella
Reichman (248) 559-1500.
Radomer Aid Society — Tuesday, Oct.
16, 6:30 p.m. Annual dinner dance cele-
brates 81st anniversary. $40. Adat Shalom
Synagogue, Farmington Hills. (248) 624-
5797.
Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit
— Thursday, Oct. 18, 7-9 p.m. Open
house. West Bloomfield JCC. (248) 592-
5263.
Institute for Retired Professionals —
Friday, Oct. 19, 10:30 a.m.-noon, 1-2:30
p.m. Morning session features "The State
of Education in the State of Michigan,"
with Dr. Michael Yokum, director of
Learning Services, Oakland Schools.
Afternoon is with Lavina Moyer, theater
department professor at Wayne State
University and former artistic director of
the Attic Theater. Oak Park JCC. (248)
967-4030.
Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan
— Sunday, Oct. 21, noon. Tour of the
Holocaust Memorial Center with the
Polish Genealogical Society. RSVP: (248)
738-6655.
Alliance for Adoption — Sunday, Oct.
21, 1:30-4 p.m. Community-wide gather-
ing for those interested in international
adoption. With Anne Liddicott, director
of social, services, Frank Adoption Center,
North Carolina and Diane St. Peter, direc-
tor, Alliance for Adoption. No charge.
West Bloomfield JCC. RSVP: (248) 559-
1500, ext. 277.
Jewish Vocational Service— Wednesday,
Oct. 24, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. 60th
Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees
features keynote speaker, Florine Mark,
Weight Watchers. Westin Hotel,
Southfield. (248) 559-5000.
Yad Ezra — Monday, Oct. 29, 6 p.m.
Eleventh anniversary dinner honors Bluma
and Robert Schechter. $136.
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Southfield.
RSVP: (248) 548-3663.

OAK PARK J CC

For information or to RSVP: Jewish
Community Center, Jimmy Prentis Morris
Building, 15110 W 10 Mile Road, Oak
Park, (248) 967-4030. No charge for events
unless noted.

• Rabbi Lecture Series — Monday, Oct.
15, 1 p.m. Rabbi Avraham Jacobovitz,
Machon L'Torah.
• Tour of Old Jewish Detroit —

Thursday, Oct. 18, 1-4:15 p.m. By bus
with Adele Sullen $2 deposit to guarantee
a spot.

WEST BLOOMFIELD JCC

For information or to RSVP: Jewish
Community Center, D. Dan and Betty
Kahn Building, 6600 W Maple Road, West
Bloomfield, (248) 661-1000. No charge for
events unless noted.

• "Is Peace Possible Despite Terror?" —
Monday, Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m. Foreign
affairs expert Dr. Raymond Tanter will
speak.
• "Trembling Before G-d — Wednesday,
Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m. The first showing
before its New York premiere, about the
conflict between religious beliefs and sexu-
al identity, with discussion leader-speaker
Rabbi Steven Greenberg, senior teaching
fellow, National Jewish Center for
Learning and Leadership (CLAL) will
speak. $7. Michigan Jewish AIDS
Coalition, ECHO Program and the JCC
Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival.
• Drop-in Mali Jongg — Mondays, 10
a.m.-noon. New players welcome.

HILLEL ON CAMPUS
University of Michigan — For informa-

tion or to RSVP, call Hillel: (734) 769-
0500.

• Humanistic Torah Study — Saturday,
Oct. 13, 4 p.m.
• Israeli Dancing — Sunday, Oct. 14,
7:30-9:30 p.m. $3.
• Reform Chavurah — Tuesday, Oct. 16,
6-7:15 p.m. Parsha and Pizza.
• Grads and Young Professionals Bar
Night — Wednesday, Oct. 17, 8 p.m.
• Student Outreach Committee —
Thursday, Oct. 18, 10 p.m. Upper class
students at Rick's.
Western Michigan University — For

information or to RSVP, call Elana (616)
388-3450, Gillian (616) 657-8782.

• AIPAC Speaker —Sunday, Oct. 21, 2
p.m. Bagel brunch. KIVA room.

SUPPORT
Dorothy and Peter Brown Jewish
Community Adult Day Care Program
Support Group - Tuesday, Oct. 16, 1:30-
3:30 p.m. For caregivers of persons with
Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
JVS, Southfield. RSVP: Dorothy
Schmittdiel (248) 559-5000,ext. 708.
Dorothy and Peter Brown Jewish
Community Adult Day Care Program
Support Group — Thursday, Oct. 18,
1:30-3 p.m. Co-sponsored by the
Alzheimer's Association. Fleischman
Residence/Blumberg Plaza, 6710 W.
Maple Road. RSVP: Marjorie Olson,
M.S.W. (248) 661-6390, ext.403.
Temple Israel Family Life Center —
Wednesdays, Oct. 17, 24; Nov. 7, 28;
Dec. 5, 19; 1:30 p.m. Bereavement sup-
port group facilitated by Leslee Kohn,
M.S.W. No charge. Kari Provizer (248)
661-5700.
Jewish Family Service — Wednesday,
Oct. 24, 7-8:30 p.m. "Surviving Your

Divorce," essential legal, financial and
emotional issues for women. West
Bloomfield JCC. Sandra Hyman, M.S.W.
(248) 559-1500.
JACS (Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically
Dependent Persons and Significant
Others) — Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m. Jewish
Family Service, 6960 Orchard Lake Road,
Suite 202, West Bloomfield. Gloria
Allum, M.S.W. (248) 559-1500.

EDUCATION •
Congregation B'nai Moshe — Sundays,
10 a.m. Perek Yomi — A Chapter A Day,
an ongoing study group led by Rabbi
Elliot Pachter. No charge. Pre-registration
required: (248) 788-0600.
Center for New Thinking — Rabbi

Sherwin T Wine, director, presents all lec-
tures unless otherwise indicated. $8 mem-
bers, $9 guests. Birmingham Unitarian
Church, Woodward at Lone Pine. (248)
338-0105.
• World of Celibacy — Tuesday, Oct. 16,

7:30-9:30 p.m. From the book by
Elizabeth Abbott.
• Marquis De Sade — Thursday, Oct. 18,
10 a.m.-noon. From the biography by
Maurice Lever.
Frankel Center for Judaic Studies —

University of Michigan, Frieze Building,
Ann Arbor. (734) 763-9047.

• "Speculating on Jewish Futures: The
American Jewish Family in the 21st
.Century" — Wednesday, Oct. 17, 8 p.m.
Sylvia Barack Fishman, associate professor
of contemporary Jewish life-sociology of
American Jews, director of the graduate
program in contemporary Jewish life,
Brandeis University. Hussey Room,
Michigan League.
• "The Invention of Rosh Hashanah:
Interpreting the Festival of New Returns"
— Wednesday, Oct. 24, 4 p.m. Moshe
Gold, Department of English, Fordham
University. 3032 Frieze Bldg.
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.

• "The Best Jewish Book You're
(Probably) Not Reading" - Thursday,
Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. Drop-in learning with
Rabbi Hal Greenwald. No charge. Borders
Books & Music CafE, Birmingham.
"The World is a Narrow Bridge —
Excursions in Jewish Spirituality" —
Tuesdays, Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 20, 7:30-9
p.m. Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg and Rabbi
Hal Greenwald explore Jewish pathways to
the soul. $30. CST Family Education,
Congregation Shir Tikvah, 3900
Northfield Pkwy., Troy. Karen Knoppow
(248) 649-4418.
Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies
— Jack Kugelmass, Arizona State
University. No charge. (313) 577-2679.
• Monday, Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m. —
"Interpreting a Jewish Meal: An
Anthropological Excursion to a Jewish
Restaurant." Congregation Beth Shalom,
Oak Park
• Tuesday, Oct. 23, 3 p.m. —

"Competing Memories: Auschwitz as a
Jewish and a Polish Text." 3339 FAB,
Wayne State University.

BENEFITS
Planned Parenthood of Southeast
Michigan — Friday-Sunday, Oct. 12-14;
Friday, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30
a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m.
Holiday Mart to benefit Planned
Parenthood of Southeast Michigan educa-
tional programs. $5. Grosse Pointe War
Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Dr., Grosse
Pointe Farms.
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer —
Saturday, Oct. 13, 8:30 a.m. registration,
9:30 a.m. walk. Walkathon sponsored by
the American Cancer Society. Belle Isle
Park, Detroit. Also in Ann Arbor on
Sunday, Oct. 14, 8 a.m. registration, 9
a.m. walk, Busch's, S. Main St. (248) 557-
5353.
Triathlon For Hope — Sunday, Oct. 14,
9-10:30 a.m. Session I, 11:30 a.m.-1
p.m. Session II. Half-hour run, half-hour
swim and half-hour spin class to raise
money for breast cancer research and
treatment at City of Hope National
Medical Center and Beckman Research
Institute. $40 minimum donation. West
Bloomfield JCC. Marni Stone (248) 432-
5427, Krysta Spann Ivey (800) 732-7170.
Balfour Concert — Sunday, Oct. 21,
7:30 p.m. Zionist Organization of
America (ZOA) presents Alberto Mizrahi,
cantor and operatic tenor, and Freddie
Roman, comedian. $50-100 general
admission. New Millennium Theater,
Southfield. (248) 538-6088.
Sinai Guild — Tuesday, October 23,
11:30 a.m. Betty Rollin, author of First,
You 0y, will speak on "Beast cancer: The
Bright Side." Registration begins at 10:45
a.m. Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
Southfield. (248) 538-6501.
Blast —Tuesday, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m.
Benefits JARC. $60. Fox Theatre. RSVP
by Oct. 18: 248) 538-6611.

AUDITIONS

Six Degrees of Separation — Sunday, Oct.

21, 1:30 p.m. Stagecrafters presents play
by John Guare. Baldwin Theatre, 415 S.
Lafayette, Royal Oak. (248) 541-4832.
Wait Until Dark — Monday, Tuesday,
Oct. 22, 23, 7 p.m. Rosedale
Community Players. Upstage, 21728
Grand River. (313) 532-4010.

VOLUNTEERS
Super Sunday — Sunday, Oct. 29,
9:30-11:45 a.m., 11:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Volunteers needed for calling donors,
clerical tasks and assisting with chil-
dren's activities. Carol Kaczander (248)
203-1466.

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