GRAND RE-OPENING NOW Forming Adult Roller Hockey teams Entertainment by the Ban-Does of Michigan. No charge. (248) 357- 5544. Beth Elders Tuesday, Jan. 15, noon. Rabbi David Castiglione will speak on "The 'State' of Israel: Past, Present and Future." Lunch. $10 members, $11 guests. Temple Beth El, Bloomfield Twp. RSVP by Jan. 10: Doris Kushner (248) 352-5882, Efermina Leib (248) 354-9569. — YOUTH Temple Beth El Sunday, Jan. 13, 12:30 p.m. Loren B. Fischer Cultural Arts Series for Children and Their Families presents Maureen Schiffman & Coco. No charge. (248) 851-1100. — "Evolution of the Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." with keynote speaker Leonard Pitts Jr., syndicated columnist. Workshops and continen- tal breakfast. $25, $15 students. First Baptist Church, Bates and Willits, Birmingham. RSVP by Jan. 7: (248) 644-5832. OAK PARK JCC For information or to RSVP, contact Jewish Community Center, Jimmy Prentis Morris Building, 15110 W 10 Mile Road, Oak Park, (248) 967- 4030. No charge for events unless noted. • Yiddish/Jewish Video Series — Monday, Jan. 7, 1 p.m. The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank. • Community Cantors Thursday, Jan. 10, 1 p.m. Cantor Lori Corrsin, Temple Israel, will be accompanied by Zina Shakhert. • Adult Art Classes — Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 9 a.m.-noon. Harriet Gelfond teaches a beginning class using various media. Charge includes supplies. • Shabbat Lecture Fridays, 10 11 a.m. Rabbi Ernst J. Conrad, rabbi emeritus, Temple Kol Ami, conducts lecture. — SINGLES Singles Extension Group, Temple Israel — Sunday, Jan. 13, 6 p.m. Hot Dog Hop and Square Dance for Jewish singles 50 and over. $15 mem- bers, $18 guests. Barbara Ginsburg (248) 353-7261, Doris Lipson (248) 538-7799. Single Jewish Parents Network • Ice Cream Social — Sunday, Jan. 13, 2 4 p.m. Congregation Shaarey Zedek West Bloomfield. (248) 645- 7860. • "How to Raise Happy, Confident Jewish Children in a Single Parent Home" — Wednesdays, Jan. 16, 23, 30, Feb. 6, 8:30-9:30 p.m. SAJE course. $15. Oak Park JCC. Register by Jan. 10: (248) 432-5577. - CLUBS/AFFILIATES Friends of the Huntington Woods Library — Saturday, Jan 5, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Used book sale. Proceeds benefit the library. (248) 543-9720. The Needlework and Textile Guild of Michigan — Tuesday, Jan. 8, 9:30 a.m. Lecture and slide presentation by Anita Sudakin, fiber artist, about her tour of Japan which featured meetings with textile designers, traditional and contemporary quilters, producers of kimono fabric and weavers. $5. First United Methodist Church, 1589 W. Maple Road, Birmingham. (248) 626- 4187. Alliance for Adoption — . Thursday, Jan. 17, 7-8:30 p.m. Information and dialogue for singles and couples wish- ing to explore domestic or interna- tional adoption. Jewish Family Service, 6960 Orchard Lake Road, #202. Diane St. Peter (248) 559- 0117. Birmingham-Bloomfield Task Force on Race Relations and Ethnic Diversity and the Community House — Monday, Jan. 21, 8-11 a.m. — - HILLEL ON CAMPUS Central Michigan University For information or to RSVP: (989) 774- 2635. • First Semester Meeting — Sunday, Jan 13, 7 p.m. Pizza and pop. Anspach 151. University of Michigan For infor- mation or to RSVP: (734) 769 0500. • Tea and Torah Tuesday, Jan. 8, 12:10 p.m. Grads and Young Professionals study Torah. Cava Java, Union. • Zionist Organization of Michigan (ZOOM) — Tuesday, Jan. 8, 7 p.m. Meeting to help plan events. • Shulchan Ivrit — Tuesday, Jan. 8, 4:30 6 p.m. Speak Hebrew and hang out. Cava Java, South U. and East U. Second Semester/Second Chance Open House — Wednesday, Jan. 9, 8 10 p.m. Get involved in Hillel or one of its groups. • VIA Hillel Thursday, Jan. 10, 3- 5 p.m., 5-7 p.m. Prepare and serve dinner to the homeless. First shift cooks, second shift serves and cleans up. Drivers needed. First United Methodist Church, State and Huron. • Welcome Back Shabbat — Friday, Jan. 11, 5:05 p.m. Pay only half the price of dinner. RSVP by Jan. 10. • Jewish Humor Humanistic Shabbat — Friday, Jan. 1_1, 5:30 p.m. Jewish humor and a discussion about its — — - roots, intentions and consequences. • Havdalah and Hockey Saturday, Jan. 12. See the Wolverines and the University of Alaska with the Conservative Nitinyan. $8. RSVP by Jan 9. • Welcome Back Bar Night — Saturday, Jan. 12, 8 p.m. Grads and Young Professionals. No charge for food, drinks on you. Good Time Charley's, Church and S. University. Where else can you find: EDUCATION Center for New Thinking Rabbi Sherwin T Wine, director, presents all lectures unless otherwise indicated. $8 members, $9 guests. Birmingham Unitarian Church, Woodward at Lone Pine. (248) 338-0105. • Abigail Adams by Lynne Withey — Tuesday, Jan. 8, 7:30-9:30 p.m. • "Alliance With Russia: Can Putin Be Trusted?" — Thursday, Jan. 10, 10 a.m.-noon. Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment, SAJE — Thursday, Jan. 10, 7:30 p.m. An evening of positive thinking featuring Rabbi Eddie Feinstein, Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, Calif. speaking on 'A Brief History of Chutzpah: Our Ability to say Yes to Life." No charge. Call for tickets: (248) 432-5577. "The Dairyman's Daughters: Sholem-Aleichem and the Jewish Anti-Novel in Russia" — Tuesday, Jan. 14, 4 p.m. Olga Litvak, assistant professor of history, Princeton University. 3308 Modern Languages Bldg., 812 E. Washington, Ann Arbor. (248) 763-9047. S kate Class & Le sa Play Hockey — — — - - — SUPPORT Addiction Support Group — Tuesdays, Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29, 7:30- 8:30 p.m. Jewish Family Service hosts the JACS (Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons & Significant Others). JFS Center for Families, 6960 Orchard Lake Road, #202. Gloria Allum, M.S.W., C.S.W. (248) 559-1500. •3 stet e-of the-art in-(i e skating rinks •30 f t rock ciim Ilk wail • Bungee Jump • 5o's st •Video trtirs nment • Monday 5:0 01 ,m -61: 411 rsey4tesaay 1:3o 2:3opm ursday 5:00 -6:oopm or 1 ssion coupoytEiOltwo — — — tncludes: mission for •I Slice of pizza •Skate RePtat , save $4) Call for directions, hours & open skating hours 5700 Drake Rd. (just South of Walnut Lake Rd.) BENEFITS Fanclub Foundation for the Arts — Saturday, Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m. Swingtime 2002 raises money for metro Detroit arts education initia- tives. Fisher Bldg., Detroit. AUDITIONS The Mousetrap Monday, Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m. Ridgedale Players has roles for adults, ages 20-60. 205 W. Long Lake Road between Livernois and Crooks Roads, Troy. Diane Noraas (810) 465-0504. — :\ 1/4\•\ : 1/4 2002 \\*`\\\ 33