Thank You for voting us... Best Middle Eastern Restaurant! r 110 0 OFF Come Celebrate... total Bill - t4tA „yiredroe,,& to- tze, Monday - Thursday only. One coupon per customer. Not good with any other offer. Expires 2/28/03. a r .1 Best lunch Prices in town FREE DELIVERY 1 On any order of starting at $50 or more $ 495 5 Mile radius. Expires 2/28/03. L Eighteen performs at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7-8. includes Nichols on guitar, Mark Niemiec on drums and Aaron Hatmaker on bass. All of them sing. "The other guys are non-Jewish, but they love what we're bringing and how we're bringing it," Nichols says. "We want to present Jewish ideas and values through where [our listen- ers] are at in pop culture," he says. "We're promoting Jewish identity and the pride of being a human being, and trying to make Judaism cool." To this end, the band considers itself on the cutting edge of the music scene, melding prayer and English and Hebrew lyrics with a sound similar to bands like Third Eye Blind and Barenaked Ladies. "More cerebrally, we are influenced by the message of Israel's first rabbi, Rav Kook, who spoke about making the old new and the new holy. That is what we want to do." Shir Shalom: Ready To Rock "[Dan's] incredible. He could be an incredible cantor," says Rabbi Michael Moskowitz of Temple Shir Shalom. "He's as genuine as can be, warm, welcoming, inviting; what you see is what you get. And he gives a great 'sermon in song.'" Rabbi Moskowitz should know. He's known Nichols since 1985, when they were both counselors at Goldman Union camps in Zionsville, Ind. Over the years, the rabbi has brought Nichols to the temple for the High Holidays, youth retreats a The place for Lamb Chops, Deboned Chicken & Kabobs West Bloomfield 4189 ORCHARD LAKE AT PONTIAC TRAIL IN WEST BLOOMFIELD 607110 (248) 865-0000 Open 7 Days a Week for Lunch & Dinner and religious school events. He's even written songs with him. "Dan was coming in for our Madrichim program, which had the theme "B'tzelem Elohim." So I said, `Lees write a song about it.' I later found out he gave me co-writing credit on that and some other songs we worked on," the rabbi says. "A lot of what we are doing is com- pletely new," Nichols says. "Those who come to hear us should expect a high-energy experience, a participa- tory rock show that makes no apolo- gies that it is a rock concert and no apologies that it is Jewish." That makes sense to Rabbi MoskoWitz. "As a rabbi, any way you can get people to connect Jewishly is worth- while. Teens get it. But there have been 70-year-olds in the congregation who come forward to buy the CDs." The local appearances of Dan Nichols and Eighteen are supported by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Artists in Schools program. Learn more about Eighteen and hear the band's music at www.jewishrock.corn. Dan Nichols and Eighteen per- form at Shabbat services 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, and at a Havdalah rock concert 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield. Both performances are free and open to the community. (248) 737-8700. 1.111.1 1111111110r13111111111%, 45,,,,,,... Er] cl3 rJPJPS) t_r3 GA1?))El•t Formerly floa I(ow cJP_PEJ, 15 Szechuan Whitefish Hong Kong Whitefish Steak ala Steak a a a a a a a a "Simply superb." - Bob Talbert OUR HOUSE SPECIALTIES is 0/ OFF /0 TOTAL BILL S Dinner or Lunch no sharing with coupon exp. 2/28/03 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK In MEN INNIVIINRAIIIIM- 111M NMI ME 1•111r 111•If 13715 W. 9 Mile Rd • Oak Park • (248) 547-4663 O Italian CHOPHOUSE Thursdays All You Can Eat Prime Rib Buy One Dinner, Buy One Lunch, Get 1/2 off Get 1/2 off the 2nd of equal the 2nd of equal or greater value. or greater value. Excludes Pizza & Daily Specials • 2 COUP0715 Expires 2/28/0.3 per table S Excludes Pia & DOIlY Specials • 2 coupons per table Expires 2/28/03 lseks'Mdwwem*MllsumINa1ommmm.w.qohos.....wk.mwuE•!sNwmkwssr (248) 474-2420 20300 Farmington Road Between 7 e- 8 Mile on East Side WHERE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY SHOPS!. www.jewish.com 2/ 7 2003 73