SENIORS
Birmingham Area Seniors
Coordinating Council and Center-
BASCC — Wednesday, Oct. 22, 10
a.m.-2 p.m. Home Care and Housing
Fair includes representatives from
housing facilities and in-home care
agencies, audiology, glucose, blood
pressure and cholesterol testing, and
presentations on long-term care insur-
ance and prescription drug interac-
tions. 2121 Midvale, Birmingham.
RSVP by Oct. 16 for $2 box lunch.
(248) 203-5270.
SINGLES
Mosaic Outdoor Club of Michigan
— Sunday, Oct. 26. Horseback riding
and hiking. (734) 883-9522, (248)
885-2355.
CLUBS & AFFILIATES
Jewish Family Service, Alliance for
Adoption — Sunday, Oct. 19, 1-3
p.m. With Frank Adoption Center,
North Carolina, representatives discuss
agency services and the international
adoption process. No charge. West
Bloomfield Township Public Library
4600 Walnut Lake Rd. RSVP: Anna
Donovan: (248) 559-9858.
Jewish Community Council —
Thursday, Oct. 23, 7:45 p.m. Meeting
honors Allan Gale for 25 years of serv-
ice and features Yohanan Plesner, "The
Role of Honor in Middle Eastern
Politics and Its Effect on the Israeli-
Palestinian Conflict." Dessert reception.
Adat Shalom Synagogoue. (248) 642-
5393.
Institute for Retired Professionals-IRP
— Friday, Oct. 24, 10:30 a.m.-noon
and 1-2:30 p.m. Moira Sheehan, public
health nutritionist, Oakland County
Health Division, and Christine
Wysocki, speak on food safety in the
morning; Dr. James Hartway, professor
of music, WSU, speaks on "Creative
Process in Music Composition" in the
afternoon. Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-
4030, ext. 2018.
Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Archives,
Temple Beth El — Tuesday, Oct. 28,
noon. History of the Detroit Public
Library from 1860s to present with Jim
Evenhuis, retired assistant director for
branch services, and John Gibson,
archivist, Detroit Public Library $20.
(248) 851-1100, ext. 3137.
Jewish Historical Society of Michigan
— Sunday, Nov. 2, 11:45 a.m.-5 p.m.
Katherine Clarkson, historian and
preservationist leads escorted bus tour of
the architecture of Albert Kahn in Ann
Arbor. $20 members, $25 guests. Meet
at West Bloomfield JCC. RSVP by Oct.
25: Harriet Siden (248) 335-2828.
OAK PARK JCC
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.
• Cafe Europa — Monday, Oct. 20, 1
p.m. Entertainment with Ilya
Kozadeyev for Holocaust survivors,
their families and friends.
• Yiddish Group — Tuesday, Oct.
21. Lectures, poetry and songs facili-
tated by Mara Khakham.
• Glassman Party — Thursday, Oct.
23, 1 p.m. Refreshments, door prizes,
gifts and entertainment by Sam
Barnett and his band. $2 members, $4
guests. RSVP.
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.
Book Review and Discussion —
Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1:30 p.m. True
to Form by Elizabeth Berg led by Julie
Solomon, librarian. Room 107B.
(248) 432-
HILLEL ON CAMPUS
Michigan State University — Lester J.
Morris Hillel Jewish Student Center,
360 Charles St., East Lansing 48823.
For information or to RSVP: Jeff Lazor
(517) 332-1916
• Communal Service Luncheon —
Tuesday, Oct. 21, noon. Robyn
Axelrod, director, Sol Drachler Jewish
Studies Program/Jewish Communal
Leadership, MSU School of Social
Work.
• Cooking Class and Dinner —
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m. Prepare tra-
ditional Israeli dinner with Simi
Climo.
• GAP Bar Crawl — Wednesday,
Oct. 22, 7 p.m. Meet at Hillel.
• FYSH Students Volunteer —
Thursday, Oct. 23, 6:30 p.m. Serve
food at Lansing City Rescue Mission.
Meet at Hillel.
• Family Shabbat — Friday, Oct. 24,
6 p.m.
• Harvest Party — Saturday, Oct. 25,
11 a.m. Community service event for
children of Advent House. Meet at
Hillel.
• FYSH Dinner — Sunday, Oct. 26,
5:30 p.m. Complimentary dinner for
those in living in Wilson, Wonders,
Holden, Case. Woody's Oasis.
EDUCATION
Birmingham Temple — (248) 477-
1410.
• "Voice of Reason: The Future of
Gay-Lesbian Rights" — Monday,
Oct. 20, 8-9:30 p.m. Jeffrey
Montgomery, executive director,
Triangle Foundation. No charge.
• "Civil Rights, Civil Liberties," —
Monday, Oct. 27, 8-9:30 p.m, Rabbi
Chalom leads discussion. No charge
members.
Congregation Beth Shalom — (248)
547-7970.
• "Reading Hebrew for Beginners"
— Mondays, 7-7:45 p.m., six weeks,
beginning Oct. 20. Rev. Sammy
Semp. $18.
• "Understanding Conservative
Judaism" — Mondays, 8-8:45 p.m.,
six weeks, beginning Oct. 20. Rabbi
David Nelson. $18.
Temple Israel Adult Academy —
Thursday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m. Rabbi
Mitchell Chefitz, Temple Israel of
Greater Miami, speaks on "Kabbalah
and the Modern Jew." $5. (248) 661-
5725.
International Institute for Secular
Humanistic Judaism — Thursday-
Sunday, Oct. 23-26. Coloquium 2003
presents "Jews/Non Jews: The
Love/Hate Relationship" with
Holocaust scholar Yehuda Bauer 8
p.m. Oct. 23, and additional topics
through Sunday. Plivnick Center,
Birmingham Temple. (248) 476-9532.
Jewish Studies Program — Michigan
State University College of Arts and
Letters, 100 Linton Hall, East Lansing.
• "Reconsidering Relationships: The
Public and Private Lives of Jews and
Poles Between the Wars" — Friday,
Oct 24, noon-1:30 p.m. Dr. Sean
Martin, University of Phoenix.
Refreshments. 321 Linton Hall.
• The First Israeli in Space —
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m. Film
screening with introduction by Ellen
Rothfield, MSU. 1346 Engineer Bldg.
• "Latin American Jewish Food and
Culture" — Friday, Oct. 31, noon-
1:30 p.m. Laura Weingarten, adjunct
professor in Spanish, speaks on Latin
American Jewish culture. Sephardic
lunch. Hillel Jewish Student Center.
Congregation B'nai Moshe, Kolel
Moshe Institute for Lifelong
Learning — Nancy Kaplan (248) 737-
1931.
• The Art of Cantillation" —
Monday, Oct. 20, 1-2 p.m. Weekly
study series with Cantor Earl Berris.
$75.
• "Maimonides Updated: The
Philosophy of David Hartman" —
Monday Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m. Rabbi
Harvey Meirovich, scholar in resi-
dence. $10, discount for members.
• "Holocaust Art, Music and
.
Literature" — Monday, Oct. 20, 7:30
p.m. "The Holocaust: Roots and
Branches" series. $12 session, discount
for members.
Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic
Studies — Sunday, Oct. 26, 3 p.m.
"Looking at Ourselves: The American
Jewish Experience on Film," Eric
Goldman, Ergo Media Inc., Fairleigh
Dickinson University. Max M. Fisher
Federation Bldg., Bloomfield Twp. No
charge. RSVP: (313) 577-2679.
Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for
Judaic Studies — Monday, Oct. 27, 7
p.m. "Jesus of Nazareth, the Temple
Tantrum, and the Dog That Did Not
Bark: Current Reconstructions of the
Death of Jesus" with Paula Fredriksen,
Wm. Goodwin Aurelio Professor of
the Appreciation of Scripture, Boston
University School of Theology.
Mendelsohn Theatre, 911 N.
University, Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor.
(734) 763-9047.
LUNCH AND LEARN
Congregation B'nai Moshe —
Monday, Oct. 20, noon--1 p.m.
"Lunch & Learn on Yom Sheini" with
Rabbi Elliot Pachter is part of contin-
uing Monday series. $7, discount for
members; bring diary or parve lunch.
(248) 737-1931.
Adat Shalom Synagogue —
Thursdays, Oct. 23, 30, noon-1:30
p.m. Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz pres-
ents "Puzzles in the Prayerbook." $10.
RSVP by the Friday before: Charlotte
Fiszbein (248) 851-5100, ext. 234.
B'nai B'rith — Tuesday, Oct. 21,
12:30 p.m. Rabbi Elimelech
Silberberg, Bais Chabad of West
Bloomfield, speaks on "Mysticism:
Kabbalah and Chasiddus." $10. Max
M. Fisher Federation Bldg.,
Bloomfield Twp. RSVP: (248) 646-
3100.
SUPPORT/HEALTH
Diagnosis and Treatment of
Leukemia — Wednesday, Oct 29,
5:45 p.m. Dr. Charles Schiffer.
Dinner. No charge. RSVP: (248) 538-
6507. Weisberg Cancer Center, 31995
Northwestern Hwy., Farmington
Hills.
Visiting Nurses Association of
Southeast Michigan — October. Flu
vaccination available at many Kroger
and Meijer stores in the area. $17.
Call for more information: (800) 882-
5720, (800) 296-8660.
BENEFITS
Yad Ezra — Wednesday, Oct. 22, 6
p.m. Esther and Neal Zalenko hon-
ored at dinner celebration. $150. Adat
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