Friday, Dec. 10

songs and cookie kiddush, 11:15 a.m. Shaarey
Zedek West Bloomfield (248) 357-5544.

Art Exhibit

Deborah Friedman shows mixed media paintings
and monoprints at Paint Creek Center for the
Arts through Jan. 15. 407 Pine St., Rochester.
(248) 651-4110.

Tot Shabbat
Jewish Cultural Society presents 6 p.m. pro-

gram geared toward toddlers and children up to
age 5 and their families including candelighting,
song, crafts and stories; vegetarian potluck fol-
lows. Jewish Community Center of Washtenaw
County, 2935 Birch Hollow Dr., Ann Arbor. (734)
975-98972.

Celebrate Chanukah

Dinner, Chanukah games and service led by
Rabbi Tamara Kolton, 6 p.m. Birmingham
Temple (248) 477-1410.

Chanukah Dinner
Congregation Chaye Clam hosts 6:15 p.m.

Shabbat dinner followed by 7:30 p.m. service;
bring a parve side dish to pass. $5. (248) 851-7485.

Chanukah Service

Temple Emanu-El's special service, 7:30 p.m.,
features youth choir; 6 p.m. Chanukah dinner is
served by the brotherhood. (248) 967-4020.

Saturdayl D

African Genocide Discussed
Congregation Beth Ahm hosts guest Rabbi

Jason Miller of U-M Hillel, who will speak on the
humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan, during 9:30
a.m. Shabbat services. (248) 851-6880.

Young Family Service

Participants at 10 a.m. "Helping Hands for
Chanukah" make blankets for the Linus Project
and enjoy a service, story, craft and snack.
Temple Emanu-El (248) 967-4020.

5th Day Celebration
Congregation Beth Ahm features 4:30 p.m.
Minchah, 5 p.m. Seudah Shilishit, 5:30 p.m.
Maariv and Havdalah, 5:45 p.m. menorah lighting

and songs. $5 adults, no charge ages 12 and
under. (248) 851-6880.

1001 Lights
Congregation Beth Shalom holds family
Havdalah service, dinner, arts and crafts, games,

Celebrate Shabbat through puppets, stories,

Winter Home Nature Walk

Families with children ages 6-12 learn to be pre-
pared for winter emergencies and see how ani-
mals prepare for winter, 2 p.m. No charge. West
Bloomfield JCC. RSVP by Dec. 8: (248) 432-
5481.

Chanukah Party
Keter Torah Sephardic Synagogue celebrates

candlelighting, and sing along, 6-8 p.m. $10 per
person, $40 family maximum. RSVP by Dec. 7:
(248) 547-7970, ext. 217.

Chanukah Festival

Vivace
Birmingham Temple presents Dennis Tini J n77

Huge menorah lighting, crafts, dreidels, latkes and
doughnuts with Chabad Jewish Center of
Commerce, 2:30 p.m. $5. RSVP: (248)363-3644.

Quintet 8 p.m. $18 members, senior, students;
$21 general admission. (248) 788-9338, (248)
661-1348.

Latke Party
Pomegranate Guild of Southeastern Michigan

Singles
Shir Shalom Singles 40+ meet for dinner 7 p.m.

Loving Spoonful, Farmington Hills. RSVP by Dec.
9: Bev (248) 960-1326, Andrea (248) 626-7405.

Sunday. Dec 12

Terrorism

Prof. Robert Sailer, professor of Law, WSU, dis-
cusses "Confronting Terrorism in a Democratic
Society: An American and Israeli Perspective,"
9:30 p.m.; moderator is Marc Kruman, chair, his-
tory department, WSU. Temple Emanu-El (248)
967-4020.

Used Book Collection

Drive through and drop off donations of used
books, books on tape, records, videos, CDs and
DVDs, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., for Bookstock. Max M.
Fisher Federation Bldg., 6735 Telegraph Rd.,
Bloomfield Twp. (248) 291-1235.

The Joseph Story

Rabbi Jason Miller, assistant director, Hillel
Foundation, U-M, speaks on "Setting the Stage

Tot Shabbat

for the Development of the Jewish People," noon.
$10. RSVP for 11 a.m. brunch. $8. (248) 737-
1931.

Chanukah 1:30-5:15 p.m. (248) 661-3665.

meets for latke party. Judy Galperin (248) 661-
5337.

Celebrate Chanukah
Jewish Gay Network holds celebration with 3

p.m. study session, "The Kabbalah of Eight," fol-
lowed by party, 4-6 p.m. $8; bring a nonperish-
able kosher food item for Yad Ezra. Just 4 Us
Bookstore, 211 W. Nine Mile Rd., Ferndale. (248)
642-8366.

Drey, Dreidela
Zamir Chorale of Metropolitan Detroit presents

a concert of Chanukah music in English, Hebrew,
Ladino and Yiddish, and several classical selec-
tions, 4:30 p.m. No charge. Oak Park JCC (248)
967-4030.

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Lunch and Learn

Margaret Weiner, former associate executive
director, Jewish Family Service, speaks at 1 p.m.
to Institute for Retired Professionals on "Living
Alone Successfully — More or Less." Bring
brown bag dairy or parve lunch 12:15 p.m.; cof-

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