To Do!
CALENDAR
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Jewish Studies Program and co-
sponsored by the Department of
Linguistics and Languages. Call
(517) 432-3493 or e-mail jew-
ishst@msu.edu .
Join Young Israel of Southfield for a
performance of Golda's Balcony
Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Fisher
Theatre. There will be an afterglow
at the synagogue. (248) 358-0154.
Concerts
Hear Raquy and the Cavemen, a
Middle Eastern group with four
Israeli members, performing at 10
p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at the New
Dodge Lounge, 8850 Joseph
Campau, Hamtramck. A local belly
dancer will be part of the show.
$7. (313) 874-5963.
Listen to the English Concert
sponsored by the Chamber Music
Society of Detroit at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Seligman
Performing Arts Center, 22305 W.
13 Mile, Beverly Hills. $23-$75.
(248) 855-6070.
Experience "Yidl Mitn Fidl" at
6:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at
Fleischman Residence-Blumberg
Plaza in West Bloomfield. (248)
661-2999.
Get in tune with ethnic music with
a free performance of the Klezmer
Fusion Band at 3 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 13, at Temple Kol Ami, 5085
Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield.
Make reservations by calling (248)
661-0041.
Attend "Flutes, Friends and Fa-La-
La," a fund-raiser for Variety FAR
Conservatory of Therapeutic and
Performing Arts, a program for chil-
dren and adults with special
needs. Alexander Zonjic, Josh White
Jr. and the FAR Stars will perform
at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, at the
Seligman Performing Arts Center at
Detroit Country Day School in
Beverly Hills. $25-$500. Call
Arlene Kass at (248) 646-3347.
Hear bassist Dan Pliskow in a free
jazz concert at 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
20, at the First Baptist Church of
Birmingham, 300 Willis Street.
(248) 644-0550.
Education
Attend V'shinantam L'vanecha
Family Learning Hour with Young
Israel of Southfield about 45 min-
58
utes after Havdalah every
Saturday night. (248) 358-0154.
Event Hotline
(248) 649-4418, ext. 28.
Attend free sessions of "Beginner-
Plus Prayerbook Hebrew
Reading" at 11 a.m. Sundays or 5
p.m. Mondays at Congregation
B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake, West
Bloomfield. (248) 788-0600.
Participate in the fifth annual Cafe
Night sponsored by P'TACH
(Parents for Torah for All Children)
Saturday evening, Nov. 12, at
Young Israel of Oak Park. The band
SHORESH entertains. $25 in
advance, $30 at door. (248) 557-
4007 or (248) 557-6633,
Leonard Bernstein: The Great
Musical Mind for the Circle of
Take part in the third session of
the Temple Beth El Lunch and
Learn series Thursday, Nov. 10,
when Keren Alpert explores
"Genesis Stories" at the temple,
7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield Hills.
Bring lunch; beverages provided.
(248) 865-0612.
Participate in lifelong learning pro-
grams at Congregation Shir
Tikvah, 3900 Northfield Parkway,
Troy. Rabbi Miri Gold explores
"Women Rabbis, Liberal Judaism
and Israel" at 1:30 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 13. RSVP to Rabbi Aaron Starr
at (248) 649-4418, ext. 33.
Hear Prof. Howard Lupovitch dis-
cuss "Antioch — Christian and
Jewish Missionaries in
Competition and Conflict" in a
meeting sponsored by Kolel Moshe
at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at
Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800
Drake, West Bloomfield. The pro-
gram continues the series "Wheel
of Fortune — Recurring Dilemmas
in Jewish Communal Life." $20 din-
ner-lecture, $10 lecture. Call Nancy
Kaplan at (248) 737-1931.
Listen to Daniel Ehrlich of Keshet
Travel discuss From Bibles to
Borders: Where Is Israel? Where
Was Israel? Where Will She Be?"
at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, at
Congregation ShirTikvah, 3900
Northfield Parkway, Troy. RSVP to
Aaron Starr at (248) 649-4418,
ext. 33.
Hear about "Visionary Leaders of
the Jewish Theological Seminary"
discussed by Rabbi Herbert
Yoskowitz Tuesdays, Nov. 15 and
22, at Adat Shalom Synagogue,
29901 Middlebelt Rd., Farmington
Hills. Classes run from noon-1:15
p.m. with lunch. $10. Respond to
Charlotte Fiszbein at (248) 851-
5100.
Explore "Kabbalah and that
Kafkaesque Edge" with Rabbi
Boruch Cohen at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 17, at Grille 173,
32832 Woodward, Royal Oak. $36.
(248) 203-6721.
Attend a Sock Hop to benefit the
expansion of the Natalie and
Manny Charach Cancer Treatment
Center at Huron Valley-Sinai
Hospital at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
12, at 59 West Banquet Center in
Highland. Malt shop food fills the
menu. $100. (248) 937-3627.
Support the third
annual Jews in
the Military
program spon-
sored by the Beth
Shalom Men's Club
at 9 a.m. Sunday,
Nov. 13, with services
and a brief memorial
service. There will be a
roundtable discussion
at 10:15 a.m. Contact
Neil Weiner at (734)
261-6468.
Join the Pomegranate Guild of
Southeastern Michigan to stitch
and learn needlecrafts with Judaic
themes at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13
at Adat Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills. Call Judy Galperin
at (248) 661-5337.
Hear Jerry Liebman, founder of
the Specs Howard School of
Broadcasting, discuss "My Life in
the Broadcast Business" at 2 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 17, at the Oak Park
JCC for COJAR (Council of Orthodox
Jewish Active Retirees). (248) 967-
4030, ext. 2020.
Meet Rabbi David Golinkin as he
discusses "Us and Them: Views of
Gentiles in Rabbinic Literature at 8
p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue in Farmington
Hills. Make reservations for the free
program by calling (248) 851-
5100.
Discuss "How Israel Is Portrayed
in the Media" with Allan Gale,
associate director of the Jewish
Community Council of Metropolitan
Detroit at a dinner meeting of the
Congregation Shir Tikvah Sisterhood
at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, at
3900 Northfield Parkway, Troy. $5
members, $10 nonmembers.
Listen to David Hoptman discuss
Friends at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov.
20, at Congregation Beth Shalom
in Oak Park. Call Lora Bank at
(248) 547-7970, ext. 215.
Hike with Mosaic noon-2
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, at
the Maybury State Park
in Northville. $6
members, $8
nonmembers.
Call Susan by
Nov. 18 at
(248) 763-
1711.
Health
Attend meetings of the Survivors'
Support Group with Dr. Charles
Silow 10-11:30 a.m. Mondays at
the Oak Park JCC in a program
coordinated by the Jewish Home &
Aging Services. (248) 661-2999.
Listen to Dr. Elan Louis, neurologist
and medical researcher at
Columbia University in New York,
speak on essential tremor in a
free program offered by the
Michigan Tremor Support Group
starting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov.
10, at Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. (248) 683-4138.
Discuss "Adding Natural
Remedies for Wellness and
Quality of Life" with Kathleen
Oakford, R.N., of Botsford Hospital
at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, at
Costick Activities Center, 28600 11
Mile, Farmington Hills. Registration
required for this women's work-
shop. $5 residents, $6 nonresi-
dents. (248) 473-1830.
Hear a neurologist and psychiatrists
discuss memory at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 15, at the Henry Ford Medical
Center, 6777 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. The session is part of
the series "Hot Topics in Women's
Health?' $10, $35 for four talks.
(313) 874-2182.
Learn about heredity and breast
cancer in a free lecture at noon
Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the
Weisberg Cancer Center in
Farmington Hills. RSVP to (248)
538-6507.
Attend a Survivors' Support Group
with Dr. Charles Silow at 1:15 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 16, at
Fleischman Residence-Blumberg
Plaza, West Bloomfield. (248)
661-2999.
Become informed about prostate
cancer and sexuality with a free
lecture by Dr. Chirpriya Dhabuwala
at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, at
the Weisberg Cancer Center in
Farmington Hills. RSVP to (248)
538-6514.
Find out about Social Security
benefits for cancer survivors and
their families at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Oak
Park Jewish Community Center. To
register for the free program, call
(800) KARMANOS.
Join Dr. Lubomira Scherschun, a
dermatologist at Henry Ford Health
System, for a discussion of skin
and hair care at 6 p.m. Thursday,
Nov. 17, at 6777 W. Maple, W.
Bloomfield. RSVP to (800) 436-
7936.
Donate blood 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 20, at Temple Beth
El, 7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield
Hills. The program is sponsored by
the Brotherhood of the temple. Call
Roy Goodman at (248) 626-1841.
Helping Out
Assist Yad Ezra with clerical, ware-
house and/or delivery tasks. Call
(248) 548-3663.
Become a friendly visitor in the
Jewish Community Chaplaincy
Program & JHAS Guardianship
Program for Jewish residents in
non-Jewish care facilities. People
are needed one-four hours a
month. Call Michelle Sage Chekan
at (248) 661-2999, ext. 300.
Serve as trip escorts, entertain-
ment hosts, movie night leaders,
bingo callers, jewelry-craft assis-
tants, performers and/or activity
assistants for the Fleischman
Residence-Blumberg Plaza &
Brown Memory Care Pavilion. Call
Janet Antin at (248) 661-2999.
Participate in the. Fall Fix Up` spon-
sored by Jewish Family Service to
assist homebound older adults get
ready for winter. Raking leaves,
washing windows and doing minor
repairs are among the tasks of
individuals and groups Sunday,
Nov. 13. Call Sarit Flascher at
(248) 592-2338 or Lindsay Leder
at (248) 592-2309.
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