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BEST BETS
The Potters
Market returns
to Madison
eights,
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Gail Zimmerman
Arts Editor
Holiday Art
Sara Frank, tiles and Judaic objects; Susan
Adelman, jewelry; and Martin Lowenberg,
metal mezuzot.
For more information, call (248) 644-
0866 or go to www.bbartcenter.org .
The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center's
annual shopping event; Shop and
Champagne, will be held 6:30-9 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 30, at the BBAC, 1516 S.
Cranbrook, in Birmingham. Tickets are $50
in advance, $60 at the door and $100 patron.
Shop and Champagne is the fund-raising
advance preview for the BBAC's Holiday
Shop, which is free and open to the public
Philo Bregstein, the award-winning film
from Dec. 2-17. Merchandise from more
director best known in Europe for his doc-
than 150 artists from across the country —
umentaries on filmmaker Pier Paolo
jewelry, fibers, glass, ceramics, wood, pho-
Pasolini and conductor Otto Klemperer,
tography, mixed media, garden art and holi-
will speak at the Holocaust Memorial
day gifts — will be available
Center, 28123 Orchard Lake
for sale.
Road, in Farmington Hills, 7:30
Jewish artists represented
p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30.
include Lara Witherspoon,
During his talk, he will show
felted handbags; Julie
scenes from two of his films,
Langensiepen, fiber objects
The Past That Lives (1970) and
and scarves; Linda Girard,
In Search of ewish Amsterdam
felted handbags and beaded
(1975).
Lara Witherspoon:
jewelry; Patti Tapper, jewelry
The latter project grew out
Felted handbag.
and small fiber accessories;
of Bregstein's interviews with
Documentary
Filmmaker
some 80 survivors and inspired the book
Remembering Jewish Amsterdam, co-
authored with Salavador Bloemgarten and
published in 1978 in the Netherlands and
in 2004 in the United States.
Bregstein, his Jewish father (a history
teacher originally from Lithuania) and
Christian mother survived the Holocaust
thanks to his mother's family, who hid
their Jewish identity. The filmmaker
always believed all his Lithuanian relatives
had perished in the war but recently dis-
covered that at least 50 of his grandfa-
ther's great-grandchildren are living in
Chicago, the Detroit area and Israel.
The event is free and open to the public;
reservations are not necessary. The cen-
ter's south parking lot provides easiest
access to the lecture hall. For more infor-
mation, call (248) 553-2400.
Simply Ceramics
The largest pottery sale of its kind takes
place Friday-Sunday, Dec. 2-4, in Madison
Heights as
the Potters
Market, pre-
sented by the
advanced
ceramic students of Oakland Community
College's Royal Oak campus, celebrates its
30th year. Hours are 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday,
10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Sunday Admission and parking are
free. There is a $10 charge to attend a spe-
cial preview sale 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1.
The huge selection of ceramics ranges
from functional to decorative to whimsical
and includes products in stoneware, earth-
enware, porcelain, raku and smoke-fired
pottery. The shelves are restocked through-
out the sale. Among the Jewish artists rep-
resented are Ruth Weinbaum of Bloomfield
Hills, Rachail Laine of Ann Arbor, Sondra
Herman of Oak Park and Joanie Ugelow of
Troy.
The Potters Market is held at the OF and
CW Union Hall, at 876 Horace Brown Dr.,
one block south of 13 Mile Road between
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made into a movie, the
him as very well read in Jewish history.
producers talked about
casting Bing Crosby and
Bob Hope," said Pacheco,
Boteach Cure
a. Best People
"and Neil said, `No way!"
Orthodox Rabbi Shumley Boteach is
Matthew Brbderick and Nathan
Turning to Lane, he
best known for his book Kosher Sex,his
Lane, the stars of the current hit stage
asked, "Nathan, are you an
former friendship with Michael Jackson
revival of Neil Simon's The Odd
honorary Jew?"
and what some consider his incredible
Couple, were recently interviewed at
"Yes, the best people are. lust for media attention. Now comes word
New York's 92nd St. Y. Here's an
For an Irish Catholic,
the rabbi will have a reality
Matthew Broderick
excerpt, quoting Backstage.com .
it's sweet:' the actor
show, on the TLC cable
Moderator Patrick Pacheco asked about
said."I'rn glad I can pass. It's brought
channel, called Shalom in
the tradition of Jewish humor in. Siinon's
me a lot of work. I'have a great affini-
the Home. Rabbi Boteach
comedy: "How Jewish are these charac-
ty for Jewish humor. Mel [Brooks],
and the show's crew will live
ters?"
Neil, Larry Gelbart —they are the
with a, dysfunctional family
"The language and rhythms are Jewish,"
foundation of my sense of humor."
for a week, and the rabbi
said Broderick, adding that the relationship
By the way, Broderick's late
will help its members repair
between the two characters probably has
mother was Jewish, and his wife,
their family bonds. It's
deep, ancient Jewish roots.
Sarah Jessica Parker (whose
expected to premier in
"When The Sunshine Boys was being
mother is Jewish, as well), describes
Shmu ley Boteach
early 2006.
Special to the Jewish News
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Deal Maker
Comedian Howie Mandel - has been
tapped to host the new NBC game show
Deal or No Deal. The show, which has
been a hit overseas, features big money
prizes. It's begun production, but no pre-
miere date has been set.
Mandel, a practicing Jew, first became
well known as a cast member of St.
Elsewhere, the hit 1980s
medical show. He has
kept busy since in a
variety of projects,
includirig stand-up
comedy and the Bravo
reality/comedy show
Hidden Howie, which
aired earlier this year.
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