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By Kathi Handler
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exchange game. Call Susan at (248) 763-1711.

there will be popcorn and beverages. $5 per

person, $10 per family. (248) 851-5100.

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Night at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24, at Adat

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Celebrate Chanukah with carnival games,
crafts, movies and more 10 a.m.-1 'p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 25, at the Oak Park JCC. There

also will be a food collection for Yad Ezra.

(248) 967-4030.

Join a Gala Chanukah Family Celebration
with the Sara Tugman Bais Chabad Torah
Center & F.R.E.E./Chaim Hebrew Center 6-8
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 25, at 5595 W. Maple,

West Bloomfield. $2, $10 family, $100 spon-

sor. Deli dinner available for purchase. RSVP
to Laya at (248) 910-5081 or Tizzy at (248)

470-6881.

There will be glow sticks, bracelets and neck-

laces. Times are 5:50-6:30 p.m. coed, 6:30-
7:30 p.m. men only and 7:30-8:30 p.m.
women only. $3 members, $5 nonmembers.

(248) 967-4030.

Join the National Dreidel Spinoff, trying to
beat a world record of the number of drei-
dels spinning at one time 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 28, at Congregation Beth

Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln, Oak Park. The
Chanukah celebration includes a light snack,

crafts, games and contests. Guests are invit-
ed to bring their menorahs and light candles

together. Call Pam Feldman at (248) 547-

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Attend a Chanukah reception for Stuart
Sherman of the Birmingham City
Commission to be held 6:30-8 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 28, in the home of Rabbi

Boruch Cohen and Rebbetzin Ita Leah
Cohen. A crafts program for children is
planned along with refreshments. (248) 540-

6690.

Singles

Attend "Christmas Day the Jewish Way"
with Jewish Single Friends 40-60 at 5:30

p.m. Sunday, Dec. 25, at Jade Place, 10
Mile at Coolidge, Oak Park. A movie is
planned. RSVP to Marji at (248) 544-1203
or by e-mail to Graphixl@aol.com by Dec.

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Take part in a Chanukah blackout swim
Tuesday, Dec. 27, at the Oak Park JCC.

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1. Commandment
no no
6. Auditor
9. Man Ray art style
13. Marrano language

14. Actor Steiger
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16. Philosopher
Hannah
17. Summer in Paris
18. Golden or Herod
19. Sit for Modigliani
20. Gershwin and
Morris
22. Jacob's boys
.23. Knesset position
24. Sopher need
25. Flanken?
29. Grogger emanation
31. Often to Heine
34. Israel's neighbor
36. Orthodox Rabbis
Assoc.
37. Mount for Mordecai
38. Agadah
40. Science fiction
writer
42. Relate
43..Imitate
45. Jewish magazine
46. Haifa to Hebron
(direction)
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49. Observes Shabbat
50. Hagar and Sarah

51, Salty sea
53. Star Trek star
56. Crest
57. Staff
61. Hebrew month
62. Ever to Bialik
63. Sacred writings
65. Sandal base
66. Brooks
67. Ellis Island visitors
68. USA to Israel
69. Golfer Alcoa
70. Noah's forecast

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writer
Ibn Gabirol
specialty
3. Jonah's plant
4. Tsitsit site?
5. Comedian Fields
6. Genesis figure
7. Cholent holders
8. Etrog drink
9. Philistine god
10. Eleventh king of
Judah
11. Israeli fruit
12. Magic carpet base
13. Round for Spitz
21. Copeland on track
22.Daled (English)
23. Grihenes ingredient
24. King David's
specialty

25. Dead Sea plenty
26. Life and Knowledge
27. Herman Barron
'shot
28. Cain's victim
30. Mt. HermOn
feature?
31. Desert cool spots
32..Foremost part
33. Homes for Israelites
35. Get Smart guy
37. Marcel Marceau
39. Ein Gedi
41. Title for Montefiore
44. Like Methuselah
47. Speak
48. Meadow
50. Comedian
Amsterdam
52. Bimah
53. Resnik's org.
54. Synagogue no no
55. Ben Yehuda,
Jerusalem
56. Appear
57. 152
58. Last word in
synagogues
. 59. Ens (Hebrew)
60. Asner and Koch
62. Mother (Hebrew)
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For crossword answers,
please see pag e 81

Members of the Michigan Jewish War
Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary will spon-
sor the annual holiday party for patients
at the Veterans Administration Hospital
in Battle Creek on Dec. 25.
The bus will leave from the JWV office
parking lot, 24901 Northwestern Highway,
Southfield, at 8 a:m.
To attend or contribute, call Jerry
Schlussel, (248) 541-1251, or Art Lipman,
(248) 352-8307.

NCJW Gives Aid

National Council of Jewish Women
Greater Detroit Section volunteers
returned to the Ronald McDonald House
to provide a meal for the families who
stay with their children in.Children's
Hospital of Michigan in Detroit.
Stays range from a few days to many
days. Although there are kitchen facili-
ties and families can make their own
meals, the focus is with the child in the
hospital.
NCJW volunteers have provided this •
service for the past few years, bringing
lunch and dinner. The next visit will be
this spring. To volunteer, call NCJW,
(248) 355-3300.

Drop-In Support

Temple Israel's Robert Sosnick Family
Life Center can help dealing with the loss
of a loved one. A drop-in bereavement
support group is facilitated by Simona
Seiderman.
Upcoming support group sessions are
scheduled for Wednesdays, Jan. 11, 25,
from 10-11 a.m. at Temple Israel.
Sessions continue on a bi-weekly basis
through May and are open to the com-
munity free of charge.
For reservations or to learn more, call
the Family Life Center,
(248) 661-5700.

Research Grant

The American Dysautonomia Institute, a
national nonprofit charity with he a • dquar-
ters in Farmington Hills, has approved a
$4,000 research grant to the Mayo Clinic.
Dysautonomia is an autonomic nerv-
ous system disorder that affects one in
300 Americans. One type of the disease
affects only Ashkenazi Jews. Another form
has already stricken 1 million Americans,
including Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews.
The ASDI was co-founded in 2004 by
Michigan Jewish eduator Ben Chinitz,
who died this year.
For information about the disease or
how to volunteer, see the Web site,
www.adiwebsite.org.

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