To Do!
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the faculty members who planned the
program at the Power Center, 121 Fletch-
er, Ann Arbor. $9-$20. (734) 764-2538.
Hear cellist Matt Haimovitz in a concert
sponsored by the Chamber Music
Society of Detroit at 7 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 11, at the Seligman Center for the
Performing Arts, 13 Mile at Lahser,
Beverly Hills. $23-$75. (248) 855-6070.
Education
Learn to read Hebrew in one of two
classes Sunday mornings at
Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake,
West Bloomfield — at 10 a.m. (Level One
for Total Beginners) or 11 a.m. (Beginner-
Plus Prayer Book Hebrew). Free for first
class, $40-$50 for second. Call Nancy
Kaplan at (248) 737-1931.
Attend "Parsha 100," free weekly pro-
grams led by Rabbi Leiby Burnham of
the Jean and Theodore Weiss Partners
in Torah of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah.
Sessions start at 8 p.m. Thursdays at
25881 Greenfield, Southfield, with the
entrance on Lincoln. (248) 557-6750.
Mindfulness" and explore "Deep
Davenen" with Dr. Richard Lederman,
executive director of United Synagogue
of Conservative Judaism's Great Lakes
& Rivers Region, 7:30-9 p.m. Monday,
Feb. 6, at a private home in West
Bloomfield and 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday,
Feb. 7, at the Max M. Fisher Jewish
Federation Building, 6735 Telegraph,
West Bloomfield. Students can bring a
dairy or parve lunch. Call Nancy Kaplan
at (248) 737-1931.
Event Hotline
Explore the future of conservative
Judaism with Rabbi Eric Yanoff and
the Sisterhood of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 2, at the B'nai Israel Center, 4200
Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield.
RSVP to Laynie at (248) 357-5544.
Taste wine and desserts with Kesher,
Congregation Beth Shalom's new young
adult group for those in their 205-405,
Saturday evening, Feb. 4, in a private
home. Contact Fran Newman at (248)
542-3303 or Jodie Krasnick at (248)
398-6189.
Find out about "Being Jewish, Doing
Jewish" in a free class conducted by
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein 10-11 a.m.
Tuesday mornings, through Feb. 14, at
Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075 W.
Maple, West Bloomfield. RSVP by
calling (248) 851-6880.
Celebrate the mitzvah
of tefillin with the
Congregation
Beth Ahm Men's
Club at 10:30
a.m. Sunday,
Feb. 5, at 5075
W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. (248)
851-6880, ext. 17.
Visit Akiva during a school open
house 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2,
at 21100 12 Mile, Southfield. (248) 386-
1625.
Explore spiritual growth through giving
in sessions led by Rabbi Boruch Cohen
of the Birmingham-Bloomfield Chai
Center starting 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2,
at 1578 Lakeside Dr., Birmingham. $18
for four sessions. (248) 225-0246.
Explore "The Classic Midrash" with
Rabbi Elliot Pachter at 10 a.m. Sunday,
Feb. 5, at Congregation B'nai Moshe,
6800 Drake, West Bloomfield. $7 non-
members. Call Nancy Kaplan at (248)
737-1931.
Enter the Cantor's Listening Room to
learn about "Cantorial Concert Master-
pieces" with Hazzan Earl G. Berris at 11
a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, at Congregation
B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake, West
Bloomfield. CDs from the Milken Music
Archive are played. $5 nonmembers.
Call Nancy Kaplan at (248) 737-1931.
Participate in the free "Mitzvah and
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Meet with Eleanor Roosevelt Hadassah
for "An Evening of Yoga and
Yiddishkeit" at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.
7, at Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. The pro-
gram includes a light dairy dinner and
dessert. $18. RSVP by Feb. 2 to (248)
399-3914, (248) 626-1841 or (248) 683-
5030.
Join Cantor Meir Finkelstein's Shaarey
Zedek Sing Along Chorus at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the B'nai Israel
Center, 4200 Walnut Lake Rd., West
Bloomfield. (248) 357-5544.
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Participate in the Shaarey Zedek Men's
Club Inter congregational Dinner at 6
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at 27375 Bell Rd.,
Southfield. Baruch Binah, Israel's consul
general in Chicago, will speak. $50.
(248) 357-5544.
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Health
Helping Out
Participate in a Survivors Support
Group with Dr. Charles Silow 10-11:30
a.m. Mondays at the Oak Park JCC.
Join the staff at the Hechtman Building
in West Bloomfield to host a pizza party
Sunday, Feb. 5. Volunteers also are
needed by Jewish Apartments &
Services to assist with the convenience
store, bingo events and entertainment
in Oak Park and friendly visits, bingo
events and the Meer Boutique in West
Bloomfield. Contact Michal Ram
at (248) 592-1104.
(248) 661-2999.
Take part in free Living With Grief meet
ings sponsored by Hospice of Michigan
7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Feb. 9 at
Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake,
West Bloomfield. To register, call Cindy
Goldman at (248) 253-2580.
Discuss entering mar-
riage during four
sessions with
Rabbi Rachel
Shere and coun-
selor Shirley
Cetner at 6:30
p.m. Wednesdays,
through Feb. 22, at
Adat Shalom
Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills. The series is planned
for engaged couples and newlyweds.
$36 per couple. Call Eliana Loomer at
(248) 851-5100, ext. 231.
Have your blood pressure checked by a
registered nurse for free 1-2:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 2, at the Oak Park JCC.
(248) 967-4030.
Meet with Children and Adults with
Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD) at 7
p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, at the Way
Elementary School, W. Long Lake at
Telegraph, Bloomfield Hills. "Learning
Social Skills Through Comedy" and "The
Creative Side of AD/HD" are the topics
for adults. $5 per family of non-mem-
bers. (248) 988-6716.
Explore sleep disorders with Thomas
Roth, director of the Sleep Disorders
and Research Center at Henry Ford
Hospital, 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, at
the West Bloomfield JCC. $10. (313) 874-
2182
Participate in a seminar on healthy
backs at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, at
the Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-4030.
Get tips on being a caregiver 7-8 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 12, at Young Israel of
Southfield. The Dorothy and Peter
Brown Jewish Community Adult Day
Care Program presents a workshop on
"You Can't Do It All — How to Be an
Effective Caregiver." Call (248) 233-
4000 for reservations.
Join Congregation
Shaarey Zedek's soup
kitchen at 9 a.m.
Sunday, Feb. 5, at
27375 Bell Rd.,
Southfield. Cash and
material donations benefit
the South Oakland Shelter.
Contact Tobye Bello at (248) 357-5544.
Volunteer for the fifth Judaica Art Fair
planned Feb. 11 13 by Bais Chabad Torah
Center at the West Bloomfield Jewish
Community Center. People are needed
to run the show and house artists from
Israel. (248) 855-6170.
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Drop off donations of used books, books
on tape, recordings, videos, CDs and
DVDs 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
12, at the Max M. Fisher Federation
Building, 6735 Telegraph, West
Bloomfield. (248) 291-1235.
Holidays/Shabbat
Start out with Kabbalat Shabbat servic-
es at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, have dinner
prepared by Sperber's Catering and
then hear Dr. Howard Lupovitch discuss
"Neither Orthodox Nor Reform" at
Shabbat Limud at Congregation Beth
Ahm, 5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield.
$18 adults, $10 ages 4-12, free ages 3
and younger. (248) 851-6880.
Attend a Shabbat Learning Service at
9:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb,. 4, at
Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake,
West Bloomfield. Rabbi Elliot Pachter
and Cantor Earl G. Berris will familiarize
people with traditional Shabbat prayers.
(248) 788-0600.
Stay and learn about Arabs and Jews in
the Holy Land after services Saturday,
Feb. 4, at Congregation B'nai Moshe,
6800 Drake, West Bloomfield. The topic
will be Shirat Hayam, the Song at the
Sea. Call Nancy Kaplan at (248) 737-
1931.