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Around Town

Join the Bridge Club 1-3:30 p.m.
Wednesdays at the Oak Park JCC.
Duplicate bridge players are welcome.
(248) 967-4030.

Arts & Culture

Join the Beth Ahm Sisterhood for a
luncheon book review featuring Rabbi
Steven Rubenstein discussing
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan
Safran Foer at noon Thursday, Feb. 9, at
the synagogue, 5075 Maple, West
Bloomfield. $10. RSVP by calling (248)
851-6880.

Meet with the Pomegranate Guild of
Southeastern Michigan, a group that
stitches and learns various needlecrafts
with Judaic themes, at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
12 at Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. Nadine Eder
leads a fabric bowl demonstration. Call
Judy Galperin at (248) 661-5337.

Hear Stephen B. Segall discuss his book

Understanding the Exodus and Other
Mysteries of Jewish History 2-3 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 12, at the Ann Arbor

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Education

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.

and Neal Alpiner. Meet staff and stu-
dents. For details, calls Helene Brody at
(248) 539-1483.

Cinema & Stage

Concerts

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.

Enjoy the Jewish and eclectic sounds of
the Klezmatics 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13,
at the Ark, 316 Main, Ann Arbor. Call

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.

Join discussions of "Old Text Through

Congregation T'chiyah, 15000 W.10
Mile, Oak Park. (248) 542-0900.

View Noa at 17, a free film about
teenage choices in Israel, at noon
Monday, Feb. 13, at Congregation B'nai
Moshe, 6800 Drake, West Bloomfield.
Call Nancy Kaplan at (248) 737-1931.

Find out about "Being Jewish, Doing
Jewish" in a free class conducted by

Discuss "How Do Adolescents Cope?"
with Toni Kaplan, Gayle Sturt, and Linda
Schonberg at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at
the West Bloomfield Township Public
Library, 4600 Walnut Lake Rd. (248)
682-2120.

Dowtown Library,.343 South Fifth Ave.
(734) 327-4560.

Watch The New Klezmorim at 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 12, at the Fleischman
Residence-Blumberg Plaza in West
Bloomfield. (248) 661-2999.

learn about "The Spirit of Israel" with
Hazzan Earl G. Berris at 11 a.m. Monday,
Feb. 13, at Congregation B'nai Moshe,
6800 Drake, West Bloomfield. CDs from
the Cantors Assembly of America are
planned. $5 nonmembers. Call Nancy
Kaplan at (248) 737-1931.

Explore the programs at Hillel Day
School's Middle School at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 9, in the home of Karen

New Lenses: Liberal Judaism in
Contemporary Europe" at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 9, and "Talmud" at 7:30
p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, sponsored by

Recall Oscar Wilde's The Importance of
Being Earnest with the direction of
Yolanda Fleischer at 8 p.m. Friday-
Saturday, Feb. 10-11, and 2 p.m. Sunday,
Feb. 12, at the Marygrove College
Theatre, 8425 W. McNichols, Detroit. $9-
$15. (313) 993-3270.

B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region will
hold a town hall meeting to help simpli-
fy understanding of the new Medicare
prescription program 7 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 16 at Adat Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills. Erin Scharff, B'nai
B'rith International's assistant director
for grass roots advocacy, will speak.
The community is invited at no charge.
For information, call B'nai B'rith at
(248) 646-3100.

(734) 761-1451 or e-mail
www.theark.org .

Lunch and learn about the Torah with
Temple Israel Rabbi Jennifer Tisdale
12:30 Tuesday, Feb. 14, at the Max M.
Fisher Federation Building, 6735
Telegraph, Bloomfield Township.
Sponsored by B'nai B'rith Great Lakes
Region and open to members, friends
and relatives. $10 includes kosher lunch
RSVP: (248) 646-3100.

Attend an open house for Ganeinu
Presthool 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at
4230 Middlebelt, West Bloomfield. Call
Chaya Devorah Bergstein at (248) 932-
8584.

Find out about international adoptions
from the Alliance for Adoption of the
Jewish Family Service at 5:30 p.m. Sun-
day, Feb. 12, at the Orley Family
Building, 6555 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. RSVP to Anna Donovan at
(248) 592-2343.

Enter the Cantor's Listening Room to

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Hear Rabbi Steven Rubenstein discuss

"The Ethics of Consumption" in the Yad

Ezra Lunch and Learn Series at noon
Thursday, Feb. 16, at 2850 W.11 Mile,
Berkley. $7. (248) 548-3663.

Join with the Congregation Shaarey
Zedek Sisterhood to learn about
Conservative issues with Rabbi Eric
Yanoff at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at
the B'nai Israel Center, 4200 Walnut
Lake Rd., West Bloomfield. RSVP to
Laynie at (248) 357-5544.

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Israel's consul general in Chicago, will
speak. $50. (248) 357-5544.

Hear comedian/actor Carl Reiner in
"Live-frort the 92nd Street Y" via satel-
lite at 8:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at the
West Bloomfield JCC. $5 non-members.
(248) 432-5577.

CAttend "The Music of the Night," a din-
ner-entertainment fund-raiser for Tem-
ple Israel, at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb.11,
at 5725 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloom-
field. Call Elaine at (248) 661-5700.

Join the Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah as it celebrates its 90th birth-
day with its third annual Family FunFair '
11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at the
Costick Activity Center, 28600 11 Mile,
Farmington Hills. Look for crafts, a
magic show, carnival games with prizes,
moonwalks, clowns, face-painting and
balloon animals. Snacks will be available
for purchase. $20 for a family fun pack
(5 admission tickets); $5 single ticket;
free for children age 2 and under. (248)
683-5030.

Hear Nancy Kalef speak about "Getting
Organized" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16,

at Congregation Shir Tikvah, 3900
Northfield Pkwy., Troy. Sponsored by the
sisterhood, the program includes
dessert and coffee. $5 nonmembers.
Call (248) 649-4418, ext. 28, for reser-
vations.

Listen to Dr. Mel and Nena Chudnof dis-
cuss their recent trip to Uki-aine and
Russia to see their family roots in a pro-
gram sponsored by the Jewish
Genealogical Society of Michigan at 3
p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, at the Farmington

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February 9 2006

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