To Do!
Check It Out!
Arts & Culture
See the photo exhibit Traces
of a Jewish Presence in
Poland through April 7 at the
International Institute,1080 S.
University St., Ann Arbor. Meet
photographer Piotr Piluk at
noon Thursday, March 30, as
he talks about his subject. (734)
615-1287.
Cinema & Stage
View Beauty and the Beast
staged by Birmingham Seaholm
High School at 7:30 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, March 31 and
April 1 in the auditorium, 2436
W. Lincoln. $10-$12. (248) 203-
3701.
Take in Working, a musical
based on the Studs Terkel book
about American employees,
staged through April 2 by the
University of Detroit Mercy and
Marygrove College. Curtain time
is 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
and 2 p.m. Sundays at the
Marygrove College Theatre,
8425 W. McNichols, Detroit. $9-
$16. (313) 993-3270.
Watch Everything Is
Illuminated, a film about a
young Jewish American seek-
ing the woman who saved
his grandfather in World War
II, at 7 p.m. Sunday, April
2, at Temple Beth El, 7400
Telegraph, Bloomfield Township.
Rabbi David Castiglione leads
a discussion of the film. (248)
737-0801.
Concerts
Experience a
"Broadway Cabaret
Dinner" with the
Birmingham
Bloomfield
Symphony
Orchestra at
6 p.m. Friday,
March 31, at
the Radisson
Hotel (formerly
Kingsley Inn),
Woodward at Long
Lake Rd., Bloomfield Hills. The
Detroit Choral Artists are fea-
tured. $85, $125 patrons. (248)
645-BBSO.
Hear three young cantors
- Zachary Mondrow, Benjamin
Matis and Asa Fradkin - at
8 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at
Congregation B'nai Moshe,
6800 Drake, West Bloomfield.
The program is free, but there
is a fee for the dessert recep-
tion. Call Sharlene Ungar at
(248) 788-0600.
Listen to Robbo (Robb Zelonky)
at two concerts Sunday, April
2, at Adat Shalom Synagogue,
29901 Middlebelt, Farmington
Hills. A free concert of Yiddish
and Hebrew music starts at 1
p.m. "Great Songs for Great
Kids" begins at 3 p.m. $10 per
non-member family at the door.
(248) 851-5100.
Experience the music of duo-
pianists Yuki and Tomoko Mack
at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at
the Birmingham Temple, 28611
W.12 Mile, Farmington Hills.
$18 members and seniors, $21
nonmembers, $12 students 18
and younger. (248) 788-9338 or
(248) 661-1348.
Education
Learn about different reli-
gions in a free program with
Jennie Allan 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, through April 11, at
Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075
W. Maple, West Bloomfield.
RSVP by calling (248) 851-
6880.
Go "In Search of Catholic Israel:
Solomon Schechter's Religious
Odyssey from Romania to
America" with Dr. Howard
Lupovitch at 10 a.m.
Sunday, April 2,
at Congregation
Beth Ahm,
5075 W.
Maple, West
Bloomfield.
(248) 851-
6880.
Honor Dorit
and Tzvi Schostak
and Rose and Bruce
Newman at a dinner party
planned by Yeshivat Akiva at
5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 2, at
the Dearborn Inn. Call (248)
386-1625.
Explore ways of finding jobs
with counselor Mildred Pivoz
Tuesday, April 4, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills.
Call (248) 851-5100 for times.
Gain insight in recognizing
and preventing identity theft
and charity fraud during a
program running 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Tuesday, April 4, at Sunrise
Assisted Living of Bloomfield
Information Center, 2080 S.
Telegraph, Bloomfield Hills.
Seats can be reserved by calling
(248) 972-0800.
Event Hotline
Listen to Prof. Khaleel
Mohammed of the Center for
Islamic and Arabic Studies at
San Diego State University
discuss "Why Hamas and
Iran Are Wrong About
Jews, Judaism and Israel:
A Muslim Perspective"
at 7 p.m. Thursday, March
30, at Congregation B'nai
Moshe, 6800 Drake Rd., West
Bloomfield. (248) 646-3100.
Celebrate the installation of
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein of
Congregation Beth Ahm start-
ing with Kabbalat Shabbat
services and dinner at 6 p.m.
Friday, March 31. $36 family,
$18 adult. Guest speakers are
Rabbi Alan Cohen and Rabbi
Aaron Bergman. The actual
installation is Saturday, April
1, during services with a free
Kiddush luncheon afterward.
The weekend concludes with
services at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
(248) 851-6880.
Participate with Ruach
Hadassah in the group's fifth
annual Casino Night and
Silent Auction at 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 1, at
Hadassah House,
5030 Orchard
Lake Rd., West
Bloomfield.
$30 includes
food. (248)
683-5030.
Hear Daniel
Pekarsky, profes-
sor of education
Bookstock Needs
Donations!
It's Colossal Collection
Day, so drop off donations
of books, tapes, videos,
CDs and DVDs 10:30-12:30
p.m. Sunday, April 2, at the
Max M. Fisher Federation
Building, 6735 Telegraph,
Bloomfield Township. (248)
291-1235. Tax receipts will be
provided.
The items will be featured for resale.at the Bookstock used
book and media sale to be held April 30-May 7 at Laurel Park
Place in Livonia.
Presented by the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan
Detroit, the Friends of Literacy, the Detroit Jewish News and.
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
at the University of Wisconsin,
discuss "Educating the Jewish
Child" 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday,
April 2, at the Rackham Bldg.,
915 E. Washington, Ann Arbor.
The program is sponsored by
the Frankel Center for Judaic
Studies. www.lsa.umich.edu/
judaic.
Celebrate "Fun-Schmun!!
A Yiddish Culture Family
Celebration" 2-3:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 2, at the Ann
Arbor District Library, 343 S.
Fifth Ave., Ann Arbor. Klezmer
melodies performed by Ethnic
Connection, a Yiddish folktale,
Yiddish crafts and treats are
part of the program. (734) 327-
4200.
Attend a women's Rosh
Chodesh class discussing
"Adoption in Halacha" Sunday,
April 2, at Young Israel of
Southfield, 27705 Lahser. Call
(248) 358-0154 to check the
time.
Listen to Nonie Darwish, Arab
journalist and daughter of an
Egyptian terrorist, speak about
the "culture of hate"
and the anti-Semitic
indoctrination
that pervades
the Arab
world at 4
p.m. Sunday,
April 2, at
the Holocaust
Memorial
Center in
Farmington Hills.
$5, free for students. (248)
508-8545.
Enter "The Cantor's Listening
Room - Passover Edition"
with Hazzan Earl G. Berris at
11 a.m. Monday, April 3, at
Congregation B'nai Moshe,
6800 Drake, West Bloomfield.
Call Nancy Kaplan at
(248) 737-1931.
Hear Floyd Cochran, who
renounced his association
with the Aryan Nation in 1992,
discuss "Coming to a City
Near You: Neo-Nazis on the
March in the Midwest" at 7
p.m. Tuesday, April 4, at the
Holocaust Memorial Center,
28123 Orchard Lake Rd.,
Farmington Hills. (248) 646-
3100.
Watch as Mike Ridley records
his new CD before a live audi-
ence at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April
4, at the Comedy Castle, 269
E. Fourth St., Royal Oak. $50
includes dinner with a portion
going to Jack's Place to benefit
research and treatment related
to autism. (248) 542-9900.
Participate in Yoga &
Yiddishkeit with Yogi Jason
Hulshof and Rabbi Rachel Shere
at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 5,
and 7 p.m. Sunday, April 23, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills.
Call Eliana Loomer at (248)
851-5100.
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