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View Unexpected Drawings
and Fiber Traditions/ Fiber
Transitions, two exhibits running
April 14-May 5 at the Birmingham
Bloomfield Art Center, 1516 S.
Cranbrook, Birmingham. The open-
ing reception for both is 6-8 p.m.
Friday, April 14. (248) 651-4015.
See photos capturing the life and
times of East European Jews at
the end of the 19th century and
the beginning of the 20th century.
They are being shown through
May at the Oak Park Public Library,
14200 Oak Park Blvd. They were
collected by Oleg Karpenchuk, who
immigrated to the United States
from Ukraine. (248) 691-7483.
Meet Neil Kleid as he autographs
copies of Brownsville, his new
graphic novel about men in the
Jewish mafia, at 8 p.m. Saturday,
April 15, at Green Brain Comics,
13210 Michigan, Dearborn. (313)
582-9444.
See Another Road Home, a docu-
mentary about relations between
Israelis and Palestinians, at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, April 19, and 6:35 p.m.
Thursday, April 27, on cable-TV's
Sundance Channel.
Concerts
Hear violinist Mai Shapira in
a concert starting at 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 23, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell,
Southfield. $8. (248) 357-5544.
Listen to the St. Clair Trio as part of
the Schmier Chapel Chamber Music
Series at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 23,
at Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake
Rd., West Bloomfield. For tickets, con-
tact Lillian at (248) 661-5700.
Cinema &
Stage
Bring the kids to see the pup-
pet show Turtle Island at 2 p.m.
Saturdays, through April 29,
at PuppetArt, 25 E. Grand River,
Detroit. $7 per adult, $5 per child.
(313) 961-7777.
See Seussical the Musical by
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Thursday- Sunday, April 13-16, at
the Power Center, 121 Fletcher, Ann
Arbor. $9-$22. Call for times. (734)
764-2538.
View the Oscar-nominated Sophie
Scholl — The Final Days, a German
film about a Munich college student
who participated in the While Rose
resistance movement, scheduled
to open Friday, April 14, at the
Landmark Maple Art Theatre in
Bloomfield Township. (248) 263-
2111.
Watch the musical You're a Good
Man Charlie Brown April 19-May
14 at Meadow Brook Theatre on
the campus of Oakland University
in Rochester. (248) 377-3300.
www.mbttheatre.com .
Join the Detroit Puppeteer's Guild's
Day of Puppetry 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday, April 22, at the Ford
Community and Performing Arts
Center at Michigan and Greenfield
in Dearborn. Enthusiasts, teachers,
parents and teens can learn about
puppetry. For $2, children can make
'a puppet. For information, contact
Diane Boatman, (248) 357-2090, or
www.DetroitPuppeteersGuild.org .
Education
Explore "Prophets for Profit
- Their Lives and Times/ Our
Lives and Times" during six
Monday evenings starting April 17
in the home of a member couple of
Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800
Drake; West Bloomfield. $65 mem-
bers, $90 nonmembers. Call Nancy
Kaplan at (248) 737-1931.
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Experience a free session of
Yoga & Yiddishkeit at 7 p.m.
Sunday, April 23, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills. Instructors are
Yogi Jason Hulshof and Rabbi
Rachel Shere. Call Eliana Loomer at
(248) 851-5100.
Event Hotline
Join the Beth Ahm Men's Club and
hear Rudi Paul Lindner, University
of Michigan history professor,
discuss "An Islamic Historian's
View of Israel's Dilemmas" at
10 a.m. Sunday, April 23, at the
synagogue, 5075 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. Free admission includes
continental breakfast. RSVP by
April 20: (248) 851-6880.
Meet with native Detroit authors
Bill and Gloria Broder as they
present their newly published
books Taking Care of Cleo by
him and Their Magician and
Other Stories by her at 2 p.m.
Sunday, April 23, in the Henry and
Delia Meyers Library at the West
Bloomfield JCC. Reservations
required: (248) 432-5546.
Hear Israeli scholar Zohar
Raviv discuss issues relating
to God's meaning at 4 and
7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 23,
at Congregation B'nai Moshe,
6800 Drake, West Bloomfield.
$10. Call Nancy Kaplan at (248)
737-1931.
Health
Participate with Rabbi David
Castiglione and Temple
Beth El's bereavement sup-
port group at 1:30 p.m.
Mondays, through May 8, at
7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield
Township. (248) 851-1100, ext.
3143.
Attend a free Arthritis Self-Help
course 10 a.m.-noon Fridays,
through May 12, at Temple Shir
Shalom, 3999 Walnut Lake Rd.,
West Bloomfield. (248) 737-8700.
Connect with people adjusting to
divorce during a six-week support
group program sponsored by the
National Council of Jewish Women
SPACE for Changing Families
meeting 7-9 p.m. Mondays, April
17-May 22, in the Homestead USA
Building, 26400 Lahser, Suite 306
Southfield. $5 per session. (248)
355-9936.
Join a bereavement support
group planned by the National
Council of Jewish Women
Greater Detroit Section SPACE
for Changing Families and
Congregation Shaarey Zedek 7-
9 p.m. Tuesdays, April 18-June
6, at the synagogue, 27375 Bell,
Southfield. Participants must
attend all eight sessions. (248)
355-9936.
Hear psychologist Sara Byer
discuss the relationship between
Parkinson's Disease and depression
and suggest relaxation techniques
as she meets with the Southfield-
Oak Park Parkinson's Support
Group at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April
19, at Trowbridge, 24111 Civic Center
Dr., Southfield. Call the Michigan
Parkinson's Association at (248)
433-1011.
Helping Out
Deliver Meals on Wheels from
an Oak Park kitchen to West
Bloomfield. Call National Council
of Jewish Women Greater Detroit
Section at (248) 355-3300, ext. 0.
JVS, a nonprofit human services organization ; will host a parent
informational meeting on the Jewish Educational Loan Service
(JELS) and additional financial aid options for college students.
It will be held 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 26, at JVS, 29699 -
Southfield Road, Southfield.
JELS Coordinator Marvin Berman will discuss how to apply
for an interest-free loan offered .through JELS. JELS is open
to Metro Detroit-area Jewish residents and is administered
through JVS, Hebrew Free Loan
Association and the Jewish Federation
of Metropolitan Detroit.
Berman will also address the avail-
ability of financial assistance through
state, federal, institutional and private
sources. Although the meeting will be
directed toward parents, students are
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welcome to attend. For advance registration or information, con-
tact Marvin Berman, (248) 233-4209 or mberman@jvsdet.org.
Help prepare and bag lunches for
the needy in Congregation B'nai
Moshe's tikkun olam event for
families 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April
30, in the school wing. Volunteers
of all ages welcomed. Debbi Gussin,
(248) 788-2744.
Holidays/
Shabbat
Join the weekly Shabbat Torah
Study 8:45-10 a.m. Saturdays with
Dr. Joe Lewis at Congregation Beth
Shalom,14601 W. Lincoln, Oak Park.
(248) 547-7970.
Join the second seder with
Congregation Beth Shalom at 6
p.m. Thursday, April 13, at 14601 W.
Lincoln, Oak Park. The seder is con-
ducted in Hebrew and English with
Rabbi David Nelson, Cantor Samuel
Greenbaum and Rev. Sammy Semp.
$45 members, $50 nonmembers.
(248) 547-7970.
Explore "Baal Shem Tov and
Hassidism" 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday,
April 14, with Congregation
T'chiyah,15000 W.10 Mile, Oak
Park. (248) 542-0900.
Listen to the radio program Why
This Night: A Passover Special,
which explores the history, liturgy
and foods of the holiday with music
selected by Cantor Marcia Tilchin,
at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 15, on
WRCJ (90.9).
Participate in a Passover edition of
the Cantor's Listening Room at
7:30 p.m. Monday, April 17, when
Cantor Earl Berris plays recordings
at Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800
Drake, West Bloomfield. Call Nancy
Kaplan at (248) 737-1931.
Join Congregation Shaarey Zedek
for davening in the round, dinner
and discussion with Zohar Raviv,
starting at 6 p.m. Friday, April 21,
at the B'nai Israel Center, 4200
Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield.
$15 adults for dinner, $8 children.
Raviv delivers the Saturday morn-
ing sermon, "The Many Faces of
God," with no charges for the
Lunch and Learn program that fol-
lows. (248) 357-5544.
Discuss the film Ushpizin with
Rabbi Elliot Pachter at 12:30
p.m. Saturday, April 22, at
Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800
Drake, West Bloomfield. Call Nancy
Kaplan at (248) 737-1931.
Seniors
Hear attorney Sanford J. Mall dis-
cuss "Protecting Your Assets"
at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, at the
West Bloomfield JCC. A carryout
lunch is available ($2.50-$6) at
noon. Call Fran Cook at (248) 592-
2304.
Attend the Matinee Musicale
performed by the Ann Arbor
Symphony Orchestra at 1:30 p.m.
Friday, April 21, at the Washtenaw
County Jewish Community Center,
2935 Birch Hollow Dr., Ann Arbor.
$7. (734) 994-4801.
Join the Senior Shabbat Service
and Luncheon at 11 a.m. Saturday,
April 22, at Temple Israel, 5725
Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield.
No charge for those who RSVP to
Elaine at (248) 661-5700.
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