Hear best-selling author Jennifer
Weiner at Woman's World, the
annual fundraising event of the
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Sisterhood at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday,
May 3, at the synagogue, 27375 Bell
Rd., Southfield. Boutique shopping
surrounds the luncheon program
and runs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $45 for lunch
and speaker. Call Laynie Langnas at
(248) 357-5544.
Listen to Robert Spencer speak on
The Jihad Threat to the U.S. and
Israel"at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 4, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue. Spencer,
director of Jihad Watch, has written
five books, seven monographs and
hundreds of articles about jihad and
Islamic terrorism. The talk is spon-
sored by the Zionist Organization of
America, Michigan Region. For infor-
mation and reservations, call the
ZOA office, (248) 282-0088 or e-
mail zoa@estart.com before May 4.
Health
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 meet-
ing 7-9 p.m. Mondays, through May
22, in the Homestead USA Building,
26400 Lahser, Suite 306, Southfield.
$5 per session. (248) 355-9936.
Get free or low-cost health screen-
ing tests and services at a Project
Healthy Living fair 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Thursday, April 27, at the Oak Park
JCC. The program is for those 18
and older. (248) 967-4030.
Meet with Andre Douville, executive
director of Temple Shir Shalom, as
he discusses "Israel: Focus Beyond
the Conflict" at 10:30 a.m. Sunday,
May 7, at the temple, 3999 Walnut
Lake Rd., West Bloomfield. (248)
737-8700.
Join a "Celebration of the
Generations" for moms, grandmoms
and kids with Federation's Shalom
Baby 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, May 7,
at the Max M. Fisher Federation
Building, 6735 Telegraph, Bloomfield
Township. Brunch, arts and crafts
projects and live entertainment
are included. $5 per adult, free for
infants and toddlers up to 3 years
old. Portraits available at additional
fees. RSVP by April 28 to Lisa Soble
Siegmann at (248) 205-2534.
Celebrate the 58th anniversary of
the State of Israel with a festival
scheduled 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday, May
7, at the Jewish Community Center
of Washtenaw County, 2935 Birch
Hollow Dr., Ann Arbor. Musical enter-
tainment, interactive activities and
ethnic foods are featured. $5 per
person, $10 family of two or more.
(734) 677-0100. www.jewishannar-
bor.org/celebrate.
services at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April
28, at 5725 Walnut Lake Rd., West
Bloomfield. Call Rachel Hearshen at
(248) 661-5700.
Attend "Stay and Learn on Shabbat
— Love and Pop in Israel" at
12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at
Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800
Drake, West Bloomfield. Danielle
HarPaz Mechnikov sings and dis-
cusses lyrics popular in Israel. Call
Nancy Kaplan at (248) 737-1931.
stem cells at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 2,
at Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake
Rd., West Bloomfield. The program is
sponsored by B'nai B'rith, American-
Technion Society and Temple Israel.
Call Barb Zeevi at (248) 737-1990 for
reservations.
Helping Out
Make dolls for donations to young
patients with Tikvah Group of
Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah
10 a.m. Thursday, April 27, at
Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard
Lake Rd., West Bloomfield. RSVP
by calling (248) 333-7-373 or (248)
851-6306.
Join in with Congregation Beth
Shalom's Shabbat Jams at 5 p.m.
Friday, May 5, at 146011N. Lincoln,
Oak Park. Shmoozing and noshes
start the event that features David
Appelman, the synagogue orchestra
and youth choir. $15 adults, $7.50
children, free for those 3 and young-
er, $45 family maximum. RSVP by
May 3 by calling (248) 547-7970.
Golf to raise funds to fight lung
cancer 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, May
6, at the Coyote Golf Club, 28700
Milford Rd., New Hudson. The event
is sponsored by the Gianni Ferrarotti
Lung Cancer Foundation to benefit
the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer
Institute. $50 for dinner and silent
auction, $125 for golf and dinner.
(313) 532-0383.
Join Congregation Shaarey Zedek
West Bloomfield B'nai Israel Center
for a soulful, Carlebach-style wel-
coming of Shabbat in the round 6
p.m. Friday, May 5 at 4200 Walnut
Lake Road. (248) 357-5544.
Seniors
Holidays/Shabbat
Hear attorney and cancer survivor
Jay Knoll talking on "Speaking Up
and Speaking Out: Learning Patient
Self- Advocacy" at a free lecture
sponsored by the Karmanos Cancer
Institute's Survivorship University.
The session will be held 7-8:30 p.m.
at the Northwest Activities Center,
Meyers and Curtis in Detroit. RSVP:
(800) KARMANOS.
Have lunch and listen to the music
of instrumentalist Sheryl Sukenic
with ChaZaKaH-Young at Heart of
Adat Shalom Synagogue at 12:30
p.m. Thursday, April 27, at 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. $9
members, $10 nonmembers. (248)
851-5100.
Participate in Shabbat Limud with
Congregation Beth Ahm at 6 p.m.
Friday, April 28, when there will be
services, dinner and a presentation
by Israeli scholar Zohar Raviv at
5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. $18
adults, $10 for children 4-12, free for
those 3 and younger. RSVP by April
26 by calling (248) 851-6880.
Discuss The Heart Is a Lonely
Hunter by Carson McCullers with
the JPM/JCC Book Club at 1 p.m.
Thursday, April 27. (248) 967-4030.
Sing and pray with the Temple Israel
T'FillahTeam at Kabbalat Shabbat
Hear Dr. Karl Skorecki, genetics
researcher, in a free program about
See the Yiddish/Jewish video The
World of Sholem Aleichem at 1 p.m.
Monday, May 1, at the Oak Park JCC.
(248) 967-4030.
Listen to Ralph Moore and Pauline
Jowsey discuss "Getting the Most
Out of Your Savings Bonds" at 1
p.m. Tuesday, May 2, at the West
Bloomfield JCC. Carryout lunches
available at noon ($2.50-$6). RSVP
by the day before the program to
Fran Cook at (248) 592-2304.
Celebrate Israel Independence Day
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek's
Yom HaAtzmaut Party and Carnival
6 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, at the Laker
Complex, 2075 Walnut Lake Road,
West Bloomfield. (248) 357-5544.
Help prepare and bag lunches for
the needy in Congregation B'nai
Moshe's tikkun olam event'for fami-
lies 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 30, in
the school wing,14601 W. Lincoln,
Oak Park. Volunteers of all ages wel-
comed. Call Debbi Gussin at (248)
788-2744.
Attend "Celebrating Survivors:
The First Gynecologic Oncology
Conference" 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 29, at Compuware
Headquarters, One Campus Martius,
Detroit. Contact Carol Kudron at
(313) 576-9281 to register.
Listen to the Rose Morgan Chorus
with the Temple Israel Senior Adult
Program at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April
27, at 5725 Walnut Lake Rd., West
Bloomfield. (248) 661-5700.
Hear saxophonist Joe Moore at 1
p.m. Wednesday, May 3, at the Oak
Park JCC. (248) 967-4030.
Attend a luncheon concert featur-
ing soprano Rae McIntosh and
pianist Martin Mandelbaum at noon
Thursday, May 4, at the Oak Park
JCC. $2.75 for lunch, $1 program for
nonmembers. (248) 967-4030.
Get a free blood pressure screening
1-2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4, at the
Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-4030.
Youth
Get dancing in preparation for a
bar or bat mitzvah party at Dance
Jamm, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, April
30, in the center court of Orchard
Mall, 15 Mile at Orchard Lake Rd.,
West Bloomfield. (248) 737-9400.
Submit writing projects to the 2006
Reform Judaism Prize for Jewish
Fiction, a competition designed to
recognize and support the work of
promising authors of novels or story
collections with Jewish themes. The
application deadline is June 1, and
the prize is $5,000. For rules, go to
www.urj.org .
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