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Arts & Culture

Concerts

Submit works to be considered for
the annual Our Town Art Show
and Sale running Oct. 19-20 at
the Birmingham Community House.
Submission deadline is July 28.
(248) 594-6403.
www.communityhouse.com .

Get with the second annual
Movement Fest May 27-29 at
Hart Plaza. $15 daily, $40 for three-day
pass. www.demf.com .

Browse the opening reception for
Unfiltered, an exhibit of artists
outside the mainstream, 6 p.m.-mid-
night Saturday, June 3, at Octane
Photographic Studio and Gallery
in Suite B-1 of the Ferndale Center
Building, 22750 Woodward. (248) 399-
2355. www.octanephotographic.com .

Cinema & Stage

Experience Coming of Age
through May 27, performed by the
Jewish Ensemble Theatre at the West
Bloomfield JCC. Performances are at
7:30 p.m. Thursday and 5 and 8:30
p.m. Saturday. $22-$37. (248) 788-
2900. www.jettheatre.org .

Join the audience gathered for the
Village Players' presentation of the
musical 1776 running through May
28 at the Village Players Playhouse,
34660 Woodward, Birmingham.
Performances start at 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $15.
(248) 644-2075.

See the musical Grease! per-
formed by the Oakland Theatre Guild
through May 28 at the Starlight
Theater at the Summit Place Mall in
Waterford. Performances are at 7:30
p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m.
Sunday. $13-$15. (248) 335-1788.

Education

Listen to Shaarey Zedek Productions
producer Geri Levit interview Dr.
Jerome S. Kaufman, national secretary
of the Zionist Organization of America,
as they discuss the "Consequences
of Israel's Election" at 5 p.m.
Thursday, May 25, on Cable Channel
12; 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, on
ICI Channel 18 in Oakland County; and
7:35 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, on Cable
Ready Channel 22 in West Bloomfield
and Comcast Channel 18.

Event Hotline

Attend installation services for the
Sisterhood of Adat Shalom dur-
ing a brunch at 11 a.m. Sunday, June
4, at the synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills. $10. Cindy Nagel
becomes president. (248). 851-5100.

Join the Mosaic Outdoor Club of
Michigan for a South of the Border
Membership Drive & Hike Sunday,
June 4. (www.mosaics.org )

Participate with Tikvah Group of
Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah
for its installation of officers at
11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 6, at Tam
O'Shanter Country Club, 5051 Orchard
Lake Rd., West Bloomfield. $25. RSVP
by May 31 by calling (248) 737-8891.

War Dead Remembered

The Department of Michigan Jewish War Veterans of the
USA and Ladies Auxiliary will be joined by the Canadian and
Russian Jewish War Veterans,for an international Memorial
Day service at Machpelah Cemetery at 10 a.m. Sunday, May
28.
A second service will be held at Hebrew Memorial Park
Cemetery, 21503 E. 14 Mile at Gratiot in Clinton Township,
12:30 p.m.
Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz of Adat Shalom Synagogue is scheduled to officiate at Machpelah. Taps will be sounded by
students from Ferndale High School. The events, directed by State Commander Julius Schlussel and Auxiliary President
Myra Gross, will be chaired by Senior Vice Commander DE Marvin Deliclow.
The Canadian contingent will be headed by President Izzy Sigal and the Russian Veterans by Anagoly Granovesky. All
services are open to the public. In case of rain, services will be moved inside.

number of responsibilities for the
JVS. To assist older adults at the
Brown Center, call Dorothy Mantis at
(248) 233-4392. To visit isolated elder-
ly in Detroit residences, call Gloria
Bender at (248) 233-4431. To prepare
mailings, call Barbara Peitz at (248)
233-4432. To assist older adults with
developmental disabilities or chronic
mental illness, call Dina Rudashevski
at (248) 661-8100, ext.11. To work with
adults in a sheltered workshop, call
Jude Goddard at (248) 233-4310.

Stitch and stuff dolls for
children being treated at local hos-
pitals. The Greater Detroit Chapter
of Hadassah Doll Project Open House
runs 9-11:45 a.m. Thursday, May 25,
at Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard
Lake Rd., West Bloomfield. No sewing
experience required. RSVP by calling
(248) 683-5030.

Holidays/Shabbat

Helping Out

Join community educator Barry
Levine for an exploration of themes
from the weekly sedra at 10 a.m.
Saturdays at Congregation B'nai
Moshe, 6800 Drake, West Bloomfield.
Call Nancy Kaplan at (248) 737-1931.

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the historic relationship between
the Conservative movement and the
Jewish Theological Seminary and how
that relationship might be affected
by the appointment of Prof. Arnold
Eisen of Stanford University as the new
chancellor of the JTS. The program
begins at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May
27, as part of Stay and Learn
on Shabbat at Congregation B'nai
Moshe, 6800 Drake, West Bloomfield.
Call Nancy Kaplan at (248) 737-1931.

Welcome Shavuot 6-9 p.m. Thursday,
June 1, at Congregation B'nai Moshe,
6800 Drake, West Bloomfield. Mincha
service begins at 6 p.m. followed by a
light dairy dinner, study sessions and
prayer service. $10. Call Nancy Kaplan
at (248) 737-1931.

Attend Congregation Beth
Shalom's Tikkun Leil Shavuot.
Minchah- Maariv services, followed by
a light dairy dinner, three lectures and
dessert reception at 6 p.m. Thursday,
June 1. Members free; $5 non-mem-
bers. Rabbi Dorit Edut will speak on
"Understanding Ruth: Select Scenes
as Bibliodrama" and "The Stereotype
of the Jewish Mother and the Book
of Ruth." Cantor Sam Greenbaum
will present musical selections. (248)
547-7970.

Start the Shavuot celebration with
Tikkun Leil Shavuot services
at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 1, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills. Study sessions are
planned. Traditional services begin at 9
a.m. Friday, June 2. (248) 851-5100.

Mark the giving of the Torah with
Shavuot services at 8:15 p.m.
Thursday, June 1, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell, Southfield.
"JAMD After Dark" features the par-
ticipation of Jewish Academy students
at 10 p.m. in West Bloomfield at the
B'nai Israel Center, 4200 Walnut Lake
Rd. (248) 357-5544.

Combine a celebration of Shabbat
and Shavuot with the installation
of David Schostak as president of Adat
Shalom Synagogue and David Strauss
as Men's Club president with services
and an Israeli-theme dinner at 6 p.m.
Friday, June 2, at 29901 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills. $20 adults, $10 chil-
dren. (248) 851-5100.

Attend Shavuot services at 9
a.m. Friday, June 2, and 8:45 a.m.
Saturday, June 3, at Congregation
B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake, West
Bloomfield. Call Nancy Kaplan at (248)
737-1931.

Hear Young Israel of Southfield
Shavuot scholars in residence Friday
and Saturday, June 2-3: Rabbi
Yosef Kalinsky, fellow of the Bella and
Harry Wexner Kollel Elyon of Yeshiva
University and Devorah Kram, Director
of Adult Learning at Combined Jewish
Philanthropies in Boston. (248) 358-
0154.

Seniors

Discuss current events with a
group led by Dave Weiner at 10:30 a.m.
Thursdays at the Oak Park JCC.
(248) 967-4030.

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