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Arts & Culture
Plan works of art to sell at the
Chanukah Bazaar to be held Sunday,
Dec. 10, at the Oak Park JCC.
Reserve space by Nov. 27 by calling
(248) 967-4030.
Listen to Carolyn Kerner Stein dis-
cuss her book Delivering Powerful
Speeches at 2 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 7, at Barnes & Noble, 6800
Orchard Lake Rd., West Bloomfield.
(248) 626-6894; and at 3 p.m.
an interpreter for psychiatrists at
the Nuremberg Trials. $9, preseason
passes. (248) 432-5577.
Watch the political musical The
Cradle Will Rock by Marc Blitzstein
Oct. 5-15 at Studio One in the
Walgreen Drama Center, 1226 Murfin,
Ann Arbor. The theater piece, pre-
sented by the U-M Department of
Theatre & Drama, starts at 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 5 and 12; 8 p.m. Oct. 6, 7, 13
and 14; and 2 p.m. Oct. 8,14 and 15.
$9-$16. (734) 764-2538.
Sukkot At The Mill
Temple Israel Imagine group is inviting young families to enjoy
"Sukkot at the Cider Mill" with Rabbi Jennifer Tisdale, 3 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 8, at the Franklin Cider Mill, 14 Mile and Franklin
Road. Sample tasty treats, enjoy good company and partici-
pate in festive fall activities.
For reservations, contact Beth, (248) 661-5700 or imag-
ine@temple-israel.org . Please provide the names and ages of
children who will attend. You do not need to be a member of
Temple Israel to participate.
Sunday, Oct. 8, at Borders, 34300
Woodward, Birmingham. (248) 203-
0005.
Browse the Burton D. Farbman
Wildlife Photo Exhibit Oct. 11-
Nov. 30 at the Detroit Zoo's Ford
Education Center, Woodward at 10
Mile, Royal Oak. The framed images
and duplicate prints will be sold
with proceeds going to the Detroit
Zoological Society. Hours are 10
a.m.-5 p.m. through October and 10
a.m.-4 p.m. in November. Entry to
the gallery is part of the admission
fee, $7-$11. (248) 398-0900.
Cinema & Stage
Take in a free screening of An
Inconvenient Truth, the film fea-
turing former Vice President Al
Gore exploring global warming,
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, at
Congregation Shir Tikvah, 3900
Northfield Parkway, Troy. (248)
649-4418. The film also can be seen
at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11,
at Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. (248)
851-5100.
Follow the movie Journey to
Justice, which chronicles the life
of former Detroiter Howard Triest,
at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, at the
West Bloomfield JCC. The film, part
of the Lenore Marwil Jewish Film
Festival, recounts Triest's work as
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Laugh with The Capitol Steps as the
troupe presents political humor at 8
p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, at the Macomb
Center for the Performing Arts,
44575 Garfield, Clinton Township.
$42-$48. (586) 286-2222.
Have fun with Gary Gulman, a mem-
ber of Tourgasm, as comedians
entertain at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6,
at the Michigan Theater, 603 E.
Liberty, Ann Arbor. $36.50. (248)
645-6666.
See a family-friendly Three Stooges
Festival Oct. 6-7 at the Redford
Theatre, 17360 Lahser, Detroit, at
7:30 p.m. Friday and 1:30 and 7:30
p.m. Saturday. $5. (313) 537-2560.
Experience the film Obsession,
a story about radical Islam's war
against the West, at 7 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 8, at Temple Beth El, 7400
Telegraph Rd., Bloomfield Township.
The screening, followed by a discus-
sion led by Rabbi David Castiglione,
is free with advance reservations.
(248) 851-1100, ext. 3143.
Concerts
Spend an evening with David
Sedaris at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct 5,
at the Detroit Opera House, 1526
Broadway. $28-$100. (313) 237-
SING.
Hear the Bill Charlap Trio at 8
Tor-ah-thon In West Bloomfield
The first Detroit Tor-ah-thon will be held on
Hashanah Rabbah, the seventh day of Sukkot,
Oct. 13.
Explore the last section of Genesis and the
first section of Deuteronomy with Rabbi Judah
Isaacs, Alliance for Jewish Education director,
and Dr. Mitch Parker, Florence Melton Adult
Mini-School instructor. The program is free.
Hoshanah Rabbah is considered the final
day of the divine judgment in which the fate
of the new year is determined. It is custom-
ary to remain awake on the night preceding
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Hill
Auditorium, 825 N. University, Ann
Arbor. The program is sponsored by
the University Musical Society. $10-
$80. (734) 764-2538.
Listen to Kim Pollack as soloist
in the free "Concertino for Oboe
and Winds" performed by the
Birmingham Concert Band at 3:30
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at Seaholm
High School, corner of Lincoln and
Cranbrook, Birmingham. The band
has openings for instrumentalists
who play bassoon, tuba, percussion,
clarinet and alto sax. (248) 474-
4997.
Catch Joey Kramer with Aerosmith
in the "Route of All Evil Tour" at
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at
the DTE Energy Music Theatre in
Clarkston. $45-$145. (248) 377-
0100.
Hear multi - instrumentalists Ned
Rothenberg and Evan Parker at
9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N.
Fourth, Ann Arbor. $20. (734) 769-
2999.
Attend concerts of the Chamber
Music Society of Detroit at the
Seligman Performing Arts Center,
22305 W.13 Mile, Beverly Hills
- pianist Jon Kimura Parker 8 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 13, and Tokyo String
Quartet with Parker 8 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 14. $25-$75. (248) 855-6070.
Education
Enroll in the 2006-2008 Bat/Bar
Mitzvah Class of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, which starts at 7:30
p.m. Monday, Oct. 9, at the B'nai
Israel Center, 4200 Walnut Lake
Rd., West Bloomfield. Call Ruthe
Goldstein at (248) 624-0739 or Lori
Weisberg at (248) 851-4252.
See the latest in Brighton handbags
with the Eleanor Roosevelt Chapter
of Hadassah at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 10, at the Somerset Collection
North, Troy. $7 includes dessert.
(248) 683-5030.
Listen to Prof. Virginia Burrus of
Drew University discuss "Lucretia
Hoshanah Rabbah and study Torah.
The Tor-ah-Thon will take place 9:30-11 a.m.
Friday, Oct.13, at the Jewish Community
Center in West Bloomfield. Participants should
bring a Tanach (Bible).
Tor-a-thon is sponsored by the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Alliance
for Jewish Education, Department of Lifelong
Learning. For reservations, contact Marion
Bronstein, (248) 642-4260 or
bronstein@jfmd.org .
and Her Sisters: Shame, Sex and
Religious Differences in Late
Antiquity" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.
10, at Rackham Auditorium, 915
E. Washington, Ann Arbor. Part of
the series Michigan Lectures on
Judaism and Christianity in the
Roman World. (734) 764-0314.
Get tips on finding work with
Mildred Pivoy and the Networking
Club at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. (248)
851-5100.
Attend a new three-part series of
interactive, informal classes for
engaged and married couples con-
ducted by Shirley Cetner and Rabbi
Rachel Shere 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Oct.
10-24, at Adat Shalom Synagogue,
29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills.
$36 per couple. (248) 851-5100, ext.
229.
Hear Cantor Meir Finkelstein dis-
cussing "Setting Jewish Prayers
to Music" in a program sponsored
by the Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Sisterhood at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 11, at 27375 Bell Rd., Southfield.
Free for members, $5 per nonmem-
ber. (248) 357-5544, ext. 48.
Sign up for the Lunch & Learn
Series featuring Rabbi Herbert
Yoskowitz discussing "Theodicy
- the Justice of God" noon-1:15
p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 12-26, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. $10
per session includes lunch. RSVP:
Charlotte Fiszbein at (248) 851-
5100.
Study Hebrew with a choice of
classes at various levels offered by
Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800
Drake, West Bloomfield. Call Daniella
HarPaz Mechnikov at (248) 788-
3600 for schedules and prices.
Event Hotline
Hear Rabbi Jennifer Tisdale explain
Sukkot in a Jewish Gay Network of
Michigan program 7 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 5, at Temple Israel, 5725
Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield.
(248) 432-5661.
Add to a discussion of "The
Changing Face of the Detroit Jewish
Community and Its Commitment to
Israel" at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 8,
at Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake
Rd., West Bloomfield. Bob Sklar, edi-
tor of The Detroit Jewish News, is
speaker at the breakfast meeting
of the Temple Israel Brotherhood.
Free for members, $10 per guest.
Call Joyce for reservations at (248)
661-5700.
Join the Jewish Hikers of Michigan
at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at Barton
Park in Washtenaw County. The
group is sponsored by Temple Beth
Emeth and Congregation Beth Israel
in Ann Arbor. Jewish.Hikers@gmail.
com .
Celebrate Hadassah's 90th birthday
with the Michigan Opera Singers
during a luncheon program at noon
Tuesday, Oct. 10, at Congregation
Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. $16. Reservations must
be made by Oct. 5 by calling (248)
661-4633 or (248) 626-8415.
Watch psychic medium Jody
Friedman, featured speaker at 5:30
p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, at the open-
ing dinner meeting of the Temple
Beth El Sisterhood, 7400 Telegraph,
Bloomfield Township. There will
be mini-boutiques. $18-$25. Call
Barbara Grant, (248) 851-1100, ext.
3149.
Join the B'nai B'rith Marshall-
Suburban-Tikva Lodge for a dinner
meeting honoring Meyer Silverman
at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, at Steak
and Ale, Orchard Lake Rd. at 12 Mile,
Farmington Hills. Call (248) 967-
3206 for reservations.
Hear Stuart Nathan speak at the
Wigs 4 Kids Gala at 6 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 13, at Barrister Gardens, 24225
Harper, St. Clair Shores. The event
raises funds to provide hairpieces
for children experiencing hair loss
due to illness. $60 per adult, $30 for
children under 12. (586) 772-6656.
Health
Meet with the Holocaust Survivors
Support Group at 10 a.m. Mondays