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Arts & Culture

Shop for Chanukah gifts 10:30
a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sundays through
Dec. 10, at Congregation Beit
Kodesh, 31840 W. Seven Mile,
Livonia. (248) 477-8974.

Browse the exhibit Celebrate Clay
through Dec. 22 at the Lawrence
St. Gallery, 22620 Woodward,
Ferndale. Gallery hours are noon-5
p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. (248)
544-0394.

See the antique and fine jewelry of
Kate Ostrove 5-9 p.m. Friday, Dec.
1, and 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 2, at the David Klein Gallery,
163 Townsend, Birmingham. (248)
433-3700.

Experience the 31st annual
Potters Market Dec. 1-3 at United
Food & Commercial Workers
Union Hall, 876 Horace Brown Dr.,
Madison Heights. Sale hours are
10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6
p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday. (248) 246-2686.

Mark the 300th birthday anni-
versary of Benjamin Franklin in
a program planned by the Center
for New Thinking at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, Dec. 2, at 725 S. Adams,
Birmingham. Rabbi Sherwin Wine
will make a presentation. $10
guests. (248) 646-0416.

Catch the exhibit Beth El
Celebrates! — highlighting
temple social events — 9 a.m.-
noon Sunday, Dec. 3, at 7400
Telegraph, Bloomfield Township.
(248) 851-1100, ext. 3137.

Listen to Steven Berman, who
teaches at Oakland Community

College and Central Michigan
University, discuss the book
Extremely Loud and Incredibly
Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
at 1:30 or 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec.
7, in the Henry and Delia Meyers
Library at the West Bloomfield
JCC. The program is sponsored
by the Fall Book Club. Call Fran
Menken at (248) 432-5546.

Cinema & Stage

Laugh with Second City's
Dysfunctional Holiday Revue
through Dec. 31 at 42705 Grand
River, Novi. The show starts at
8 p.m. Wednesdays-Thursdays, 8
and 10 p.m. Fridays, 7 and 9 p.m.
Saturdays and 8 p.m. Sundays.
$15-$20. (248) 348-4448.

Catch Warren Leight's Side Man
through Feb. 3 at the Hilberry
Theatre on the campus of Wayne
State University in Detroit. The
personal memory play about a
professional musician is in rotat-
ing repertory with Private Lives,
Romeo and Juliet and Amadeus.
$10-$28. (313) 577-2972. Get
complete scheduling at
www.hilberry.com .

Watch a production of Hello,
Dolly! staged by the students at
Walled Lake Central High School
Dec. 1-3 and 8-10. Performances
are at 2 p.m. Sundays and 7:30
p.m. on other days at 1600 Oakley
Park. $12-$14. (248) 956-4713.

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See the Jewish
:11:0 Ensemble Theatre
production of
Jacques Brel Is
Alive and Well
and Living in
Paris Dec. 5-Jan.

6 at the West Bloomfield JCC.
$29-$39. Get schedule at
www.jettheatre.org . (248) 788-
2900. Join the Jewish Historical
Society for a performance and
afterglow at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec.
24. $29 with reservations due by
Dec. 8. (248) 432-5517.

Experience the comedy You Can't
Take It With You produced by
the University of Michigan School
of Music, Theatre & Dance Dec.
7-10 at the Power Center, 121
N. Fletcher, Ann Arbor. $9-$22.
Check times by calling (734) 764-
2538.

Concerts

Rock with Aerosmith featuring
drummer Joey Kramer at 7:30
p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, at the Joe
Louis Arena in Detroit. $39.50-
$135. (313) 471-6611.

Experience the music of James
Ehnes on violin with Eduard
Laurel on piano at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Seligman
Performing Arts Center, 22305 W.
13 Mile, Beverly Hills. The concert
is sponsored by the Chamber
Music Society of Detroit. $25-$41.
(248) 855-6070.

Attend the free Temple Israel
Schmier Concert with violinist
Jacques Israelievitch and pianist
Jutta Czapski at 4 p.m. Sunday,
Dec. 3, at 5725 Walnut Lake Rd.,
West Bloomfield. For tickets, call
Lillian at (248) 661-5700.

Education

Hear Debra Rowe of the Michigan
Coalition on the Environment facil-
itate a program on "Environment

Meet with tech consultant Marc
Prensky, author of Don't Bother Me
Mom, I'm Learning, as he discusses
teens and technology at 10 a.m.
Sunday, Dec. 10, a! the
Max M. Fisher Federation
. Bldg., 6735 Telegraph,
Bloomfield Township.
The free program is spon-
sored by Federation's Alliance
for Jewish Education. RSVP to
Rebecca Starr at (248) 205-2531.

for Life ... Myths and Facts
About Environmental Health"
9:30-11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, at
Borders, 30995 Orchard Lake Rd.,
Farmington Hills. The program is
sponsored by the National Council
of Jewish Women. $5. (248) 355-
3300.

— the History and Legacy of
Sephardic Jews" explained by
Howard Lupovitch at 7 p.m.
Sundays, Dec. 10, Jan. 14 and
Feb. 4, at Keter Torah Synagogue,
5480 Orchard Lake Rd., West
Bloomfield. Reserve places by call-
ing (248) 681-3665.

Listen to
author Lori
Palatnik dis-
cuss "Jewish
Women — Who
We Are and
Where Are
We Going?"
12:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, at
Akiva Hebrew Day School, 21100
W.12 Mile, Southfield. The sixth
annual Women's Day of Learning is
sponsored by Federation's Alliance
for Jewish Education. $25. (248)
203-1520.

Event Hotline

Take the class Historical and
Modern Anti-Semitism at 7 p.m.
Thursdays, Dec. 7, 14 and 21, at
Congregation Shir Tikvah, 3900
Northfield Parkway, Troy. Don
Cohen, former director of the
Michigan Chapter of the Anti-
Defamation League, will lead the
classes. $10 nonmembers. RSVP
to Rabbi Aaron at (248) 649-
4418, ext. 33.

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Focus on Israel with the
Temple Israel Couples Club and
Brotherhood. Rabbi Joshua
Bennett will discuss his trips to
Israel after a meal with an Israeli
theme at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov.
30, at the temple, 5725 Walnut
Lake Rd., West Bloomfield. (248)
661-5700.

Attend a lecture on "Mission or
Mitzvah: Jewish Women's Welfare
Work, 1881-1931" presented by
Dr. Eileen Yeo, professor of social
and cultural history, at noon
Friday, Dec. 1, in the Thayer Bldg.
202 S. Thayer, Ann Arbor. The
free lecture is sponsored by the
University of Michigan Frankel
Center for Judaic Studies. (734)
763-9047.

Tour historic homes in the Palmer
Woods section of Detroit 10 a.m.-
4:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, when
a residence built in 1928 by the
Gershenson family will be on view.
$12-$20. (313) 670-0893.

Participate in Yoga & Yiddishkeit
with Jason Hulshof and Rabbi
Rachel Shere at 7 p.m. Sundays,
Dec. 3 and 10, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills. (248) 851-5100.

Walk with the Jewish Hikers of
Michigan 10 a.m.-noon Sunday,
Dec. 10. Get details by calling
(734) 994-6382 or (734) 883-
9522.

Attend Yeshiva Darche Torah's
12th annual Book Fair/Fun Day 1-5

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November 30 • 2006