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Life's Challenges
Join Rabbi Steven Rubenstein in
a free weekly discussion group
exploring issues of Judaism and
everyday life based on Gil Mann's
book chronicling his Jewish
Internet chat-room correspon-
dence: Sex, God, Christmas and
Jews: Intimate E-mails About
Faith and Life Challenges.
The classes start at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 9, at Congregation
Beth Ahm, 5075 Maple, West Bloomfield. Copies of the book
can be purchased at the Beth Ahm office for $7.50. Call the
rabbi at (248) 851-6880, ext. 17.
Check It Out!
Fiddler on the Roof at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 10, at Hechtman
Apts. and at 6:30 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 14, at Fleischman Residence,
both in West Bloomfield. (248)
661-2999.
Arts & Culture
Catch the final days of the exhibit
Annie Leibovitz: American Music
through Jan. 7 at the Detroit
Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward.
Museum hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Wednesdays-Thursdays, 10 a.m.-9
p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturdays-Sundays. $5-$10. www.
dia.org .
415 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor. He
is appearing with the Josh Brown
Quartet. $5-$25. (734) 769-2999.
Take in the 13th annual Anti-
Freeze Blues Festival at 8 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, Jan. 5-6, at the
Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward,
Ferndale. $25 each night. (248)
544-3030.
View the play Same Time, Next
Year, Jan. 10-Feb. 4 at Meadow
Brook Theatre on the campus of
Oakland University in Rochester.
$22-$38. Get a full schedule by
going to www.mbtheatre.com .
Hear Rabbi Sherwin Wine discuss
Jimmy Carter's book Palestine:
Peace or Apartheid at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 6, at the Center
for New Thinking, 725 S. Adams,
Birmingham $9-$10. (248) 646-
0416.
Attend the Rodgers and Hart
musical Pal Joey performed by
the Village Players Jan. 12-28 at
34660 Woodward, Birmingham.
Performances start at 8 p.m.
Fridays-Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays. $15. (248) 644-2075.
Cinema & Stage
See the Lynn Ahrens-Stephen
Flaherty production Once on
This Island — A Musical per-
formed by Stagecrafters Jan.
12-Feb. 4 at the Baldwin Theatre,
415 S. Lafayette, Royal Oak.
Performances are at 8 p.m.
Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays. $16-$18. (248) 541-6430.
See the Jewish Ensemble Theatre
production of Jacques Brel Is
Alive and Well and Living in
Paris through Jan. 6 at the West
Bloomfield JCC. $29-$39. Get a
schedule at www.jettheatre.org .
(248) 788-2900.
Watch movies offered by the
Program for Holocaust Survivors
and Families: Avalon at 1 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 8, at the Oak Park
JCC and Uncle Moses at 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 10, at Teitel
Apts. in Oak Park. Also see
Concerts
Hear guitarist Randy Napoleon as
part of the KCH Jazz in Concert
Series at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5,
at the Kerrytown Concert House,
Plan A Party
Browse the Party Planning
Showcase hosted by the
Sisterhood of Temple Beth
El 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 14, at 7400 Telegraph,
Bloomfield Township. Party
planners, photographers,
florists, entertainers and
many others will have exhibits as caterers offer tastes of their
specialties. Call Barbara Grant at (248) 851-1100, ext. 3149.
Education
Learn about finding jobs at the
Networking Club led by Mildred
Pivoz at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. (248)
851-5100.
Listen to local speakers and watch
a film about Jewish and Arab
women working for peace and jus-
tice at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan.
10, at McCormick & Schmick's
restaurant, 2850 Coolidge,
Troy. The program, sponsored
by the Birmingham Branch of
the American Association of
University Women, requires res-
ervations by Jan. 4. $24. (248)
792-9780.
Explore "Moreshet Sepharad
— The History and Legacy of
Sephardic Jews" at 7 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 14, at Keter Torah
Synagogue, 5480 Orchard Lake
Rd., West Bloomfield. Prof. Howard
Lupovitch conducts the third of
four sessions. (248) 681-3665.
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Event Hotline
Enroll in a free five-week course
on the basics of the Jewish
religion starting at 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 8, at 1578 Lakeside
Dr., Birmingham. The course,
sponsored by the National
Jewish Outreach Program and
the Birmingham-Bloomfield Chai
Center, continues Monday nights
through Feb. 5. (248) 203-6721.
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Listen to a presentation on
"Campus Free Speech and Issues
of Wayne State University's
Community Relations and
Divestment" presented by Louis
Lessem, vice president and gen-
eral counsel of the university,
at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 7, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. The
program is sponsored by the
Men's Club and Sisterhood. (248)
851-5100.
Go cross-country skiing or hiking
with the Mosaic Outdoor Club
of Michigan 1-3:30 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 7, as the group meets at the
Kensington Golf and Ski Center.
RSVP by calling Fred at (248)
320-4831 or Susan at (248) 763-
1711.
Attend "A Night to Honor Israel"
hosted by the Word of Faith
International Christian Center
Church at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
7, at 20000 Nine Mile, Southfield.
Bishop Keith Butler, senior pastor,
will lead the session as Michigan
director of Christians United for
Israel. (248) 353-3476.
Celebrate the centenary of the
birth of Rabbi Abraham Joshua
Heschel during luncheon pro-
grams Thursdays, Jan. 11 and
18, at Adat Shalom Synagogue,
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Hills. Sessions will be led by Rabbi
Herbert Yoskowitz noon-1:15
p.m. $10 per session. Respond
to Charlotte Fiszbein by the
Thursday prior to each program by
calling (248) 851-5100.
Listen to columnist and author
George Cantor at a breakfast
meeting of the Temple Israel
Brotherhood at 9:30 a.m. Sunday,
Jan. 14, at 5725 Walnut Lake Rd.,
West Bloomfield. $10 for non-
members. Contact Joyce at (248)
661-5700.
Health
Join a Holocaust Survivors'
Support Group led by Dr. Charles
Silow at 10 a.m. Mondays at the
Oak Park JCC. (248) 661-2999.
Attend a free, eight-week Cancer
Prevention and Survival Cooking
Course 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Mondays,
Jan. 8 Feb. 26, at Whole Foods
Market, 3135 Washtenaw, Ann
Arbor. (734) 975-4500.
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Hear a panel of high school and
college students discuss Attention
Deficit Disorder at 7 p.m. Monday,
Jan. 8, at Way Elementary School,
Long Lake Rd. at Telegraph,
Bloomfield Hills. The session is
sponsored by CHADD (Children
and Adults with Attention Deficit
Disorder). $5 donation per non-
member family. (248) 988-6716.
Helping Out
Volunteer at the JVS Dorothy and
Peter Brown Jewish Community
Adult Day Care Center and help
individuals with memory disorders
remain active, aware and alert.
Call Dorothy Mantis at (248) 233-
4392.
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Holidays/Shabbat
Participate in "Shabbat Limud at
Beth Ahm... Around the Jewish
World in 45 Minutes" starting
at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5, at 5075
Maple, West Bloomfield. There will
be a Kabbalat Shabbat service, Tot