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Experience the violin style of
Barnabas Kelemen perform-
ing for Pro Musica of Detroit at
8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, at the
Max M. Fisher Music Center, 3711
Woodward, Detroit. $40. (313)
576-5111.

Education

Discuss "Kabbalah in the Age
of the Renaissance" at 3 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 21, at Congregation
B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake, West
Bloomfield. Prof. Howard Lupovitch
leads the program. $12. Call Rene
Lichtman at (248) 932-1834.

Find out about the "Talmudic
Ethics of Life & Death" with two
talks at 7 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 21
and 28, at 1578 Lakeside Dr.,
Birmingham. The first session
covers stem cell research and
related issues. The second is on
assisted death. Sessions will be
led by Rabbi Boruch Cohen of
the Birmingham-Bloomfield Chai
Center. $20. (248) 203-6721.

Study "How to Design in the Lens"
with fine arts photographer Marji
Silk at 10-week adult education
class at the Oxford Center, 3607
Oxford, Berkley. Tuition is $115 for
the class which meets 7-9 p.m.
beginning Monday, Jan. 22. (248)
837-8900 or (248) 544-1203.

Hear Rabbi Steven Rubenstein dis-
cuss "Jews, Blacks and Prejudice"
10-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23,
based on Gil Mann's book Sex,
God, Christmas and Jews: Intimate
E-mails About Faith and Life
Challenges. The free study group is
at Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075
Maple, West Bloomfield. Call the
rabbi at (248) 851-6880, ext.17.

Learn to play mah jong with the
sisterhood of Congregation B'nai
Moshe on Wednesday evening,
Jan. 24, at the synagogue, 6800
Drake Rd., West Bloomfield.
Reservations are required by Jan.
17. (248) 788-0600.

Township. The program, planned
by the temple brotherhood, is free,
but there is a $2 fee for breakfast
at 8:45 a.m. Call Barbara Grant at
(248) 851-1100, ext. 3149.

Meet Douglas Greenberg of the
Shoah Foundation Institute for
Visual History and Education at
4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, at the
Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123
Orchard Lake Rd., Farmington
Hills. He will discuss "Henry's
Harmonica: Memory and History
in a Genocidal World." Greenberg
will discuss "Citizenship, National
Identity and Genocide" at 3 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 22, at the Bernath
Auditorium, 5155 Gullen Mall, on
the Wayne State University cam-
pus. (313) 577-3459.

Listen to Daniel Kurtzer, former
U.S. ambassador to Israel and
Egypt, discuss "The Middle East:
Ongoing Efforts Toward Peace"
at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23, at
Kellogg Center Auditorium in East
Lansing. Call Cindy Hughey at
(517) 332-1916.

Discuss issues related to the
gay community during the Twice
Blessed Speaker Series spon-
sored by the Jewish Gay Network
of Michigan. The series begins
at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23, at
the West Bloomfield JCC, where
Leslea Newman will present read-
ings from her story "A Letter to
Harvey Milk" and her bestseller,
Heather Has Two Mommies. $10
per session, $50 for series. (248)
432-5661.

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4200 Walnut Lake Rd., West
Bloomfield. (248) 357-5544.

Discuss "Stem Cell Research
and Genetic Testing from a
Halachic Point of View" at 7:30
p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, at the David
and Miriam Mondry Bldg.,15000
W.10 Mile, Oak Park. The speaker
is Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik of
Chicago in a program sponsored
by the Council of Jewish Active
Retirees (COJAR). (248) 799-9974.

Take part in Shir Chadash,
combining an educational Torah
reading with Musaf melodies,
at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Rd., Southfield. (248)
357-5544.

Meet with Time Travelers, a sup-
port group for families dealing
with strokes, closed head injuries
and nervous system disorders,
at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23, at
Temple Shir Shalom, 3999 Walnut
Lake Rd., West Bloomfield. (248)
737-0266.

Listen to Dr. Daniel Laframboise, a
chiropractor, at the next meeting of
the sisterhood of Congregation Beit
Kodesh at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23,
at the synagogue, 31840 W. Seven
Mile, Livonia. (248) 477-8974.

Helping Out

Volunteer for Jewish Family
Service, which needs friendly visi-
tors, group leaders, office workers
and drivers for Meals on Wheels
and senior appointments. Call
Hilary Rotenberg at (248) 592-
2336.

Join the Koach Chapter of
ORT Michigan to sort books for
BookStock! At 6 p.m. Tuesday,
Jan. 23, at Laurel Park Place in
Livonia. (248) 723-8860.

Health

Join a Holocaust Survivors'
Support Group led by Dr. Charles
Silow meeting at 10 a.m. Mondays
at the Oak Park JCC. (248) 661-
2999.

Event Hotline

Hear Robert Sedler, Wayne State
University law professor, discuss
"Liberal Jewish View of the Arab
Israeli Conflict" at 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, Jan. 21, at Temple Beth
El, 7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield

Wolpe leads five lunch sessions.
$100. (248) 547-7970.

Attend the series Jewish
Medical Ethics starting at
11:45 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, at
Congregation Beth Shalom, 14601
Lincoln, Oak Park. Rabbi Daniel

Holidays/Shabbat

"Stay and Learn ...About 'Parshat
Vaera" at 12:30 p.m. Saturday,
Jan. 20, at Congregation B'nai
Moshe, 6800 Drake, West
Bloomfield. Barry Levine explores
Torah themes. Call Rene Lichtman
at (248) 932-1834.

Travel to a weekend getaway
with Rabbi Laibl Wolf and mem-
bers of the Shul Jan. 26-28 at
the Maumee Bay Resort and
Conference Center in Ohio. (248)
788-4000.

Attend the Monthly Women's
Rosh Chodesh Lecture Series
at 9:15 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 18,
when Helene Shapiro discusses
"Thrift" from the teachings of Reb
Salanter at the Oak Park JCC.
(248) 967-4030.

Participate in "The Writer's
Corner" with Norma Goldman at
10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 19, at the Oak
Park JCC. (248) 967-4030.

Meet Donna May of Botsford
Hospital as she discusses "The
Power of Humor" at 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 23, at the West
Bloomfield JCC. Reservations are
required by Jan. 22 by calling Fran
Cook at (248) 432-5486.

Participate with Rabbi Steven
Rubenstein for a study series
celebrating the 100th anniversary
of the birth of Rabbi Abraham
Joshua Heschel 9-9:30 a.m.
Saturdays at Congregation
Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. (248) 851-6880.

Attend the Kabbalat Shabbat
service led by the sisterhood of
Congregation Beth Shalom at 6
p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, at 14601 W.
Lincoln, Oak Park. (248) 547-7970.

Join Simcha Davening at 6 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 19, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek B'nai Israel Center,

Listen to guitarist Island Phil at
1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, at the
Oak Park JCC. An optional kosher
lunch is available for purchase at
noon. Reserve lunch by calling
(248) 968-1260 by 10:30 a.m. on
the day of the program. Reserve
a place at the concert by calling
Fran Cook the day before at (248)
432-5486.

Have lunch and attend a con-
cert featuring harpist Christina
Walters at noon Thursday, Jan.
25, at the Oak Park JVV. $2.75
lunch, $1 concert for nonmembers.
(248) 967-4030.

Discuss Sister Carrie by Theodore
Dreiser with the JCC Book Club at
1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, at the
Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-4030.

Young Adults

Join the MSU Hillel for several
events: a dinner and relationships
discussion on Jan. 18, Shabbat
services and dinner on Jan. 19, a
basketball tournament on Jan. 20,
Jewish Legal Society program on
Jan. 20, brunch on Jan. 21, Torah
study and free dinner on Jan. 22,
speech by former U.S. ambassador
to Israel and Egypt Daniel Kurtzer
on Jan. 23, bar crawl on Jan. 25,
Shabbat services and dinner on
Jan. 26 and basketball tourna-
ment on Jan. 27. Contact Marisa
Saltzman at (517) 332-1916 for
details.

Participate with the Dead
Composers Society for dinner
and a concert by the Ann Arbor
Symphony Orchestra starting
at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, at
Ashley's, 338 S. State, Ann Arbor.
The concert, Mozart's Birthday
Bash, begins at 8 p.m. at the
Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty.
$25. Call Amy at (734) 994-4801.

Take part in activities of Eastern
Michigan University Hillel: an
Interfaith Dinner on Jan. 21, a
Quickie Shabbat on Jan. 26 and
Havdalah services on Jan. 27.
(734) 482-0456.

Stump the Rabbi and maybe win
a prize in a program sponsored
by Hillel of Metro Detroit at 8
p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23, at Barnes
& Noble, 6800 Orchard Lake Rd.,
West Bloomfield. Rabbi Daniel
Nevins of Adat Shalom Synagogue
takes the questions. RSVP by Jan
22 by calling (313) 577-3459.