Event Hotline

Join Joyce and David Steinberg
as they chair the Farmington
Hills-Farmington Community
Foundation's Winter Gala, which
begins at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
27, at Continental Automotive
Systems, 37101 Corporate Dr.,
Farmington Hills. Previously known
as the Cornucopia Gala, it features
a strolling dinner, auction, music
and a dessert table provided by
the Culinary Arts Department of
Oakland Community College. $150.
(248) 345-9090.

Converse with the Circle of
Friends at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan.
at Congregation Beth Shalom,
14601 W. Lincoln, Oak Park. (248)
547-7970.

Join with Congregation Shaarey
Zedek and the Jewish National
Fund to help replenish Israel's
forests. An evening of din-
ner and bingo begins at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 30, at the Laker
Complex, 4200 Walnut Lake
Rd., West Bloomfield. $25 per
family, $8 extra adults, $5 kids.
RSVP by Jan. 28 by calling Hilary
Greenberg at (248) 357-5544.

Pick a topic, choose refreshments
and hear music as Adat Shalom
Synagogue holds "Connections"
at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, at
29901 Middlebelt, Farmington
Hills. Presentations cover family
habits, nutrition, tax laws, geneal-
ogy and computer safety. $25.
(248) 851-5100.

Attend the annual Cabaret Night
of Congregation B'nai Moshe at
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, at
6800 Drake, West Bloomfield.
$10 in advance, $12 at door. (248)
788-0600.

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.

Listen to a panel discussion
on "Depression: Seasons and
Reasons: A Closer Look at
Seasonal Affective Disorder" at
7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, at the
Downtown Library, 343 S. Fifth
Ave., Ann Arbor. (734) 327-4560.

Attend "Strength Training ... with
a Little Yoga" at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
Jan. 30, at Temple Kol Ami, 5085
Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield.
The program is sponsored by the
sisterhood. $5-$7. (248) 344-
0928.

Helping Out

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

Assist the Jewish Home & Aging
Services, which has many needs.
The Auxiliary Gift Shop and Nosh
Nook need people to sell and make
sandwiches. Call Judy Dunn at
(248) 661-2969. The Fleischman
Residence/Blumberg Plaza is ask-
ing for trip escorts and activity
leaders. Call Janet Antin at (248)
661-2999, ext. 329. The Jewish
Community Chaplaincy Program
is asking for help with seniors in
non-Jewish care facilities, and the
JHAS Guardianship Program seeks
caring friends. Contact Michelle
Sage Chekan at (248) 661-2999,
ext. 300.

Support the Child Abuse and
Neglect Council of Oakland
County by attending its Circle of
Friends Preview Party and 11th
annual Circle of Friends Luncheon
supporting CARE House programs
and services. The party starts at
6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, at Mon
Jin Lau Restaurant, 1515 E. Maple,
Troy, where there will be a stroll-
ing dinner and music. $100. The
lunch starts at 11 a.m. Thursday,
Feb. 1, at the Townsend Hotel, 100
Townsend, Birmingham, where
there will be boutique shopping.
$150. (248) 332-7173.

HolidaysiShabbat

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.

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.

Meditate, practice yoga and study
Torah at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan.
27, at Congregation Beth Shalom,
14601 W. Lincoln, Oak Park. (248)
547-7970.

Take part in Melaveh Malkah
activities, ending Shabbat with
singing, dancing and desserts at
6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, at
Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075
W, Maple, West Bloomfield. (248)
851-6880.

Attend a Tu b'Shevat seder led
by Gail Greenberg, senior staff
associate of Federation's Alliance
for Jewish Education, at 1 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 1, at the Oak Park
JCC. $1 non-members. (248) 967-
4030.

Celebrate Tu b'Shevat at
5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, at
Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075
W. Maple, West Bloomfield, where
there will be a Kabbalat Shabbat
service and family dinner. $18
adults, $10 children 4-10, free for
those 3 and younger. RSVP by
Jan. 31 by calling (248) 851-6880.

Call attention to February birth-
days during services Saturday,
Feb. 3, at Congregation Beth
Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln, Oak
Park. Children 13 and younger will
receive gifts. (248) 547-7970.

Take part in Diggin'
With Dinosaur
Barney noon-1:30
p.m. Sunday, Feb.
4, at Congregation
Beth Shalom,
14601 W. Lincoln,
Oak Park. The
event celebrates Tu
b'Shevat with the
planting of seeds, singing and cre-
ating pancakes. $20-$30. (248)
547-7970, ext. 234.

Attend Scout Shabbat at 5:30
p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills. A family din-
ner follows services. $10. RSVP in
advance by calling (248) 909-4197.

Celebrate Tu b'Shevat during the
Jewish National Fund Family
Fun Fair 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
11, at Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut
Lake Rd., West Bloomfield. Craig
Taubman will entertain. $5, free
for toddlers. RSVP by Feb. 4 by
calling (248) 324-3080.

Seniors

Join Rifcah Krolikowski's arts and
crafts Judaica workshops 9:30-11
a.m. Thursdays at the Oak Park
JCC. (248) 967-4030.

Have lunch and attend a con-
cert featuring harpist Christina
Walters at noon Thursday, Jan.
25, at the Oak Park JCC. $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.

Attend the Winter FunFest
Luncheon of the Institute for
Retired Professionals at noon
Tuesday, Jan. 30, at the Oak Park
JCC. Judy Goodman, singer and
musician, will entertain. (248)
967-4030, ext. 2018.

a.m. on the program day by calling
(248) 968-1260.

Watch the film School Ties at 8
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, at the Meer
Apts. in West Bloomfield. (248)
661-2999.

Hear the Temple Emanu-El Youth
Choir under the direction of Judy
Lewis at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4,
at the Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-
4030.

Young Adults

Join the MSU Hillel for several
events: bar crawl on Jan. 25,
Shabbat services and dinner on
Jan. 26, basketball tournament
on Jan. 27, Ladies Night of mani-
cures and makeovers on Jan. 29
and discussion of trips to Israel on
Jan. 31. Contact Marisa Saltzman
at (517) 332-1916 for details.

Take part in activities of Eastern
Michigan University Hillel: a
Quickie Shabbat on Jan. 26,
Havdalah services on Jan. 27,
Late Night Players on Jan. 29,
"Under One Roof: Muslim and
Jewish Women Coming Together"
on Jan. 31 and Shabbat in the
Dorms on Feb. 2. (734) 482-0456.

Skate with "Jews on Ice," a pro-
gram of Hillel of Metro Detroit,
at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, at
Campus Martius, 800 Woodward,
Detroit. RSVP by Jan. 29 by call-
ing (313) 577-3459.

Youth

Listen to saxophonist-vocalist
Joe Moore 1-2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan.
30, at the West Bloomfield JCC.
Reservations are requested by
Jan. 29 by calling Fran Cook at
(248) 432-5486.

Meet with Susan Brasseur of the
Visiting Nurses Association as she
discusses "Understanding Grief
and Loss" at 1 p.m. Wednesday,
Jan. 31, at the Oak Park JCC. An
optional kosher lunch is available
for purchase at noon. RSVP for
the free meeting by calling Fran
Cook the day before at (248) 432-
5486. Reserve lunch by 10:30

Introduce tots and young people
6-12 to special services at 10:30
a.m. Saturdays at Congregation
Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. Call Jennie Allan at
(248) 851-6880.

Plan musical experiences for
kids 2-5 with the Ann Arbor
Symphony Orchestra at 10:30
a.m. Friday, Feb. 2, at the Ypsilanti
Library, 5577 Whittaker. (734)
994-4801.

Take babies, toddlers, parents and
grandparents to Temple Beth El's
Tot Shabbat at 9:30 .m. Saturday,
Feb. 3, at 7400 Telegraph,
Bloomfield Township. (248) 865-
0612.

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