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.

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Take part in "Cook Until Your
Heart's Content," the first in a
series of free classes offered by
Sinai-Grace Hospital, 6071 W.
Outer Drive, Detroit. The session
starts at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 24,
with breakfast and cholesterol
screenings. RSVP by calling (888)
DMC-2500.

Helping Out

Assist Jewish Family Service as
a friendly visitor, activity leader,
Meals on Wheels driver or office
worker. Call Hilary Rotenberg at
(248) 592-2336.

Volunteer for the Jewish
Apartments & Services by serv-
ing as a showcase helper, conve-
nience store assistant or bingo
caller on the Oak Park campus.
West Bloomfield needs friendly
visitors, bingo callers and bou-
tique helpers. Call Michal Ram at
(248) 592-1104.

Bring your clean and saleable
dressy dresses, furs and acces-
sories to the Hadassah office,
5030 Orchard Lake Rd., West
Bloomfield so they can be part of
a March rummage sale to ben-
efit Hadassah. The items will be
accepted through March 9. (248)
683-5030.

Donate hair during Wigs for Kids
Day noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25,
at the Village Players Playhouse,

34660 Woodward, Birmingham.
The event corresponds with prepa-
ration for the opening of the play
W;t, about a woman reassessing
her life because of cancer. www.
birminghamvillageplayers.com .
(248) 644-2075.

Holidays/Shabbat

Celebrate Rosh Chodesh with
Temple Israel at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 22, at 5725 Walnut
Lake Rd., West Bloomfield. RSVP
to Linda Newman at (248) 661-
5700.

Meet Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
at he discusses his first novel,
Kabbalah: A Love Story during
services at Temple Beth El at
7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, at 7400
Telegraph, Bloomfield Township.
(248) 851-1100.

Join Congregation B'nai Moshe
for Purim activities, starting with
an adult Megillah reading at 6:20
p.m. Saturday, March 3. Theatre
Arts Productions will stage a mur-
der mystery, and members and
guests are encouraged to dress
up in costume as a character from
a well-known murder mystery.
Dinner will be served as the mur-
der mystery is solved. The Purim
celebration continues at 9 a.m.
Sunday, March 4, at 6800 Drake,
West Bloomfield, where children
will make puppets and have other
activities. (248) 788-0600.

Participate in a two-day Purim
observance at Congregation Beth
Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln, Oak
Park. Teens will read the Megillah
at 7:15 p.m. Saturday, March 3,
when there also will be a cos-
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runs noon-2:30 p.m. Sunday,
March 4. (248) 547-7970.

Take part in Purim observances
with Temple Emanu-El, 14450 W.
10 Mile, Oak Park, where there will
be a carnival 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday,
March 4. Call Linda Tikey at (734)
525-9256.

Seniors

Discuss "Diligence" from the
teachings of Reb Salanter with
Janet Snider at the Women's Rosh
Chodesh Lecture Series at 9:15
a.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, at the Oak
Park JCC. (248) 967-4030.

Hear flutist Pam Michaels and
pianist Martin Mandelbaum at 1
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, at the Oak
Park JCC. $1. A noon lunch for
seniors costs $2.75 and requires
reservations. (248) 967-4030.

Review The Book Thief by Markus
Zusak with the JCC Book Club at 1
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, at the Oak
Park branch. (248) 967-4030.

Watch the film It Happened
One Night at 1 p.m. Tuesday,
Feb. 27, at the West Bloomfield
JCC. An optional kosher lunch is
available for purchase at noon.
Reservations requested by Feb. 26
with calls to Fran Cook at (248)
432-5486.

Get a free blood pressure reading
1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28,
at the Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-
4030.

ArtsFest Events Set
Celebrating the Arts for ArtsFest
will be held 7 p.m. Thursday,
March 1, to help teens partici-
pating in the 2007 JCC Maccabi
ArtsFest next summer.
The program in the West
Bloomfield JCC's Handleman Hall
will feature master of ceremo-
nies Steve Jasgur of Joe Cornell
Entertainment, Festival Dancers
Paula Koscik, Marci Iwrey,
Rochelle Morais and Ellen Starr,
directed by Harriet Berg, Bubbies
Do Broadway (Patty Ceresnie
and Liz Walters) and 2006 JCC
Maccabi ArtsFest participants Ali
White and Jarryd Elias, with his
brother Nolan.
Also, the JCC Maccabi Games
Dance Team and Kimberly Boyd,
dance soloist and former mem-
ber of the Liz Lerhman Dance
Exchange.
Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for
children and seniors. Proceeds
will help defray registration
expenses for teens participating
in the 2007 ArtsFest.
The 2007 JCC Maccabi ArtsFest
will be held at the Monmouth
County JCC in Deal, N.J., Aug.
12-17.
Teens can participate in the
following specialties: art, classi-
cal ensembles/orchestra, dance,
creative writing, jazz ensembles,
radio broadcasting, rock/pop
bands, theater acting, musical
theater or vocal music.
Information night and tryouts
for the 2007 ArtsFest is 4 p.m.
Sunday, March 4, at the West
Bloomfield JCC.
For information, contact Patty
Ceresnie, Detroit delegation head,
(248) 661-1756 or (248) 884-
1756; or the JCC, (248) 661-1000.

optional kosher lunch is available
for purchase at noon. Make movie
reservations by the day before by
calling Fran Cook at (248) 432-
5486. Reserve lunch by 10:30
a.m. on movie day by calling (248)
968-1260.

Take in the film An Affair to
Remember at 1 p.m. Thursday,
March 1, at the Oak Park JCC.
(248) 967-4030.

Young Adults

Join the MSU Hillel for several
events: Shabbat services and din-
ner on Feb. 23, brunch on Feb. 25,
Torah Study on Feb. 26, casino
games on Feb. 27 and a special
dinner on Feb. 28. Contact Marisa
Saltzman at (517) 332-1916 for
details.

Participate with Hillel of Metro
Detroit in "Awake Zion" at 6 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 25, at the Oak Park
JCC, where there will be dinner
and a documentary about the
relationship between Judaism
and Reggae culture. $2. RSVP by
Feb. 23 by calling (313) 577-3459.
Celebrate Purim at the Isaac
Agree Downtown Synagogue, 1457
Griswold, and area pubs, start-
ing out in costume at 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 3. RSVP by Feb.
28.

Youth

Bring babies and toddlers to
a Purim session at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, March 3, at Temple Beth
El, 7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield
Township. (248) 865-0612.

See the film Mr. Smith Goes to
Washington at 1 p.m. Wednesday,
Feb. 28, at the Oak Park JCC. An

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