Wednesday, April 18, at the Echo
Valley Clubhouse in Farmington
Hills. Call Mickey Gold to make
reservations at (248) 624-8828.
I.B. Singer's Translator To Speak
Join Beth Ahm Sisterhood's Book Club
program 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, fea-
turing a review of Isaac Bashevis Singer's
Enemies: A Love Story by Ann Arbor-based
Eliza Shevrin, who translated the book into
English. She will talk about the book and also
share personal reminiscences of the author.
Light desserts will be served. $10 per per-
son. Men are invited to attend. RSVP: Joanne
Bellet, (248) 851-8379 or e-mail Shelley
Shindler at snslist@aol.com .
Support the Michigan Association
for Children with Emotional
Disorders by attending the third
annual Rockin' for Justice concert
and reception at 6 p.m. Friday,
April 20, at the Baldwin Theater,
415 S. Lafayette, Royal Oak. Larry
McCray is the headliner. $25-$50.
(248) 433-2200.
Education
Meet with job counselor Mildred
Pivoz and the Networking Club
at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. (248)
851-5100.
Listen to Keren Alpert, Temple
Beth El's director of education,
discuss "The Life of Miriam"
at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18,
at Temple Beth El, 7400
Telegraph, Bloomfield Township.
(248) 865-0612.
Participate in the Lunch and
Learn series featuring Keren
Alpert discuss "Religion and
Secularism in Israel, Now and
in the Past" at noon Thursday,
April 19, at Temple Beth El, 7400
Telegraph, Bloomfield Township.
There is no charge. Participants
are asked to bring their lunch.
(248) 865-0612.
I.B. Singer
22-23. Sessions start at 3:30
p.m. Sunday in the Rackham
Amphitheatre, 915 E. Washington,
and resume at 6 p.m. with the
topic "Yiddish Literature: Texts
and Translations." Monday's ses-
sion, "The Backyards March: My
Father's Shtetl Has a Homepage
Now" begins at 7:30 p.m. Monday
at the Mendelssohn Theater, 911 N.
University. (734) 763-9047.
Event Hotline
Participate in a
CHAIM (Children of
Holocaust Survivors
Association in
Michigan) Yom
Hashoah Program
at 7 p.m. Monday,
April 16, at the
Oak Park JCC.
There will be a candlelighting cer-
emony with Holocaust survivors,
their children and grandchildren.
Holocaust survivor Zygie Allweiss
and his daughter Esther Ingber
will talk about their recent trip to
Poland to meet with his rescuer.
(248) 661-2999, ext. 299.
Join Temple Israel's United
Against Terrorism Task Force as
it presents guest speaker Fredric
Sandler, special agent with the
Detroit FBI, at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
April 17, at the temple, 5725
Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield.
RSVP by calling Elaine Bertsch at
(248) 661-5700.
Explore the topic of life cycle
events with Temple Israel's
Gesharim at 7 p.m. Thursday,
April 19. Rabbi Harold Loss will
lead the session in a private home.
For reservations and location of
the free session, contact Carol
Lynn Cooper at (248) 851-5545.
Find treasures in the monthly Flea
Market sponsored by the Oak Park
JCC 8:30 a.m.-noon Wednesday,
April 18. (248) 967-4030.
Attend a free conference on
Place & Displacement of Yiddish
sponsored by the Frankel Institute
for Advanced Judaic Studies at
the University of Michigan in
Ann Arbor Sunday-Monday, April
Hear Fred Pearson, director of
Wayne State University's Center
for Peace and Conflict Studies,
discuss "Peace and Conflict in
the Middle East" at a meet-
ing of Glennwood ORT at 7 p.m.
Participate in the 2007 Dove
Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Thursday,
April 19, at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, 27375 Bell Rd., Southfield.
The event initiates the 25th anni-
versary year of the Dove Institute.
$150. Reservations are required
by April 13 by calling Barbara
Yuhas at (248) 557-4522.
Meet with David Harris, national
executive director of the
American Jewish Committee, as
he addresses the Metropolitan
Detroit Chapter at 8 p.m.
Thursday, April 19, at Temple Beth
El, 7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield
Township. $118. (248) 646-7686.
Attend the Holocaust
and Armenian Genocide
Commemoration at 10 a.m. Friday,
April 20, at the University of
Michigan - Dearborn. Speakers are
Tamir Sorek, assistant professor
at the Center for Jewish Studies
at the University of Florida, and
Gerard Libaridian, who holds
the Alex Manoogian Chair in
Modern Armenian History at the
University of Michigan. There will
be a buffet lunch. RSVP by April
13 by calling (313) 593-5236.
Join the Temple Israel
Brotherhood for a breakfast with
Mike Stone of the Stoney and
Wojo Show at 9:30 a.m. Sunday,
April 22, at the temple, 5725
Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield.
$10. RSVP by April 18 by calling
(248) 661-5700.
Take part in the Tri-Synagogue
Women's Project for a "Book
Night Out" with liana Blumberg,
a Michigan State University
professor who will discuss her
book Houses of Study: A Jewish
Women Among Books at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 26, at the Oak
Park JCC. The book will be avail-
able at BookBeat or at the event,
where it will cost $23.81. $5.
RSVP by April 16 by calling (248)
967-4030.
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.
Explore "Medication for Children
and Adolescents with ADHD" and
"Cognitive Behavior Therapy for
Treating Adults with ADHD" at 7
p.m. Monday, April 16 at the Way
Elementary School, W. Long Lake
at Telegraph, Bloomfield Hills.
The program is sponsored by
CHADD (Children and Adults with
Attention-Deficit Disorder). $5
donation per nonmember family.
(248) 988-6716.
Hear Nurit Shein, executive
director of the Mazzoni Center in
Philadelphia, discuss health care
disparities and barriers related to
sexual orientation and/or gender
identity at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April
17, at the West Bloomfield JCC
in a program sponsored by the
Jewish Gay Network of Michigan.
$10. (248) 432-5661.
appointment, call (888) 734-5322.
Helping Out
Volunteer with JVS in any of sev-
eral programs. Assist those with
memory loss at the Brown Center
after calling Dorothy Mantis at
(248) 233-4392. Visit isolated
seniors in their residences after
contacting Gloria Bender at
(248) 233-4431. Do office work
by signing up with Barbara Peitz
at (248) 233-4432. Help older
adults with developmental dis-
abilities after talking with LuAnn
Elwell at (248) 661-8100, ext.12.
Take on production-related activi-
ties in a sheltered workshop after
speaking with Jude Goddard at
(248) 233-4310.
Garden with the Museum of
Contemporary Art Detroit
(MOCAD) as they plan to donate
produce to the homeless. Contact
garden@mocadetroit.org .
Find out about "What's New in
Parkinson's Disease" from neu-
rologist Richard Trosch during
a meeting of the Southfield-Oak
Park Parkinson's Support Group at
7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, at The
Park at Trowbridge, 24111 Civic
Center Dr., Southfield. (248) 547-
4506, (248) 548-7322.
Holidays/Shabbat
Listen to Dr. Jeffrey Triest of the
Karmanos Cancer Center discuss
"What You Need to Know: Men
and Cancer" in a dinner meeting
6-8 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at the
Ark at St. Abrose Church,15020
Hampton, Grosse Pointe Park. $10
donation. (313) 576-9282.
Attend the next Shabbat dinner
hosted by Congregation B'nai
Moshe at 6 p.m. Friday, April 20,
at 6800 Drake, West Bloomfield.
Natan HarPaz will give a presen-
tation "Judaism and the Martial
Arts." For reservations, call (248)
788-0600.
Support the Stem Cell Foundation
International at its first fundrais-
ing event at 6 p.m. Thursday, April
19, at the Detroit Science Center,
5020 John R. There will be a din-
ner and docent-led tour. The group
hopes to deliver $1 million to stem
cell labs at the Technion-Israel
Institute of Technology. $150.
(248) 737-1990.
Participate in the Volunteer
and Graduate Shabbat ser-
vices Saturday, April 21, at
Congregation B`nai Moshe, 6800
Drake, West Bloomfield. (248)
788-0600.
Get free head and neck can-
cer screenings 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
Wednesday, April 18, and noon-
4 p.m. Friday, April 20, at the
Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic at
the Henry Ford West Bloomfield
Hospital, 6777 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. To schedule an
Help choose a discussion topic
related to Halachah when Jack
Love addresses a group meet-
ing at 1 p.m. Saturdays, April 14
and 21, at Congregation Kehillat
Israel, 2014 Forest, Lansing. (517)
882-0049.
Seniors
Attend an introductory session
of Steady Steps at 10:30 a.m.
Thursday, April 12, at the West
Bloomfield JCC. Participants will
learn about the six-week class to
reduce the risk of falling. Call Fran
Cook at (248) 432-5486.
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