Experience the Pardes Hannah
Torah Benefit Concert featuring
pianist Renee Robbins and violin-
ist Ian Cumming at 7 p.m. Sunday,
April 29, at the Kerrytown
Concert House, 415 N. Fourth, Ann
Arbor. $5-$25. (734) 769-2999.

Take in a pops concert, "With
a Not-So-Stiff Upper Lip,"
performed by the Birmingham
Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra
and preceded by a lecture or
student performance at 6:15 p.m.
Sunday, May 6, at Temple Beth El,
14 Mile and Telegraph, Bloomfield
Township. $25, free for students
and children 18 and younger. (248)
645-2276.

Education

Attend a Leader Specific Training
Session conducted by the Ottawa
District-Clinton Valley Council of
the Boy Scouts of America at 8:30
a.m. Sunday, April 29, at the Novi
Meadows, 26250 Virginia, Novi.
Scoutmasters and interested adult
leaders are invited. $10. RSVP by
calling (248) 349-2963.

Join a discussion of "Kabbalah
and the Rise of Hasidic Judaism"
led by Howard Lupovitch at
7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at
Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800
Drake, West Bloomfield. $12. Call
Nancy Kaplan at (248) 737-1931.

Event Hotline

Dance with members of
Temple Israel and Joe Cornell
Entertainment at 7 p.m. Thursday,
April 26, at the temple, 5725

Orchard Lake, West Bloomfield.
Partners are not required. $10.
RSVP by calling Elaine Bertsch at
(248) 661-5700.

Party at the Festival of the
Arts Starry Night Gala at 6
p.m. Saturday, April 28, at the
Costick Center, 28600 W.11 Mile,
Farmington Hills, where there will
be dinner by Gourmet Express,
music by Rock & Soul and casino
gaming for prizes. $45 for single
tickets, $85 for two. (248) 473-
1857

Experience an evening of blues
performed by The Brass Knuckles
Band at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April
28, at Temple Kol Ami, 5085
Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield.
Weather broadcaster Paul Gross
will run an auction, and there will
be appetizers and desserts. $15-
$20. (248) 788-2285.

Participate in Ruach Hadassah's
sixth annual Casino Night & Silent
Auction at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
April 28, at Hadassah House,
5030 Orchard Lake Rd., West
Bloomfield. $36 includes $100 in
chips, light supper and desserts.
Call Cindy Atler at (248) 848-
1783.

Explore "The Nine Most
Important Words You Need to
Know Before Making an Ancestral
Visit to Eastern Europe" with
the Jewish Genealogical Society
of Michigan at 1 p.m. Sunday,
April 29, at the Zekelman Family
Holocaust Memorial Center,
28123 Orchard Lake, Farmington
Hills. (248) 553-2400.

Fleet Afoot

Step up to the Walk of
Ages 3K/5K walk to sup-
port Older Adults at 9
a.m. Sunday, May 6, at
the West Bloomfield JCC.
Walkers include JN colum-
nists Danny Raskin, George
Danny Raskin,
Cantor and Robin Schwartz.
Sponsored by the Auxiliary for Jewish
Home and Aging Services, the Detroit
Jewish News, Elderlink, the Southfield-
based Yeshivat Akiva and the Frankel Jewish
Academy of Metropolitan Detroit. Early
registration fees are $18/person, $36/family
and $125/team. Day of race registration is
$20/$40/$130. Call (248) 661-2969.

George Cantor

Listen to Howard Lupovitch
discuss "Prague: The Junction
of Tradition and Innovation"
at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 29,
at Adat Shalom Synagogue,
29901 Middlebelt, Farmington
Hills. Rachel and Rabbi Herbert
Yoskowitz are leading an Adat
Shalom tour to Prague, Vienna and
Budapest in June. (248) 851-5100.

Raise funds for community proj-
ects sponsored by the Oakland
County Bar Foundation by attend-
ing a dinner party Friday evening,
April 27, at Oakland Hills Country
Club, 3951 W. Maple, Bloomfield
Hills. $150. (248) 334-3400.

Celebrate Israel Independence
Day with a community picnic
lunch at 12:30 p.m., a walk at 1:30
p.m. and a festival at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 6 in West Bloomfield.
The events start at Temple Shir
Shalom, 3999 Walnut Lake Rd.
and end at Temple Israel, 5725
Walnut Lake Rd. RSVP by calling
Mark Segel at (248) 208-2773.

Attend the 61st annual meeting
of the Women's Campaign and
Education Department of the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit at 10 a.m. Monday, May 14,
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
Bell Rd., Southfield. There will be a
kosher brunch. $25. Make reserva-
tions by May 4 by calling (248)
642-4260, ext.181.

Health

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

Attend Blooms for Tomorrow:
The Second Annual Gynecologic
Oncology Conference 8 a.m.-
12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at
Compuware Headquarters, One
Campus Martius, Detroit. $10
donation. Call Carol Kudron at
(313) 576-9281.

Participate in a free Awareness
Through Movement class at 9 a.m.
Saturday, April 28, at Madonna
University in Livonia. Call Marjorie
Levine at (248) 320-3372.

Helping Out

Robin Schwartz

by attending the annual Hats Off
Luncheon 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday,
April 27, at the Royal Park Hotel,
600 E. University Dr., Rochester.
Prizes go to the most beautiful
and unusual hats as the event
finances the redecoration of bed-
rooms of seriously ill children.
$150. (248) 601-2200.

Assist The Suite Dreams Project

Support Variety, the Children's
Charity by attending Martinis
and Lamborghinis at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 28, at the
Somerset Collection South, Big
Beaver at Coolidge, Troy. There
will be a strolling dinner, music,
silent auction and fashion show.
$100. (248) 258-5511.

Take part in JARC's SpringElation,
an afternoon of sports, noon-4
p.m. Sunday, April 29, at Joe
Dumar's Fieldhouse in Shelby
Township. $20 includes games and
foods. (248) 538-6610, ext. 418.

Visit the Free Family Festival
noon-5 p.m. Sunday, April 29,
at the Costick Activities Center,
28600 W.11 Mile, Farmington Hills.
There will be demonstrating art-
ists, hands-on activities, music
and food. The event is part of the
Festival of the Arts.
www.fhgov.com .

Support the Farmfest Benefit by
attending a concert featuring Ann
Rabson and Steppin' in It at 7 p.m.
Sunday, April 29, at the Ark, 316
S. Main, Ann Arbor. $20. See
farmhousemusic.org .

Become a patron for the third
annual Mothers, Daughters,
Sisters & Friends Luncheon, fea-
turing breast cancer survivor Jerri
Nielsen, and attend a party in sup-
port of the Francee & Benson Ford
Jr. Breast Care & Wellness Center
at Henry Ford West Bloomfield
Hospital. The September luncheon
will be preceded by a party begin-
ning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 1,
at Saks Fifth Avenue in Troy. There
will be informal modeling and
makeovers with a talk by Theresa

Selvaggio, vice president of Estee
Lauder. $600. (248) 661-7194.

Holidays/Shabbat

Participate in a dinner and Music
Shabbat Service at 6 p.m. Friday,
April 27, at Temple Kol Ami, 5085
Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield.
(248) 661-0040.

Experience SYNergy Shabbat
featuring Arnold Eisen, chancel-
lor-elect of the Jewish Theological
Seminary Friday- Saturday,
April 27-28, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills. There will be a
dinner on Friday. Saturday events
include Talmud study and Yoga
& Yiddishkeit for families. (248)
851-5100.

Attend New Baby Shabbat
Saturday, April 28, at
Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800
Drake, West Bloomfield. New par-
ents and grandparents will receive
gifts.(248) 788-0600.

Join a kiddush lunch after ser-
vices at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April
28, at Temple Kol Ami, 5085
Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield.
(248) 661-0040.

Celebrate Lag b'Omer with a fam-
ily barbecue and science demon-
stration at 5 p.m. Sunday, May 6,
at Springdale Park, Strathmore off
Woodward, Birmingham. The event
is hosted by the Birmingham-
Bloomfield Chai Center. $8-$11.50.
Reservations are required by May
1 by calling (248) 203-6721.

Seniors

Listen to soprano Tiffany Steyer
and pianist Rochelle Barr after
a noon lunch Thursday, April
26, at the Oak Park JCC. $2.75
lunch, $1 concert for nonmembers.
Reservations required by calling
(248) 967-4030.

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