Lastest Cancer Treatments
Cancer care continues to be
advanced through research. Learn
where researchers are regarding
the development of new treatments.
Dr. Philip Beron, a radiation oncol-
ogist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
in Los Angeles, will discuss new
treatments including intensity modulated therapy and image-
guided radiation for prostate cancer and other malignancies.
He'll appear 6:30-8 p.m., Monday, May 7, at the
Karmanos Cancer Institute's Weisberg Cancer Center, 31995
Northwestern Highway, Farmington Hills.
The presentation is part of the institute's Survivorship
University series of free lectures open to the community.
Advance registration is required. Call 1-800-KARMANOS or
register online at www.karmanos.org .
Listen to Dr. Ruth Westheimer as
she speaks during Women's World
2007 presented by the Sisterhood
of Congregation Shaarey Zedek
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, at
27375 Bell Rd., Southfield. $45.
(248) 357-5544.
Meet David Weinberg, director
of the Cohn-Haddow Center for
Judaic Studies at Wayne State
University, as he discusses "Israel
Approaching 60: The Dream
and the Reality" at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 10, at the Oak Park
JCC. (248) 967-4030, ext. 2018.
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 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 Phyllis Greenberg, author
,of The Savvy Woman Patient:
How and Why Sex Differences
Affect Your Health, as the key-
note speaker in a series of health
events sponsored by St. Joseph
Mercy Oakland 6-9 p.m. Tuesday,
May 8, and 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
and 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, May 9,
at the Oakhurst Country Club,
7000 Oakhurst Lane, Clarkston.
$20. (800) 372-6094.
Get to know actress Kathy Najimy
at a fundraising luncheon of
Planned Parenthood of Southeast
Michigan at noon Wednesday, May
9, at the Troy Marriott, 200 W. Big
Beaver. $85-$500. (313) 822-7285.
Meet with Circle of Food Allergic
Families to discuss "Managing
Food Allergies in Schools"
featuring Dr. Harvey Leo at 7
p.m. Wednesday, May 9, at Our
Shepherd Lutheran Church,
Birmingham. RSVP and get direc-
tions for the free program by call-
ing (248) 435-6879.
Helping Out
carnival is for boys 12 and younger
and girls 9 and younger. $4. (248)
877-7978.
Galleries, 4400 Fernlee, Royal
Oak. Dinner will follow. RSVP to
Cindy at (248) 542-9166.
Participate in a Lag b'Omer
Barbecue with music and kids'
activities at 5:30 p.m. Sunday,
May 6, at Congregation Beth Ahm,
5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield.
$10 ages 7 and older, $5 ages 4-6.
RSVP by calling (248) 851-6880.
Young Adults
Observe Congregation Shir
Tikvah's Rabbi Arnie and Rabbi
Aaron and learn ways to observe
a peaceful Shabbat at 5:15 p.m.
Friday, May 11, at 3900 Northfield
Parkway, Troy. RSVP by May 8 by
calling (248) 205-2534.
Seniors
Join the Institute for Retired
Professionals hosting two free
programs Friday, May 4, at the
West Bloomfield JCC. Andy Levin,
deputy director of labor and
economic growth for the State of
Michigan, will speak on "The State
of the State" at 10:30 a.m. Hope
Palmer, professor of fine arts, will
speak on "Mixed Message and
Civil Ideas: Contemporary Art,
Both Shocking and Heartfelt."
(248) 967-4030, ext. 2018.
Donate household
goods 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
through May 4 at
the Fleischman
Residence-
Blumberg Plaza,
6710 W. Maple,
West Bloomfield. There will be a
tent sale 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday,
May 6. Proceeds benefit the Walk
of Ages. (248) 661-2999.
Watch the Yiddish/Jewish video
The Diary of Anne Frank at 1 p.m.
Monday, May 7, at the Oak Park
JCC. (248) 967-4030.
Support SCAMP (Summer Camp
Scholarships for Special Needs
Children) and Care House by
participating in the Women of
Bloomfield's rummage sale 9
a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, May 11, and 9
a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at
Cross of Christ Lutheran Church,
1100 Lone Pine. Call Beverly at
(248) 737-4160.
Listen to Fabs Kaldobsky present
"Musical Adventures at the JCC"
at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, in Oak
Park. (248) 967-4030.
Holidays/Shabbat
Join the students of Yeshivas
Lubavitch for Lag b'Omer prayers,
entertainment and a carnival
at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at
Shepard Park in Oak Park. The
Meet with the Shaarey Zedek
Seniors for a concert, "Movie
Themes with Robin Beck," at 1
p.m. Friday, May 9, at the syna-
gogue, 27375 Bell Rd., Southfield.
Call Janet at (248) 557-5544.
Singles
Join the Jewish Single Connection
(48-60) browsing the 35th
International Glass Show at 3
p.m. Saturday, May 5, at Habatat
Support the Detroit Opera House
by attending BravoBravo! At
7 p.m. Friday, May 4, at 1526
Broadway. There will be food from
popular restaurants, dancing to
live music and psychic readings.
$65-$85. Call Nikki Ruddy at (313)
237-3407.
Youth
Take the kids ages 2-5 to hear the
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
in a free concert at 9:30 a.m.
Friday, May 4, at the Downtown
Branch of the Ann Arbor Library,
343 S. Fifth. (734) 994-4801.
Watch a puppet version of The
Firebird at 2 p.m. Saturdays
throughout May at PuppetArt,
25 E. Grand River, Detroit. $5-$7.
(313) 961-7777.
Send the teens to see Disney's
High School Musical produced by
the Oakland Theatre Guild May
11-27 at the Starlight Theater in
the Summit Place Mall, 315 N.
Telegraph, Waterford. The show
begins at 7:30 p.m. Fridays-
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.
$12-$16. (248) 335-1788. P1
Book To Bookstock!
Bookstock, the area's largest used
meda sale continues through
Sunday, May 6. Hours are 10
a.m.-9 p.m. through Saturday and
noon-6 p.m. Sunday. Items are half
price on Sunday. See page 24 for
information, call (248) 645-7840
or see www.bookstock.info.
Mysteries
Of Aging
Adat Shalom
Synagogue will
host Dr. Thomas
R. Cole, director
of the McGovern
Center for
Health,
Humanities and the Human
Spirit at the University of Texas
Health Science Center, at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 8, for health profes-
sionals and the public.
His topic, "Aging: A Mystery To
Be Lived or a Problem To Be Fixed,"
ends "The Ethics of Enhancement"
series of the shul's Physicians'
Journey Group chaired by Drs.
Rhonna Shatz and Dan Guyer.
"Supporting partners" for the
evening include Jewish Family
Service, Elderlink, Henry Ford
Health System and the Levine
Institute on Aging, a service of
Jewish Home and Aging Services.
Adat Shalom is located at
29901 Middlebelt, Farmington
Hills. Call (248) 851-5100 or
e-mail hyoskowitz@yahoo.com .
Safety Camp Planned
Gan Shalom Preschool at
Congregation Beth Shalom will
host a Safety City Camp June 25-
29 for children 31/2 to 5 years.
Camp will be taught by certi-
fied teacher Laurie Allmacher
from Franklin Kids Sports.
Through games, songs, projects
and play it will introduce neigh-
borhood, home, fire, bicycle,
animal and car safety awareness.
A snack is included.
Camp hours will be 9 a.m.-
12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Beth Shalom is at 14601 W.
Lincoln, Oak Park. Contact Susan
Gartenberg, (248) 547-7970 or
sgartenberg@congbethshalom.org .
Lag B'Omer Fun
A Lag b'Omer event arranged by
students of Yeshivas Lubavitch
will be 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, May
6, at Shepard Park in Oak Park.
The entertainment show is free;
the carnival will cost $4 a person,
and refreshments will be sold.
The program includes recital
of Torah passages by children,
a prayer and an entertainment
show. Following will be a carni-
val including games, inflatables
and refreshments. Call (917)
650-7455.
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