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Book To Bookstock
Buy, browse or volunteer at Mini
Bookstock 2007, a used book and
media sale, July 12-15, at Bloomfield
Plaza Shopping Center, southwest
corner of Maple and Telegraph in
Bloomfield Township. Sale hours are
10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday
and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. For
information, contact the Jewish
Community Relations Council at www.detroitjcrc.org .
Volunteers can contact Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah
to work during the sale, (248) 683-5030.
Check it Out.
Arts & Culture
southeast Michigan, northern Ohio
and Canada will participate with
choral conductors and soloists
at choral-reading sessions held
Mondays in July. Participate in
J.S. Bach's Magnificat, conducted
by Huw Lewis, by registering 6:30
p.m. Monday, July 9, in audito-
rium 4 of University of Michigan
Modern Languages Building, in
Ann Arbor. The $5 charge includes
scores and refreshments. Parking
costs another $5 in the nearby
Thayer Street structure. To learn
more, call (734) 763-0611.
See what's current in art at
the Fresh exhibit, through Aug.
4, at the David Klein Gallery,
163 Townsend in Birmingham.
Featured artists are Brian Barr,
Ben Hall, Dalton Jamieson, Ben
Kiehl, Mary Kim, Kelly Reemtsen
and Lauren Semivan. Hours are 11
a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mondays through
Saturdays. (248) 433-3700 or
www.dkgallery.com .
View a tapestry exhibit, Through
the Eye of the Needle, depicting
the life of a Polish woman who
survived the Nazis and came to
the United States. It can be seen
through Aug. 9, at the Janice
Charach Epstein Gallery in the
West Bloomfield JCC. The late
Esther Krinitz made the tapes-
tries, which will be discussed by
her daughters, Bernice Steinhardt
and Helen McQuade, during a gal-
lery tea starting at 2 p.m. Sunday,
July 15. Gallery hours are 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays
and noon-4 p.m. Sundays. (248)
432-5448.
Education
Register for Federation's
Summertime Torah series, co-
sponsored by Florence Melton
Adult Mini-School and Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit's Alliance for Jewish
Education. For information, call
(248) 642-4260.
• Explore parent-child relation-
ships in the Bible with local
psychologist and Judaic stud-
ies instructor Dr. Mitch Parker
in What's the Matter With Kids
Today? 7-8:30 p.m. starting
Thursday, July 5. Class meets six
weeks for $75.
• Study The Laws of Being a
Mentsh with Rabbi Leiby Burnham
9:30-11 a.m. continuing on
Tuesdays, July 10, 17 and 31, at
the West Bloomfield JCC. Call for
cost to attend remaining classes.
• Learn about Jews in America
with Dr. Howard Lupovitch 7-8:30
p.m. continuing on Wednesdays,
July 11, 18 and July 25, at Max M.
Fisher Federation Building, 6735
Telegraph in Bloomfield Township.
Call for cost to attend remaining
classes.
Cinema & Stage
Be enchanted with the play
Wicked with music and lyrics
by Stephen Schwartz July 11-22
at the Wharton Center for the
Performing Arts in East Lansing.
Tickets are $35-$95. Call for show
times: (800) WHARTON or online
at www.whartoncenter.com .
Concerts
Sing for the fun of it during the
UMS Choral Union's 14th session
of Summer Sings. Singers from
Enhance skills or try something
new at thelOth annual Learning
at the Opera House community
cultural series through Aug. 12,
at Michigan Opera Theatre, 1526
Broadway in Detroit. The educa-
tional experiences include pro-
grams in opera, musical theater,
music composition, performance
and movement, art and poetry.
Highlights include the Cyrano
Scholar Series, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
starting Tuesday, July 10, and
the Architectural Learning Series,
7-9 p.m. starting Monday, July
16. $15 per lecture. The complete
schedule is available at www.
MichiganOpera.org , or call (313)
237-3270.
Event Hotline
Take part in a golf outing fund-
raiser sponsored by Temple Shir
Shalom noon Monday, July 9, at
Plum Hollow Country Club, 21631
Lahser in Southfield. Register for
the day by calling (248) 737-8700.
Come to a benefit concert for
juvenile diabetes 8 p.m. Thursday,
July 12, at AJ's Cafe, formerly
Xhedo's Cafe, 240 W. Nine Mile
in Ferndale. The Jam Society,
previously known as the Ari Teitel
Band, will perform. Members of
the teenage group are Ari Teitel,
12, of West Bloomfield on guitar
and vocals; Amir Edwards,12, of
Keego Harbor, on drums; and Tony
Lannen,14, of Wolverine Lake, on
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Enjoy a musical program and
summertime buffet on behalf
of the Project HOPE League
1-4 p.m. Sunday, July 15, at
Greenmead Historical Village,
20501 Newburgh at Eight Mile
in Livonia. Robin Beck will lead
songs of yesteryear. Project HOPE
League makes health care avail-
able for people around the world.
$50. RSVP by July 9. Learn more
by visiting www.projecthope.org or
call (248) 613-1200.
Holidays & Shabbat
Join an interactive weekly Torah
portion discussion 9-9:30 a.m.
every Saturday, Cong. Beth Ahm,
5075 W. Maple in West Bloomfield.
The Parashat HaShavua session,
led by Rabbi Steven Rubenstein,
will make reference to various
Torah commentators, including
Talmudic, medieval, and contem-
porary sources. No knowledge of
Hebrew is needed for this weekly
drop-in learning opportunity. More
information is available from Rabbi
Rubenstein at (248) 851-6880 or
e-mail raysteven@cbahm.org .
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Learn and daven at the Summer
Shabbat Minchah held Saturdays
at Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075
W. Maple in West Bloomfield. The
sponsor is Beth Ahm's Minyan
Matters Group. Come at 4 p.m.
for light refreshments and Rabbi
Steven Rubenstein's short study
session on Jewish ethics. Then
stay, or come only, for the 30-
minute minchah service at 4:30.
Shabbat minchah includes a Torah
service previewing the Torah por-
tion for the coming week, plus
prayers sung to a haunting melody
that is unique to Shabbat after-
noon. Contact Rabbi Rubenstein
for more details at (248) 851-6880
or e-mail raysteven@cbahm.org .
Call to reserve exhibit space dur-
ing the Oak Park JCC's annual
Chanukah boutique on Dec. 2.
Vendors are needed to sell hand-
painted artwork, jewelry, pottery,
clothing, Judaica, children's and
other items appropriate for holi-
day giving. Reservations are due
by Aug. 29. (248) 967-4030.
Seniors
Take a Musical Adventure at the
JCC 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 10, at
the Oak Park JCC. This month's
classical music program with lead-
er Fabs Kaldobsky features com-
posers Auber, Bach, Beethoven,
Liszt and Mendelsson. (248) 967-
4030.
Meet with the men of Marshall-
Suburban-Tikva B'nai B'rith
Lodge 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 10, at
McDonnell Towers, 24350 Civic
Center Dr. in Southfield. Additional
information is available by calling
(248) 967-3206.
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