The Top 50
Congregation Beth Ahm's Shabbat
morning Torah study group, open
to the community from 9-9:30 a.m.
every Saturday at 5075 W. Maple
in West Bloomfield, has embarked
upon a new project: learning
Torah with the help of Rabbi Dov
Peretz Elkins' book The Bible's
Top 50 Ideas. Rabbi Elkins' theory
is that if one knows 50 of the
5,000 verses in the Torah, one can
begin to grasp its essence. Each week, the group will study
one verse in-depth from the Torah portion, guided by Rabbi
Steven Rubenstein. Participants may purchase the book for
$12.50 through the Beth Ahm office or by contacting Rabbi
Rubenstein: (248) 851-6880 or raysteven@cbahm.org .
Rochester. The Joel Hall Dance
Company is also featured.
Tickets are $8-$15. (248) 370-
3013.
Education
Experience Jewish-American
stories 7:30-9:30 p.m. on three
Thursdays, Oct. 18-Nov. 1, in
the Congregation B`nai Moshe
Library, 6800 Drake in West
Bloomfield. Series tuition is
$30 for members; $40 for oth-
ers. Register with facilitator
Barry Levine: barryvlevine@
aol.com; (248) 626-1753.
Attend Colloquium 2007,
whose theme is "Jews and
the Muslim World: Solving the
Puzzle" Friday, Oct. 19-21, at
the Birmingham Temple, 28611
W.12 Mile in Farmington Hills.
Sponsor is the International
Institute for Secular Judaism.
Schedule and registration:
(248) 476-932; wwwiishj.org .
Join a discussion of the PBS
video Walking the Bible, based
on the best-selling book by
Bruce Feller, 10 a.m. Sundays,
Oct. 21 and 28, Congregation
Shir Tikvah. 3900 Northfield
Pkwy. in Troy. No charge. RSVP
to facilitator Rabbi Aaron
Starr: (248) 649-4418.
Learn about the Women
Remaking American Judaism
from author Riv Ellen Press
of University of Minnesota
2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
21, at Congregation B'nai
Moshe, 6800 Drake in West
Bloomfield. Press will deliver
the Pearl and George Zeltzer
annual lecture on Women and
Judaism. No charge. Cohn-
Haddow Center for Judaic
Studies: (313) 577-2679; www.
judaicstudies.wayne.edu .
Find out what the sages
had to say about intimacy
at Rabbi Rachel Shere's lec-
ture series Wine, Sex & Text
7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Oct.
23-Nov. 6, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt
in Farmington Hills. No charge,
but must RSVP to: cynthia.
nage129@gmail.net or rshere®
adatshalom.org .
Hear a talk on "Saga of the
Ethiopian Jewry" Sunday, Oct.
28, at the 9:30 a.m. breakfast
meeting following minyan and
the Men's Club new officer
installation. The Morris and
Beverly Baker Foundation is
the sponsor in memory of
Morris D. Baker. RSVP: (248)
357-5544, ext. 48.
Join Rabbi Elimelech
Silberberg of the Sara and
Morris Tugman Torah Center
for two series:
• Kabbalistic Teachings
on Maintaining Joy in Life:
10:30-11:30 a.m. every Sunday
through Dec. 2, at the Torah
Center, 5595 W. Maple in West
Bloomfield. Students need no
Do You Get It?
Hear Rabbi Aaron Bergman of the West
Bloomfield-based Frankel Jewish Academy
speak on Jewish Humor from biblical to
modern times 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 28,
at Temple Emanu-El, 14450 W.10 Mile, Oak
Park. Appearance and reception are spon-
sored by the Louis and Beatrice Weinstein
Scholar Fund. No charge. (248) 967-4020.
Rabbi
Bergman
prior knowledge of Kabbalah.
Registration: (248) 855-6170;
bctc770@aol.com .
•The Land and the Spirit:
Why We Care about Israel:
His six-week course is start-
ing in two locations. 8-9:30
p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, at the
Torah Center, 5595 Maple
in West Bloomfield, and also
7:30-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.
31, at the Federation Building,
6735 Telegraph in Bloomfield
Twp. There is a charge. RSVP:
(248) 855-6170; bctc770@aol.
corn; www.myJLI.com .
Speak Yiddish at classes spon-
sored by Workmen's Circle-
Arbeter Ring Wednesdays at
the Oak Park JCC. Separate
sessions for intermediate
and beginning students. Ellen
Bates-Brackett: (248) 545-
0985; micircle1@aol.com .
Come to two courses with
Rabbi Boruch Cohen of the
Birmingham Chai Center at
1578 Lakeside in Birmingham.
There is no charge. Rabbi
Cohen: (248) 203-6721; chai-
rabbi@sbcglobal.net .
* An Introduction to Jewish
Self and Soul: 7-8 p.m. every
Sunday through Dec. 2. The
class will examine concepts in
self-knowledge according to
Jewish spiritual teachings.
* An Introduction to Spiritual
Judaism: 7:30-8:30 p.m. every
Monday through Nov. 19. The
class will explore the spiritual
side of Jewish tradition.
Event Hotline
Find something good to read
at Friends of the Oak Park
Public Library's used book
and bake sale 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 18 and 10 a.m.-
5 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
Oct. 19 and 20, at the library,
14200 Oak Park Blvd. in Oak
Park. (248) 691-7483.
Have a nosh at the Temple
Emanu-El Sisterhood fall
brunch 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct.
21, at 14450 W.10 Mile in Oak
Park. Michelle Segar, an expert
in women's health and fitness
will speak. RSVP: (248) 967-
4020.
Come to a luncheon honoring
Rev. Joe and the late Ruth
Mermelstein for their lifetime
of service to Congregation
Beth Ahm 12:30 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 21, at synagogue, 5075
W. Maple in West Bloomfield.
Cost of the luncheon begins at
$36. To attend and/or submit
a Mermelstein story for the
memory book, contact Beth
Ahm: (248) 851-6880.
Sing the praises of long-
time leader Irving Laker at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek's
annual Celebration 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 27375
Bell Rd. in Southfield. The
evening includes a concert by
Michael Feinstein and dessert
reception. Tickets: (248) 357-
5544.
Join Rabbi Steven Rubenstein
at the Ma Tovu Minyan, a
song-filled service featuring
melodies of Shlomo Carlebach,
Danny Maseng and Leonard
Cohen, 9 a.m. every Sunday at
Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075
W. Maple in West Bloomfield.
Nancy Kaplan, Minyan Matters
coordinator: (248) 737-1931;
nancyellen879@comcast.net .
Health
Enhance your Jewish spiritual
connection with Torah Yoga
9:30 a.m. Sundays, Oct. 21 and
28, at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, 27375 Bell Rd. in
Southfield. CSZ rabbis will join
with registered yoga therapist
Mindy Eisenberg. Sessions
will incorporate themes from
the Book of Genesis. New and
experienced yoga participants
are welcome at $35 per per-
son. Class is limited to 20 par-
ticipants. Eisenberg also leads
a Yoga for MS class every
Tuesday, at CSZ B'nai Israel
Center, 4200 Walnut Lake Rd.
in West Bloomfield. (248) 357-
5544; yogaspiritmindy@aol.
COM.
Let Botsford Hospital's Gerald
Blackburn, D.O., inform you
about shingles 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 23, at William
Costick Center, 28600 11 Mile
in Farmington Hills. No charge.
Registration: (248) 473-1862.
Listen as three psychiatrists
discuss health issues for
women, including depression,
substance abuse and emo-
tions from life-changes and
aging 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 25, at Henry Ford Facility
and Design Center, Pinewood
Industrial Park, 2001 Dallavo
Dr., Suite 102, in Commerce
Township. Scheduled present-
ers are Henry Ford Health
System MDs Cathy Frank,
Doree Ann Espiritu and Agnes
Wrobel. No charge. Part of the
Hot Topics in Women's Health
series. Registration: (800)
436-7936 www.henryford.com/
hottopics.
Attend "Survivors' Debate:
The Past Decade in Ovarian
Cancer" 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 27, at the
Sheraton Hotel, 21111 Haggerty
in Novi. Cancer survivors, care-
givers, healthcare profession-
als, researchers, pharmacists
and others are encouraged
to pre-register at ovariancan-
cerdebate.blogspot.com .
Helping Out
Support the Muscular
Dystrophy Association at a
charity dinner sponsored by
Skyline Club 6 p.m. Friday, Oct.
19, at 2000 Town Center, Suite
2800, in Southfield. Evening
starts with hors d'oeuvres fol-
lowed by dinner at 7. Proceeds
from each $100 ticket also
assist PGA Foundation, Susan
G. Komen Race for the Cure
and ClubCorp's Employee
Partners Care Foundation.
Richelle Tragger: (248) 350-
9898.
Sign up for six different
Pilates' classes at Equilibrium
Studio during Pilates for
Pink Saturday, Oct. 20-27, at
6405 Telegraph at Maple in
Bloomfield Township. Instead
of paying the instructor, the
studio asks for a minimum $20
donation to the Breast Cancer
Research Foundation. Class
schedule and registration:
(248) 723-6500; www.equilib-
riumstudio.com .
Assist the Bikes for Kids pro-
gram of Variety The Children's
Charity at its annual Lights,
Camera, Auction fundraiser
Tuesday, Oct. 23, at the
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