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Arts & Culture

Monday, Oct. 29, at the Davidson
Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard
Lake Rd. in West Bloomfield. Host
is the Book Discussion Group of
the Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah. RSVP: (248) 683-5030.

Old Wicked Songs

Find costume, designer and fine
jewelry, as well as Victorian
through mid-century clothing,
at the Bloomfield Hills Antique
Jewelry & Vintage Apparel Show
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at
the Birmingham Unitarian Church,
38651 Woodward in Birmingham.
Admission is $5; free for ages 11
and under. (248) 988-0924.

Enjoy the talented Daniel Kahn of West
Bloomfield at two venues:
• Jewish Ensemble Theatre, Aaron
DeRoy Theatre at West Bloomfield JCC:
Kahn plays a piano prodigy in Old Wicked
Songs through Nov. 4. Jon Marans' play
was nominated for the 1996 Pulitzer
Prize in Drama. Tickets are $30-$39, with discounts for
seniors and students. JET: (248) 788-2900.
• Birmingham Temple, 28611 W.12 Mile in Farmington Hills:
Kahn will perform modern radical Yiddish folk music 8 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 26. Details: (248) 477-1410; www.birmingham-
temple.org .

Meet jewelry maker Richard
Grinstein at his 30-year retrospec-
tive Echoes From Nature 5:30-7:30
p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at Galleryone,
Room 108 of the Student Center
Building at Washtenaw Community
College, 4800 E. Huron River Dr. in
Ann Arbor. Curator is Linda Ross.
Exhibit opens at 10 a.m. weekdays
through Dec.14. (734) 477-8512.

ages and persuasions will talk
about how they see God (or not).
$36 or $60 for two; price includes
discussion with Rabbi Joe Kanofsky
at lunch. RSVP: (248) 737-1931;
programs@thejewishforum.org .

Cinema & Stage

Concerts

Join the Sholem Aleichem
Institute for "Bubbes and
Mammes," readings from plays,
poetry and letters, 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 28, at the Oak Park
JCC. Performers are Shirley Benyas
Yolanda Fleischer and Jennifer
Altimore. Free. (248) 423-4406.

Attend the opening concert of the
Pro Mozart Society of Greater
Detroit 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at
Hammell Music, 2700 E. Maple in
Commerce Township. A reception
with the musicians follows. Tickets
are $25; $5 for students. Season
ticket discounts available. Leila
Stollman: (248) 683-9626.

See actress Julie Yolles in Crimes
of the Heart, by Stagecrafters, at
Baldwin Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette
in Royal Oak. The show runs Nov.
1-18. (248) 541-6430.

Join adult musicians playing in
the Orchard Lake Community
Orchestra, with rehearsals 7-8:30
p.m. every Thursday at St. Mary's
Prep School, 3535 Indian Trail in
Orchard Lake. Rehearsal fee is $50
per semester. www.OLPmusic.org .

Attend the Jewish Forum's showing
of Who Knows One, a film by native
Detroiter Sarah Yael Goldfein, 9:30
a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov.18, at
the Community House, 380 Bates
in Birmingham. Scholars, philoso-
phers, theologians and Jews of all

Education

Hear Rabbi Aaron Bergman of the
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 in Oak Park.
His appearance and a reception
are sponsored by the Louis and
Beatrice Weinstein Scholar Fund.
No charge. (248) 967-4020.

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Experience Jewish-American sto-
ries 7:30-9:30 p.m. every Thursday
through Nov.1, in the Congregation
B'nai Moshe Library, 6800 Drake in
West Bloomfield. There is a charge.
Register with facilitator Barry
Levine: barryvlevine@aol.com ;
(248) 626-1753.

Hear a talk on Ethiopian Jewry at
the breakfast meeting following
minyan and the Men's Club instal-
lation 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 28,
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield.
Sponsor of the event is the Morris
and Beverly Baker Foundation, in
memory of Morris D. Baker. RSVP:
(248) 357-5544, ext. 48.

Realist

Find out what the sages had to say
about intimacy at Rabbi Rachel
Shere's lecture series Wine, Sex &
Text 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through
Nov. 6, at Adat Shalom Synagogue,
29901 Middlebelt in Farmington
Hills. Free, but must RSVP to: cyn-
thia.nage129@gmail.net or rshere®
adatshalom.org .

Find out what happens when rabbis from

three different movements discuss dif-

ferent aspects of Judaism at "What Do
Jews Believe," 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.
30, and Wednesdays, Nov. 7 and 14, at
Cong. Shaarey Zedek B'nai Israel Center,
4200 Walnut Lake Rd. in West Bloomfield. Join
Conservative Rabbi Eric Yanoff of CSZ, Orthodox Rabbi
Leiby Burnham of Partners in Torah and Reform Rabbi Aaron
Starr of Congregation Shir Tikvah for text study and dis-
cussion. Series is sponsored by CSZ Sisterhood. There is a
charge. RSVP: (248) 681-4235.

Tour the holdings of the Jewish
Genealogical Society of Michigan
with group librarian Gayle Saini
12:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, at
the Holocaust Memorial Center,
Zekelman Family Campus, 28213
Orchard Lake Rd. in Farmington

Discuss and hear a review of the
legal thriller The Innocent Man
by John Grisham. 10-11:30 a.m.

Altruist

Attend a presentation on the
Holocaust and the Arts from WSU
Prof. Dora Apel 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
4, at the Federation Building, 6735
Telegraph in Bloomfield Twp. Free.
RSVP, Dale Rubin: (248) 203-1520;
rubin@jfmd.org.

What Jews Believe

Join a discussion of the PBS video
Walking the Bible, based on the
best-selling book by Bruce Feiler, 10
a.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, Congregation
Shir Tikvah. 3900 Northfield Pkwy.
in Troy. Free. RSVP to Rabbi Aaron
Starr: (248) 649-4418.

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Meet energy and environment
expert David Sandalow who will
discuss and sign copies of his new
book, Freedom From Oil: How the
Next President Can End the United
States' Oil Addiction 1 p.m. Monday,
Oct. 29, at Borders, 34300
Woodward in Birmingham. (248)
203-0005.

Hills. Saini will show available
books, maps, database of birth and
death records in card files and an
online catalogue. Help will be avail-
able to research. Guests $5 admis-
sion. RSVP: AlexandraAtGofP@aol.
corn or (248) 496-1324.

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Listen as spirituality expert and
author Sara Rigler of Jerusalem
tells "How to Find Spiritual
Meaning - Practical Principles for
Personal Growth" 8 p.m. Thursday,
Nov. 8, at 1578 Lakeside Dr. in
Birmingham. The event, a project
of the Birmingham-Bloomfield Chai
Center, is sponsored by Alan and
Lori Zekelman of the Bloomfield
Hills. Open to the public at no
charge. (248) 203.6721.

Learn Torah with Rabbi Steven
Rubenstein at Congregation Beth
Ahm's Torah study group 9-9:30
a.m. every Saturday at 5075 W.
Maple in West Bloomfield. One
verse will be studied in-depth
each week using Rabbi Dov Peretz
Elkins' book The Bible's Top 50
Ideas. Rabbi Rubenstein: (248) 851-
6880 or raysteven@cbahm.org .

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