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Join Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg
of 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 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 held in two locations.
8-9:30 p.m. Mondays at the Torah
Center, 5595 W. Maple in West
Bloomfield, and also 7:30-9 p.m.
Wednesdays at the Federation
Building, 6735 Telegraph in
Bloomfield Twp. There is a charge.
Registration: (248) 855-6170;
bctc770@aol.com ; www.myJLl.com .
Dig the hip title of Cantor Frank
Lanzkron-Tamarazo's new class,
Minchah & Maariv for Muggles, 7:30
p.m. Thursdays, Nov. 1, 8 and 15,
at Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
international travels. Attendees are
encouraged to make a donation to
women's projects supported by the
American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee. Dinner charge is $20;
$18 in advance. Reservations: (248)
967-4030.
Get gifts for Chanukah at the fol-
lowing events:
•Birmingham Area Seniors
Coordinating Council and Center,
2121 Midvale in Birmingham: Check
out items at Cornucopia: A Harvest
of Arts and Crafts 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 3. Refreshments
start at 11:30 a.m. Admission is $2.
Patrice Lynch: (248) 203-5270;
plynchseniorprograms@yahoo.com .
•Kingswood School, on the
Cranbrook-Kingswood campus,
39221 Woodward in Bloomfield
Hills: Browse through the annual
Kingswood Giftorama, featur-
ing more than 20 Michigan
stores, Friday-Sunday, Nov. 9-11.
Champagne opening event is 6-10
p.m. Friday with tickets avail-
Cancer Fundraiser
Studio Artiza salon will donate 100 percent
of proceeds to fight breast cancer at a drop-
in fundraiser noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28.
Women's cut and style, $20; men's and chil-
dren's cuts, $10; manicures, $10. The salon is
at 6323 Haggerty in West Bloomfield. (248)
624-1200.
Middlebelt in Farmington Hills.
Participants need basic Hebrew-
reading skills. Caren Harwood:
(248) 851-5100; charwood@adatsh-
alom.org .
able online. Also open 9 a.m.-6
p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday. Door admission is $7. A
café is available. (248) 645-3613;
www.giftorama.org .
Speak Yiddish at classes spon-
sored by Workmen's Circle-Arbeter
Ring Wednesdays at the Oak Park
JCC. Separate sessions for inter-
mediate and beginning students.
Ellen Bates-Brackett: (248) 545-
0985; micircle1@aol.com .
Welcome UN Watch Director Hillel
Neuer speaking about his human
rights organization in Geneva,
Switzerland, 7:30 p.m. Monday,
Nov. 5, at the Townsend Hotel, 100
Townsend in Birmingham. Jonathan
Frank and Jason Zimmerman are
co-chairs for AJC and AIPAC event.
Admission of $20 includes dessert
reception. RSVP required: (248) 4-
7686; Detroit®ajc.org .
Event Hotline
Share camaraderie over a veg-
etarian dinner at Women's
Night Out, sponsored by the
Tri-Synagogue Women's Project,
6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, at the
Oak Park JCC. Beth Contorer of
Congregation Beth Shalom, Ellen
Cogen Lipton of Temple Emanu
El and Mintzi Schramm of Young
Israel of Oak Park will tell how they
incorporated Judaism into their
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Volunteer to help during the sale,
which starts at 9 a.m. each day.
Closing time is 5 p.m. Thursday,
3 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
(248) 683-5030.
See children and American Girl
dolls dressed in clothing ranging
from early history to contemporary
times at fashion shows 10:30 a.m.
and 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27,
and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
28, at the Sheraton Detroit Hotel in
Novi. $35; proceeds benefit Gilda's
Club. (248) 577-0800.
Dance to a 32-piece symphony
orchestra 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
27, at Macomb Center for the
Performing Arts, 44575 Garfield
in Clinton Township. Benefit for
the Main Pediatric Cancer Survivor
Scholarship Fund at Beaumont
Hospital also includes strolling din-
ner and live and silent auctions.
RSVP: (248) 551-5317; jcrawor@
beaumont.edu .
Lend a hand at Jewish Family
Service's Fall Fix Up 9:30 a.m.-
12:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28.
Help area seniors with minor
home repairs and cleanup. Hilary
Rothenberg: (248) 592-2336.
Bring unwrapped and unused socks,
gloves, mittens, hats and scarves
for both adults and children to
the Project Warmth collection 9
a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays, Nov. 1-Dec.
7, at Birmingham Area Seniors
Coordinating Council and Center,
2121 Midvale. Items will go to
clients of Lighthouse of Oakland
County. (248) 203-5270.
Attend Night of a Thousand Stars
Cabaret, a benefit for Michigan
Parkinson Foundation, 5 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 4, at the Marriott
Hotel, 200 W. Big Beaver in Troy.
The evening includes dinner and a
silent auction. Trumpeter Marcus
Belgrave and his jazz ensemble will
present Tribute to New Orleans.
Tickets are $100; sponsorship pack-
ages available: (800) 852-9781.
Helping Out
Holidays & Shabbat
Support Hadassah programs locally
and in Israel at the Greater Detroit
Chapter of Hadassah rummage
sale continuing Thursday-Friday,
Oct. 25-26 and Sunday, Oct. 28,
at Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard
Lake Rd. in West Bloomfield.
Join Barry Levine's discussion
of the weekly Torah portion
with the Shabbat Morning Study
Group 10 a.m. every Saturday, at
Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800
Drake in West Bloomfield. Oct. 27
Torah Yoga
Enhance your Jewish spiritual con-
nection with Torah Yoga 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, Oct. 28, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Rd. in
Southfield. CSZ rabbis will join with
registered yoga therapist Mindy Eisenberg. Sessions will incor-
porate themes from the Book of Genesis. All-level yoga partic-
ipants are welcome at $35 per person. Class is limited to 20
participants. Eisenberg also leads a Yoga for MS class every
Tuesday, at CSZ B'nai Israel Center, 4200 Walnut Lake Rd. in
West Bloomfield. yogaspiritmindy@aol.com ; (248) 357-5544.
schedule: At 12:30, following ser-
vices and Kiddush, Levine contin-
ues his series on Bereshit, the first
book of the Torah. No charge. (248)
788-0600.
Join the Pardes minyan, informal
yet traditional, 9 a.m. Saturday,
Nov. 3, at Cong. Shaarey Zedek
B'nai Israel Center, 4200 Walnut
Lake Rd. in West Bloomfield. The
Pardes minyan is a participatory
and intimate davening experience
that emphasizes prayer through
song and interactive study of the
weekly Torah reading. (248) 681-
4235.
Participate more fully in worship
services through Tefillah Skills
University 10:30 a.m. Sundays
through Nov. 18, following minyan
and breakfast, at Cong. Shaarey
Zedek B'nai Israel Center, 4200
Walnut Lake Rd. in West Bloomfield.
Schedule: "Prayer 101 - Torah
Reading" is with Cantor Meir
Finkelstein. "Prayer 102 - Davening
Skills" is with Assistant Cantor
Leonard Gutman, who teaches
leading a weekday Mincha (after-
noon)/Maariv (evening) service.
(248) 681-4235.
Seniors
Attend the Institute for Retired
Professionals' fall miniseries with
separate programs from 10:30
a.m.-noon and 1-2:30 p.m. Fridays
through Nov. 2, at the Oak Park
JCC. Bring or purchase lunch. Oct.
26 schedule: morning has Judge
Avern Cohen of the U.S. District
Court speaking on "The Judicial
System"; afternoon is "All You Ever
Wanted to Know About Theater,"
with University of Michigan Theater
and Choreography Professor
Malcolm Tulip. No charge. Details at
www.jccdet.org or IRP: (248) 967-
4030, ext. 2018.
Socialize with the Temple Shir
Shalom Time Travelers 10 a.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 30, at the syna-
gogue, 3999 Walnut Lake Rd. in
West Bloomfield. Shelly: (248) 737-
0266.
Take the AARP Driver Safety
program, Parts 1 and 2, 10 a.m.-
2:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29 and
Wednesday, Oct. 31, at the West
Bloomfield JCC. Attendance is
required on both days to pass.
Registrants must pre-pay $10,
check payable to AARP, by Oct. 25.
(248) 432-5486.
Let Cantorial Soloist Marsha Rofel
entertain with Broadway show
tunes, standards and Jewish music
1-2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at the
Oak Park JCC. Admission is $2.
Light refreshments will be served.
RSVP by Oct. 29: (248) 432-5486.
Get a shot of prevention from
the Visiting Nurses Assn. Home
Support Services at its flu immu-
nization clinic Thursday, Nov. 1, at
the Oak Park JCC. Bring Medicare,
HAP and/or Care Choices and
picture ID with current address.
Otherwise, fee is $25 for those
without medical insurance. (248)
967-4030.
Watch the film The Syrian Bride
1-2:40 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at the
West Bloomfield JCC. The drama
focuses on the complications that
arise on the wedding day when
bride and bridegroom are from dif-
ferent sides of the Israeli-Syrian
border. No charge; light refresh-
ments. RSVP: (248) 432-5486.
Catch the Yiddish/Jewish video Me
and the Colonel 1 p.m. Monday, Nov.
5, at the Oak Park JCC. No charge.
Sponsor is the Holocaust Survivors
and Families Support Group. (248)
967-4030.