Calendar from page B17 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 B18 October 25 • 2007 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.