W Donate A Gift Participate in a Chanukah toy and book drive at Temple Emanu-El. Drop off unwrapped gifts, marked for a boy or girl and the appropriate age, by 9:15 am. Sunday, Dec. 9, to 14450 W 10 Mile in Oak Park. The religious school's fifth-grade students will join others at Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills to sort the items and make greeting cards before the gifts go to Metro Detroit agencies. (248) 967-4020. Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield. Facilitator Sharon Berry will lead the discussion of Not Me by Michael Lavigne. No charge. (248) 357-5544. •West Bloomfield JCC: Come for a book review of An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba and see the film, Adios Kerida 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, in the Henry and Delia Meyers Library. JCC Book Club 2007 will host author Ruth Behar, professor of anthro- pology at the University of Michigan. No charge. RSVP to librarian Francine Menken: (248) 432-5546; fmenken@ jccdet.org. Order the annual mah-jongg card, which lists all possible hands that can be made with mah-jongg tiles. Two sources are: •National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Detroit Section, 26400 Lahser, Suite 306, in Southfield. Cherie Selis: (248) 355-3300. •Mitzvah Group, Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah, Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake Rd. in West Bloomfield: (248) 683-5030. Seniors Let musician Ben Opengeym entertain 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, at the Oak Park JCC. $2 charge includes light refresh- ments. Sponsor is the Supportive Communities. (248) 967-4030. Listen as trumpeter Rick May presents a musical program of Jewish, Broadway and jazz selections at Cafe Europa 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the Oak Park JCC. The Holocaust Survivors and Families Support Group is the series sponsor. No charge. (248) 967-4030. Enjoy Greater Detroit Council of Na'amat's Chanukah Dollars for David luncheon 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, at Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt in Farmington Hills. Penny Steyer, cantorial soloist of Temple Shir Shalom, will sing Hebrew and sea- sonal songs and Temple Kol Ami Rabbi Emeritus Ernst Conrad will speak. There is a charge. RSVP: (248) 967-4750. Get invigorated by the klezmer music of Schmaltz, a concert hosted by Shaarey Zedek Seniors, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, at the synagogue, 27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield. No charge. (248) 357-5544. Join other seniors for lunch and a concert Thursday, Dec. 13, at the Oak Park JCC. Following lunch at noon, the 1 p.m. concert will feature baritone Dino Valle and soprano Eva Evola performing operatic duets and Yiddish songs. Martin Mandelbaum accompanies on piano. Reservations are required for the lunch, which costs $2.75: (248) 967-4030. Win tickets to see Barry Mallow in Concert Saturday, December 15111 at The Palace of Auburn Hills Send a postcard entry by December 10th to The Detroit Jewish News Manilow Tickets P.O. Box 2267 Southfield MI 48037-2267 winners will be notified by mail unless a phone number is provided LION KING has Arrived!!! Shuttle Service to & from All Shows Brush up your duplicate bridge game at the Bridge Club 1-3 p.m. every Wednesday at the Oak Park JCC. All players are welcome. (248) 967-4030. Experiment with various media at the ongoing Farber Adult Art classes 9 a.m.-noon every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Oak Park JCC. Harriet Gelfond facilitates. Tuition and supplies over 10 sessions are $40 for JCC mem- bers, $60 for others. (248) 967-4030. Drop in to play cards with the Ben- Gurion Men's Group noon-4 p.m. every weekday at the Oak Park JCC. No charge. (248) 967-4030. =' may Discuss current events with the ongoing group facilitated by Dave Weiner 10:30 a.m. every Thursday at the Oak Park JCC. No charge. (248) 967-4030. Create a special piece at the Barbara Bloom Judaica Arts & Crafts Class 9:30-11:30 a.m. every Thursday at the Oak Park JCC. Rifcah Krolikowski leads. The charge is $2 for JCC members and $4 for others. (248) 967-4030. (248) 588-6000 Avi i y t y 1477 John R at Maple • Troy RESTAURANT since 1948 Calendar on page C20 (313) 832-1616 4222 Second St. • Detroit Shuttle Service In Detroit only. www.mariosdetroit.com 1335520 December 6 • 2007 C19