have had strokes and related ill-
nesses, 10 a.m.-noon Tuesdays, at
Temple Shir Shalom, 3999 Walnut
Lake Rd. in West Bloomfield.
Shelly Newman: (248) 737-8700.

Show up for a stroke and osteopo-
rosis screening with appointments
starting at 9 a.m. Monday, March
3, at Our Lady of Albanians,
29350 Lahser in Southfield.
Details: (800) 697-9721.

Get informed through CHADD
(Children and Adults with
Attention-Deficit Disorder) 7:30-
9 p.m. Monday, March 3, at Way
Elementary School, 765 W. Long
Lake Rd. in Bloomfield Hills.
Registration starts at 7. Parent
group will hear talk on "Secrets
of Parenting the Strong-Willed
Child." Adult program is "The
Match Game: Finding the Career
That Really Works for You." Non-
member families pay $5 donation.
(248) 988-6716; www.chadd.net .

Listen to the experts at an Safety
and Injury Prevention Fair 10
a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, March 5,

in the Zieger Administration &
Education Community Room at
Botsford Hospital, 28050 Grand
River in Farmington Hills. No
charge. Barbara Smith, RN: (248)
888-2575.

Share stories, advice, support and
understanding with other parents
at the "Tough Kid, Tired Parent"
support group led by psychologist,
Dr. Daniel Klein, at Temple Israel,
5725 Walnut Lake Rd. in West
Bloomfield. Upcoming meetings
are 9:30-10:30 a.m. Thursdays,
March 6 and 20. RSVP to Elaine
Bertsch: (248) 661-5700 or
elaine@temple-israel.org .

Learn "How to Raise a Healthy
and Happy Child From Infancy to
Teenage Years" 7 p.m. Monday,
March 10, at Davidson Hadassah
House, 5030 Orchard Lake. Rd. in
West Bloomfield. Guest speakers
are Dr. Brian Gendelman, Rabbi
Rachel Shere, registered dieti-
cian Lisa Weinbaum and speech
pathologist Shelly Milstein. $10
admission; members pay $5. Free
for those joining Hadassah. (248)
683-5030.

Call for a schedule of sup-
port groups that meet morn-

ings at the Birmingham Area

Seniors Coordinating Council and
Center (BASCC), 2121 Midvale
in Birmingham. Groups include
Alzheimer's, caregivers, hearing
loss and vision enrichment. (248)
203-5270.

Helping Out

Have a fun evening at the "Ante
Up for Hunger" fundraiser 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 1, at Yad Ezra,
2850 W.11 Mile in Berkley. The
evening features Texas hold 'em
poker, bingo, live auction, door
prizes, desserts and beverages.
Dietary laws will be observed. $50
entrance fee, with an additional
$50 buy-in required for poker.
Proceeds will benefit Yad Ezra's
lunch assistance program, provid-
ing hot, nutritious lunches for
local day-school students from
low-income families. Registration:
www.yadezra.org and (248) 548-
3663.

Give the gift of life at a Red Cross-
sponsored blood drive 8 a.m.-1:4O
p.m. March 2, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt in
Farmington Hills. Ruth Zerin takes
appointments: (248) 538-9260.

Make a minimum gift of $136
to join the Hadassah Heroines
at "Girls Night Out 3," 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 4, at Temple Shir
Shalom, 3999 Walnut Lake Rd. in
West Bloomfield. $28 additional
charge includes entertainment
with magician-comedian Mark
Maze, cocktails, hors d'oeuvres
and desserts. Greater Detroit
Chapter of Hadassah is earmark-
ing proceeds to the Charlotte
R. Bloomberg Mother and Child
Center at Hadassah Hospital in
Israel. (248) 683-5030.

Sort items donated to the used

media drive Bookstock 10 a.m.-
2 p.m. Wednesdays, and also
Thursday, March 13, behind
Bloomfield Plaza Shopping Center
(to the left of Robert Mann Furs),
Maple and Telegraph in Bloomfield
Township. (248) 645-7840, ext.
365.
• Volunteer to work during the
Bookstock sale, April 6-13, at
Laurel Park Place in Livonia. Help
on April 9, the National Council
of Jewish Women's service day,
by calling Fran Stern: (248) 355-

3300. Join members of Greater
Detroit Chapter of Hadassah by
calling (248) 683-5030.

Holidays & Shabbat

Participate in Temple Emanu-
El's annual Scholar in Residence
Weekend, this year featuring
Rabbi David Forman, at 14450 W.
10 Mile in Oak Park. (248) 967-
4020. The schedule follows:
• Friday, Feb. 29: Rabbi David
Forman will speak at services on
"60 Ways to Be Jewish," 8 p.m.
• Saturday, March 1: Torah study
with Rabbi Forman speaking on
"Israel in Biblical and Liturgical
Texts," 9:30 a.m.; Young Family
Shabbat, 10; Shabbat worship in
Rosen Foyer, 10:30; Scholar Lunch
and Learn ($12) on the topic,
"Jewish Schizophrenia in the Land
of Israel."
•Sunday, March 2: Rabbi Forman
will address "Three Challenges
Facing Israel," 10 a.m.

Worship with members of Adat
Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt in Farmington Hills.
(248) 851-5100:

• Sisterhood and Men's Club
Shabbat: Leaders of the affili-

ates will participate with clergy
at the annual event 9 a.m.
Saturday, March 1. Shula Fleischer
and Stuart Logan are chairing.
Members of the Hebrew Literacy
Program will be honored.
• Talmud study session: Rabbi
Herbert Yoskowitz will speak
on "And God Created Women
(Tractate Berakhot, 61A) at 8:30
a.m., prior to services at 9. Drop-
off youth services begin at 10:15.

Come to the monthly Women's
Rosh Chodesh lecture series,
"Prayers that Enhance Our Day,"
9:15-10 a.m. Thursday, March 6, at
the Oak Park JCC. Presenter Sara
Eisenmann's topic will be "Prayer
for Health." Program sponsors
are the JCC and Machon L'Torah,
Jewish Learning Network of
Michigan. (248) 967-4030.

Gain insight into religious issues
during Stay and Learn on
Shabbat, following Saturday ser-
vices and kiddush at Congregation
B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake in West
Bloomfield. No charge or reserva-
tion needed. Keren Toby: (248)
788-0600.

IRP Series

Attend the Institute
for Retired
Professionals' spring
miniseries held on
consecutive Fridays,
March 7-28, at the
West Bloomfield JCC.
Two lectures are offered at 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:30-3 p.m.
March 7: morning has historian Edward Portnoy on "Cartoons
of the Yiddish Press from Warsaw and New York During the
late 19th and early 20th Centuries," and the afternoon fea-
tures Dr. Joe Calarco, professor of theater at Wayne State
University, on "The Hilberry Theatre." The community is wel-
come at no charge. To reserve lunch on March 7, free for IRP
members and $10 for non-members, call IRP: (248) 967-4030,
ext. 2018.

Take in the lecture,

"Understanding Islamism: The

Ideology Fueling Terrorism" 7
p.m. Tuesday, March 11, at the
Holocaust Memorial Center,
Zekelman Family Campus, 28123
Orchard Lake Rd. in Farmington
Hills. Stand With Us Michigan
presents speaker M. Zuhdi Jasser,
MD. Details: www.aifdemocracy.
org. or (248) 538-8790.

Join Rabbi Steven Rubenstein's
Torah study group 9-9:30 a.m.
Saturdays at Congregation Beth
Ahm, 5075 W. Maple in West
Bloomfield. He will focus on one
"big idea" from the Torah weekly,
using the book, The Bible's Top 50
Ideas, by Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins.
Purchase for $12.50 through the
Beth Ahm office or contact Rabbi
Rubenstein: (248) 851-6880,
raysteven®cbahm.org .

Get ready for Purim (also see
"Young Adults" listings):
• Participate in the Purim Parcel
Project, whose sponsors are
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit and Alliance for Jewish
Education. Make mishloach manot
parcels to drop off 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday-Friday, March 3-7, and
10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, March 9,
at the Fisher Federation Building,
6735 Telegraph in Bloomfield
Township. Parcels will be deliv-
ered to Jewish recipients from
noon-1:30 p.m. March 9. New this
year: create parcels at 1 p.m. and
then stay for Debbie Friedman's
"Voyages of Discovery" concert
3:30 p.m. March 9, at Shalom
Street inside the West Bloomfield
JCC. www.jewishdetroit.org/purim.

• Stay for Rabbi Joseph Krakoff's
lunch and learn about Purim fol-
lowing morning services Saturday,
March 15, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Rd. in
Southfield. No charge for lunch,
but requires a RSVP by March 13:
(248) 357-5544.

Jewish Learning

Come to the Jewish Cultural
Society's free adult education
series, "From Sumeria to Brooklyn:
the Long, Strange Trip of the
Jewish People," starting 10:15-
11:45 a.m. Sunday, March 2, at the
Jewish Community Center, 2935
Birch Hollow Dr. in Ann Arbor.
Member Larry Kuperman will talk
about Judaism and Islam, two
major religions with commonalities
of language and geographic origin,
and how they co-exist today. The
series meets again March 30. A
light snack and coffee will be pro-
vided. Details: (734) 975-9872, or
e-mail jcs@jccfed.org .

Show up for free adult learning
programs at Congregation Shir
Tikvah, 3900 Northfield Parkway
in Troy. RSVP to Rabbi Aaron
Starr: (248) 649-4418.

• "From Ogling to Obligation:
Gender Roles in Judaism": Learn

how Judaism perceives traditional
gender roles and liberal Jews' pos-
sible re-interpretation at Rabbi
Starr's lecture. 10 a.m. Sunday,

March 2.
• "Travels with Rabbi Arnie":

World-traveling Rabbi Arnie
Sleutelberg will discuss the histor-

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