To Do!

Calendar from page B23

Red Cross, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday,
April 6, in the temple's Handleman
Hall, 7400 Telegraph in Bloomfield
Township. Appointments preferred
to walk-ins. Schedule with Blood
Drive Chair Roy Goodman: (248)
626-1841.

Gain understanding about
Attention Deficit Disorder,
affecting children and adults,
at a CHADD meeting 7:30-9
p.m. Monday, April 7, at Way
Elementary School, 765 W. Long
Lake Rd. in Bloomfield Hills.
Registration starts at 7 for
separate parent and adult group
lectures. $5 donation requested
for non-CHADD families. Details:
(248) 988-6716; www.chadd.
net/527.

Learn what women especially
need to know about heart
health 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 8,
Central Tower at the waterfall in
Beaumont Hospital, 3601 W.13
Mile in Royal Oak. Pam Marcovitz,
MD, director of the hospital's
Ministrelli Women's Heart Center,
will speak to members and guests
of Eleanor Roosevelt Group of
Hadassah. $7 charge includes des-
sert, or free if joining Hadassah at
this event. Parking is free in South
deck. (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

Detroit Chapter of Hadassah's
dressy rummage collection,
Sunday-Friday, March 30-April
4, at Davidson Hadassah House,
5030 Orchard Lake Rd. in West
Bloomfield. Collection hours for
the Hadassah fundraiser are 9
a.m.-noon Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m.-3:30
p.m. Friday. The sale is April 13-16.
Details: (248) 683-5030; greater-
detroit@hadassah.org .

Support Kadima, the Jewish men-
tal health agency, by attending
the luncheon program, "Healthy
Body, Healthy Mind," 11:30 a.m.-
2 p.m. Thursday, April 3, at the
Townsend Hotel, 100 Townsend in
Birmingham. The guest speaker
will be registered dietician Zonya
Foco, also a best-selling author
and talk show host. $50 includes
a raffle ticket. RSVP to Paula:
(248) 559-8235, ext.122, or
KadimaPaula@msn.com .

Support educational outreach pro-
grams through attendance at the
Oakland County Bar Foundation's
spring-themed Signature Event, a
business-casual social evening, 7-
10 p.m. Friday, April 11, at Oakland
Hills Country Club, 3951 W. Maple
in Bloomfield Hills. The strolling
supper will feature food sta-
tions with an international flavor.
Tickets are $150, with sponsor-
ships available. Katie: (248) 334-
3400 or www.ocba.org .

Interact with senior residents
while working in stores operated
by Jewish Apartments & Services
at its buildings in Oak Park and
West Bloomfield. Volunteer dur-
ing morning hours only. Details
from Michal Ram: (248) 592-1104;
mram@jasmi.org .

Donate high-end clothing, hand-
bags, shoes and jewelry, all
in good condition, to Greater

Kosher Comedy

Mark Schiff

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Get ready to laugh when comedians Mark
Schiff, Avi Liberman and John Mulrooney
perform at Aish Detroit's comedy night, a
benefit for the Jewish outreach organiza-
tion, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at Mark
Ridley's Comedy Castle, 269 E. Fourth in
Royal Oak. Photos that capture the spirit
of Jerusalem will be sold, along with
Jewish books. RSVP: (248) 327-3579;
www.aishinthewoods.com .

March 27 2008

Holidays er Shabbat

Take a photographic journey with
Robin Frisch-Gleason, a teacher
at Bach Elementary School in Ann
Arbor, during the Shabbat celebra-
tion 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 28,
at Birmingham Temple, 28611 W.12
Mile Rd. in Farmington Hills. She
will talk about participating in the
Antarctic Geologic Drilling Program
in Antarctica with other educators
and scientists. (248) 477-1410.

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 book ($12.50)
through Beth Ahm office or Rabbi
Rubenstein: (248) 851-6880,
raysteven@cbahm.org .

Invite friends and family to
the Shir Chadash service 9
a.m. Saturday, March 29, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield. The
engaging, participatory worship
service offers an educational
Torah reading combined with
Musaf melodies, both traditional
and new. (248) 357-5544.

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. Drop-ins
are welcome. Keren Toby: (248)
788-0600.

Jewish Learning

Attend an illustrated lecture
by University of Michigan Prof.
Victor Rosenberg 7 p.m. Thursday,
March 27, in Room 100, U-M
Library Exhibit Gallery, N. Harlan
Hatcher Graduate Library, 920
N. University in Ann Arbor.
Rosenberg will share first-person
accounts of his relatives' experi-
ences in Nazi forced labor camps
from letters and postcards to his
father, 1938-1946. No charge.
Details: (734) 936-2367 or eger-
tel@umich.edu .

Join Michigan Chapter, Zionist
Organization of America, for Neal

Sher's lecture, "Hypocrisy Rules
in Saudi Ties," 7 p.m. Thursday,
March 27, at the Holocaust
Memorial Center, Zekelman Family
Campus, 28123 Orchard Lake
Road in Farmington Hills. No
charge. Lisa Glazer: (248) 282-
0088 or lisa@mizoa.org .

Hear stories about Jewish mys-
tics, mythology and Jerusalem
during a scholar-in-residence
weekend with Prof. Howard
Schwartz, Friday-Sunday, March
28-30, at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, 1924 Coolidge in East
Lansing. No admission charge.
Schedule: (517) 351-3570.

Attend the Jewish Cultural
Society's free education series
for adults, "From Sumeria to
Brooklyn: the Long, Strange Trip
of the Jewish People," 10:15-11:45
a.m. Sunday, March 30, at the
Jewish Community Center, 2935
Birch Hollow in Ann Arbor. Larry
Kuperman, JCC member and
Sunday school teacher, will talk
about the roots and consequences
of the Holocaust. Refreshments
will be provided. Details: (734)
975-9872 or jcs®jccfed.org .

Review "Israel at 60: The Dream
and the Reality," with author and
Rabbi Sidney Schwarz, founding
president of PANIM: the Institute
for Jewish Leadership and Value,
7:30 p.m. Monday, March 31, at
the West Bloomfield JCC. His
final lecture in a series is "Israel:
Where Do You Stand?" SAJE
for All Seasons is the sponsor,
in collaboration with the Jewish
Community Relations Council and
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit. Admission prices vary,
and reservations are required:
(248) 432-5577, ext. 7; aperga-
ment@jccdet.org .

Listen to Prof. Howard N.
Lupovitch's lecture on "The
'Kaplanization' of American
Jewry," concluding his three-part
American Judaism History Book
Club, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April
10, at Congregation Beth Ahm,
5075 W. Maple in West Bloomfield.
Participants are encouraged
to read the textbook American
Judaism by Prof. Jonathan Sarna,
a leading contemporary historian
of American Jewry. The lecture
is self-contained and can be

understood without attending the
others. No charge, but advance
registration is requested: (248)
851-6880.

Study the Kabbalah with Rabbi
Elimelech Silberberg at 10:30 a.m.
Sundays or 8 p.m. Wednesdays,
through April, at Sara and Morris
Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center,
5595 W. Maple in West Bloomfield.
The class is based on Rabbi Adin
Steinzalt's book, Understanding
the Tanya. (248) 855-6170 or e-
mail BCTC770@aol.com .

Take adult Jewish education
classes at Congregation Beth
Ahm, 5075 W. Maple in West
Bloomfield. No charge. Call for
schedule: (248) 851-6880.

Consider these options for study-
ing Talmud:
• Chabad House, 4718 Half Penny
Court in Commerce Township:
Rabbi Schneor Greenberg's Talmud
class is 10 a.m. Tuesdays. Both
men and women may attend at no
charge. Registration: (248) 363-
3644, chabad@post.com .
• Birmingham/Bloomfield Chai
Center, 39533 Woodward, Suite
140, in Bloomfield Hills: Rabbi
Boruch Cohen leads a Talmud
discussion group for beginners, in
English, 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. No
charge, but register with Rabbi
Cohen: (248) 203-6721, chai-
rabbi@sbcglobal.net .

Atttend Rabbi Rachel Shere's infor-
mal, interactive class, "Lattes and
Learning," 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays
at Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. No
charge. Caren Harwood:
charwood@adatshalom.org .

Explore "Wine & Theology"
with Rabbi Eric Yanoff 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 3, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek B'nai Israel Center,
4200 Walnut Lake Rd. in West
Bloomfield. RSVP to the CSZ
Men's Club: (248) 357-5544.

Seniors

Join with others at the Holocaust
survivors' support group 10-11:30
a.m. Monday, March 31, at the
Oak Park JCC. The facilitator is
Dr. Charles Silow, director of the
Program for Holocaust Survivors
and Families of Jewish Home &