To Do.
Calendar from page B13
only by pre-registration. Details:
sisterhood@shaareyzedek.org .
Events That Help
Browse through a juried arts
and crafts fair, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Wednesday, June 11, at First
United Methodist Church, 1589 W.
Maple in Birmingham. Women of
Bloomfield will give proceeds to
CARE House of Oakland County
for prevention, intervention and
education programming, and
SCAMP, to send children with spe-
cial needs to camp. Beverly Allen:
(248) 737-4160.
Explore the treasure & bake sale,
a benefit for Gilda's Club Metro
Detroit, the nonprofit cancer
support community, 9:30 a.m.-
3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at
Woodlawn Church, 620 Rochester
Road in Royal Oak. The church is
across from Gilda's Club at No.
3517. (248) 577-0800.
See community activist Irwin
Alterman honored at the JCC's
Dr. Larry D. Sills Memorial Golf
Classic and Dinner Monday, June
16, at Meadowbrook Country Club,
40941 Eight Mile in Northville. The
event, including an auction, will
benefit the Send a Kid to Camp
Fund at the JCC. Schedule:
breakfast and registration, 7
a.m.; morning shotgun, 7:45
a.m.; afternoon shotgun, 12:30
p.m.; dinner and program,
7 p.m. Admission: $295 for
game and dinner, or $125 for
dinner only. Paul Barker: (248)
432-5538 or pbarker@jccdet.org .
List of auction items: www.jccdet.
org .
Health
Work through grief at Hospice of
Michigan monthly support groups
held on first and third Tuesdays.
Next times are 2-3:30 and 6-
7:30 p.m. June 17, at HOM office,
43097 Woodward, Suite 102, in
Bloomfield Hills. Register with
Margie Martin: (248) 334-1323.
Get fitter taking a Walk on
Wednesday, the family-friendly
walking club held 9 a.m. every
Wednesday, rain or shine, in
The Village of Rochester Hills,
northeast corner of Walton and
Adams. Each session includes a
one-mile walk and a health tip
from Crittenton Hospital, club co-
sponsor. Jessica Presner: (248)
283-2382.
Rabbi Lau
Mark 50 years of Chabad-
Lubavitch in Michigan 6
p.m. Sunday, June 22, at
Rock Financial Showplace,
46100 Grand River in Novi.
Dinner includes keynote
address by former Israeli
Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir
Lau and performance by
Ethan Bortnick, a 7-year-old
musician-composer. The
event commemorates the
yahrtzeit of the Lubavitcher
Rebbe Menachem Mendel
Schneerson. $36. RSVP:
(248) 877-7978 or info®
lubavitchmi.com .
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Learn why Judaism supports organ and tissue donation and how
to become a donor 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 19, at Congregation
Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple in West Bloomfield. The Tikkun Olam
Committee will present Rabbi Steven Rubenstein, Gift of Life
Michigan's Beth Rubinstein and members of a Beth Ahm family
experienced with organ donation. Portions of a related docu-
mentary will be shown. No charge. Judy Vine: (248) 961-4623 or
panyavino@comcast.net .
kholden®jfsdetroit.org .
Call for a schedule of support
groups that meet mornings at
the Birmingham Area Seniors
Coordinating Council and Center,
2121 Midvale in Birmingham.
Groups discuss Alzheimer's, care
approaches and vision enrichment.
(248) 203-5280:
Chabad Celebration
Save A Life
Helping Out
Contribute to the success of the
JCC Maccabi Games, a Jewish
sports competition for ages 12-16,
scheduled Aug. 17-22 in Metro
Detroit. Sign up to help during
sporting events, join the Detroit
delegation as an athlete, or host
visiting Jewish students from
the United States, Canada, Great
Britain, Hungary, Israel, Mexico
and Venezuela. Details: (248) 432-
5500 or Maccabi@jccdet.org .
Become a mentor to an at-risk
youth in Oakland County through
Mentor Connection, a non-sectar-
ian program of Jewish Family
Service. Details: (248) 592-2317,
Donate your talent as a mime,
clown, juggler or other street-
style performer to Comedy Walk,
the 10th anniversary celebration
of Gilda's Club Metro Detroit,
Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Detroit
Zoo in Royal Oak. Put smiles on
the faces of people affected by
cancer at this annual fundraiser.
Vicky Sale: (248) 475-9111.
Holidays & Shabbat
Experience the Pardes minyan
9 a.m. Saturday, June 21, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek B'nai
Israel Center, 4200 Walnut Lake
Road in West Bloomfield. This
intimate and participatory daven-
ing experience, both informal and
traditional, emphasizes prayer
through song and interactive
study of the weekly Torah reading.
(248) 681-4235.
Gain insight into religious issues
at Stay and Learn on Shabbat,
following Saturday services and
Kiddush at Congregation B'nai
Moshe, 6800 Drake in West
Bloomfield. No charge. Drop-ins
are welcome. Keren Toby: (248)
788-0600.
Participate in Rabbi Steven
Rubenstein's Torah study
group 9-9:30 a.m. Saturdays at
Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075
W. Maple in West Bloomfield. He
focuses weekly on one "big idea"
from the Torah. The text used is
The Bible's Top 50 Ideas by Rabbi
Dov Peretz Elkins, available ($12)
through Rabbi Rubenstein: (248)
851-6880, raysteven®cbahm.org .
Jewish Learning
Improve your understanding of
the Shabbat morning prayers at
an intermediate-level prayer-book
Hebrew reading class 2-3 p.m.
Mondays at Cong. Beth Ahm,
5075 W. Maple in West Bloomfield.
Adult learners must have a
knowledge of basic, phonetic
prayer-book Hebrew. No charge,
but requires textbook purchase
($18). Details from instructor Amy
Appelman: relschool@cbahm.org
or (248) 851-8820.
Learning
Explore the water issue as it
affects Michigan and Israel
at a lunch and learn noon-1
p.m. Monday, June 16, at the
Jewish Federation Building,
6735 Telegraph in Bloomfield
Township. Michigan Coalition
on the Environment and Jewish
Life will present speaker Mebby
Pearson of AmeriCorps' Michigan
Groundwater Stewardship
Program. No charge, but bring
your own lunch. RSVP: mi-coejl®
jfmd.org or (248) 642-5393, ext.
7.
Hear details about the Michigan
Opera Theater's upcoming opera
season at a luncheon noon
Tuesday, June 17, at Congregation
Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple in
West Bloomfield. Greater Detroit
Chapter of Hadassah's Bloomfield
Hills, Deborah and Evergreen
groups will host Dr. Wallace Peace,
Wayne State University history
professor. $17. RSVP: (248) 661-
4633.
Become informed about options
for child adoption 7-9 p.m.
Wednesday, June 18, at the JFS
Orley Family Building, 6555 W.
Maple in West Bloomfield. Hosting
the monthly seminar is Alliance
for Adoption, a division of Jewish
Family Service. No charge.
Registration required: (248) 592-
2345 or adoption®jfsdetroit.org .
Let curator Joel Stone fill you
in on the 300-year history of
"Smugglers on the Straits,"
including tales of the Jewish
Purple Gang, 6-8 p.m. Thursday,
June 19, at Dossin Great Lakes
Museum, 100 Strand Drive on
Belle Isle in Detroit. No charge
for members, others pay $20.
Talk helps preview the Detroit
Historical Society's newest exhibit
at the museum, open 11 a.m.-4
p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. (313)
833-1801.
Seniors
Socialize at a Holocaust survi-
vors' support group 10-11:30 a.m.
Monday, June 16, at the Oak Park
JCC. The facilitator is Dr. Charles
Silow, director of the Program for
Holocaust Survivors and Families
of Jewish Home & Aging Services.
(248) 661-2999.
Come to Cafe Europa 1 p.m.
Monday, June 16, at the Oak Park
JCC. Galina Feldman will entertain
and refreshments will be served.
The Holocaust Survivors and
Families Support Group sponsors
the free program. (248) 967-
4030.
Attend monthly support groups
open to caregivers of individu-
als with Alzheimer's disease and
other dementias. Sponsored by
Dorothy & Peter Brown Jewish
Community Adult Day Care
Program. Schedule: 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 19, and 7-9 p.m.
Monday, June 23, at Jewish Home
& Aging Services, 6710 W. Maple
in West Bloomfield. No charge to
attend, but must RSVP to facilita-
tor Fran Cook: (248) 661-6390.
Hear Rabbi Yechiel Morris of
Young Israel of Southfield discuss
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