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"Is There a Mitzvah to Learn
to Speak Hebrew" at the next
meeting of COJAR (Council of
Orthodox Jewish Active Retirees)
11:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 18,
at the Oak Park JCC. At 1 p.m.,
Yoav Raban, community shaliach
(Israeli emissary) will discuss "The
"Importance of Shlichot in Jewish
Communities." There is a charge.
(248) 967-4030.
Join the Shaarey Zedek Seniors
for a musical show with the
Banjoes of Michigan 1 p.m.
Wednesday, June 18, in Adler Hall
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Road in Southfield.
Refreshments will be served. Call
to arrange a ride: (248) 357-5544.
Enjoy lunch and a concert start-
ing at noon Thursday, June
19, at the Oak Park JCC. At
1 p.m., soprano Kelly Janney,
accompanied by pianist Martin
Mandelbaum, will perform music
from the Broadway stage. The Ben
and Lorraine Pivnick Senior Adult
Fund is the program sponsor. Free
for JCC members, $1 for others.
Reservation required for lunch
($2.75): (248) 967-4030.
Relax at a concert featuring
Stephanie Michaels 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 19, at Temple
Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road in
West Bloomfield. No charge. (248)
661-5700.
Rockaway At Holocaust Center
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
is the facilitator. Tuition and art
supplies over 10 sessions cost $40
for JCC members, $60 for others.
(248) 967-4030.
Have a pleasant afternoon playing
cards with the Ben-Gurion Men's
Group noon-4 p.m. weekdays at
the Oak Park JCC. No charge.
(248) 967-4030.
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. No
charge. (248) 967-4030.
Create something special at the
Barbara Bloom Judaica Arts &
Crafts Class 9:30-11:30 a.m. every
Thursday at the Oak Park JCC.
Rifcah Krolikowski provides ongo-
ing instruction. Session charge:
$4; $2 for JCC members. (248)
967-4030.
Discuss current events with group
leader Dave Weiner 10:30 a.m.
every Thursday at the Oak Park
JCC. No charge (248) 967-4030.
Young Adults
participants on the 10-day Taglit-
Birthright Israel trip at 6 p.m.
Wednesday, June 18, at a location
to be announced. Bring pictures!
RSVP by June 17 to Mitch: (313)
577-3459 or hillelpd@wayne.edu .
Celebrate "Shabbat Under the
Stars," and dine with new friends
and old, 7:30 p.m. Friday, June
27, at Jaycee Park, off Webster
between Phillips and Bacon in
Royal Oak. The Hillel-sponsored
event for young adults will take
place inside the park pavilion if it
rains. Dinner charge: $7 payable in
advance. Shabbat housing can be
requested. RSVP by June 25 to
Mitch: (313) 577-3459 or hillelpd@
wayne.edu .
Participate in campus Hillel pro-
grams, offering a variety of activi-
ties for young adults, ages 18-30:
• Wayne State University: 667
Grosberg Center, Detroit; www.
hillel-detroit.org . Hillel of Metro
Detroit hotline: (313) 577-8888.
hillel@wayne.edu .
360 Charles, East Lansing; www.
msuhillel.org . Marisa Saltzman:
(517) 332-1916; marisa@msuhillel.
org .
Youth
Have a family night at "Campfire
Tales," a program featuring
award-winning storyteller Judy
Sima, 7 p.m. Friday, June 13, at
Marshbank Park, 2805 Hiller in
West Bloomfield. Enjoy s'mores,
too. No charge. Laurel Zoet: (248)
451-1917.
Musical Thursdays
Bring a blanket or lawn chair, and perhaps a picnic dinner,
to the Farmington Hills' summer concert series 7:30-9 p.m.
most Thursdays through Aug. 28, in the new amphithe-
atre at Heritage Park, 24915 Farmington, south of 11 Mile,
in Farmington Hills. In case of rain, come to Costick Center,
28600 W.11 Mile. Schedule: Farmington Community Band
(instrumental), June 19; Barbara Bailey-Hutchinson (folk
vocal/instrumental), June 26. Details: (248) 473-1857/1870.
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Kids, enter your best artwork for
prizes in the Target Youth Art
Competition, part of the Orchard
Lake Fine Art Show scheduled
July 25-27, at St. Mary's Schools,
Indian Trail and Commerce roads
in Orchard Lake. Open to stu-
dents in grades K-8, ages 5-13.
Deadline: June 15. Each entry:
$3, with maximum of two per
person. Details/application: www.
HotWorks.org .
a.m. and ending 6 p.m. Details:
www.detroitzoo.org , education@
detroitzoo.org or (248) 541-5717,
ext.3800.
Reserve seats for The Jungle
Book, a play for children present-
ed 10:30 a.m. June 24-27, July 1-3
and 8-12 at the Hilberry Theatre,
4743 Cass on the Wayne State
University campus in Detroit.
Tickets: $8 for adults, $5 for chil-
dren. (313) 577-2972.
• Eastern Michigan University:
965 Washtenaw, Ypsilanti; www.
emuhillel.org . Audrey Bloomberg:
(734) 482-0456; audrey@emuhil-
lel.org .
• University of Michigan:1429 Hill
Street, Ann Arbor; www.umhillel.
org . (734) 769-0500; umhillel@
umich.edu .
• Michigan State University:
Join a Hillel-sponsored reunion for
Robert Rockaway, former Detroiter and
professor emeritus of Jewish history at Tel
Aviv University, will speak 7 p.m. Thursday,
June 19, at the Holocaust Memorial Center,
Farmington Hills. He will talk on "Letters
from a Viennese Jew Trapped in Vichy
France."
Rockaway will detail the plight of Max
Robert
Vielgut, a young Viennese Jew who fled
Rockaway
Austria in 1939. From 1940-42, Vielgut was
in a series of internment camps in Vichy,
France. During his incarceration, he wrote several letters to a
sister living in the U.S., describing his deteriorating circum-
stances, and expressing his hopes and ears for himself and his
father. The event is free and open to the public.
Take in the Village Youth
Theatre's musical comedy, Little
Shop of Horrors, Thursday, June
19-22, at the Village Players
Theater, 34660 Woodward in
Birmingham. Performances: 7:30
p.m. Thursday-Saturday, and
2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Purchase tickets ($16): (248) 644-
2075; www.birminghamvillage-
players.com.
Call for a brochure for Camp
Keshet 2008, offering daytime
sessions June 16-Aug. 8 at
both locations of Cong. Shaarey
Zedek's Beth Hayeled Nursery
School and Kindergarten. Call
Rena Cohen for Southfield: (248)
357-5544, or Rena Weintraub for
West Bloomfield: (248) 681-4235.
Bring ages 12-30 months to
Parent Tot Shabbat, starting
Friday morning, June 20, at Can
Shalom Preschool and Parenting
Center at Congregation Beth
Shalom,14601 W. Lincoln in Oak
Park. Tuition: $40 for four weeks.
More four-week offerings are:
Splish Splash Summertime, start-
ing Tuesday, June 17, for ages
14 months-3 years, and Music N
Movement, starting Thursday,
June 19, for newborn through age
3. Class and day camp registra-
tion: (248) 437-7970, ext. 234, or
sgartenberg@congbethshalom.org .
Introduce children, ages 4-14, to
the animal kingdom at Summer
Safari camps starting Monday,
June 23, at the Detroit Zoo in
Royal Oak. Sessions range from
half-day to weeklong to overnight.
Tuition: $35-$235, discounted for
zoo members. Additional charge
for extended hours, starting 7:30
Celebrate Cancer
Survivorship
Survivorship
University, a
community
education
program of
the Detroit-
based
Pat Sachs
Barbara Ann
Karmanos
Cancer Institute will pres-
ent its fourth annual
Celebration of Survivorship
at 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday,
June 19, at Shriners
Auditorium and Conference
Center, 24350 Southfield
Road, Southfield.
The evening will include
speakers, exhibits and
presentation of the sec-
ond annual Patricia Milner
Sachs Heart of a Survivor
Award, named after the
Karmanos community edu-
cator who died two years
ago. The celebration is free
and open to the community.
RSVP: 800-KARMANOS
or www.karmanos.org and
register under Survivorship
University.