Calendar from page B14 "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. B16 June 12 ° 2008 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.