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Upcoming 'Events

Every Monday

Adult Education
with Rabbi Joseph Krakoff
The Living Torah: The Books of
Numbers and Deuteronomy

7:30 PM Hillel Day School

September 16

Adult Education
with Rabbi Aaron Starr
The Meaning of Life

7:30 PM • CSZ B'nai Israel Center

September 18

Young .Adults
Tequila Gedola

8:30 PM • Sangria

401 S. Lafayette, Royal Oak

September 21

Sheldon Low Family Concert

11:00 AM • CSZ Southfield

September 21

Day of Remembrance

2:00 PM • Clover Hill Park Cemetery

September 23

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Adult Education
The Meaning of Life featuring
Guest Speaker Jeffrey Zaslow

7:30 PM • CSZ B'nai Israel Center

For more information, please call the
synagogue office at 248/357-5544

Check It Out!

Arts & Culture

See the Seinfeld Campus Tour Bus
noon-4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12 at 5216
Gullen Mall on the Wayne State
campus in Detroit. Canned food for
the needy will be collected.

Check out "Leader of the Pack:
2008 WSU Faculty Exhibition,"
at the opening reception 5-8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 12, in Community
Arts Gallery, 150 Community Arts
Building, at Wayne State in Detroit.
Through Oct. 17: (313) 577-0770.

Meet Amanda Besl of New York
at an artist's reception 5-8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 12, at Lemberg
Gallery, 23241 Woodward in
Ferndale. Her exhibit, "If the

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Slipper Fits," are tiny paintings
inspired by "the murky secrets of
the adolescent world." Through
Oct. 12: (248) 591-6623.

Attend the opening night reception
for Marie Woo's "A Clay Odyssey"
6-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at
the BBAC, 1516 S. Cranbrook in
Birmingham. Free. Through Oct.
10: (248) 644-0866.

Come to a combined party and
sale of art items up to $50,
6-10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at
Manoogian Visual Resource Center
at College for Creative Studies,
301 Frederick Douglass in Detroit.
Admission: $50 for two; includes
food, cocktails and dancing to the
Big Shorty Band. (313) 664-7464.

Let Nada Jurisic explain about
her "arf work" displayed in "It's
Reigning Cats and Dogs" 1 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 13, at Ariana
Gallery, 119 S. Main in Royal Oak.
Open daily. (248) 546-8810, www.
arianagallery.com .

Explore the "Summer Select"
exhibition, including artist Michael
Goldberg, at David Klein Gallery,
163 Townsend in Birmingham.
Through Sept. 13: (248) 433-
3700, info®dkgallery.com .

Spend a dollar to see four new
exhibits and old favorites at the
Detroit Historical Museum 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, and
noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, at
5401 Woodward. (313) 833-1805,
www.detroithistorical.org .

Audition to sing with the
Farmington Community Chorus
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, at
Costick Activities Center, 28600
W.11 Mile in Farmington Hills.
Chorus gives a holiday concert in
December. (248) 471-4516, www.
farmingtonchorus.com .

Bring book titles, authors and
ideas to an organizational meet-
ing for a new Israeli book club 7
p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, in the
Henry and Delia Meyers Library
at the West Bloomfield JCC. Fran
Menken: (248) 432-5546, fmen-
ken@jccdet.org .

Learn about books worth reading.
Guests are welcome:
•West Bloomfield JCC Book Club:
The Attack by Yasmina Khadra
noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.
17, at the West Bloomfield JCC.
Book tells the story of an Israeli-
Arab surgeon who learns that
his wife was a suicide bomber.
Elisabeth Shubow of the West
Bloomfield Public Library is the
facilitator. Bring a lunch; refresh-
ments and dessert provided.
Registration required with librar-
ian Fran Menken: (248) 432-5546,
fmenken@jccdet.org .
•JPM/JCC Book Club: A Pigeon
and a Boy by Meir Shalev 1 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 25. (248) 967-
4030.

Hear West Bloomfield resident
Mania Salinger's experiences
growing up in pre-war Poland and
during the Holocaust, at events

New Chapter
Follow the story of two peo-
ple who find love again in
Neil Simon's romantic com-
edy Chapter Two, staged
through Sept. 28 at the
Jewish Ensemble Theatre,
lower level of the West
Bloomfield JCC. Tickets:
$29-$39 with discounts
for seniors and students.
Performance schedule: (248) 788-2900.

associated with her new book,
Looking Back:
•Book signing: Salinger will sign
copies of her book 7 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 19, at Barnes & Noble
Bookseller, 6800 Orchard Lake
Road in West Bloomfield.
•Hadassah luncheon: Sharon,
Masada and Henrietta Szold
Groups of Greater Detroit Chapter
of Hadassah will present Salinger
noon Tuesday, Sept. 23, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt in Farmington Hills.
Charge: $10 for members, $12 for
guests. RSVP required: (248) 683-
5030.

Take a stroll of art galleries 6-9
p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, in Rochester.
Mary Fortuna of Paint Creek
Center for the Arts: (248) 651-
4110.

Check out the always Funky
Ferndale Art Fair 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20-21,
in downtown Ferndale. Event has
more than 100 juried artists and
food vendors.
www.michiganartshow.com .

Browse the annual "Unfiltered" art
show at Octane Gallery, 22750
Woodward, Suite B1, in Ferndale.
Eclectic exhibition emphasizes
works by self-trained artists.
Through Sept. 21:
(248) 399-2355,
www.octanephotographic.com .

Appreciate "Full Bloom: Flowers
and Plants in Art," an art history
lecture with Detroit Institute of
Arts docent Linda Wells, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the Oak Park
Library, 14200 Oak Park Blvd.
Free. (248) 691-7483.

Watch as the "JCG Goes Pop!" a
Janice Charach Epstein Gallery

display highlighting the work of
Romero Britto, inside the West
Bloomfield JCC. Through Sept.
25: (248) 432-5448, www.jccdet.
org/culturalarts/gallery.

Enjoy the "Rhythms in Fabric
and Time" exhibit, featuring
fiber works and African drums,
at Farmington Hills City Gallery,
lobby of Costick Activities Center,
28600 W.11 Mile. Through Oct. 31:
(248) 473-1856.

Register by Nov. 17 to be an arti-
san or vendor at this year's Gift
Emporium 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday,
Dec. 14, at the Oak Park JCC.
Details: (248) 967-4030, ext.
2006.

Reserve your place on the Jewish
Federation's Family Mission to
Israel. Dates are Dec. 25, 2008-
Jan. 4, 2009. Details: (248) 642-
8639 or skaufman@jfmd.org .

Cinema & Stage

See neat freak Florence Unger
coping with messy roommate
Olive Madison in the female ver-
sion of Neil Simon's comedy The
Odd Couple. The Dearborn Players
Guild production will be staged on
the weekends of Sept. 12 -28, at
21730 Madison in Dearborn. Show
times/tickets: (313) 561-TKTS,
www.playersguildofdearborn.org .

Learn from the program The
Jewish people: A story of sur-
vival, a historical overview of
numerous civilizations over four
millennia, 8-11 p.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 16, on WTVS Detroit Public
Television (Channel 56). Tune in
to these local cable channels: 6
for Comcast; 11 for Bright House
Networks; 3 for WOW; 56 for AT&T
U-verse. (248) 305-3780.