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UpcomlitigIvents
Every Monday
Adult Education
with Rabbi Joseph Krakoff
The Living Torah: The Books of
Numbers and Deuteronomy
7:30 PM • Hillel Day School
October 4
Featuring Alan Morinis
Community-Wide Mussar Shabbaton
Featuring Alan Morinis
Ethical Living
Get acquainted with Mussar, a Jewish tradi-
tion dating from the 10th century, at the JCC's
Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment (SAJE)
weekend with anthropologist/filmmaker Alan
Morinis, Oct. 3-5. Morinis wrote Everyday
Holiness: The Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar.
Details from Adina Pergament: (248) 432-
5470. His schedule:
• "What Is Mussar and How Can it Change
My Life?": 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, at Temple
Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road in West
Bloomfield. (248) 661-5700.
• "The Parsha Through a Mussar Lens":
9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek B'nai Israel, 4200 Walnut Lake
Road in West Bloomfield. Free lunch-and-learn
at noon will require RSVP by Oct. 2: (248)
357-5544.
• "The Veils and Their Meaning":10:30
a.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, in Charach Gallery of the
West Bloomfield JCC. Free brunch program will
require RSVP by Oct. 2: (248) 583-2476.
9:00 AM • CSZ B'nai Israel Center
October 14
Sukkot Celebration
followed by Sukkah Stroll
10:00 AM • CSZ Southfield
October 21
Simchat Torah Family Program
5:30 PM • CSZ Southfield
October 21
Simchat Torah Block Party
7:00 PM • CSZ B'nai Israel Center
November 7
Featuring Rabbi Daniel Gordis
Kabbalat Shabbat Service & Dinner
Welcoming New Members
6:00 PM • CSZ Southfield
For more information, please call the
synagogue office at 248/357-5544
www.shaareyzedek.org
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EARLY CALENDAR SUBMISSION DEADLINES
L'shanah tovah! Please note our holiday deadlines: Items for
the Oct. 9 calendar must be here by noon Monday, Sept. 29.
Arts & Culture
Evergreen. $6-$8. www.antignet.
com/M&M.
Meet actress Jamie Lee Curtis
introducing her new children's
book, Big Words for Little People,
7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at
Borders, 612 E. Liberty in Ann
Arbor. (734) 668-7652.
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.
Browse the Southfield Pavilion
Antiques Exposition the weekend
of Sept. 26-28 at the Southfield
Municipal Complex, 26000
Reserve your place on the Jewish
Federation's Family Mission to
Israel. Dates are Dec. 25, 2008-
Jan. 4, 2009. Details: (248) 642-
B56
September 25 • 2008
8639 or skaufman@jfmd.org .
Cinema & Stage
Laugh at David Regal and Arthur
Beer in Neil Simon's comedy The
Sunshine Boys, opening 8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 26, in the Marygrove
College Theater, 8425 W.
McNichols in Detroit. The Theatre
Company of University of Detroit
Mercy will present the show for
three weekends, through Oct. 12.
Tickets: (313) 993-3270,
www.theatre.udmercy.edu .
Ponder the Stagecrafters 2nd
Stage production of Doubt: a
Parable, opening 8 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 3, at the Baldwin Theatre,
415 S. Lafayette in downtown
Royal Oak. The award-win-
ning thriller has evening shows
Thursday-Sunday, and Sunday
matinees, through Oct. 12.
Tickets: $12. (248) 541-6430.
Concerts
Experience a Opus 3 concert with
pianist Christopher Taylor 8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 4, at Seligman
Performing Arts Center, 22305 W.
13 Mile on the campus of Detroit
Country Day School in Beverly
Hills. Chamber Music Society of
Detroit presents series. Tickets:
www.comehearcmsd.org .
Hear violinist Anton Shelepov with
the Andiamo String Quartet in the
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
Afternoon Delights Concert
Series 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.
8, at the Jewish Community
Center of Washtenaw County,
2935 Birch Hollow Dr. $8. (734)
994-4801.
Celebrate Detroit musical heritage
at the annual Motor City Blues &
Boogie Woogie Festival Friday-
Saturday, Oct. 3-4, at the Music
Hall Center for the Performing
Arts, 350 Madison in Detroit. $35
nightly; $75 VIP ticket includes
mezzanine seating, complimentary
buffet and a cash bar. Schedule/
box office: (313) 887-8500.
Event Hotline
Embellish your needle skills Friday
through Sunday, Sept. 26-28, dur-
ing the American Sewing Expo at
Rock Financial Showplace, 46100
Grand River in Novi. Details: www.
AmericanSewingExpo.com or
(248) 889-3111.
Learn about publishing from new
authors Max and Eli Sussman
2:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
27, at the Commerce Township
Community Library, 2869 N.
Pontiac Trail. The Sussman
brothers, formerly of Huntington
Woods, will sign copies of
Freshman in the Kitchen: From
Clueless Cook to Creative Chef.
Refreshments will be their recipes.
(248) 669-8108.
Look for color changes out-
side with the Jewish Hikers of
Michigan, 1-2:30 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 28, at Argo Park in Ann
Arbor. Singles, couples and all
ages should meet at 201 Depot
Street, east of Main. Free. Details:
jewish.hikers@gmail.com or
Ronnie Simon of co-sponsoring
Temple Beth Emeth of Ann Arbor:
(734) 665-4744.
Sign up for trips, both near and
far, through the JCC's Center
Travel Dept. October's outings
include Say Goodnight, Gracie,
Oct. 16, at Gem Theater in Detroit
and Margaret Garner, Oct. 17, at
Detroit Opera House. Full sched-
ule/fees: (248) 432-5471, www.
jccdet.org .
Play and socialize at Temple Shir
Shalom's Mah Jongg Tournament
6 p.m. (registration) Wednesday,
Oct. 29, at 3999 Walnut Lake
Road in West Bloomfield. $25, or
$20 pre-paid by Oct. 10. Details
from Sheryl Fox: sjafox05@yahoo.
com .
Events That Help
Return to Canada for the Windsor
Jewish community's reunion
Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Windsor
Jewish Community Centre,1641
Ouellette. Starts with Havdalah
service at 8:05 p.m. $75 includes
kosher catering, dancing, comedian
and auction. www.windsorgala.com .
Find baby items, children's
clothing and toys at the Jewish
Parents Institute's Mom 2 Mom
Sale 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
28, at the West Bloomfield JCC.
Admission: $1. Strollers allowed
after 12:30. Shelley Wright: (248)
432-5472, swright@jccdet.org.
Participate in Yad Ezra kosher
food pantry's Yom Kippur Food
Drive. Take grocery bags or dona-
tion envelopes home from where
you observe Rosh Hashanah
and return them filled with food
or money, respectively, on Yom
Kippur. (248) 548-3663.
"Walk for Lupus" 10 a.m. Saturday,
Sept. 27, at Metro Beach, 31330
Metro Parkway in Harrison Twp.
Details: (800) 705-6677, www.
milupus.org .
Assist Children's Leukemia
Foundation attending its dinner