To DO! Calendar Sponsored by
Congregation Shaarc Zedek
Steps For Sarah
Take a 1.5-mile walk
for the Sarah Gittleman
Research Memorial Fund
for Mastocytosis Diseases,
10-11 a.m. (register 9:15)
Sunday, Oct. 12, leaving from
Huntington Woods Recreation
Center, 26325 Scotia in
Huntington Woods. Donations
from non-walkers, too, will help
find a cure for the rare disease
that took the life of Sarah, a
Berkley School District stu-
dent. Check payable to the Mastocytosis Society — SGF (for Sarah Gittleman
Fund) can be mailed to: Gittleman Family, 25490 Hereford Drive, Royal Oak, MI
48067. Walk-athon registration: gittlemanfundraiser@yahoo.com .
•I'm not Rappaport: Yiddish/Jewish video,
1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6. Free. Sponsor is the
Holocaust Survivors and Families Support
Group.
• The Producers: The original with Zero
Mostel and Gene Wilder, 1 p.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 7. The Active Life sponsors. $1 charge
includes refreshments.
Attend a monthly support group open to
caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's
disease and other dementias 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 7, at JVS, 29699 Southfield
Road in Southfield. Sponsored by Dorothy
& Peter Brown Jewish Community Adult
Day Care Program. No charge to attend, but
must RSVP to facilitator Dorothy (Mantis)
Moon: (248) 233-4392.
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Simcha Tolwin and Cantor Chaim Klainberg
lead services 6:43 p.m. (candle lighting)
Wednesday, Oct. 8, and 10 a.m. Thursday,
Oct. 9, at Burton Elementary School, 26315
Scotia in Huntington Woods. (248) 948-
9908.
• Sholem Aleichem Institute: The Lathrup
Village-based organization hosts secular and
musical holiday assemblies for Kol Nidre,
8-9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, and Yom
Kippur, 10 a.m.-noon Thursday, Oct. 9, at
Orchard Lake Middle School, 6000 Orchard
Lake Road in West Bloomfield. Donations
welcome. (248) 423-4406.
• Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring: The
secular, cultural observance features music,
singing, readings and social action 10 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Oak Park JCC.
Donation: $30, or $20 member. (248) 432-
5677, miracle1@aol.com .
Jewish Learning
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/film-
maker Alan Morinis, Oct. 3-5. Morinis wrote
Everyday Holiness: The Jewish Spiritual Path
of Mussar. Adina Pergament of SAJE: (248)
432-5470. Programs with Morinis:
• "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. More with the
speaker at noon: (248) 357-5544.
• "The Veils and Their Meaning": 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, Oct. 5, at Janice Charach Gallery
inside the West Bloomfield JCC. (248) 583-
2476.
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Attend Ohr Somayach's Mary Einstein
Shapero Memorial Lunch and Learn dis-
cussing Holiday Benchmarks. Speaking is
Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb of Ohr Somayach in
Jerusalem at 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.
7, at the Max M. Fisher Jewish Federation
Building, 6735 Telegraph, Bloomfield
Township. $18. RSVP: (248) 352-4870 or e-
mail osdetroit@gmail.com .
Listen to Keren Alpert, Temple Beth El rab-
binic associate, at the next lunch-and-learn
program, "Out of the Mouths of Caves: What
is the Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls?"
noon Thursday, Oct. 16, at 7400 Telegraph
in Bloomfield Twp. Free admission; bring a
brown bag lunch. Reservations: (248) 865-
0612.
Join Rabbi Joseph Krakoff of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek for "The Living Torah," an
in-depth study of the books of Numbers and
Deuteronomy at Hillel Day School, 32200
Middlebelt in Farmington Hills. Sessions
meet 7:30 p.m. on two to four Mondays
monthly, through May 11. Free. Schedule/
RSVP: (248) 357-5544.
Explore the Kabbalah with Rabbi Elimelech
Silberberg at Bais Chabad Torah Center,
5595 W. Maple in West Bloomfield. Ongoing
classes meet 10:30 a.m. Sundays and 8:30
p.m. Thursdays. Details: bctc770@aol.com ,
248-855-6170.
Seniors
Socialize at the Holocaust survivors' sup-
port group 10-11:30 a.m. every Monday,
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.
Watch movies with other seniors at the Oak
Park JCC. (248) 967-4030:
Experiment with various media at the ongo-
ing Farber Adult Art classes 9 a.m.-noon
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the
Oak Park JCC. Harriet Gelfond facilitates.
Tuition and art supplies over 10 sessions
cost $40 for JCC members, $60 for others.
(248) 967-4030.
Pass the afternoon playing cards with the
Ben-Gurion Men's Group noon-4 p.m. week-
days at the Oak Park JCC. No charge. (248)
967-4030.
Brush up your 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 ongoing
instruction. Session charge: $4; $2 for JCC
members. (248) 967-4030.
Discuss current events with other seniors
and group leader Dave Weiner 10:30 a.m.
Thursdays, at the Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-
4030.
Young Adults
Socialize after Yom Kippur ends at Break n'
Bowl, offering bowling and bagels, 9:20 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 9, at Thunderbird Lanes, 400
W. Maple in Troy. RSVP by Oct. 7 to Mitch at
Hillel of Metro Detroit: (313) 577-3459,
hillelpd@wayne.edu .
Get involved with campus Hillel programs
for ages 18-30:
• Wayne State University: Gather at the
Yom Kippur table 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8,
first floor of Student Center Building, 667
Grosberg Center, Detroit; www.hillel-detroit.
org . Hillel of Metro Detroit hotline: (313) 577-
8888. hillelpd®wayne.edu .
• Eastern Michigan University: 965
Washtenaw, Ypsilanti; www.emuhillel.
org . Audrey Bloomberg: (734) 482-0456;
audrey@emuhillel.org .
• University of Michigan:1429 Hill Street,
Ann Arbor; www.umhillel.org . (734) 769-
0500, umhillel@umich.edu .
• Michigan State University: Lester & Jewell
Morris Hillel Jewish Student Center, 360
Charles Street, East Lansing; www.msuhillel.
org . Jessica Katz: (517) 332-1916; jessica®
msuhillel.org .
Youth
Attend the family informational meeting
for Rainbows, a 12-week peer support pro-
gram for children coping with a divorce,
death of a parent or other life changes, 7-8
p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, at the Birmingham
Temple, 28611 W.12 Mile in Farmington Hills.
Sponsored by Southfield-based National
Council of Jewish Women, the free program
starts Monday, Oct. 27. (248) 355-3300.
Join the Imagine Busy Babies Play Group,
for ages 2-5,11 a.m. Fridays, at Temple Israel,
5725 Walnut Lake Rd. West Bloomfield. Free.
RSVP: Michelle Lichtman: (248) 661-5700 or
michelle®temple-israel.org .
The JN's To Dol calendar is compiled
by Esther Allweiss lngber.
Pure Puppetry
Smile at the musical puppet show
Kolobok, a Russian folk tale about the
gingerbread man, 2 p.m. Saturdays,
Oct. 4-25, at PuppetART Theater,
25 E. Grand River in Detroit. Tickets:
$5 children, $10 adults, and $8 for
optional puppetry workshop after per-
formance. (313) 961-7777,
www.puppetart.org .