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Hear some seasonal "Horns &
Howls" with the Motor City Brass
Band 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at
Ford Community and Performing
Arts Center, 15801 Michigan in
Dearborn. Tickets: (3130 943-
2354, www.mcbb.org .
Catch the Aaron Gold Band
opening for percussionist Ravish
Momin and his world-jazz trio
Tarana 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, at
Canterbury House, 721 E. Huron in
Ann Arbor. Admission: $10, $5 for
students. www.canterburyhouse.
org/concert-series.html, (734)
665-2240.
Event Hotline
Attend the Young Leadership
Division kickoff event of the
Zionist Organization of America,
Michigan Region 7 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 23, at the Max M. Fisher
Federation Bldg., 6735 Telegraph,
Bloomfield Township. Sam
Friedman of the Friends of the
Reserves speaks. Contact Sarah
Lorenz, (248) 282-0088 or
sarah@mizoa.org .
Celebrate the newly restored
Westin Book Cadillac Hotel at
an Access Detroit block party
featuring bands, DJs, rappers,
artists and other performers 8:30-
10:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at 1114
Washington Blvd. in downtown
Detroit. Free. A pass for late-night
entertainment until 2 a.m. costs
$100. Details: www.accessdetroite-
vent.com .
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• Ameinu, Rabin Branch 960:
The former Labor Zionist Alliance
will discuss the upcoming Israeli
elections following a potluck meal
6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at a
member home in Oak Park. Guest
speakers will be former kibbutznik
Natan Fuchs and Yoav Raban,
Detroit's community shaliach. No
charge; bring a dish. RSVP: (248)
399-1650.
• Jewish Community Relations
Council: Shabbat dinner will fea-
ture guest speaker Neil Lazarus,
an internationally acclaimed
expert on Israel and the Middle
East, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at
the Oak Park JCC. Dinner charge:
$10 due in advance. Shabbat hous-
ing available upon request. RSVP
by Nov. 5 to Karen: (313) 577-
3459 or hilleled@wayne.edu .
Gather your group, six to a car, for
a road rally:
• Congregation Shir Tikvah, 3900
Northfield Parkway in Troy: The
"One Gallon Road Rally" promises
a challenging evening of clue
'Walking With God'
Explore different Jewish understandings of God and what
the perspectives can mean for your daily life in a 13-part
adult study series, "Walking With God,"
10-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, starting Oct.
28 (no class Nov. 4), at Congregation
Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple in West
Bloomfield. Sessions feature discussion,
learning in pairs and journaling. Tuition:
$36; $18 for Beth Ahm members. RSVP
to instructor Rabbi Steven Rubenstein:
(248) 851-6880, ext. 17, or raysteven@
cbahm.org
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Catalpa. Tickets: (248) 931-5169.
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solving 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25.
Admission: $6 member; $7 guest.
Dinner on your own upon conclu-
sion. RSVP/details: (248) 689-
4003.
• Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt in Farmington Hills:
Join the Men's Club-sponsored
rally, including refreshments and
prizes, 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Nov.1.
There is a charge. RSVP by Oct.
24: (248) 851-5100.
Hear klezmer music at Beth
Shalom Sisterhood's membership
brunch 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at
Congregation Beth Shalom, 14601
W. Lincoln in Oak Park. Admission:
$5-$14. RSVP to Marcia Tanzman:
(248) 737-0644.
Celebrate Congregation Shaarey
Zedek's legacy as Judge Avern
Cohn is honored 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 27375
Bell Road in Southfield. A dessert
reception will follow concert with
Cantor Meir Finkelstein. $118; or
$500 for patron tickets with pre-
ferred seating. Tobye Bello: (248)
357-5544.
Sign up for cultural outings
through the JCC's Center Travel
Dept. Upcoming: Murder by
Poe, Wednesday, Oct. 29, at
Meadowbrook Theater. A trip to
Washington, D.C., including the
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum,
is Tuesday-Saturday, Oct. 28-Nov.
1. Learn about winter trips 3 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 27, in Room 202 at
West Bloomfield JCC. Schedule:
(248) 432-5471, www.jccdet.org .
Find inspiration at the
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Sisterhood Torah Fund Luncheon
for Benefactors, featuring speaker
Rabbi Aaron Starr, 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 30, at the home of
Dina Brodsky. Details from Tobye
Bello: (248) 357-5544.
Reserve your place on the Jewish
Federation's Family Mission to
Israel. Dates: Dec. 25-Jan. 4. (248)
642-8639, skaufman@jfmd.org .
Socialize over games at these
Sisterhood events:
•Temple Shir Shalom, 3999
Walnut Lake Road in West
Bloomfield: Mah jongg tournament
6 p.m. (registration) Wednesday,
Oct. 29. $25. Sheryl Fox:
sjafox05@yahoo.com .
• Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Road in Southfield:
Cash prizes offered at euchre
party 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
1. Charges to participate vary.
Saraphoena: (248) 336-0397 or
SBKoffron@comcast.net .
Events That Help
Shop more than 100 exhibitors at
holiday craft show 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Saturday, Nov.1, at Frost Middle
School, 14041 Stark, north of 1-96
and west of Farmington Road. $2;
strollers not allowed. (734) 744-
2670.
Cheer for the 2008 Tour of
Gymnastics Superstars perform-
ing 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, at Joe
Louis Arena in downtown Detroit.
Details: (313) 471-1611.
Listen to former U.N. Ambassador
John Bolton at the 75th annual
Balfour Celebration of Michigan
Region-Zionist Organization of
America 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9,
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Road in Southfield.
Anna and Leonard Baruch will
receive the Justice Brandeis
Award. Pamela Lippitt: (248) 282-
0088.
Come to "In the Eat of the Night,"
an evening of food, wine, music
and shopping to raise funds for
the Gary Burnstein Community
Health Clinic, 6:30-10 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 24, at Leon & Lulu, 96 W.
14 Mile in Clawson. The late Dr.
Burnstein treated patients at
Grace Centers of Hope in Pontiac.
Tickets: $40 or $75 per couple.
Details: www.garyburnsteinclinic.
org, (248) 758-1690.
Watch or participate in a dog
costume parade 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 26, at Weir Manuel
Realtors, 298 S. Old Woodward in
Birmingham. Donations accepted,
all to benefit animal rescue groups.
Details: www.weirmanuel.com .
Join the first LUNGevity walk, rais-
ing funds for lung cancer research,
1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26 (register
at 12:30), at Drake Sports Park
in West Bloomfield. WXYZ-TV
reporter Cheryl Choden will emcee.
Registration: $25. Details/registra-
tion: www.lungevity.org .
Support Variety, the Children's
Charity, at its "Lights, Camera,
Auction" strolling dinner, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 28, at Emagine
Theater, 44425 W.12 Mile in Novi.
Tickets/details: (248) 258.5511.
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