TO DO! Calendar Sponsored by Calendar from page C14 Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Oak Park Community Center, 14300 Oak Park Blvd. Morning includes exer- cise and cooking demonstrations. Refreshments provided by the Park at Trowbridge and Emerald Foods. (248) 691-7577. Receive guidance on plan options from the Area Agency on Aging 1B during "Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Enrollment Day" 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, at BASCC, 2121 Midvale in Birmingham. Bring your current prescriptions. Registration: (800) 852-7795. Come to Cafe Europa to social- ize and hear music from Michelle Sage Chekan 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17, at the Oak Park JCC. The free program is sponsored by the Holocaust Survivors and Families Con re ation Shaare Zedek 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the Oak Park JCC. Cost: $1 per card. The Active Life sponsors this program. (248)967-4030. Hear two speakers hosted by COJAR (Council of Orthodox Jewish Active Retirees) Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the Oak Park JCC. At 11:30 a.m., Rabbi Leiby Burnham, associate direc- tor of Partners in Torah, will present "The Mysticism of the Hebrew Alphabet." At 1 p.m., Ilse Roberg will speak about her life in Germany during the 1930s. There is a charge. (248) 967-4030. Experiment with various media at the ongoing Farber Adult Art classes 9 a.m.-noon every Support Group. (248) 967-4030. 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. Have a confidential memory screening 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Southfield Pavilion, 26000 Evergreen in Southfield. Free. (248) 358-1186. Pass the 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. Join the Ambassadors senior group at Temple Beth El for lunch and a program by "Solitaire" noon Tuesday, Nov.18, at TBE, 7400 Telegraph in Bloomfield Township. "Solitaire" is John Sterbenz, a one-man musical and vocal entertainer. Charge: $10 for Ambassadors members, $12 for guests. RSVP by Nov. 13 to Doris Kushner: (248) 352-5882. 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. Enjoy a game of bingo with Noemi 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) Hot Topics Rabbi Starr C16 Join Rabbi Aaron Starr for his series, "West Wing vs. Western Wall," a discussion of today's American political controversies, begins 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11 and continues through Dec.12 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek West Bloomfield, B'nai Israel Center, 4200 Walnut Lake Road. Series will explore how Jewish law guides modern perspectives on such issues as abortion, stem-cell research, gay marriage and the death penalty. $30; member pays $24. Registration required: (248) 357-5544. November 6 • 2008 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 Change your life, and perhaps the world, through Hillel of Metro Detroit's "Tikun Olam — Making a Difference Initiative '09," a free, three-part program for Jewish young adults, ages 18-26. Ten learning sessions will be offered in preparation for volunteering in New Orleans, March 15-22. Participants also will create their own opportunity to make a dif- ference at home. Contact Karen Adelman for an application (due by Nov. 10): www.hilleled@wayne. edu , (313) 577-3459. RSVP to Mitch by Nov. 11 to attend talk by Evan Handler, Hillel of Metro Detroit's sponsored Jewish Book Fair speaker, 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, at the West Bloomfield JCC. Free. (313) 577- 3459, www.hilleled@wayne.edu . If it applies, consider the Midwest Trans Youth Conference planned for Nov. 14-16 outside Milwaukee. The three-day camping excursion will offer leadership development for transgender youth, ages 24 and under, and allies. Details from Affirmations in Ferndale: (248) 677-7214, or www.mtyc.org . Youth Have fun at Jewish Book Fair children's programs at the Oak Park JCC. www.jccdet.org , Jewish Life and Learning: (248) 432- 5577, ext. 7: • Elyce Field: Come hear Field read Smitten With the Mitten 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9. She is the author of Michigan Family Field Trips. Free. • Story times: Expose ages 2-5 to children's books written by Jewish authors at two story times scheduled at 10:30 a.m. Mechelle Bernard, children's librarian at the Southfield Public Library, will appear Monday, Nov. 10, and Beth Falenski, youth services librarian at the Huntington Woods Library, Take A Hike! Enjoy nature, spiri- tuality and good company at the last outing of the season for the Jewish Hikers of Michigan 1-2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, at Mitchell Natural Preserve in Ann Arbor. All ages, married or single, are welcome. Bring backpacks, munchies and water. Co-sponsor is Temple Beth Emeth. Free. Location details from Eli Avny: (734) 883-9522, jewish.hik- ers®gmail.com . on Wednesday, Nov. 12. Free. RSVP: (248) 967-4030, ext. 2006. ting up Nov. 12-16, at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Show times/tick- ets: www.ringling.com , (248) 645- Treat youngsters to "Magic of Thanksgiving," a Gan Shalom Nursery School luncheon pro- gram for ages 2-8, noon-2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, at Congregation Beth Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln in Oak Park. See Gordon Russ make magic, create a Thanksgiving cen- terpiece, and munch on hot dogs, chips and salad. Cost: $25 for up to two adults and three children, $5 additional adult or child. RSVP to Susan Gartenberg: (248) 547- 7970. Run away to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, set- 6666. Smile through a puppet show, The Crane Maiden, based on a Japanese folktale, 2 p.m. Saturdays, through Nov. 29, at PuppetART Theater, 25 E. Grand River in Detroit. Tickets: $5 children, $10 adults, and $8 for optional puppetry workshop fol- lowing the show. (313) 961-7777, www.puppetart.org . The JN's To Do! calendar is compiled by Esther Allweiss lngber. Shul Food The community is invited to the following events: • Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road in Southfield: Enjoy a musical Kabbalat Shabbat service at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, followed by a community dinner welcoming new mem- bers at 7 and guest speaker Rabbi Daniel Gordis at 8. Dinner: $28 adult or $10 child. Call Tobye Bello for space availability: (248) 357-5544 or tbello@shaareyzedek.org . • Congregation Shir Tikvah, 3900 Northfield Parkway in Troy: The congregation's "Dinner Divas" will present a "Taste of the Tropics" dinner 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, prior to the monthly Music Shabbat service. Charge: $10 adult, $6 child. RSVP with payment must be received by Nov. 13: (248) 649-4418. • Congregation Shaarey Zedek B'nai Israel Center, 4200 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield: Gather for soulful, Carlebach-style davening "in the round" 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21. Community dinner at 7 is followed by Professor Howard Lupovitch's lecture on "The Jews of Italy" at 8. No charge for lecture only. Dinner: $18 adult, $9 child under age 12. RSVP now to Tobye Bello: (248) 357-5544 or tbello@shaareyzedek. org .