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Bring the gang to downtown
Detroit for the Thanksgiving Day
Parade moving down Woodward 9
a.m. Thursday, Nov. 27, from Mack
to Congress. Related events:
• Turkey Trot: A couple of hours
before the parade, runners and
walkers can participate in the
Turkey Trot, Mashed Potato Mile
or Strutting Strut. Registration:
www.detroitturkeytrot.org .
• More family fun: See floats
and participate in arts activi-
ties 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, Nov. 29-30, at the Parade
Company headquarters, 9500 Mt.
Elliott. $5. (313) 923-7400.
Plan ahead to meeting humor-
ous author Stephen Fried at a
Sisterhood dinner program 6:30
p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, at Cong.
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road,
Southfield. Co-sponsor is Adat
Shalom Sisterhood. Fried wrote
Husbandry: Sex, Love and Dirty
Laundry - Inside the Minds of
Married Men. $20. RSVP: (248)
357-5544.
Reserve your place on Federation's
Family Mission to Israel. Dates:
Dec. 25-Jan. 4. (248) 642-8639,
skaufman@jfmd.org .
Events That Help
Raise money for the Michigan
Thanksgiving Parade at the Hob
Nobble Gobble, a black-tie fund-
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raiser offering dinner, midway with
carnival games and entertainment
6-10 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26,
at Michigan State Fairgrounds,
Detroit. $350-$1,000; $200 for
age 6 and younger. (313) 432-7831.
Be entertained at a family concert
1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30, at the Ark,
316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. Among
the performers will be Gemini,
the acoustic duo of Sandor and
Laszlo Slomovits, joined by San's
14-year-old daughter, Emily Rose
Slomovits, playing fiddle. $10
admission will assist Mott Hospital
in Ann Arbor. (734) 763-8587.
Help the 1.4 million Americans
with Irritable Bowel Syndrome sup-
porting the "Gala Evening at the
Movies" fundraiser 6 p.m. Monday,
Dec. 1, at Uptown Palladium
Theatre, 250 N. Old Woodward,
Wayne Shines
Appreciate Jewish gen-
erosity at the exhibit,
"Bricks, Mortar and
More: The Jewish
Community and the
Growth of Wayne State
University," highlighting
Jewish donors whose
names appear on cam-
pus buildings, weekdays
through Feb.1, at Walter
The Meyer and Anna Prentis
P. Reuther Library,
Building at WSU was designed
5401 Cass, Detroit.
by Minoru Yamasaki, architect of
Hours: 9 a.m.-6:45 p.m.
New York's World Trade Center,
Mondays and Tuesdays,
and houses the School of Business
and 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
Administration.
Wednesdays-Fridays. Co-
sponsored by Leonard N.
Simons Jewish Community Archives of the Jewish Federation
of Metropolitan Detroit. Free. Sharon Alterman: (248) 203-
1491.
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Foundation for Children will be
honored by the sponsoring Crohn's
& Colitis Foundation of America,
Michigan Chapter. Evening includes
premiere of a feature film, hors
d'oeuvres and dessert pre-glow.
Tickets/journal info: (248) 737-
0900, or michigan@ccfa.org .
Health
Attend panel discussion "Moving
On: Women in Transition," meant
for women who have transitioned
from being part of a couple to
being a single again 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 20, at the Corners,
2075 Walnut Lake Road, West
Bloomfield. $10 charge includes
book Now That He's Gone by pan-
elist Beverly Tobocman. Others
are Mona Shane and Ada Snyder
Kerwin. RSVP: www.thecorners.
org , (248) 626-5700.
Come together for a conference
on National Survivors of Suicide
Day, a chance to be with other
survivors, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 22, at Oakland Schools, 2111
Pontiac Lake Road, Waterford
48328. RSVP: (248) 451-2611,
sforce@commongroundhelps.org .
Enjoy the company of others
through Cancer Thrivers Network
for Jewish Women, holding a spa
day "Day at the J," on Thursday,
Dec. 4. Details: Patti Nemer, (248)
790-5854, or Michelle Passon:
smp1543®comcast.net.
Helping Out
Deliver meals to homebound cli-
ents in Oakland County through
National Council of Jewish
Women's Kosher Meals on Wheels
program. Both regular drivers and
subs are needed. (248) 967-0967.
Interact with senior residents
while working in stores operated
by Jewish Apartments & Services
at its buildings in Oak Park and
West Bloomfield. Volunteer during
morning hours only. Michal Ram:
(248) 592-1104, mram@jasmi.org .
Share informal outings with
Jewish parents of young adopt-
ed children through Midwest
Adoptive Families. (248) 545-
8665, justdoit0696@yahoo.com .
Contact Dr. Charles Silow to aid a
Holocaust survivor throught Yad
b'Yad (Hand In Hand), the friendly
visitor program of Jewish Family
Service: (248) 661-2999.
Become a mentor to an at-risk
youth in Oakland County through
Mentor Connection, a non-sectar-
ian program of Jewish Family
Service. Details: (248) 592-2300,
www.mentorconnect.org .
Lead one-hour Shabbat services
Friday afternoons at the Lahser
Hills Care Centre, 25300 Lahser,
Southfield. Chaplain Evelyn: (248)
354-3222, ext.130.
Holidays/Shabbat
Convene for the Pardes min-
yan 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22,
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek
West Bloomfield, B'nai Israel
Center, 4200 Walnut Lake Road.
Worshippers will have an informal
yet traditional, participatory and
intimate davening experience. It
emphasizes prayer through song
and interactive study of the week-
ly Torah reading. (248) 681-4235.
Participate in Adat Shalom
Synagogue's SYNergy Shabbat
Weekend, offering "something
for everyone" Saturday, Nov. 22,
at 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington
Hills. Schedule: Rabbi. Aaron
Berman conducts Talmud study
session, "Turkey and Matzah
Balls," 8:30 a.m.; traditional ser-
vices, 9 a.m.; drop-off youth ser-
vices and Jewish educator Ruth
Bergman leads session, "Magic,
Moses and the Copper Snake,"
both 10:15 a.m., and family
Havdalah service, 5 p.m. (248)
851-5100, info@adatshalom.org .
Jewish Learning
Explore the Kabbalah with Rabbi
Elimelech Silberberg at Bais
Chabad Torah Center, 5595 W.
Maple, West Bloomfield. Classes
meet 10:30 a.m. Sundays and
8:30 p.m. Thursdays. bctc770@
aol.com . (248) 855-6170.
Learn the significance of each
letter in the Hebrew alphabet at
Rabbi Leiby Burnham's series,
"The Mystical Aleph Bet," 11-11:45
a.m. Sundays, at Congregation
Shir Tikvah, 3900 Northfield
Parkway, Troy. Drop-ins welcome
at no charge. (248) 649-4418.
Try different breathing techniques
and learn about the importance of
breath in the Jewish religion from
psychotherapist Natan HarPaz,
10-11:45 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, at
Cong. Shir Tikvah, 3900 Northfield
Pkwy. Troy. Free. (248) 649-4418.
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