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Event Hotline

Laugh during a presentation
by author Stephen Fried at a

Sisterhood dinner program
6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, at

Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Road, Southfield. Co-
sponsor is sisterhood of Adat
Shalom Synagogue. Fried wrote

Husbandry: Sex, Love and Dirty
Laundry - Inside the Minds of
Married Men. $20. Call for space

availability: (248) 357-5544.

Appreciate Jewish generosity at
the exhibit "Bricks, Mortar and
More: The Jewish Community
and the Growth of Wayne State
University," highlighting Jewish
donors whose names appear
on campus buildings, week-
days through Feb. 1, at Walter
P. Reuther Library, 5401 Cass,
Detroit. Hours: 9 a.m.-6:45 p.m.
Mondays and Tuesdays, and 9
a.m.-4:45 p.m. Wednesdays-
Fridays. Co-sponsored by Leonard
N. Simons Jewish Community
Archives of the Jewish Federation
of Metropolitan Detroit. Free.
Sharon Alterman: (248) 203-1491.

Answer a last call for the Jewish
Federation's Family Mission to
Israel. Dates: Dec. 25-Jan. 4.

(248) 642-8639, skaufman@jfmd.
org .

Events That Help

Help the 1.4 million Americans
suffering from Irritable Bowel
Syndrome with your presence at
a fundraiser, "Gala Evening at the
Movies," 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, at
Uptown Palladium Theater, 250
N. Old Woodward in Birmingham.
The Michael Yendick Foundation
for Children will be honored by the
sponsor, Michigan Chapter/Crohn's
& Colitis Foundation of America.
Evening includes premiere of a
new feature film, hors d'oeuvres
and dessert pre-glow reception.
Tickets/journal opportunities:
(248) 737-0900, michigan@ccfa.
org .

WomenForce, a new group sup-
porting Huron Valley-Sinai's
Charach Cancer Treatment Center,
the Sinai Center for Women and
other hospital programs geared
for women will hold a night out of
shopping 6:30-8 p.m., Thursday,

Fighting Terrorists

Get the lowdown from Israel "Izzy"
Danziger, founder-director of Mishmeret
Yesha, who will discuss roles of the Israel
Defense Forces and volunteer Rapid
Response teams in combating terrorism,
7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at Young Israel
Izzy Danziger
of Oak Park, 15140 W.10 Mile. Additional
sponsors are Zionist Organization of
America, Young Israel of Southfield, Yeshivat Akiva and Bais
Chabad Torah Center of West Bloomfield. No charge. RSVP by
Dec. 3 to Sarah: (248) 282-0088, sarah@mizoa.org .

Dec. 4, at Zoe's Lace and Ruby's

Balm in West Bloomfield. Ten
percent of purchases will benefit
Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital. For
information, contact (248) 937-
3627 or sshapiro®dmc.org . Co-
chairs are Elena Brand and Sheryll
Kollin of Farmington Hills, Gail
Offen of Hartland and Leslie Pardo
of Livonia.

Drop off winter clothing for

Project Warmth, helping clients

of the Lighthouse in Pontiac.
Bring through mid-December
to Birmingham Area Seniors
Coordinating Council & Center,
2121 Midvale, Birmingham. (248)
203-5280.

Health

Bring the family to a holiday
open house featuring an "Ask
the Pediatrician" forum featur-
ing Dr. Kim Coleman of Pediatric
Specialists of Bloomfield Hills
noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30, at
the Purple Bear, 244 E. Maple,
Birmingham. Refreshments, draw-
ings and discounted shopping also
planned. (248) 645-0400.

Get help from CHADD, a group
dealing with attention deficit
disorder, at its monthly meeting
7:30-9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1 (7
p.m. sign-in), at Way Elementary
School, 765 W. Long Lake Road,
Bloomfield Hills. Some recovering
individuals will share their stories
and answer questions about sub-
stance abuse, hoarding, gaming
and Internet addictions. Free for
group members, $5 donation for
non-member families. www.chadd.
net/527, (248) 988-6716.

Let Jeffrey Band, MD, help
you "Travel in the Best of
Health," a Greater Detroit
Chapter of Hadassah program,
7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, at
Beaumont Hospital's Royal Oak
Administration Building. Dr.
Band is director for Beaumont
Hospitals' division of Infectious
Disease and International
Medicine, 3601 W.13 Mile. $15, $10
members; includes light refresh-
ments. RSVP: (248) 683-5030.

Enjoy the company of others in

Cancer Thrivers Network for

Jewish Women, holding a spa day
"Day at the J," on Thursday, Dec.
4. Details from Patti Nemer: (248)
790-5854, or Michelle Passon:
smp1543@comcast.net .

Helping Out

Volunteer to sort unwanted media
donated to Bookstock 10 a.m.-2
p.m. Wednesdays, and selected
Sundays, at Bloomfield Plaza
Shopping Center, southwest cor-
ner of Maple and Telegraph. The
next Colossal Collection Drive is 11
a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Dec.14. www.
bookstock.info, (248) 645-7840,
ext. 365.

Assist low-income people dur-
ing tax season as an AARP Tax
Aide, working Feb. 1-Apri115.
Comprehensive training in coop-
eration with the IRS begins in
December. Call toll-free by Nov.
30 to AARP: (888) 687-2277.

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 adopted children
through Midwest Adoptive Families.
Details: (248) 545-8665, just-
doit0696@yahoo.com .

Contact Dr. Charles Silow if there's
a Holocaust survivor who might
benefit from 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

Attend for SYNergy Weekend
when Rabbi Aaron Bergman will
conducts a Talmud study session,
"Chanukah, The Real Story," at
8:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901

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