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noon Tuesdays, Dec. 9
and 16. $10 per session
includes lunch. RSVP to
Sheila Lederman at (248)
851-5100 by the prior
Thursday.
Music Of Israel
Try Rabbi Eric Yanoff's series, "From Rikud (Dance) to Rap" 7:30
p.m. Thursdays, Dec. 4 and 11, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek West
Bloomfield, B'nai Israel Center, 4200 Walnut Lake Road. Explore musi-
cal styles and lyrics from each stage of Israel's development and learn
how Israelis have conveyed their life and times through poetry and
instrumentation. No Hebrew knowledge required. Charge: $15, $12 for
CSZ members. Registration: (248) 357-5544.
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills.
Schedule: traditional services at 9
a.m.; family service at 10; drop-off
youth services at 10:15; Jewish
educator Ruth Bergman leads ses-
sion about Chanukah, also 10:15.
Following morning services and an
enhanced Kiddush, visiting Rabbi
Avraham (Avi) Weiss will hold an
"Ask the Rabbi" session. (248)
851-5100.
Join Rabbi Steven Rubenstein's
Torah study group 9-9:30 a.m.
Saturdays at Congregation
Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. Details: (248) 851-
6880, raysteven@cbahm.org .
Gain insight into religious issues
at Stay and Learn on Shabbat,
following services and Kiddush
Saturdays, at Congregation
B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake, West
Bloomfield. No charge. Drop-ins
welcome. (248) 788-0600.
Jewish Learning
Take in the weekly Partners in
Torah lunch-and-learn opportu-
nity noon Wednesdays at the
West Bloomfield JCC. Theme for
classes in November is "Flattery
Will Get You Nowhere: The Role
of Honesty Amongst Friends."
Schedule: "The Butter Knife," Dec.
3; "Too Close for Comfort," Dec.
10; and "Good for You," Dec. 17.
Cost, including lunch, is $13 for
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three classes or $7 for each class.
Details: Partners@yby.org or (248)
JUDAISM (583-2476).
Explore the Kabbalah with Rabbi
Elimelech Silberberg at Bais
Chabad Torah Center, 5595 W.
Maple, West Bloomfield. Ongoing
classes meet 10:30 a.m. Sundays
and 8:30 p.m. Thursdays. Details:
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.
Learn to read and understand the
Shabbat morning prayers at an
adults' intermediate-level Hebrew
reading class 2-3 p.m. Monday,
Dec. 1, at Congregation Beth Ahm,
5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield.
Instructor Amy Appelman, direc-
tor of education, is using the text-
book Hineni: Prayerbook Hebrew
for Adults by Rabbi Nina Beth
Cardin. Free, but must purchase
textbook for $18. Registration:
relschool@cbahm.org , (248) 851-
8820.
Lunch and learn with Adat Shalom
Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz's My
Most Memorable Teachers series
Take in the weekly
lunch-and-learn oppor-
tunity offered through
Partners in Torah noon
Wednesdays at West
Bloomfield JCC. Theme
for classes in November is
"Too Good to be Untrue:
Guidelines for Speaking
the Truth." Series con-
cludes Dec.17. Cost,
including lunch, is $18 for
four classes, $13 for three
classes, or $7 for single
class. Details: Partners@
yby.org or (248) JUDAISM
(583-2476).
What is the "Jewish
Response to Stem Cell
Research?" Find out from Rabbi
Joshua Bennett of Temple Israel
at the Yad Ezra Lunch and Learn
program noon Thursday, Dec. 11,
at Yad Ezra kosher food pantry,
2850 W.11 Mile, Berkley. Lunch
charge: $7. (248) 548-3663.
Learning
Listen to stimulating speak-
ers at the Thursday Forum
10-11:30 a.m. Thursdays, at
Birmingham Unitarian Church,
38651 Woodward, Bloomfield Hills.
Admission: $10. No RSVP needed.
(248) 647-2380.
Learn how "Alfred
Taubman Changed the
Retail Experience" 7
p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, at
Temple Beth El, 7400
Telegraph, Bloomfield
Township. Jewish
Historical Society of
Michigan co-sponsors
the Jewish History
Detectives Lecture
Series presentation by
Jan Durecki, archivist
of Rabbi Leo M. Franklin
Archives at Temple
Beth El, 7400 Telegraph
Road, Bloomfield
Hills. No charge. Light
refreshments will be
served. RSVP: (248)
865-0628, franklinar-
chives@tbeonline.org .
Seniors
Socialize at the Holocaust sur-
vivors' support group 10-11:30
a.m. Monday, Dec. 1, at 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.
See Barbra Streisand as Fanny
Brice (1891-1951) in Funny Lady,
the sequel to Funny Girl, at a DVD
showing for seniors 1 p.m. Monday,
Dec. 1, at the Oak Park JCC. (248)
967-4030.
Attend monthly support groups
open to caregivers of individu-
als with Alzheimer's disease and
related diagnoses 2-4 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 4, and 7-9 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 15, at Jewish Home
& Aging Services, 6710 W. Maple,
West Bloomfield; 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 9, at JVS, 29699
Southfield Road, Southfield.
Sponsored by Dorothy & Peter
Brown Jewish Community Adult
Day Care Program. No charge
to attend, but must RSVP to
facilitators Fran Cook (West
Bloomfield): (248) 661-6390, ext.
403, or Dorothy (Mantis) Moon
(Southfield): (248) 233-4392.
Enjoy classical, popular and
Jewish music with Ilya Kozadayev,
presented by the Shaarey Zedek
Seniors, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec.
10, at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, 27375 Bell Road,
Southfield. No charge and refresh-
ments served. Call for a ride:
(248) 357-5544.
Experiment with various media
at the ongoing Farber adult
art classes 9 a.m.-noon every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
at 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. weekdays at Oak Park
JCC. No charge. (248) 967-4030.
Brush up your bridge game at
the Bridge Club 1-3 p.m. every
Wednesday at Oak Park JCC. All
players are welcome. No charge.
(248) 967-4030.
Create something special at
Barbara Bloom's Judaica arts &
crafts class 9:30-11:30 a.m. every
Thursday at 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
Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-4030.
Young Adults
Join Jewish students for free
programming at the Eastern
Potters Market
Find handmade gifts starting
at $5 at the annual Potters
Market, one of the nation's
largest pottery sales, 10
a.m. Friday-Sunday, Dec.
5-7, at UF&CW Union Hall,
876 Horace Brown Drive,
south of W.13 Mile, Madison
Heights 48071. Among the
master potters are ER doc-
tor Lonnie Bodzin, MD, of
Southfield and Jack Adelman,
84, of Farmington Hills, who
took up his craft in his 70s.
No admission or parking
charge. Preview sale, 6-9 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 4, costs $10.
(248) 246-2686.