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Upcomitig 'Events
January 7
Sisterhood Presents:
The Return of
Mahj Madness
5:45 PM CSZ Southfield
January 15 1 22 & 29
Featuring Rabbi Aaron Starr
of Isaac and Ishmael:
A Discussion of the
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
7:30 PM
CSZ a/nal Israel Center
January 16
Featuring Professor
Howard Lupovitch
Jews of Greece
6:00 PM
CSZ 8 ) nai Israel Center
Grecian Dinnu .
$18 per adult • S9 per child
For more information, please call the
synagogue office at 248/357 - 5544
www.shaareyzedekorg
Turkel home in Detroit. Part of
the Palmer Woods "Music in the
Homes" series. $30 for each
event, includes food and bever-
ages. Registration: www.palmer-
woods.org .
EARLY HOLIDAY DEADLINES
• For the issue of Jan. 1, items must be received by noon
Monday, Dec.19.
• For the issue of Jan. 8, items must be received by noon
Tuesday, Dec. 30.
Travel with Michigan
Jewish War Veterans and
Ladies Auxiliary to their
annual Christmas Day
bingo party, a tradition
for more than 60 years, at
Battle Creek VA Hospital.
Chartered bus will leave
8 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 25,
from Temple Beth El park-
ing lot, 7400 Telegraph.
Donations still sought to
bring the patients fruit,
clothing and sundry items.
Contact State Commander
Jerry Order to donate or
RSVP: (248) 850-7693.
Cinema & Stage
Catch the musical Two By Two,
through Jan. 11, at the JET in the
West Bloomfield JCC. Shows: 7:30
p.m. Thursdays, Dec. 18 and Jan.
8; 5 and 8 p.m. Dec. 20, 27, Jan.
3, 10; 2 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 21,
28, Jan. 4, 11. Two shows on New
Year's Eve. Tickets: (248) 788-
2900, www.jettheatre.org .
• Jewish Historical Society:
Attend group's matinee 2 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 28, and meet cast at
an afterglow. $36. RSVP by Dec.
19: (248) 432-5517, jhsofmichi-
gan@msn.com .
Giggle at Second City's
"Dysfunctional Holiday Revue,"
through Dec. 28, at 42705 Grand
River, Novi 48375. Tickets/sched-
ule: (248) 348-4448,
www.secondcity.com .
Take the family to Adam Sandler's
Bedtime Stories, directed by
Adam Shankman for Walt Disney
Studios. Consult local listings for
show times. www.disney.com/
BedtimeStories.
Event Hotline
Check It Out!
Aid Veterans
Go bowling with the Young Israel
Metro Council 8 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 20. Details from Julie
Margolis, Young Israel of Oak Park:
(248) 967-3655.
Details from Randy Hertz, execu-
tive director: (248) 332-6101.
Check out The Girls are Back in
Town, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec.
21, at Village Players Playhouse,
34660 Woodward, Birmingham.
Katie Lynn Fried and Rachel
Sussman are among those who
will sing show tunes, jazz and pop
hits. Cabaret concert proceeds will
assist Michigan Chapter, Crohn's
& Colitis Foundation of America
dedicated to helping those with
Crohn's disease or ulcerative coli-
tis. Raffle at intermission. Tickets:
$15 at door. (248) 819-2741,
klfried®oakland.edu .
Give the gift of life at the
Brotherhood Blood Drive 9 a.m.-3
p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, at Temple
Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road,
West Bloomfield. Appointments:
(248) 819-1235.
Jewish Single Adults 40-60
Chanukah brunch and game day 1
p.m. Thursday, Dec. 25, at home
of Joyce Slaim, 26356 Humber,
Huntington Woods. $8. Bring $7
grab bag gift. RSVP: Michele,
(248) 546-4961.
Helping Out
Lead one-hour Shabbat services
Friday afternoons at Lahser
Hills Care Centre, 25300 Lahser,
Southfield. Chaplain Evelyn: (248)
354-3222, ext. 130.
Events That Help
Arts & Culture
Concerts
Enjoy the holiday collection,
"Objects of Wonder and Delight,"
through Saturday, Jan. 3, at
Pamela Primak's Detroit Gallery
of Contemporary Crafts, 104
Fisher Building, Detroit. Closed on
Sundays. (313) 873-7888.
Relax in style while jazz vocal-
ist Kathy Kosins, guitarist A.
Spencer Barefield and bassist
Donald Mayberry perform 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 20, and 1 p.m.
Sunday morning, Dec. 21, inside
the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed
C22
December 18 9 2008
Give "HOPE for the Holidays,"
name of a concert featuring
headliners On the Rocks Detroit
plus other singer/songwriters 7
p.m.-midnight Thursday, Dec. 18,
at Crofoot Ballroom, 1 S. Saginaw,
Pontiac. $8 donation will benefit
HOPE Hospitality and Warming
Center for homeless individuals.
Sort donated used books, books
on tape, records, videos, CDs and
DVDs for this spring's Bookstock
sale 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays,
and selected Sundays, at
Bloomfield Plaza Shopping Center,
southwest corner of Maple and
Telegraph. www.bookstock.info,
(248) 645-7840, ext. 365.
Submit nominations now for the
2009 Eight Over Eighty event,
presented by Jewish Apartments
& Services. Details: www.jasmi.
org/8-over-80.html.
Tie and make cuddly, fleece blan-
kets to comfort children in transi-
tion from abuse and neglect 10
a.m.-1 p.m. Mondays, at National
Council of Jewish Women, 26400
Lahser, Suite 306, Southfield.
Materials are provided for the no-
sewing project, along with coffee,
sweets and camaraderie as you
work. (248) 355-3300.
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, justdoit0696@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)