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January 151 22 & 29

Featuring Rabbi Aaron Starr
Of Isaac and Ishmael:
A Discussion of the
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

7:30 PM
CSZ B'nai Israel Center

January 16

Featuring Professor
Howard Lupovitch
Jews of Greece

6:00 PM
CSZ B'nai Israel Center

Grecian Dinner:
$18 per adult • $9 per child

February 7

Hypnotist Bruce Pandoff

8:00 PM
CSZ B'nai Israel Center

January 8 • 2009

Guildenstern are Dead, through
Feb. 22, at Performance Network

For more information, please call the
synagogue office at 242/357-5544
www.shaareyzedek.org

Enjoy a restaging of Garson
Kanin's Broadway hit Born

Attend a "Stop the Rockets, Stop Hamas" community-wide soli-
darity rally for Israel 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road, Southfield. Speaking are Gershon
Kedar, deputy consul general of Israel, Rev. Kenneth Flowers of
Greater New Mt. Moriah Baptist Church of Detroit, Hannan Lis and
Ken Gold. Rally participants are encouraged to bring letters and
cards of support that will be sent to the endangered communi-
ties in southern Israel. For more information, contact the Jewish
Community Relations Council, (248) 642-5393.

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Take in actor Loren Bass' per-
formance in Tom Stoppard's
classic play Rosencrantz and

Pre-order Admission:
$18 member • $25 non-member

Support Israel!

Enjoy the comedy documen-
tary Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny
Business of America starting 8
p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, on local
PBS station WTVS (Channel 56).
Billy Crystal and Amy Sedaris will
host the six-part series, exploring

Come again for the Reel Israel
Film series 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
18, at Temple Beth El, 7400
Telegraph, Bloomfield Twp. Live
and Become is about Solomon,
a young Ethiopian swept up into
Operation Moses, the effort to
relocate Jewish refugees from
Africa to Israel. The temple's Israel
Chai Committee also presents Dr.
Charles Greenberg's post-screen-
ing discussion. No charge. (248)
851-1100, ext. 3149.

Theatre, 120 E. Huron, Ann Arbor.
Schedule/tickets: (734) 663-0681,
www.performancenetwork.org .

Check It Out!

Arts & Culture

See Frannie Shepherd-Bates'
direction of No Exit by Jean-Paul
Sartre, presented by Magenta
Giraffe Theatre Company, through
Jan. 16, at Griffon Theatre in the
Park Bar, 2040 Park, Detroit.
Tickets: $12-$15. (586) 876-1447,
noexit®magentagiraffe.org .

more than a century of American
comedy. Details: www.pbs.org/wnet/
makeemlaugh and www.dptv.org .

Peruse more than two dozen
chess sets lent by collectors Dr.
George and Vivian Dean, through
March 22, at the Detroit Institute
of Arts. (313) 833-7900.

A Flood Of Fun

Catch the Richard Rodgers' musical about Noah's Ark, Two By
Two, through Jan. 11, at Jewish Ensemble Theatre inside the
West Bloomfield JCC. Remaining shows: 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 8; 5 and 8 p.m. Jan. 10; 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11. Tickets:
(248) 788-2900, www.jettheatre.org .

Saturday, Jan. 9-10, and 3 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 11, at Max Fisher
Music Center, 3711 Woodward,
Detroit. Program includes
world premiere of Rhapsody for
Orchestra by Margaret Brouwer,
the winner of the 2008 Elaine
Lebenbom Memorial Award for
Female Composers Competition.
Tickets: (313) 576-5111, www.
detroitsymphony.com .

Wayne State University's Hilberry
Theatre, 4742 Cass, Detroit. The
play is a humorous, political love
story set in Washington, D.C., fol-
lowing World. War II. Tickets: $10-
$30. Box office: (313) 577-2972,
www.wsushows.com .

Wish Marvin Brown a happy 50th
birthday when Adat Shalom
Brotherhood honors him for 25
years of service to synagogue
affiliates 10:15 a.m. Sunday,
Jan. 11, at 29901 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills. (248) 851-5100.

Concerts

Helping Out

Lend an ear to the jazzy Alvin
Waddles Trio, appearing with

Lead an hour-long Shabbat ser-
vice Friday afternoons at Lahser
Hills Care Centre, 25300 Lahser,
Southfield. Chaplain Evelyn: (248)
354-3222, ext.130.

Applaud Leonard Slatkin, mae-
stro of the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra, on a bill with double
bassist Edgar Meyer, banjo vir-
tuoso Bela Fleck and tabla player
Zakir Hussain at the four-perfor-
mance series, "Americans Here
& Abroad," 8:30 p.m. Friday and

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.

Event Hotline

Yesterday, through April 11, at

Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings,
8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, at Hagopian
World of Rugs, 850 S. Old
Woodward, Birmingham. Evening
starts with reception. Advance tick-
ets: $20 regular, $10 student; $5
additional at door. (248) 559-2095,
www.detroitchamberwinds.org.

org/8-over-80.html.

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, 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.

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 .

Become a mentor to an at-risk
youth in Oakland County through
Mentor Connection, a non-sec-
tarian program of Jewish Family
Service. Details: (248) 592-2300,
www.mentorconnect.org .

Share informal outings with Jewish
parents of young adopted chil-
dren through Midwest Adoptive
Families. Details: (248) 545-8665,
justdoit0696®yahoo.com .

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