COMEGA1 1 01 E-mail items to calendarinhejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Souttitieid, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 • Deadline: noon, Wednesday, eight days prior to publication Chamber Winds & Strings presents Donald Baker, Sally Pituch and Stephanie Shapiro as part of its Nightnotes series. Come at 8 for refreshments. Tickets: (248) 559- 2095. EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE by Jordan B. Gorfinkel • www.jewishcartoon.com BECCA BETH BERNIE YAEL LOUIS ZAYDS BUBS The Altruist The Realist The Idealist The Perplexed The Rebel The Traditionalist The Bubbe THANKS, BETH. YOLYR A R E AL. COMF-0 -7: DUCK AND cANI- r- . 51-EEP, WHAT.. WHAT !FOUR JEWI5H INSTITUTIONS WERE TARGETED Y TERRORISTS? STORE CANNED GOODS. 05E YOUR SEAT' CUSHION A5 A FL-0A1AON cc co CD r7- Event Hotline OR JUST ASK YOUR LACK A5AL)1‹ ?// THAT/6 A4)7 PI-AN... C., U) Have a blast without taxing the family budget at the 27th annual Plymouth International Ice Sculpture Spectacular Friday- Sunday, Jan. 23-25, in Kellogg Park and downtown Plymouth. Details: (734) 453 1540, www. plymouthice.com . Register for two events of groups belonging to Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah. RSVP required: (248) 683-5030: •Eleanor Roosevelt: Participate in a brunch program on "The Art of Jewish Caregiving," 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, at Fleischman Residence/Blumberg Plaza, 6710 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. Speakers will be Carol Rosenbert, executive director, Jewish Home and Aging Services, and Barbara Giles, LMSW, ACSW, the Fleischman/Blumberg administra- tor. $12. •Ruach: Get cooking with "Good Food Fast" 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, at Bonnie's Kitchen, Bloomfield Twp. See the preparation of two healthy meals, hearty and deli- cious, that can be made quickly at home. $20 includes tasting, coffee and dessert. Get an introduction to resources for Jewish genealogical research, with special emphasis on Michigan, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 0 0 0 0 0 >- 0 25, at the Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman Family Campus, 28213 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills. Gayle Saini, the Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan's librarian, gives talk. $5, free for Society members; includes light refreshments. Details: www.jgsmi.org , programs@ jgsmi.org , (248) 496-1324. Improve communication with your teen and gain expert advice on parenting at the eight-part series "Please Stop the Rollercoaster," starting 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, at Hillel Day School, 32200 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. Designed for parents of seventh- and eighth-graders, the Monday night series will feature instructor Amy Yashinsky. Through March 30 (no classes: Feb.16, March 9). Tuition: $50. Registration required: (248) 357-5544. Attend a Texas Hold 'Em Night sponsored by the Adat Shalom Synagogue's Men's Club on Study Break Make plans to see the Detroit Pistons play the Phoenix Suns 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, at Palace of Auburn Hills. Outing sponsored by Hillel groups from Wayne State and Eastern Michigan universities. Pay in full to reserve place by Jan. 29. Details from Karen: (313) 577- 3459, and Ricky Camil: (734) 482-0456. Saturday, Jan. 31, at 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. Registration begins at 6:15 p.m. Grand prize: $600. Entrance fee: $50 if paid before Jan. 28; $60 at Twp. Women's health topics to be explored will include peri-meno- pause and menopause. Register by Jan. 26: (888) DMC-2500, www. dmc.org/peoplesmedicalcollege. door. (248) 851-5100. Events That Help Hear from screenwriter, producer and educator Antwone Fisher, a child abuse victim whose story was told in the 2002 movie of that name, at Pontiac-based CARE House of Oakland County's annual Circle of Friends luncheon noon Thursday, Jan. 29, at Townsend Hotel, 100 Townsend, Birmingham. Tickets: $75, or $150 for patron level. (248) 332-7173, www.carehouse.org . Pass up football in favor of bum- per and regular bowling at the Superbowl afternoon arranged by Temple Kol Ami noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, at Langan's Norwest Lanes and Pizza, 32905 Northwestern Hwy., Farmington Hills. $25 includes three pieces of pizza, pop and bowling; $8 for lunch only. Rabbi Norman Roman's challenge is $1 donated to MAZON, a Jewish response to Hunger, for every strike scored up to $100. Pre-register by Jan. 27: (248) 661-0040. Health Enjoy pampering services along with education at the DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital People's Medical College program "A New Year - A Healthy You" 6- 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, at Edgewood Country Club, 8399 Commerce Road, Commerce Helping Out Lead an hour-long Shabbat ser- vice Friday afternoons at Lahser Hills Care Centre, 25300 Lahser, Southfield. Chaplain Evelyn: (248) 354-3222, ext.130. Submit nominations now for the 2009 Eight Over Eighty, an annu- al awards presentation of Jewish Apartments & Services. Details: 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 children through Midwest Adoptive Families. (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) 661-2999. www.jasmi.org/8-over-80.html. Holidays/Shabbat Tie and make cuddly fleece blan- 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 . 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 . Become a mentor to an at-risk youth in Oakland County through 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 Explore "Modern Jewish Art" at last lecture of Rabbi Aaron Bergman's lunch and learn series, noon-1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, at Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. $10; includes lunch. RSVP by Jan. 26. Sheila Lederman: (248) 851-5100. Calendar on page B12 January 22 • 2009 B11