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"Ask the Geek" at computer
Network and polish your
(IRP) continuing Fridays, through
classes 10:30-11:30 a.m. Sundays,
resume with other job seekers
7 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 2001
March 27, at the West Bloomfield
JCC. March 20: "After the
Election," 11-12:30 p.m.; "A Jewish
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills.
Leader is Mildred Pivoz of the
Missionary's Panoramic View of
Asia, Africa and South America,"
(248) 320-6260.
Michigan Works Southfield Career
1:30-3 p.m. Bring bag lunch or
Hear a lecture on "The Uses (and
purchase boxed luncheon ($5) by
11 a.m. Sharon Levine: slevine®
Misuse) of Ancient History in
Center. She's a board-certified
professional counselor. Free. (248)
851-5100.
Contemporary Israel" 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 22, at Farber
Belt Midrash of Frankel Jewish
to a small business workshop
Socialize with others at a
sponsored by the organization
Grow Small Business 9 a.m.-3
p.m. Thursday, March 26, at the
Holocaust survivors' support
group 10-11:30 a.m. Monday,
Southfield Westin Hotel, 1500
Town Center. Details: (248) 766-
4970, growsmallbusiness®gmail.
com .
Facilitator Charles Silow, Ph.D.,
directs the Jewish Home & Aging
Services' Program for Holocaust
March 22-29, at Congregation
Beth Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln,
Oak Park. The Men's Club spon-
sors at no charge. Don Berlin:
Academy, 6600 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. Guest speaker
will be Prof. Isaiah Gafni from
Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Additional co-sponsors are Cohn-
Haddow Center for Judaic Studies
at Wayne State University and the
Jewish Forum. $10. RSVP: (313)
577-2679, www.thejewishforum.
org .
jccdet.org , (248) 967-4030, ext.
2018.
Bring your entrepreneurial ideas
March 23, at the Oak Park JCC.
Survivors and Families. (248) 967-
4030.
Hear stimulating ideas at the
Thursday Forum lecture series.
Former journalist Harry Cook
discusses "Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran,
Submit names of individuals age
95 or older to attend the Bessie
North Korea and U.S. Diplomacy:
How Will These Trouble Spots
Affect Our Lives?" 10-11:30
Brunch, sponsored by the Jewish
Federation's ElderLink, Friday, May
8, at the West Bloomfield JCC.
a.m. Thursday, March 26, at
Birmingham Unitarian Church,
The honoree and a guest are invit-
ed to a complimentary brunch;
38651 Woodward, Bloomfield Hills.
past attendees also welcome.
Admission: $10; free for students.
No RSVP needed. Larry Sherman:
(248) 647-2380.
RSVP to Pat Mayer by March 23.
(248) 203-1519, mayerjfmd.org .
Spector Oldest Jewish Americans
Enjoy a concert with pianist/
Orliy Gil
Oak Park JCC Health Fair
Take free fitness classes and dance at JCC Healthy U, an open
house and health fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at the
Oak Park JCC. Vendors include Royal Oak based-Beaumont
Hospital and Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit. Free. Judy
Front: (248) 967-4030, jfront@jccdet.org .
with CHaZaKaH/Young-at-Heart
art classes 9 a.m.-noon every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
at Oak Park JCC. Harriet Gelfond
facilitates. Tuition and art supplies
Attend presentation on "Reuniting
the Children of Abraham" by
singer Paul Becker 1 p.m. Tuesday,
March 24, at the Oak Park JCC.
12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills.
executive producer Brenda
Rosenberg, an interfaith peace
The Active Life sponsors. $2
charge includes light refresh-
Rennie Kaufmann, a one-man
band, will perform. Charge: $10 for
over 10 sessions cost $40 for JCC
members, $60 for others. (248)
activist, 6:30 p.m. Friday, March
ments. (248) 967-4030.
group members; $12 for guests.
967-4030.
Take part in a seniors' luncheon
program, The Happiness Boys,
Advance reservation preferred.
Call Adat Shalom for space avail-
ability: (248) 851-5100.
Pass the afternoon playing cards
with the Ben-Gurion Men's Group
noon Wednesday, March 25,
at Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut
Allow AARP Tax-Aide volunteers
noon-4 p.m. weekdays at Oak Park
JCC. No charge. (248) 967-4030.
27, at the home of Ameinu Detroit
Branch 960 members in Oak Park.
Bring a non-dairy dish to pass.
Guests welcome: (248) 399-1650.
Israeli Envoy Speaks
Hear State Senator Gilda Jacobs
Lake Road, West Bloomfield.
to prepare and file your tax
Orliy Gil, Israeli Consul
General to the Midwest,
will discuss "New Faces,
New Challenges: U.S.-Israel
Relations in the Obama
Era," at a "Conversations
with" briefing, sponsored
by the Jewish Community
Relations Council at 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 26, at the
Max M. Fisher Federation
Building in Bloomfield
Township.
Reservations are required:
Contact the Council office,
(248) 642-5393.
discuss "A Woman's Place is in the
House ... and in the Senate: Trends
for Women in Politics" 7 p.m.
$10 members, $12 guests; make
check payable to Temple Israel
returns for free. Seniors and new
Americans are especially invited.
Low- and moderate-income tax-
Bridge Club 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays
at Oak Park JCC. All players are
payers of any age can schedule
appointments at Bloomfield
welcome. No charge. (248) 967-
4030.
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Brush up your bridge game at the
Tuesday, March 31, at the home
of Eleanor Roosevelt Hadassah
Treasures and mail ASAP to: Arda
Barenholtz, 10484 Kingston,
Huntington Woods, MI 48070.
Group member Suzanne Boschan.
(248) 548-5627.
Township Senior Services (248)
Admission: $10, or free if join-
ing Hadassah or becoming a life
member. Dessert will follow talk.
Bring your questions to an estate
planning program for Oakland
341-6450, West Bloomfield Parks
& Rec. (248) 451-1900, as well
as the Southfield Public Library
County senior citizens 6:30-8 p.m.
Tuesday, March 24, at the Adams
Pratt Oakland County Law Library,
on Fridays, and senior centers in
Royal Oak, Southfield, Oak Park,
Birmingham, Madison Heights,
second floor, 1200 N. Telegraph,
Pontiac. Free. Laura Mancini:
(248) 858-0380.
Ferndale, Berkley, Troy and
Clawson. Details: (888) 227-7669.
$4; $2 for JCC members. (248)
967-4030.
Experiment with various media
at the ongoing Farber adult
Discuss current events with other
seniors and group leader Dave
RSVP: (248) 626-1841, landeeva®-
aol.com .
Seniors
Learn something new during the
annual Spring Mini-Series of the
Institute for Retired Professionals
Gather for a luncheon program
Create something special at
Barbara Bloom's Judaica arts
& crafts class 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Thursdays at Oak Park JCC.
Rifcah Krolikowski provides ongo-
ing instruction. Session charge: