E-mail items to calendarqthejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, SO Fax items to (248) 304-8885 • Deadline: noon, Wednesday, eight days prior to publication EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE by Jordan B. Gorfinkel wwwiewlshcartoon.com EVERY TIME I HEAR A %.11s/1.5H NAME A550CIATEL) WITH THE PlAIANCIAL CRISIS/ E GET 0 ?-55-r- Socialize with games and munch- ies 7 p.m. Sunday, April 5, at the West Bloomfield home of Marilyn Weiss. Open to singles age 50-65. RSVP to Pam: (248) 420-3784. Go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Maltz Museum in Cleveland on the Temple Israel Brotherhood's bus trip. Meet 7:45 a.m. Sunday, May 17, at 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. $99. Reservation required: (248) 661-5700. Events That Help Meet with team captains for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life benefit 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, at the Corners, 2075 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. The event is June 6-7 at West Bloomfield High. Start a team, donate: www.relayforlife.org . Participate in a mah-jongg tournament hosted by Mitzvah Group, Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah, 7 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at Davidson Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Registration begins at 6:15; bring your own mahj set and 2008 Mahj card. $25; carpooling is advised. (248) 683-5030. Listen to "Dueling Pianos" and participate in a silent auction at Hibernation Celebration, a fund- raiser for the nonprofit Bear Hug Foundation, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at the Reserve in Birmingham. Proceeds will provide summer camp experiences for underprivileged, at-risk and special needs children in Metro Detroit, including clients of JARC and Friendship Circle. Details: (248) 594-7000, www.thebearhugfoundation.org . Browse the flea market 8:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 1, in the Oak Park JCC gym. Proceeds will go to developmentally disabled individu- als assisted by the JCC and JARC. (248) 967-4030. Attend Champions for Children benefit for Southfield-based Orchards Children's Services 6-10 p.m. Thursday, April 2, at Seldom Blues in Tower 400 Renaissance Center, Detroit. Honorees are Taylor Segue III, National Council of Jewish Women/Greater Detroit Section and Detroit Free Press ',2009 BY GORFTEX T PRODU CTIONS INC ALL RIGH TS RESERVED. Be entertained at Temple Shir Shalom Brotherhood's Maven Gallery 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at 3999 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Performers will include musicians Charlie Latimer, Alan Aloub and Cantor Penny Steyer, and comedians Ben Konstantin and Jeff Dwoskin. $25, $20 in advance; includes dessert. RSVP: (248) 737-8700. BECAUSE YOU FEEL_ A 5EN5E OF COL-LL-C77V RE5PONSIB/LITIe OR A FEAR OFA RISE IN ANTI —SEMITISM? columnist Rochelle Riley. $150 includes dinner, entertainment and auctions. www.orchards.org . Sort donated books, books on tape, records, videos, CDs and DVDs for the Bookstock used book and media sale 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays at Bloomfield Plaza, southwest corner of Maple and Telegraph, Bloomfield Township. Sale dates: April 26-May 3, at Laurel Park Place, 37700 W. Six Mile, Livonia. (248) 645-7840, ext. 365. Health / Support Get information about the lat- est techniques and bone sav- ing procedures in orthopedic medicine 9 a.m. Saturday, March 28, at Edgewood County Club, 8399 Commerce Road. Sponsor is Commerce-based DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital. Free. RSVP: (888) DMC-2500, www.dmc.org/ peoplesmedicalcollege. BECCA BETH BERNIE YAEL The Altruist The Realist The Idealist The 'AP') The Perplexed '4? Rebel `2761, LOUIS NO, B E CAUSE I'M WONDERING WHERE_ WA6 WHILE EVERYONE ELSE WAS CL-AN/A/G OP. ZAYDS BUGS The Traditionalist The Bubbe DON'T- WORRY. WOULD'VE GIVEN A BIG CHUNK 7-0 CHARITY Helping Out justdoit0696@yahoo.com . Share your common experience at the stroke support group Time Travelers 10 a.m.-noon Tuesday, March 31, at Temple Shir Shalom, 3999 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. (248) 737-8700. 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. Give the gift of life at the Brotherhood-sponsored blood drive 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, April 5, at Congregation Shir Tikvah, 3900 Northfield Parkway, Troy. (248) 332-6083. 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. Create cuddly fleece blankets — no sewing needed — for Oakland County children transitioning from lives of abuse and neglect, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays at National Council of Jewish Women, 26400 Lahser, Suite 306, Southfield. Materials provided. Participate for mitzvah or high school project. Bobbie: (248) 355-3300. 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 chil- dren through Midwest Adoptive Families. Details: (248) 545-8665, Mentor an at-risk youth living in Oakland County through a Jewish Family Service program called Mentor Connection. (248) 592- 2300, www.mentorconnect.org . Calendar on page C24 PASSOVER DINNERS! ORDER NOW!! 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