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Spend an evening with Glennwood
ORT at its 2009 paid-up member-
ship dinner 6:30 p.m. Wednesday,
April 22, at Shangri-La, 6407
Orchard Lake Road, West
Bloomfield. Guest speaker Susan
Warner's topic is "Decorating on
a Budget." $22; choice of four
selections. RSVP to Sandy Collins:
(248) 559-0733.

Events That Help

Drop off deactivated cell phones,
pagers, PDA or digital cameras
through April for the e-waste
recycling drive at Gilda's Club,
3517 Rochester, Royal Oak.
Donations provide funds for the
club's emotional and social sup-
port program assisting cancer
patients and their families. Details:
call (248) 577-0800 or visit
www.gildasclubdetroit.org.

Participate in a spring-themed,
business casual evening to sup-
port legal aid and educational
outreach programs of Oakland
County Bar Foundation 7-10 p.m.
Friday, April 17, at Oakland Hills
Country Club in Bloomfield Hills.
Tickets: $150 includes food sta-
tions with international flavor.
Katie Augsburger: (248) 334-
3400, www.ocba.org .

Applaud for honorees Allen and
Lita Zemmol, and Marilyn Wolfe,
at Ameinu Detroit's Tribute
Luncheon 12:30 p.m. Sunday, April

19, at Adat Shalom Synagogue,
29901 Middlebelt, Farmington
Hills. Brenda Rosenberg, an inter-
faith peace activist, will address
fundraiser for the progressive
Zionist organization. Send RSVP
with payment ($75) to 25900
Greenfield, Suite 205D, Oak Park
48237. (248) 967-3170,
israelischolar®aol.com .

Check out Primetime! Life After
50, a drop-by expo focused on
opportunities for people over age
50,10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday,
April 19, at the West Bloomfield
JCC. JVS is sponsor of open
house featuring breakout sessions,
neurologist Rhonna Shatz, DO,
from Henry Ford Health System
and guest speaker Jeri Sedlar, co-
author of "Don't Retire, Rewire!"
Free, but RSVP to www.jvsdet.org .

Listen to singer/songwriter Judy
Collins when she addresses
attendees at Planned Parenthood
Mid and South Michigan's Tribute
Luncheon noon-2 p.m. Monday,
April 20, at the Troy Marriott,
200 W. Big Beaver. Co-chairs are

Love Triangle
Take in the Jewish
Ensemble Theatre
production of Halpern
and Johnson by Lionel
Goldstein, about two
men who had been
in love with the same
woman, April 21-May
17, downstairs at the West
Bloomfield JCC. (248) 788-
2900, www.jettheatre.org .

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See the show's first preview performance

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 21. $20. RSVP: (248) 355-3300.

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Thursday, through Aug. 16, at the
West Bloomfield JCC. Ages 5-18
and adults are invited to make
latkes, take a swim in the cholent
pool or nap on the corned beef
couch. Admission: $5; $18 family.
www.shalomstreet.org .

Nancy Goldman, Faye Adelson and
Randie Levin. Tickets: $85 mini-
mum. (734) 973-0710, ext. 141;
www.piannedparenthood.org/
midsouthmi/.

Hear State Senator Gilda Jacobs
on "The State of the State," a
Temple Beth El Sisterhood's
donor event, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday,
April 22, at 7400 Telegraph,
Bloomfield Hills. Dinner will be
preceded by boutique shopping at
4:30. Admission: $25 members,
$30 guests. RSVP: (248) 865-
0617, press 3.

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,
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.

Attend Kadima's "Healthy Body,
Healthy Mind Luncheon" 11:30
a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at
Temple Shir Shalom, 3999 Walnut
Lake Road, West Bloomfield.
Speakers will be surgeon-
researcher Dr. Pamela Benitez,
a breast cancer specialist, and
Jennifer Gray, founder of Body
Beautiful Boot Camps. Tickets:
$50 each; $370 table for eight.
RSVP to Paula Schonberg: (248)
559.8235, ext.122; PaulaSc
KadimaCenter.org .

Health / Support

Find support through CHADD
(Children & Adults with ADD)
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9 p.m. Monday, April 13, at Way
Elementary School, 765 W. Long
Lake Road (east of Telegraph),
Bloomfield Hills. Schedule: Deb
Stanly, MA, "Talk to a Chronic
Disorganization Coach about
Challenges and Learn Solutions,"
and Paul Jacobs, PhD, "Parenting
Children with AD/HD and
Oppositional Defiant Disorder."
Free for members, $5 for oth-
ers. (248) 988-6716, www.chadd.
net/527.

Join the Women's Task Force of
American Technion Society for
"The Power of Food," and learn
how red wine, pomegranates,
licorice and olive oil can enhance
your health, 7 p.m. Thursday, April
30, at the Franklin home of Rick
and Aimee Kovan. Guest speakers
are Dr. Michael Aviram from the
Technion Faculty of Medicine and
Gail Posner, RD, of Healthy Ways
Nutrition Counseling. $36. RSVP
by April 16 to Barb Zeevi: (248)
737-1990, Barb@ats.org .

Hear the story of Chris Bledy,
who wrote a book about beating
ovarian cancer at gynecologic
oncology seminar of Barbara Ann
Karmanos Cancer Institute 8 a.m.-
12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18, in
the Karmanos auditorium, 4100
John R, Detroit. Advance registra-
tion encouraged: (800) 527-6266,
www.karmanos.org .

Helping Out

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.

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)
661-2999.

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 .

Mentor an at-risk youth living in
Oakland County through a Jewish
Family Service program called
Mentor Connection. (248) 592-
2300, www.mentorconnect.org .

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

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