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Journaling And Healing
Try the "Writing for the Health of
it," program sponsored by Detroit-
based Karmanos Cancer Institute's
Survivorship University, 6-7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 14, at Gilda's Club,
517 Rochester Road, Royal Oak.
Research has shown that writing
down thoughts can relieve stress
and encourage the healing process.
In this workshop, people will learn
to make life more interesting
by putting thoughts on paper. Free, but pre-registration
encouraged: (800) 527-6266, www.karmanos.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 .
discussion on why bad things
happen to good people, our role
here on earth and what happens
after we die. Free. (248) 357-
5544, www.shaareyzedek.org .
Lead an hour-long Shabbat ser-
vice Friday afternoons at Lahser
Hills Care Centre, 25300 Lahser,
Brush up on your conversational
Hebrew taking FedEs classes
through July sponsored by
Northwestern Hwy., Southfield.
Kosher lunch: $8. (248) 948-
9908, ext. 1.
Southfield. Chaplain Evelyn: (248)
354-3222, ext. 130.
Federation's Alliance for Jewish
Education. Different levels avail-
able. Nira Lev: (248) 205-2541.
Learning
Holidays I Shabbat
Celebrate Sisterhood Shabbat
9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 9, at
Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075 W.
Get information on "Treatment
Kingsfield Drive, West Bloomfield,
of Tinnitus with Neuromonics
Device" from Eric Sargent, MD,
FACS, of Michigan Ear Institute
MI 48322. Include a return enve-
lope to have anything returned.
Optional donations for event,
1-3 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at
West Bloomfield Township Public
payable The Berg Visiting Dance
Fund," can be sent to Adina
Library, 4600 Walnut Lake Road.
Program presented by Acoustic
Neuroma Association. (248) 681-
0780, gfb50@aol.com .
Pergament at the JCC. Details:
(248) 432-5470.
Come for "Schmoozing &
Learning," two mini-talks hosted
by the Shaarey Zedek Men's
Club, 9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 17,
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Road, Southfield.
Topics and speakers: "Myths
and Facts About Diabetes" with
15, with fruit and bagels, or 7-
9 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, with
fruit and dessert, at Davidson
Twp. Rabbinic Associate Keren
Alpert will focus on "Reform
Judaism and Israel: A Mature
Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard
Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Free.
RSVP: (248) 683-5030.
Relationship." Free. Bring brown
bag lunch for Thursday. Register
with Temple Religious School:
Take an overnight trip with the
Jewish Genealogical Society of
(248) 865-0612.
Southfield. Learn what happened
Learn how the Conservative
movement looks at the mitz-
vot and Ten Commandments in
Rabbi Aaron Starr's two-part
Self-arranged carpools will leave
promptly at 8:30 a.m. Sunday,
May 17, from parking lot near
10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays
at National Council of Jewish
Women, 26400 Lahser, Suite
Jewish Learning
series, "From the Big 10 to the
Big 613," 7:30 p.m. Thursdays,
Einstein Bagels, Orchard Lake
Road and 12 Mile, Farmington
Hills. Make hotelreservation at
Gather for Rabbi Aaron
Bergman's lunch-and-learn
Shaarey Zedek-West Bloomfield,
B'nai Israel Center, 4200 Walnut
series, "The Chasidic Movement
Lake Road. Free. (248) 357-5544,
www.shaareyzedek.org .
306, Southfield. Materials pro-
vided. Good choice for mitzvah or
high school project. Bobbie: (248)
Helping Out
Adoptive Families. Details: (248)
545-8665, justdoit0696@yahoo.
com .
Share informal outings with
Volunteer to pick up litter,
remove graffiti and plant flowers
at community clean-up morn-
ing sponsored by Woodward
Contact Dr. Charles Silow if
there's a Holocaust survivor who
might benefit from Yad b'Yad
Avenue Action Association, 8
Mile Boulevard Association and
Ferndale Chamber of Commerce
(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
Contribute dance photographs
program. Both regular drivers and
subs are needed. (248) 967-0967.
Interact with senior residents
while working in stores oper-
and newspaper stories for exhibit
at the June 7 tribute honoring
choreographer-dancer Harriet
ated by Jewish Apartments
& Services at its buildings in
Oak Park and West Bloomfield.
Berg at the West Bloomfield JCC.
Send items to Patty Ceresnie at
pjceresnie®comcast.net or 5591
Volunteer during morning hours
only. Michal Ram: (248) 592-1104,
mram@jasmi.org .
May 7 a 2009
May 13, or Lunch and Learn
noon Thursday, May 14, at
7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield
3,320 years ago and its relevance
to today. Free. (248) 357-5544,
www.shaareyzedek.org .
Jewish parents of young adopted
children through Midwest
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Take an interactive workshop
on "Communications in the Real
World" 10 a.m.-noon Friday, May
Create cuddly fleece blankets
Details from Men's Club office:
(248) 357-5544.
ous locations. Details: nicole@
woodwardavenue.org .
Sunday, May 10, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road,
Return for Temple Beth El's
Lunar Learn 7 p.m. Wednesday,
— no sewing needed — for Oakland
County children transitioning
from lives of abuse and neglect,
355-3300.
Fairgrounds, Community Arts
Building, 1120 S. State Fair,
Detroit. Work until noon at vari-
Take another look at Shavuot
with Rabbi Leiby Burnham 11 a.m.
drop-in lunch and learn series
with Rabbi Alon Tolwin of Aish
HaTorah, noon Thursdays
at the Jewish News, 29200
Michigan to explore the genealog-
ical collection at the Allen County
Public Library in Fort Wayne, Ind.
endocrinologist Dr. Gary Edelson,
and "Aging, Sex and Drugs" with
cardiologist Dr. Joel Kahn. Free.
on Saturday, May 2. Register
8-9 a.m. at Michigan State
Maple, West Bloomfield. Details
from sisterhood president Jody
Superstine Grossman: (248) 851-
7643, jsg12345@aol.com .
Find wisdom in "48 Steps to
Conscious Living," the weekly
May 14 and 21, at Congregation
and Its Masters," noon-1:15 p.m.
Wednesdays, May 13 and 20, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. The
Adult Study Commission spon-
sors. $10 per session fee includes
Explore the Kabbalah with Rabbi
Elimelech Silberberg at Bais
Chabad Torah Center, 5595 W.
Maple, West Bloomfield. Ongoing
classes suitable for beginners and
more advanced students meet
lunch. RSVP to Sheila Lederman
by Thursday prior to each pro-
gram: (248) 851-5100.
10:30 a.m. Sundays and 8:30 p.m.
Join Rabbi Tzvi Muller and
Wednesdays. Details: bctc770@
aol.com , (248) 855-6170.
Partners in Torah for "Just Say
'Know' to Judaism lunch-and-
learn series, this time focused
group rate of $99. Details:
http://www.jgsmi.org/rsvp.php .
Take pride in "From Haven to
Home: Jewish Life in America,"
an exhibit created by the
American Jewish Historical
Society in cooperation with the
Library of Congress, through Aug.
30, at Detroit Historical Museum,
5410 Woodward, Detroit.
• Scholars symposium: 10:30
a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sunday, May 17,
at Detroit Historical Museum. Get
perspectives on Michigan Jewish
history in the American frame-
work from David Weinberg, Ken
on "Of Parent and Parenting:
Honoring Parents, Educating
Children," noon Wednesdays,
through May 27, at the West
Bloomfield JCC. May 13 topic:
"Attitude of Gratitude." Cost: $7
per class includes lunch. RSVP:
(248) 583-2476, www.justsayk-
nowtojudaism.com .
Consider "The Meaning of Life"
9:45 a.m. Sunday, May 10, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Road, Southfield.
Using traditional Jewish texts,
Rabbi Aaron Starr will facilitate
Report On Durban II
Get an eyewitness account of
Durban II 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
May 13, at the West Bloomfield JCC.
Reporting on the United Nations-
sponsored conference against rac-
ism will be Hillel Neuer, a leading
advocate for human rights and
the Jewish people. Event spon-
Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sors: Metropolitan Detroit Chapter,
American Jewish Committee (AJC);
in a JTA file photo
Michigan Region, Anti-Defamation
League, and StandWithUs. $20
includes dessert reception. AJC requires advance registration:
(248) 646-7686, detroit@ajc.org .