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Subscribe to the Opus 9 Series
of the Chamber Music Society
of Detroit, whose fall season

begins with the American String
Quartet and cellist Lynn Harrell
on Saturday, Sept. 12. Call for

brochure: (248) 855-6070.

Event Hotline

Take a narrated, two-hour city bus

tour, "The Good, the Bad and the
Hopeful: You Be the Judge," 11:30
a.m. Saturday, July 25, leaving
from 2934 Russell at Wilkins in

Eastern Market. The tour leader
is Linda Yellin, owner of Feet on
the Street, $25. Next tour: Aug.

Alstyn, Wyandotte. Dinner follows
at own expense at Lions & Tigers

6. Tickets: (248) 353-TOUR, www.
FeetOnTheStreetTours.com .

& Beers, 2929 Biddle, Wyandotte.
Cruise: $14; send check by Aug.
1 to Olivia Hammer. RSVP for her

Take a stroll in the park and
socialize with Cancer Thrivers
Network for Jewish Women, a

address: (248) 661-6878.

support group open to women
who've ever had a cancer diag-
nosis, 9-11 a.m. Monday, July 27,

organized by the JCC's Center
Travel Dept. Early reservations
required. Trip schedule: (248)

departing from Drake Sports Park
Pavilion, 6801 Drake at Maple,

432-5471, www.jccdet.org:

West Bloomfield. $5 includes cof-
fee. RSVP to Patti Nemer: (248)

Events That Help

90-5854, pstripes2@aol.com .

Give the gift of life at a blood
drive sponsored by the temple

Enjoy summer taking bus trips

BECCA
The
Altruist

BETH
The
Realist

BERNIE
The
Idealist

youth 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday,
July 26, at Temple Beth El,
7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield Twp.

Northville. Alyssa Cohen:
acevents@aol.com .

Donors will be entered to win
prizes, including Cedar Point tick-
ets and lease on a 2010 Mercury

Cruise the Detroit River with
Glennwood ORT 2:45 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 9, departing from

Milan. Must be age 18 or older
to win. Blood drive registration:
www.givelife.org ; enter code: tem-

dock of Diamond Jack's River
Cruise, Superior Blvd. at Van

ple 13. Questions: benjamin92®

Hit the links for West Bloomfield-
based Temple Shir Shalom,
sponsoring a golf outing-fund-
raiser, 1:30 p.m. Monday, Aug.

tioning from lives of abuse and
neglect, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Mondays
at National Council of Jewish
Women, 26400 Lahser, Suite
306, Southfield. Materials pro-

Wish family and friends a
sweet new year with your
gift of honey, a fundraiser
for Temple Kol Ami Family
Religious School, 5085
Walnut Lake Road,
West Bloomfield. The
jar of honey, complete
with your personalized
message, will arrive in time
for Rosh Hashanah (sundown on
Sept. 18). Cost: $9 each($6.50 tax-
deductible); includes shipping anywhere in the United
States. Orders after July 24 carry $3/jar shipping fee. Order
online: www.tkolami.org and follow the honey link. (248) 661-
0040, Melanie@tkolami.org .

Southfield. Chaplain Evelyn: (248)

354-3222, ext. 130.

Holidays / Shabbat

3, at Plum Hollow Country Club,
21631 Lahser, Southfield. Choose
$180 for golf, lunch, dinner and
cocktails; $200 for single-hole

vided. Good choice for mitzvah or
high school project. Bobbie: (248)

sponsorship (without golf); $900
for golf, dinner and cocktails for a

Mentor an at-risk youth living in
Oakland County through a Jewish

foursome, including sponsorship.
RSVP by July 24 to chair Michael
Reich: (248) 320-4650, www.

Family Service program called
Mentor Connection. (248) 592-
2300, www.mentorconnect.org .

vice features Shabbat Unplugged
on July 17, and the Troubadours
on July 24. Buffet picnic avail-
able at 6 p.m. for a charge, or

Drop off jars of peanut but-
ter and jelly to feed clients of

bring your own food. RSVP:
sandi®temple-israel.org , (248)
661-5700.

Health /Support

Do the hora at Israel folk danc-
ing sessions 8-10 p.m. Tuesdays
at Oak Park JCC and 7:15-10 p.m.
Wednesdays at West Bloomfield

JCC. Charge: $6. Oak Park: (248)
967-4030; West Bloomfield: (248)

891-6906.

Helping Out

gmail.com .

Honey-Gram

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Traditionalist

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355-3300.

shirshalom.org .

Find products and services at
the " Buy Michigan Now Festival
"July 27-Aug 2, in downtown

YAEL
The
Perplexed

Sign up to be a vendor at the
"Garage-less Garage Sale" 11
a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9, at the
Oak Park JCC. Reserve space by

July 23 to sell household items,
treasures and more: (248) 967-

4030, ext. 2020.

Lighthouse of Pontiac 9 a.m.-4
p.m. weekdays, at BASCC, 2121
Midvale, Birmingham. Collection

continues through July 31: (248)

203-5270.

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.

Interact with senior residents
while working in the Jewish
Senior Life (JSL) building's stores

in Oak Park and West Bloomfield.
Volunteer between 10 a.m.-noon

weekdays. Michal Ram: (248)
592-1104, mram@jslmi.org .

Create cuddly fleece blan-
kets — no sewing needed — for
Oakland County children transi-

Deliver meals to homebound cli-

Gather for "Shabbat Services
Under the Stars" 7:30 p.m.
Fridays, at Temple Israel,
5725 Walnut Lake Road, West
Bloomfield. Kabbalat Shabbat ser-

Participate in two weekly Shabbat
programs at Congregation Beth
Ahm, 5075 W. Maple, West

Bloomfield. (248) 737-1931, nan-
cyellen879@att.net:
• Study Group: Rabbi Steven

Rubenstein will use new text-
book Pirke Avot: A Modern

Commentary on Jewish Ethics

9-9:30 a.m. Saturdays. Purchase
book ($14) during office hours:

(248) 851-6880.
• Song Circle: Offered during
Kiddush following morning ser-
vices, 12:15-12:45 p.m. Saturdays.

Gain insight into religious
issues at "Stay and Learn on
Shabbat." Held following ser-
vices and Kiddush Saturdays,

ents in Oakland County through
National Council of Jewish
Women's Kosher Meals on Wheels

at Congregation B'nai Moshe,
6800 Drake, West Bloomfield. No

program. Both regular drivers and

(248) 788-0600.

charge; drop-ins are welcome.

subs are needed. (248) 967-0967.

Lead an hour-long Shabbat ser-
vice Friday afternoons at Lahser
Hills Care Centre, 25300 Lahser,

Come to a Conservative
Movement community service for
the observance of Tisha b'Av 8

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