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'Who's A Jew?'
Is Lunch Topic
Adat Shalom
Synagogue in
Farmington Hills
will begin its lunch
and learn program-
ming with the series
Rabbi
"Who Is a Jew ...
Bergman
And Who Decides?"
Rabbi Aaron Bergman leads the
class noon-1:15 p.m. Thursdays, Oct.
8, 15, 22, 29. $10 per session, including
lunch. All are welcome. Sponsored by the
Adat Shalom Adult Study Commission.
RSVP: Sheila Lederman, (248) 851-
5100, by Friday prior to each program.

Brush Up On Your Hebrew
The Men's Club of Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington Hills will
sponsor weekly Hebrew literacy class-
es for men and women 7-8:30 p.m.
Mondays beginning Oct. 5. Classes are
at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit in Farmington Hills in con-
junction with classes from other
Conservative synagogues.
The program offers beginning,
intermediate and new intermediate
"plus" classes, which will focus on
the background of selected prayers in
addition to mastering the prayers of
the Shabbat morning service.
Classes run through Dec. 14 and
Jan. 11-March 1. There is a $50 fee.
Volunteers teach the alef-bet and
work on siddur skills and reading flu-
ency. Don Rudick is chair. RSVP: Adat
Shalom Synagogue, (248) 851-5100.

Temple Sisterhood Season
Temple Shir Shalom Sisterhood in
West Bloomfield held two events to
kick off its season. On Aug. 7, an out-
door Shabbat service was combined
with a sisterhood installation service.
A sisterhood dinner was held Sept.
8. President Janice Schwartz welcomed
executive board members Esther
Gold, treasurer; Susan Gertner, vice
president social action; and Joyce
Steinberg, recording secretary.
The highlight was a cooking dem-
onstration presented by Zack Sklar
and Justin Kurtz of Cutting Edge
Cuisine.
Shir Shalom Sisterhood is involved
in many mitzvahs including the new
Honey Project, providing for youth
group scholarships to each temple
b'nai mitzvah student; and contribu-
tion of funds to NCJW's Backpack
Project, which provides backpacks and
school supplies to children in need in
Oakland County.

Ongoing mitzvahs that are slated for
the sisterhood are volunteering at Yad
Ezra, the Quilting Club, Care House
and the Sisterhood of Traveling Pans.
Memberships to Temple Shir
Shalom Sisterhood are available to
nonmembers, who are always wel-
come. Contact Janice Schwartz at
Sparke1409@aol.com or the Temple
Shir Shalom office at (248) 737-8700.

Black & Blue And Jewish
Hear domestic abuse survivor Susie
Feldman, Haven President-CEO Beth
Morrison, Jewish Family Service
Chief Community Outreach Officer
Ellen Yashinsky Chute and Judge Bill
Richards of Southfield District Court
discuss issues of domestic abuse at 1
p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, at the National
Council of Jewish Women office, 26400
Lahser, Suite 306, Southfield.
All are welcome at no charge. To
RSVP, call NCJW, (248) 355-3300, ext. 0.

Music Of
Jewish India
Experience "Jewish
Calcutta through
Music and Memory"
— a program that
features award-
winning journalist,
Rahel Musleah
singer, speaker and
educator Rahel
Musleah at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at
Congregation Beth Ahm.
Musleah weaves a rich tapestry
of heritage, culture and memory of
the Indian Jewish community whose
population has dwindled to 5,000.
The program is sponsored by the
Walter Litt Family Jewish Music Fund
at Beth Ahm.
All are welcome at no charge.
Donations to the Litt music fund can
be sent to Congregation Beth Ahm,
5075 West Maple, West Bloomfield, MI
48322. Information: (248) 851-6880.

Walk To Defeat ALS
Participate in a three-mile family-
friendly Walk to Defeat ALS Saturday,
Oct. 3, on Detroit's Belle Isle to support
research and patient care. Register at 9
a.m., walk at 10. Afterward, enjoy the
food at the Ultimate Tail Gate Party.
Bill Emerson, CEO of Quicken Loans
is corporate chair, and Florine Mark
of Farmington Hills is celebrity chair.
Both lost loved ones to the disease.
"What ALS Association-Michigan
Chapter is doing is amazing and I am
proud to be a part of it," Mark said.
For information: (248) 680-6540 or
www.alsa-michigan.org.

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