E-mail items to calendar@thejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 New deadline: noon Tuesday, nine days prior to publication. Join the Spousal Bereavement Support Group 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays, Oct. 20-Nov. 24, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Southfield. Sponsored by the NCJW and CSZ. Pre-registra- tion and attendance at all six sessions are required. Free and open to the public. RSVP: (248) 355-9936. EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE by Jordan B. Gorfinkel • www.jewishcartoon.com BECCAnBETH The Altruist The Realist BERNIE YAEL LOUIS ZAYDS The Idealist The Perplexed The Rebel The Traditionalist BUBS The Bubbe Join the Temple Israel FUN (Flourish Unite & Nurture) support group for physically challenged adults 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, at Friendship Circle, 6892 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, for a tour of the program. RSVP: Michelle Chekan, (248) 342- 2701. Browse the "Solutions for Family Caregiver Expo," Saturday, Oct. 24, at Rock Financial Showplace, Novi. More than 120 exhibitors of products and services to assist caregivers; and Ask the Expert questions on Medicare, Medicaid and referrals to local services. Free. Information: (800) 852-7795, www.michigancare- giverexpo.com or www.aaalb.com . HELPING OUT Donate clothing and household goods for the Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah's Rummage Sale. Drop-off times are 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, and 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday- Wednesday, Oct.19-21, at Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Bags must be marked with one's name and phone number. For types of goods accepted, call Hadassah, (248) 683-5030. The rummage sale will be Nov. 3-6. Listen to Ed Kohl of Volunteers for Israel and learn of this high-impact volunteer opportunity 10:30 a.m. Sunday Oct. 18, at Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple Rd., West Bloomfield. Kohl will be joined by Beth Ahm members Sid Blackman and Rene Lichtman, who have will share their experiences. The program is sponsored by the Sisterhood and Tikun Olam / Social Action Team (TOSAT). Free and open to the com- munity. For information, contact Rene Lichtman, (248) 932-1834 or (248) 917-4114, or rlichtman@comcast.net . Stuff and finish teddy bears for chil- dren, an ongoing community project with the Pomegranate Guild, 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at the Spicer House in Heritage Park in Farmington Hills. Meeting monthly on the second Sunday, the group stitches and learns various needlecrafts with Judaic themes. Judy Galperin: (248) 661- 5337. Mentor an at-risk youth living in Oakland County through a Jewish Family Service program called Mentor Connection. (248) 592-2300, www. mentorconnect.org . Contact Dr. Charles Snow 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. 02007 BY GORFTEXT PRODUCTIONS INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Deliver meals to homebound clients in Oakland County through National Council of Jewish Women's Kosher Meals on Wheels program. Both regu- lar drivers and subs are needed. (248) 967-0967. HOLIDAYS / SHABBAT Shabbat Metukah / A Sweet Shabbat — The Family Shabbat series returns to Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield 10:45-11:45 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, giving parents and kids the opportunity to daven together. All are welcome. Information: Amy Newman, director of education, youth & family programming, (248) 851-8820 or rel- school@cbahm.org . JEWISH LEARNING Hear Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg speak at Yad Ezra kosher food pantry's Lunch and Learn noon Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 2580 W.11 Mile, Berkley. $7. RSVP by Oct.19: (248) 548-3663. Attend events by the Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies. (734) 615-8503: • Steve Aschheim, Hebrew University, on "Icons Beyond the Border: The Weimar Jewish Intellectuals at the Beginning of the 21st Century" 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Michigan League, Ann Arbor. • Symposium on "Central European Jewish Studies. Themes of assimila- tion, popular culture, and Jewish self- hatred will be examined" Thursday- Friday, Oct. 22-23, at 202 S. Thayer Street, Room 2022, Ann Arbor. Explore the Parshah HaShavuah (weekly Torah portion) with a dif- ferent rabbi or educator from the community 10-11 a.m. beginning Friday, Oct. 16, at the Max M. Fisher Federation Building, 6742 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township. Co-sponsors: Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education, Michigan Board of Rabbis, Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment and JCC. $25 per four- week series; take one session or sign up for the year. RSVP required: (248) 205-2557, jewishdetroit.org/feded. Study the "Beginnings of Jewish Family Living" with Rabbi Joseph H. Krakoff while your child stud- ies at Congregation Shaarey Zedek Southfield, 9:30-11:00 a.m., Sundays, beginning Oct. 18. This new curricu- lum for parents offers an opportunity to bring the Jewish conversation home to share with a young child. RSVP (248) 642-4260, ext. 372. Sponsored by Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education and Shaarey Zedek. $100 tuition. Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills. Choice between three 10 a.m. sessions is $15; second sessions at 11:15 are $20. RSVP: www.jgsmi.org . Hear Keren Alpert, Temple Beth El's rabbinic associate, speak on "Rainbows, Rabbis and the Redactor," an examination of the Noah story to find the human handprint on the creation of the Torah. Attend at Lunar Learn, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, or at Lunch and Learn, noon Thursday, Oct. 22. Free. RSVP: Call the Bloomfield Twp. temple's religious school, (248) 865-0612. Henry Ford Hospital West Bloomfield, HAP and the JCC will present a Senior Wellness Weekend at differ- ent days and locations:10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at Henry Ford West Bloomfield, 6777 W. Maple Rd., and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at the West Bloomfield JCC. Free and open to all. Learn about exercising, pre- venting falls, controlling blood pres- sure, cooking and making Medicare work. Information: (800) 292-9344; TDD (800) 956-4325; www.jccdet.org . Explore the turbulent and cre- ative life of King David 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, as the Men's Club of Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield kicks off a seven-part monthly Suppertime Torah series taught by Rabbi Steven Rubenstein. Pizza and salad, $6; women, teens are welcome. RSVP by the day before: (248) 851-6880 or director@cbahm. org . For information about lifelong Jewish learning, contact Nancy Kaplan, (248) 737-1931 or nancyel- len879@att.net . Hear Melanie Gorman, the Couponista, teach her money saving class 6:30- 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Novi Middle School, 49000 W 11 Mile. $25. Call (248) 449-1206 to register. SENIORS Enjoy entertainment by Michelle Chekan at Cafe Europa, 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, at the Oak Park JCC. Free. Sponsored by the Holocaust Survivors and Families Support Group. (248) 967-4030. Watch the movie The Life of Birds then join discussion led by Joseph Tazelaar 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, at the Oak Park JCC. Sponsored by the Active Life. (248) 967-4030. Hear Rabbi Avraham Cohen, director of Partners in Torah, discuss "Why Is Anti-Semitism Still an Issue After All This Time?" at 1p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the Oak Park JCC. $3. Sponsored by the Active Life and Cojar. (248) 967-4030. YOUNG ADULTS Join Temple Israel's Imagine Young Adult Group. RSVP to Michelle Lichtman, (248) 661-5700 or michelle@temple-israel.org: •"Wine and Dine" — 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at the West Bloomfield temple for a demonstration and serv- ing of a four-course meal by Joan Melnick, owner of Bonnie's Kitchen of Bloomfield Township. $25. RSVP by Oct. 21. Events of Hillel of Metro Detroit, (313) 577-3459, Hillel@Wayne.edu: • Shmooze and nosh at coffee with Neil at Starbucks 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 24730 Greenfield at 10 Mile. Calendar on page 63 ZOA's Balfour Celebration Help laud Dr. Marcy Borofsky Professor Peretz Lavie, newly elected president of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, will discuss "Building a Nation: The Technion Story," at a Shabbat event at Temple Israel of West Bloomfield, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23. For information, contact American Technion Society, Detroit Chapter, (248) 737-1990 or technion.det@ats.org . and Dr. Margo Yellin Woll, selected to receive the Justice Louis Brandeis Award at this year's Balfour Celebration 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road, Southfield. Sponsored by the Zionist Organization of America- LEARNING Join with the Jewish Genealogical Society of Michgan to learn computer research techniques for genealogists Sunday, Oct. 18, at the Holocaust Safam Michigan Region, the event will include musical entertainment by Safam and a dessert afterglow. Tickets, $50; students, $20. Information: (248) 282-0088 or balfour2009@mizoa.org . October 15 • 2009 61