Be proactive with the National
Council of Jewish Women/Greater
Detroit Section and lobby state
senators and representatives in
Lansing on behalf of the state's
women, children and families.
Leave by bus from 26400 Lahser,
Southfield, 8:30 a.m., Tuesday,
Nov. 17, and return at 3 p.m.
Chairpersons are Fern Ettinger,
Florence Herrmann and Sharon
Lipton. Limited to 50 people. $10
cost includes lunch at the Capitol,
with a few senators invited to join.
(248) 355-3300.

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Attend the Michigan
Psychoanalytic Foundation's
25th Annual Benefit honoring Dr.
Marvin Margolis, 7 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 30, at Henry Ford Museum,
Dearborn. Dinner plus entertain-
ment by Alvin Waddles' Fats Waller
Review. Tickets: (248) 851-3380.

Federation's Alliance for Jewish
Education will provide a profes-
sional conference for teachers
and parents of students with
diverse learning and behavioral
challenges at the Anita Naftaly
Family Circle Conference at 1 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 8, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.
Sandra Rief, M.A., will provide
strategies to help students with
ADD and other learning differenc-
es. $20 in advance; $25 at door.
(248) 642-4260, ext. 533 or www.
jewishdetroit.org/familycircle.

HEALTH / SUPPORT

Kim Waters will discuss sensory
processing dysfunction and corn-
mon emotional and behavioral
issues in gifted children 7-8:30
p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the
Child and Family Solutions Center,
Farmington Hills. $15 per parent.

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Support the Detroit Institute
of Arts by attending its "To the
Nines" fundraiser 6 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 14. In addition to fashions,
dining, and entertainment will be
a tribute to A. Alfred Taubman,
longtime patron for whom the
DIA's European art wing is named.
Tickets begin at $100. (313) 833-
7967.

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EVENTS THAT HELP

Attend the Michigan Parkinson
Foundation's annual fundraiser
"A Night of a Thousand Stars"
7-10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at
the Steinway Piano Gallery of
Detroit, located at the southeast
corner of M-5 and Maple Road in
Commerce Township. Featured are
a silent auction, entertainment,
hors d'oeuvres and desserts. $45.
Tickets: (248) 433-1011 or info@
parkinsonsmi.org .

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addresses Osteoporosis 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 12, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue. RSVP to Suzanne
Cohen by Nov. 4 at (248) 548-
6375.

SPACE for Changing Families
announces the formation of
Rainbows, a peer support group
for children in divorce (K through
8th grade) who are trying to
adjust. Each small, age-appropri-
ate group is lead by a facilitator.
Parents will meet separately.
Meetings are 7 p.m. over twelve
Mondays beginning Nov. 9 at the
Birmingham Temple, 28611 W.
12 Mile, Farmington Hills. RSVP:
(248) 355-3300, ext. 0.

CHADD (Children & Adults with
ADD) will meet 7:30-9 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 9, at the Way
Elementary School, 765 W. Long
Lake Road, east of Telegraph
in Bloomfield Township. Sign-in
at 7. The parent group will have
psychologist Dr. Steve Ceresnie,
speaking on "AD/HD and Mood
Disorders in Children/Teens."
The adult group will have Laura
Rolands speaking on "Coaching

Adults with AD/HD." Free to
CHADD members and $5 for non-
member families. (248) 988-6716
or www.chadd.net/527.

Families Anonymous, a 12-step,
self-help support group for fam-
ily and friends (adults and those
over 15) affected by the substance
abuse or behavioral problems
of a loved one, meets 2:30 p.m.
Saturdays at Maplegrove Center,
Conference Room C, 6773 W.
Maple, West Bloomfield. No fees.
Visitors are welcome. (248) 790-
7677 or www.familesanonymous.
org .

HELPING OUT

The Birmingham Area Seniors
Coordinating Council and Center is
joining with Beaumont Hospital's
Rose Cancer Center to assemble
blankets for cancer patients in
chemotherapy. The event is 5:30-
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, at
BASCC, 2121 Midvale, Birmingham.
All ages who can hand sew are
welcome. To register, call BASCC
at (248) 203-5270 or e-mail
Jeanne Nance at jnance@bascc.
net.

Interact with senior residents
while working in the Jewish Senior
Life (JSL) building's stores, cafes
and gift shops in Oak Park and
West Bloomfield. Become a friend-
ly visitor, help at activities, field
trips or games. Contact: Michal
Ram (248) 592-1104, mram@jslmi.
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 .

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.

create a family Havdalah set.
Parents welcome. Information:
Megan Rappaport, Jewish family
educator, (248) 357-5544.

Enjoy the beauty of Shabbat
in downtown Detroit 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 13. Join with the
Downtown Synagogue's chavurah
of fellowship for a Kabbalat
Shabbat service with an emphasis
on singing followed by a torah
study. Designed for those who
don't regularly attend services
as well as experienced worship-
ers. Location is 1457 Griswold
(at Clifford). Information: (313)
399-0599; downtownsynagogue@
gmail.com ; or www.
downtownsynagogue.org .

HOLIDAYS / SHABBAT

Enjoy "The Happiness of
Shabbat" - a family Shabbat
program Friday, Nov. 6, at
Congregation B'nai Moshe in
West Bloomfield. Services at 6
p.m., fried chicken dinner at 7.
Afterward, Ellen Yashinsky Chute
will speak on "Family Happiness"
and magician Steve Zieman will
perform. $10; children under 18
free. Underwritten by the Nellie
and Max Friedman Shabbat Dinner
Fund. RSVP with payment by Oct.
30. Credit cards accepted. (248)
788-0600.

JEWISH LEARNING

Have fun at the Havdalah
Workshop featuring the StarLab
Planetarium 10:45 a.m. Sunday,
Nov. 8, at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek Southfield. Embark on
a journey through the sky and

Hear Professor Howard N.
Lupovitch speak on "American
Jews and Israel: A Historical
Perspective on the New influence

Hear Rabbi Tzvi Muller, edu-
cational director at the Weiss
Family Partners in Torah of Metro
Detroit, speak on "Change for
a Dollar, Making the Most Out
of Generosity" on making deci-
sions about tzedakah and the
Jewish perspective on recogni-
tion at 11 a.m.-noon Sunday, Nov.
1, at Temple Kol Ami in West
Bloomfield. All are welcome to
this Bagels and Basics event.
Information: Melanie@tkolami.org
or (248) 661-0040.

Calendar on page 56

Join The Party!

Holocaust Compensation

Catch the final weekend of the musical Rent featuring

Attend a discussion with Roman Kent, treasurer and board member of the

Dr. Gary LaKind as Roger at St. Dunstan's Theatre

Guild of Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, 8 p.m. Thursday-

Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (also known as the
Claims Conference), 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, at the Oak Park JCC. This

Saturday, Oct. 29-31, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1.

program will be of special interest to Holocaust survivors and their families.

$20/$18 students. Tickets: (248) 737-3587.

Born in Lodz, Poland, in 1929, Kent is a survivor of the concentration camps

in Auschwitz, Merzbachtal, Dornau and Flossenburg. (248) 967-4030.

Gary LaKind

Roman Kent

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