vice. All are welcome; free. Bring a
donation for the Warming Shelter
of socks, men's undershirts,
toiletries or toilet paper. RSVP
by Dec. 7: Melanie@tkolami.org .
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Beth El 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11,
with a Shabbat dinner followed by
a 7:30 service. Bring your meno-
rot. All are welcome. There is a
charge for dinner. RSVP: (248)
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Bloomfield. Details: (248) 855-
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Groove with Chasidic reggae

singer Matisyahu Monday, Dec.

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Congress, Detroit. (313) 961-8137.

Doors 6:30 p.m. All ages welcome.

Tickets $25: Livenation.com .

Drop in and learn about the
Garden of Eden with Rabbi Steven
Rubenstein 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 1, at Congregation
Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield.
Adult study continues Dec. 8 and
15 with an exploration of Cain and
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Attend Congregation Shaarey
Zedek's Big Chanukah Blowout
noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, in
Southfield. Activities for children,
teens and adults. At the end will
be chanukiyah lighting pyrotech-
nics. $36.00 per family and $15.00
per adult. Babysitting available
2-4 p.m. Food for purchase. RSVP:
Tobye Bello, (248) 357-5544, ext.
45, or tbello@shaareyzedek.org .

Have fun at Temple Kol Ami
Sisterhood and Brotherhood's
"A Crazy 9th Night of
Chanukah" 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 19, featuring the Schmaltz
Klezmer Ensemble. Concert,
dance party and dessert buffet.
All adults welcome: $18 per per-
son. RSVP by Dec.10: Melanie®
tkolami.org or (248) 661-0040.
Web site: www.tkolami.org . Kol
Ami is at 5085 Walnut Lake Road,
West Bloomfield.

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tact Nancy Kaplan, (248) 737-1931
or nancyellen879@att.net.

Hear Aharon Oppenheimer lecture
on "Monotheism and Mutiny: Holy
War in Ancient Judaism" 4
p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1; also hear
Vanessa Ochs of the University of
Virginia speak on "The Stories
Jewish Homes Tell" noon
Thursday, Dec. 3, both at the
Jean & Samuel Frankel Center
for Judaic Studies, 202 S. Thayer
Street, Room 2022, Ann Arbor.
(734) 615-8503.

Learn about Jewish history, cul-
ture and religion by watching lec-
tures by outstanding educators 1
p.m. Wednesdays at Congregation
Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield.

Free; drop in. On Dec. 2: "Israel
and Zionism" and "American
Judaisms" with Professor Shai
Cherry of UCLA.

Join Keren Alpert, Temple Beth
El's rabbinic associate, to study
"Herod and the Jews." King
Herod was both an extraordinary
builder and a megalomaniac.
Lunar Learn meets at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 9; Lunch and
Learn at noon, Thursday, Dec. 10.
Free. RSVP: (248) 865-0612.

Explore the Kabbalah with
Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg at his
ongoing classes based on classical
and contemporary esoteric texts
10:30 a.m. Sundays and 8:30
p.m. Thursdays at Bais Chabad

Hear Dr. Alan Taub, the top-ranked
research and development execu-
tive at General Motors, speak on
"The Future of Automotive
Energy" 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov.
30, at the Bloomfield Township
Public Library, 1099 Lone Pine
Road east of Telegraph. Free.
RSVP: (248) 642-5393.

Hear Randal Charlton, of
TechTown discuss business
opportunities with Israel before
the Michigan Israel Business
Bridge 5:30-7:30 pm Tuesday,
Dec. 8, at TechTown, 440
Burroughs Street Detroit. Charlton
visited Israel with WSU colleagues
to explore collaborative opportuni-
ties in stem-cell therapies, bio-
banking and business incubation.
$15/MIBB members; $30/others.
RSVP: dzimet@michiganisrael.com .

SENIORS

See the movie The Harmonists,
based on the true story of a leg-

Ask The Doctors

Get Your Gifts

Hear a panel of Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital

• Snare a snood, a hat or a robe the Top That

oncologists discuss prostate and breast
cancer at a free presentation 7 p.m. Monday
Dec. 7, at the West Bloomfield JCC's Janice

pre-Chanukah sale at Shomrey Emunah,

Charach Gallery. Doctors answering questions

• Discover handbags, clothing, toys, jewelry,

include Joel L. Appel, director of the hospital's

art and much more at the Sisterhood Charity

Charach Cancer Treatment Center; hema-

Gift Bazaar 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6,

tologist Patricia Ball; oncologists Leopoldo

at Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake,

Eisenberg and Stephen Schwartz; and Kimberly

West Bloomfield. Contact Linda Mondrow,

B. Hart, director of radiation oncology.

(248) 582-0471 or Imondrow@aol.com .

endary German singing group with
some Jewish members that was
forced to disband in 1934 as the
Nazis came to power. Shown at 1
p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 1. Sponsored
by the Active Life. (248) 967-
4030.

Hear Ariella Nadel speak on
"Tefilah — The Natural Language
of Our Soul" at X p.m., XXXsday,
Dec. X, at the Oak Park JCC. $3.
Sponsored by the Active Life/
COJAR. (248) 967-4030.

On Thursday, Dec. 3, enjoy
a noon lunch followed by a 1
p.m. concert with flutist Pam
Michaels and pianist Martin
Mandelbaum at the Oak Park
JCC. The cost for lunch is $2.75.
The charge for the concert is $1
for non-members. RSVP for the
lunch: (248) 967-4030.

Temple Beth El's senior group,
the Ambassadors, invites the
community to a Chanukah lun-
cheon and entertainment by
the Schmaltz Klezmer Ensemble
noon Tuesday, Dec. 15, at the
Bloomfield Township temple. $10
for Ambassadors members; $12
for others. RSVP before Dec.10:
Doris Kushner, (248) 352-5882, or
Betty Applebaum, (248) 476-1775.

SINGLES

25451 Southfield Road, Southfield 1-6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 29.

Attend an age 50+ singles holi-
day dinner 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec.
5, at Fiddler's Restaurant, Orchard
Lake Road south of Maple, West
Bloomfield. RSVP by Dec. 3 to
Marji, (248) 544-1203

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