For caregivers only; onsite respite
during the daytime meeting must be
arranged in advance:
• Jewish Senior Life, Fleischman
Residence (6710 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield): Thursday, Dec. 10, 2-4
p.m.; Monday, Dec. 21, 7-9 p.m. RSVP:
Fran Cook, at (248) 592-5032.

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HELPING OUT

The National Council of Jewish
Women, Greater Detroit Section, and
Kadima, a nonprofit mental health
agency, present Project Friendship,
which holds Sunday brunches, activi-
ties and field trips for Kadima clients.
Volunteers are needed. RSVP: (248)
355-3300, Ext. 0. Chairs are Barbara
Berger and Bunny Cooper.

Congregation Beth Ahm's TOSAT
(Tikkun Olam / Social Action Team)
offers a mitzvah opportunity: Help
serve dinner at the Hope Hospitality
& Warming Center in Pontiac on one or
more of these nights: Sat., Dec. 26;
Sun., Dec. 27;
Mon., Dec. 28. Meals co-hosted by
Beth Ahm, Temple Kol Ami and Adat
Shalom Synagogue. To volunteer, con-
tact Barbara Schechter Cohen:
(248) 481-9753 or imbasha@aol.com

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 friendly visitor,
help at activities, field trips or games.
Contact: Michal Ram (248) 592-1104,
mram@jslmi.org .

JEWISH LEARNING

Explore the biblical book Song of
Songs via a three-month online learn-
ing adventure at Beth Ahm, led by
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein. Online
course will include weekly e-mails,
reading assignments, and suggested
links to enrichment materials. Open
to all. $18. Learn more by joining the
rabbi for an intro session on Sunday,
Dec.13, at 10 a.m. The course begins in
January. For more info or to sign up,
e-mail raysteven®cbahm.org or call
(248) 851-6880 ext. 17.

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Rabbi Yisroel Pinson, the director of
the Daniel B. Soble Friendship House
will be Yad Ezra's guest speaker at
a Lunch and Learn Wednesday, Dec.
16, at noon. His topic will be "Miracles
in Our Lives." Lunch is $7 and a tour
of Yad Ezra's kosher pantry facility is
available. RSVP: (248) 548-3663 by
Dec. 14.

"Suppertime
Torah: David and
Batsheva" — On
Thurs., Dec. 17,
Beth Ahm Men's
Club presents the
third of its seven-
part series on
the life of King
David taught by
Rabbi Steven
Rabbi Steven
Rubenstein
Rubenstein.
Pizza and salad at 5:30 p.m., learning
6:00-6:50, brief minyan at 7. Open
to all, includ-
ing women and
teens. $6. RSVP
for supper by 4
p.m. Wed., Dec.
16: Ron Jedwab
(248) 788-3068
or dannysldad@
comcast.net .

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his ongoing classes based on clas-
sical and contemporary esoteric
texts 10:30 a.m. Sundays and 8:30
p.m. Thursdays at Bais Chabad
Torah Center, 5595 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. Details: (248) 855-6170 or
bctc770@aol.com.

Find inspira-
tion each week
in "48 Steps
to Wisdom," a
lecture series
developed by the
late Rabbi Noah
Weinberg of Aish
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Synagogue,
5480 Orchard Lake Road, West
Bloomfield: Speakers include Rabbi
Alon Tolwin and Rabbi Tzvi Hochstadt
of Aish HaTorah 7 p.m. Mondays.
Additional co-sponsors include Fed
Ed and Jewish Renaissance Project.
No charge to attend. Free refresh-
ments. (248) 565-2757, www.keter-
torah.us .
• Detroit Jewish News, 29200
Northwestern Hwy., Southfield: Rabbi
Tolwin leads lunch-and-learn sessions
noon Thursdays. Kosher lunch: $8.
RSVP: (248) 948-9908, ext. 1.

Choral Chanukah

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SENIORS

YOUTH

Hear "Teenage Songbirds Singing Songs
of the 1930s and '40s" as Beth Ahm
Seniors presents Jordan Reynolds and
Hannah Mogill in a musical program
preceded by continental breakfast, Sun.,
Dec. 13, at 10:30 a.m., at Beth Ahm,
5075 W. Maple, W. Bloomfield. Open
to all. Beth Ahm Seniors members,
$4; others. $5. No RSVP needed. Mel
Mogill (248) 661-2588

See Sleeping Beauty marionette bal-
let at PuppetART Theater, 25 E. Grand
River in Detroit. Dec.12,19, 26. (313)
961-7777, www.puppetart.org .

On Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.m. the
Bel Canto Choir under the direction
of Martin Mandelbaum will present a
Chanukah concert at the Oak Park JCC.
Admission is free. (248) 967-4030.

Join the Bridge Club at the Oak
Park JCC, which meets 1-3:30 p.m.
Wednesdays for duplicate bridge play-
ers. (248) 967-4030.

The Active Life-Cojar will present a
program on Wednesday, Dec. 16, at
1 p.m. Storyteller Corinne Stavich
will present the program "Heroes and
Heroines for Chanukah and Always."
$3. (248) 967-4030

Come to Chanukah Tot Shabbat,
Saturday, Dec. 12, at Temple Beth El
in Bloomfield Township. Informal 9:30
a.m. service, followed by snack and
crafts at 10. Open to the community.
(248) 865-0612.

Kinder Kesher (Children's Connection),
Beth Ahm's free, biweekly play group
for babies, toddlers and their parents
or caregivers continues 10-11:30 a.m.,
Thurs. Dec. 17. Open to all. Theme is
Shabbat. RSVP: Amy Newman, (248)
851-8820 or relschool@cbahm.org .

Deadline to submit
Calendar listings:

Noon Tuesday, 9 days
prior to publication.

Enjoy lunch and a concert with
soprano Ida Kogan and Rose Morgan
Thursday, Dec. 17. The lunch will take
place at noon followed by the concert
at 1 p.m. The cost for the lunch is
$2.75. The charge for the concert is
$1 for non-members. RSVPs required
lunch: (248) 967-4030.

E-mail Calendar listings and ques-
tions to:

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For telephone inquires, call:

David Sachs,

(248) 351-5140.

BIG BLOWOUT

Join Congregation Shaarey Zedek's Big

Metropolitan Detroit, a com-

Chanukah Blowout at a Casino Night with

munity group sponsored by the

silent auction, raffle, casino games and

Jewish Community Center and

devoted to performing Jewish

choral music, celebrates the

Festival of Lights at a concert

on Sunday, Dec. 13, at the Oak

Park JCC. Free. Cantorial solo-

ist Penny Steyer directs and

Ted Wyman is the accompanist.

(248) 478-0631.

Texas hold'em tournament. Held 8 p.m.-

midnight Saturday, Dec. 12, at the CSZ

West Bloomfield B'nai Israel Center, 4200

Walnut Lake Road. $36 in advance or $45

at the door. Additional chips may be pur-

chased. Texas hold'em, with cash prizes for

the top two places, is an additional $50 buy-in. Hors

d'oeuvres and open bar. Register: Tobye Bello, (248) 357-

5544, ext. 45, or tbello@shaareyzedek.org .

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