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Join Frankel Jewish Academy's Adult
Academy and Jewish News food writer
Annabel Cohen for a cooking demon-
stration 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6,
at Specialties Showroom, 2800 W.11
Mile, Berkley. Additional "Jews and
Food" programs will be held on the
following Wednesdays, Jan. 20 and
27. $5 for one session; $8 for two ses-
sions, $10 for all three. RSVP: Kelly
Underwood, (248) 592-5263, ext 221.

Join retired Army Brig. Gen. Donald
Schenk, for his perspective on the
Iraq War 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19,
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek West
Bloomfield B'nai Israel Center. Free.

Lt. Gov. Cherry

RSVP: (248) 357-5544, ext. 32, or
gail2@shaareyzedek.org .

SINGLES

Attend a Singles Saturday Dinner
for ages 48-66 at 6 p.m. Jan. 9 at
Antonio's Italian Restaurant, 12 Mile at
Halstead, Farmington Hills. RSVP by
Jan. 5: Sharon, (248) 855-6242.

SENIORS

Cantorial Soloist Rachel Gottlieb
Kalmowitz will present a program of

"Jewish Theatre Music Through the
Ages" with accompanist Jim Gabriel
at the noon Tuesday, Jan. 19, lun-

YOUTH

Kinder Kesher - Children's Connection
10-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12,
adults, babies and toddlers can build
Jewish connections at a free play-
group at Cong. Beth Ahm in West
Bloomfield. Open to all. Amy Newman:
(248) 851-8820 or relschool@cbahm.
org .

Deadline to submit
Calendar listings:

Noon Tuesday, 9 days
prior to publication.

E-mail Calendar listings and
questions to:

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Babies, toddlers, parents and grand-
parents will celebrate Shabbat at
Temple Beth El's Tot Shabbat, 9:30
a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9. Snack and
crafts at 10 at the Bloomfield Township
temple. Open to all. Information: (248)
865-0612.

cheon of the Ambassadors of Temple
Beth El, at the Bloomfield Township
temple. Open to all. $10 for group
members; $12 others. RSVP by Jan.
14: Doris Kushner, (248) 352-5882, or
Betty Applebaum, (248) 476-1775.

Temple Israel Early Childhood Center
presents "Parenting Pearls of
Wisdom" with Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny
9:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 11, in the
Youth Lounge. RSVP: (248) 661-5750.
Babysitting also by RSVP only.

Israel Business

Walk For Israel

Congregation Beth Ahm and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan

The 2010 Walk for Israel planning committee will meet

Detroit will host Lt. Gov. John D. Cherry for a panel discussion reviewing

noon-1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at Temple Shir Shalom in West

calendar@thejewishnews.
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his investment mission to Israel at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, at the

Bloomfield. The walk will be noon Sunday, May 2, at the temple.

synagogue, 5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. As a result of his trip, two

Organizations and individuals are invited to help plan or co-

Israeli companies involved in water resources technology committed to

sponsor the walk, or to promote it to their membership. RSVP:

pilot projects in Michigan. Also on the panel will be Federation CEO Scott

Mark Segel, myalesegel@comcast.net or

Kaufman and Ron Perry, executive director of Michigan-Israel Business

(248) 208-2773; or Andre Douville andre@shirshalom.org or

Bridge. Free. Information: (248) 851-6880 or panyavino@comcast.net .

(248) 737-8700. Web site: www.walkforisrael.org .

For telephone inquires, call:

David Sachs„

(248) 351-5140.

Legislative Updates

Making Music

State reps report to constituents.

Young and old to showcase talent.

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Vicki Barnett

Lisa Brown

Chuck Moss

Ellen Cogen

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our of Oakland County's fresh-
man state representatives will
give state House updates to their
constituents in a series of January conver-
sations with 8 a.m. briefings hosted by the
Jewish Community Relations Council of
Metropolitan Detroit.
State Rep. Vicki Barnett, D-Farmington/
Farmington Hills, will begin the series on
Tuesday, Jan. 5, at Adat Shalom Synagogue,
Farmington Hills.
On Thursday, Jan. 7, Rep. Lisa Brown,
a Democrat, will meet with residents
of Commerce, West Bloomfield and
Wolverine Lake at Congregation Beth
Ahm, West Bloomfield.
Rep. Chuck Moss, a Republican, will
brief constituents from Bloomfield Hills,
Keego Harbor, Orchard Lake Village,
Franklin, Bingham Farms, Beverly Hills
and Pleasant Ridge on Tuesday, Jan. 12, at
Temple Beth El, Bloomfield Township.
The series will close with a brief-

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ing on Monday, Jan. 25, by Rep. Ellen
Cogen Lipton, a Democrat, at the Jewish
Community Center in Oak Park for resi-
dents of Berkley, Ferndale, Hazel Park,
Huntington Woods, Oak Park and Pleasant
Ridge.
The JCRC presents the series to provide
a forum for the four legislators to share
legislative updates from Lansing and
their personal perspectives on their fresh-
man year as well as to enable community
members to voice their views about issues
important to them.
A free continental breakfast will be
served at the briefings; reservations are
required. To register, e-mail tensley@jfmd.
org or contact the Council office at (248)
642-5393.
"Conversations with Legislators and
Civic Leaders" are designed to provide
opportunities for dialogue between key
decision makers and the Jewish commu-
nity. LI

usic students
ages 5 to 82
will perform
on piano, sax, flute and
trumpet at a free recital 3
p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, at the
Farmington Community
Library, 32737 W. 12 Mile,
Farmington Hills.
Their instructor, David
Appelman of Appelman
Productions LLC, also
serves as director of
Eleven-year-old flutist Emma Kellman of West
the Kidz Klez Band of
Bloomfield practices with teacher David Appelman.
Michigan. The afternoon
will include original student-teacher
of Farmington Hills works in public
compositions that Appelman, a Novi
schools and for the Kaufman Children's
resident, has nurtured with his pupils.
Center in West Bloomfield. She and
Ellen Starr of Farmington Hills is the
Appelman collaborate to assist students
mother of Evan, a 10-year-old sax stu-
with special needs in a variety of pro-
dent of Appelman. She said her son has
grams.
discovered his calling.
Lance Vardon, a 17-year-old student
"David has been an inspiration for
at Berkley High School, will perform
Evan," said Starr. "He found a way to get on the piano. "Despite challenges with
him excited about music itself. Evan
autism and blindness," Barnett said,
will spend hours just playing chords
"Lance has developed a talent for music
and transposing music. David learned
that is quite remarkable." Lance studies
of Evan's love of Michigan football, so
privately with Barnett and is now fully
now I hear the U-M fight song played
included in his school's orchestra.
for hours every day — and in many
For information about the recital,
keys!"
contact Appelman at (248) 921-1365,
Music therapist Lisa Barnett will
appelmanproductions@yahoo.com or
also participate in the recital. Barnett
on Facebook.com . I I