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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@jsImi.org .

HOLIDAYS / SHABBAT

Mark Shabbat Shira at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield with "Mayim," an
all-choir Shir Hashabbat service 7:30
p.m. Friday, Feb. 12. Sing with over 100
voices, celebrate the power of water as
a life force and hear the story of the
Israelites crossing the Sea of Reeds.

Attend the Pardes Minyan, an infor-
mal, traditional, participatory and
intimate davening experience which
emphasizes prayer through song and
interactive study of the weekly Torah
portion, at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13,
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek West
Bloomfield B'nai Israel Center.

Bring your musical instruments for
a Melava Malka with 1982 war hero
Rabbi Lazer Brody 9 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 13, at Aish in the Woods, 25725
Coolidge, Oak Park. Hear stories of
great Jewish heroes. (248) 948-9908.

Join the "Shabbat Song Circle" dur-
ing Kiddush following morning services
every Shabbat at Congregation Beth
Ahm in West Bloomfield (approxi-
mately noon-12:30 p.m.). Everyone is
invited; lyrics are in transliteration and
Hebrew. Nancy Kaplan (248) 737-1931
or nancyellen879@att.net .

JEWISH LEARNING

Partners in Torah presents "Am I
My Brother's Keeper? When We
Are Mistreated," a lunch and learn
with Rabbi Tzvi Muller, noon-1 p.m.
Wednesdays, Feb. 17 and 24 at
the West Bloomfield JCC. Buffet
lunch. $7 per class. Co-spon-
sored by Federation's Alliance
for Jewish Education, FedEd, the
JCC and Yeshiva Beth Yehudah.
RSVP: Call (248) JUDAISM or visit
JustSayKnowToJudaism.com .

Watch "Beginnings of Judaism
— The Canonization of the Hebrew
Bible" 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17,
at Congregation Beth Ahm in West
Bloomfield, two 30-minute lectures
on DVD by Professor Isaiah Gafni of

Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Free,
drop-in, all welcome. For information,
call Nancy Kaplan (248) 737-1931 or
nancyellen879@att.net .

At the Jean & Samuel Frankel Center
for Judaic Studies, 202 S. Thayer
Street, Room 2022, Ann Arbor. (734)
615-8503, hear:
• Eric Goldstein, Emory University,
speak on "Turning a Page: Immigrant
Jews, Reading, and American Identity"
4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17.
• Josefina Rodriguez-Arribas, Warburg
Institute, University of London
speak on Ibn Ezra's Treatise on the
"Astrolabe: The Hebrew and the Latin
Versions" noon Thursday, Feb. 18.

Partners in Torah presents "Modern
Lives, Timeless Texts: Rising Above
Today's Challenges With the Wisdom
of the Ages," a lunch and learn series
with Rabbi Leiby Burnham, noon-1
p.m. Thursdays, in the Partners Study
Hall at Yeshiva Beth Yehudah,15751
W. Lincoln, Southfileld. Buffet lunch.
$7 per class. Feb. 18: "Into the Sea!"
Co-sponsored by Federation's Alliance
for Jewish Education, FedEd and the
Yeshiva. RSVP: Call (248) JUDAISM.

Hear a talk on "Kabbalah and You"
by Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov of the Shul/
Chabad-Lubavitch 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
21, at the Janice Charach Gallery in
the West Bloomfield JCC. He will focus
on the mystical writings of Judaism
that consider the relationship between
God and man, the nature of the uni-
verse and the purpose of human exis-
tence. Free. (248) 661-1000.

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Explore the Kabbalah with Rabbi
Elimelech Silberberg at his ongoing
classes based on classical and con-
temporary 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 .

Learn the "48 Steps to Wisdom" at:
• Keter Torah Synagogue, 5480
Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield:
Speakers include Rabbi Alon Tolwin
and Rabbi Tzvi Hochstadt of Aish
HaTorah 7 p.m. Mondays. Co-sponsors
include FedEd and Jewish Renaissance
Project. Free with free refreshments.
(248) 565-2757, www.ketertorah.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.

LEARNING

Learn how to use the Holocaust
Memorial Center library in the
"Genealogical Resource Gems at the
HMC" program led by Feige Weiss,
HMC Librarian, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday,
Feb. 21, at the Farmington Hills facil-
ity. This event is presented in memory
of Boomi Silverman, past Jewish
Genealogical Society of Michigan board
member. JGSMI members free; others
$5. RSVP: www.jgsmi.org/calendar.php.

SENIORS

Naum Levin and John A. Schuelke will
present a free exhibition and lecture
titled "Russian Jews and Heroes of

Hollywood And The Holocaust

Temple Beth El's Lunar Learn and Lunch and Learn series, led by

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the Soviet Union" 1 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 11, at the Oak Park JCC. (248)
967-4030.

of Education, Youth and Family
Programming Amy Newman, (248)
851-8820 or relschool@cbahm.org .

Duplicate bridge players can join the
Bridge Club at Oak Park JCC, 1-3:30
p.m. Wednesdays. (248) 967-4030.

Complimentary drop-in childcare is
offered at Congregation Beth Ahm in
West Bloomfield during morning ser-
vices every Shabbat beginning 10 a.m.
For information: Director of Education,
Youth and Family Programming Amy
Newman, (248) 851-8820 or e-mail
relschool®cbahm.org .

YOUTH

Enjoy Young Family Shabbat 6-7:30
p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at Temple Emanu-
El in Oak Park. Geared towards families
with children tot-age through second
grade. Shabbat dinner with songs,
story, crafts, candle-lighting and kid-
dush. $5 per adult children age 6 and
up. RSVP to the education office,
emanuel-mich.org or (248) 967-4023.

Attend the Shabbat Club, a twice-
monthly program at Congregation
Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield, designed
for children in grades K-6 who are not
enrolled in the synagogue's Religious
School. Next session is 10:30-11:30
a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20. Included is
"parshah play" (dramatic exercises
related to the weekly Torah portion),
games, interactive learning and other
Shabbat activities led by Jewish edu-
cator Susan Sinai. Free and open to all.
RSVP: Amy Newman (248) 851-8820
or e-mail relschool@cbahm.org .

The Kinder Kesher Baby-Toddler
Play Group gets ready for Purim
10-11:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 25 at
Congregation Beth Ahm in West
Bloomfield. Parents can build Jewish
connections through songs, stories
and Jewish value themes. Free; open
to all. For information, contact Director

See Oh, Ananse! an African Folktale, at
PuppetART Theater, 25 E. Grand River
in Detroit. Feb. 13, 20, 27. Tickets: $5
children, $10 adults. $8 for workshop.
(313) 961-7777, www.puppetart.org .

Join Bais Chabad Torah Center for
"JM for KM: Jewish Music for Kids
and Moms" led by Zeesy Silberberg
Wednesdays in her home, 6231
Ramwyck Court, West Bloomfield.
10:30-11:30 a.m. for infants and tod-
dlers; 4:30-5:30 p.m. for ages 3-7.
Charge. RSVP: zeesy@baischabad.com .

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For telephone inquires, call:

David Sachs
(248) 351-5140.

Young Adults
Go Israeli

Keren Alpert, rabbinic associate, continues with "Hollywood and the

Party Israeli style

Holocaust." Under examination will be the mystery of Hollywood's

and enjoy Israeli

treatment of the Shoah, from the early days when Jewish-led studios

music and food 9 p.m.

shied away from honest depictions of the rise of Nazism and the horrors

Saturday, Feb. 20, at

of the Holocaust to the plethora of Holocaust-themed films of the past

Cafe Chazzano, 1737

year including the fictionalized Inglourious Basterds. Lunar Learn will
meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24; Lunch and Learn at noon Thursday,

E. Nine Mile, Ferndale.
Sponsored by Hillel of Metro Detroit. $5 with RSVP by Feb.15 to Julie, (313)

Feb. 25. Free. RSVP with the Religious School office, (248) 865-0612.

517-3459 or hillelpd®wayne.edu . $10 at door.

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