A Festive Purim!

ADAT SHALOM

29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills,
(248) 851-5100.
• 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27: Teen
Megillah reading.
• 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 28:
Megillah reading at services.
• 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 28: "Purim
Palooza" telling of Purim story by
"Megillah Mania." Free Carnival at
11:45 with bingo, games, face painting,
Guitar Hero, Miniature Motorways,
Clowns and more. Lunch for sale.
• Saturday, March 6: "Saturday Night
Fever" Purim Party Plus fundraiser
includes buffet supper, music, prizes.
• Wednesday, March 10: Sisterhood's
Purim Outreach Luncheon welcomes
guests from JVS, Kadima and JARC.

followed at 8 p.m. by a Hamantashen
Hoedown party for adults with hors
d'ouevres and square dancing. Open to
all. Party is $36 per person. RSVP by
Feb. 24: (248) 851-6880 or director@
cbahm.org .
• 9 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 28: Professor
Howard Lupovitch will present a dra-
matic, full Megillah reading. Light
breakfast after minyan. All welcome.
Information: Nancy Kaplan, (248) 737-
1931 or nancyellen879@att.net.
• 11 a.m.-noon Sunday, Feb. 28:
Family-Friendly Megillah Reading and
Costume Parade. Free. All welcome.
• noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28:
Purim Carnival with music by Joe
Cornell, food, games, and 50/50
raffle. All welcome. Information: Amy
Newman (248) 851-8820 or e-mail
relschool@cbahm.org .

AISH IN THE WOODS

TEMPLE BETH EL

25725 Coolidge, Oak Park, (248) 948-
9908, www.aishhuntingtonwoods.com .
• 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21: Family
Hamantashen Bake-Off. Say goodbye
to prunes and hello to funky flavors
like peanut butter and jelly, apple pie
and cappuccino.
• 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 28: Grand
Purim Party. Best costume prizes,
Megillah reading. The Purim story pre-
sented by Huntington woods parents.
Gift basket creations. Balloon man.
Magician. $18 per family including
lunch.

AMEINU DETROIT

(former Labor Zionist Alliance), (248)
967-3170.
• 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28:
Celebrate Purim at a kosher wine-
tasting party with homemade
hamantashen at a home in Oak Park
(call for location). Open to 2010
members. Dues are $45; $36 age 30
and under; $75 couple. Send check to
19785 W.12 Mile, #344, Southfield, MI
48076.

CONGREGATION BETH AHM

5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, (248)
851-6880.
• 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27: Purim
Night Megillah Reading for all ages,

7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township,
(248) 851-1100.
• 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27:
Purim Tot Shabbat, an informal ser-
vice for the younger set, parents and
grandparents. Followed by a 10 a.m.
hamantaschen snack and crafts pro-
gram focusing on Purim heroes, Esther,
Mordechai and Haman.
• 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 28:
Reading of the Megillah and "Malice at
the Palace" a Purim spiel presented
by the Youth Choir.
• noon-2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28:
The Young People's Society's Purim
Carnival games, giant inflatables,
dance, ride the bull, prizes and snacks,
sandwiches and drinks. Open to all;
tickets for food and booths are avail-
able at the door.

TEMPLE EMANU-EL

14450 W.10 Mile, Oak Park, (248)
967-4020.
• 6:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26: Pot-Luck
Purim Dinner and Celebration kids'
activities and crafts. $5/person or $10/
family. RSVP by Feb. 25. Please bring
a dish to serve 8-10 people that corre-
sponds with the first letter of your last
name: A-H bring a Dessert; I-P bring a
salad or a side dish; Q-Z bring a Main
Dish. Dress in costume!

JEWISH LEARNING

Discuss the book Transforming
America's Israel Lobby — the Limits of

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.

its Power and the Potential for Change
by Dan Fleshier, national board mem-
ber of Ameinu (formerly Labor Zionist
Alliance), 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at a
private home in Farmington. Branch 911
of Ameinu Detroit welcomes guests.
Free admission. Get location from
Bernie or Sara Schiff: (248) 542-0290.

Partners in Torah presents "Am I
My Brother's Keeper? When We

• 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26: Purim/
Shabbat Service and Celebration
featuring the Youth Choir. Purim sing-
along with Rabbi Klein, Cantor Sharlein
and Geoff Berdy, and the reading of
the Megillah.
• 9 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 28: Purim
Carnival — 9-10 a.m. just for tots (no
cost), followed by a session with Rabbi
Klein and friends from 10-10:30.11-1
games, crafts, lunch, bake sale, and
raffle. Tickets: 5 for $2. With $6 in
tickets get a free raffle ticket.

TEMPLE ISRAEL

5725 Walnut Lake Road, West
Bloomfield (248) 661-5700.
• 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24: Help
Temple Israel's Social Action Network
and Caring Community decorate and
assemble Purim parcels as part of
the Federation's Alliance for Jewish
Education's Annual Great Purim
Parcel Project. Then, help deliver
them to residents at Menorah House
in Southfield 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March
7. All, including families and b'nai
mitzvah students, are encouraged
to attend. RSVP: Michelle Lichtman,
(248) 661-5700 or
michelle@temple-israel.org .
• 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27:
Vegas Style Purim with the Couples
Club and the IMAGINE Young Adults.
Live music, casino games, desserts
and drinks. Casual chic attire. $18.
Bring a box of kosher pasta or maca-
roni and cheese for Yad Ezra. RSVP by
Feb. 22 to Michelle Lichtman, (248)
661-5700 or
michelle@temple-israel.org .
• 9:40 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 28: Dress
in costume for Purim Family Fun
Festival featuring "The Little Mermaid
in Shushan" — a spiel involving Esther,
a fun-loving, curious mermaid who
visits strange, new world above called
Shushan. Bring a box of kosher pasta
or macaroni and cheese for Yad Ezra.
Children must be accompanied by an
adult.
• noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28: The
YFTI Purim Carnival, with games, raf-
fles, moonwalks and food. Free; game
tickets are 25C. All are invited.

Are Mistreated," a lunch and learn
with Rabbi Tzvi Muller, noon-1 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 24 at the West
Bloomfield JCC. Buffet lunch. $7. Co-
sponsored by Federation's Alliance
for Jewish Education, FedEd, the
JCC and Yeshiva Beth Yehudah.
RSVP: Call (248) JUDAISM or visit
JustSayKnowToJudaism.com .

Watch two 30-minute Beginnings of
Judaism lectures — "Translating the
Bible: The Septuagint" and "Adding

TEMPLE KOL AMI

5085 Walnut Lake Road, West
Bloomfield. (248) 661-0040.
• 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27:
"Hats Off To Purim." There will be a
Purim pasta bar followed at 6:30 by
Havdallah and Purim Service. Purim
songs, performances by Religious
School students and Temple Choir, as
well as the reading of the Megillah.
Purim text study with Harvey Leven,
associate director, Federation's
Alliance for Jewish Education. Wear
your silliest hat. All are welcome, but
RSVP for the pasta bar by Feb. 24 to
Melanie@tkolami.org or (248) 661-
0040. Bring a box of pasta to donate
to Yad Ezra.
• 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
28: The Purim festivities continue
with Kol Ami Temple Youth's Annual

to the Bible: The Apocrypha" - 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 24, at Congregation
Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield. The DVD
lectures are by Professor Isaiah Gafni
of Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Free, drop-in, all welcome. For informa-
tion, call Nancy Kaplan (248) 737-1931
or nancyellen879@att.net.

Temple Beth El's Lunar Learn and
Lunch and Learn series, led by Keren
Alpert, rabbinic associate, continues
with "Hollywood and the Holocaust."

Purim Carnival. There will be carnival
games, hamentashen, lunch and prizes.
Costumes are welcome and no RSVP is
needed. For information check Kol Ami
Web site at or call the Temple Kol Ami
office, (248) 661-0040.

CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK

27375 Bell Road, Southfield, (248)
354-5544.
• 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28: Bring
the family to the Purim Extravaganza.
Enjoy dancing, carnival games, clowns
and kosher food. For adults, traditional
Megillah reading at 7:30 p.m. At 9
p.m., Return to the Raven Gallery for
the music Ron Coden and Josh White
Jr., in a coffeehouse atmosphere. Free.
Sponsored by the Sidney Katzman
Memorial Purim Fund.

Under examination will be the mystery
of Hollywood's treatment of the Shoah,
from the early days when Jewish-led
studios shied away from honest depic-
tions of the rise of Nazism and the
horrors of the Holocaust to the pleth-
ora of Holocaust-themed films of the
past year including the fictionalized
Inglourious Basterds. Lunar Learn will
meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24;
Lunch and Learn at noon Thursday,

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