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Benihana
Brio Tuscan Grille
Charley's Crab
Crumpets Restaurant
Somerset Inn
Kona Grill
Kruse & Muer on Wilshire
La Marsa
Loccino Italian Grill & Bar
McCormick & Schmick's
Fresh Seafood
Mon iin Lau
Morton's The Steakhouse
Ocean Prime
Ruth's Chris Steak House
The Capital Grille
The Melting Pot of Troy
Tre Monti Ristorante
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helping a local charity.
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camaraderie. Appetizers, dessert and bever-
ages. Open to the public, no charge. Bring
your Havdallah set if you wish, an appetizer
or bottle of wine or juice to share, and a can
of food to donate. Temple Emanu-El, 14450
W. 10 Mile Rd., Oak Park. Contact Rabbi
Joseph Klein, (248) 967-4020 or rabbi@rab-
biklein.com .
Bake your own matzah at the Barbara
and Douglas Bloom Matzah Factory,
Sundays, March 14 and 21,1-5 p.m., at the
Jewish Community Center, 6600 W. Maple,
West Bloomfield. No charge. Contact Gail
Greenberg, (888) 902-4673 or greenberg@
jfmd.org .
Sample some new holiday recipes at "A
Taste of Passover" cooking demonstration by
Paul Wertz of Kosher Too Catering, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 18, Congregation Beth Ahm,
5075 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield. $10.
RSVP by March 15 to Jody Grossman, (248)
851-7643 or jsg12345@aol.com .
Join the "Shabbat Song Circle" during
Kiddush following morning services every
Shabbat at Congregation Beth Ahm in West
Bloomfield (approximately noon-12:30 p.m.).
Everyone is invited; lyrics are in translitera-
tion and Hebrew. Nancy Kaplan, (248) 737-
1931 or nancyellen879@att.net .
Find out how to raise your seder to a new
level at Passover College, 9-11:30 a.m.
Sunday, March 21, at Temple Emanu-El,
14450 W.10 Mile Rd., Oak Park. Learn about
customs, history, and ways to make the holi-
day more "kid-friendly." Contact Rabbi Joseph
Klein at (248) 967-4020 or rabbi@rabbiklein.
corn
See EDDIE, a one-man play starring Marvin
Starkman, at Adat Shalom Synagogue, part
of their Synergy Weekend, March 27-28. The
performance is free, but there is registration
and a cost for the casual Shabbat dinner fol-
lowing "Shabbat Rocks," $20 for adults, $10
for children, $48 per household (children
under 3 are free). Call (248) 851-5100.
JEWISH LEARNING
Spend an evening with Dan Senor, author
of Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's
Economic Miracle, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday,
March 17, Hillel Day School, 32200
Middlebelt Rd., Farmington Hills. Open to
those who have made a minimum donation of
$250 to Federation's 2010 campaign. Contact
Julie Zuckerman Tepperman, (248) 203-1497.
Attend a lecture series on "History,
Development and Challenge of Reform
Judaism" with Rabbi Joseph Klein, 7:30-9
p.m. Thursdays through March 25, at Temple
March 11 . 2010
Bring your used books, DVDs and other media to the next
Bookstock Colossal Collection Day 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday,
March 14, at Bloomfield Plaza, southwest corner of Maple and
Telegraph, Bloomfield Township. Tax receipts will be provided.
Also, volunteer to sort donations 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays
through March 31. Bookstock sale dates are April 18-25 at Laurel
Park Place, Livonia. Proceeds support literacy projects. (248)
645-7840, ext. 365. www.bookstock.info.
Emanu-El, 14450 W.10 Mile, Oak Park. $40
for members ($50 per couple). Rabbi Klein,
(248) 967-4020, rabbi@rabbiklein.com or
www.emanuel-mich.org .
Explore the Kabbalah with Rabbi Elimelech
Silberberg at his ongoing classes based on
classical and contemporary esoteric texts,
8:30 p.m. Thursdays and 10:30 a.m. Sundays
at Bais Chabad Torah Center, 5595 W.
Maple, West Bloomfield. (248) 855-6170 or
bctc770@aol.com .
Discover "Out of the Shtetl - Great Jewish
Communities of Europe and Beyond," eight
classes from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, March
16-May 25, taught by Professor Howard
Lupovitch, Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075
W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield. Marion
Bronstien, (248) 205-2557 or Bronstein@
jfmd.org .
Attend "Beginnings of Judaism," a free
lecture series on DVD with Professor Isaiah
Gafni, 1 p.m. Wednesdays, Congregation Beth
Ahm, 5075 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield.
March 17: "Sectarianism - Pharisees and
Sadducees" and "Out of the Caves - Discovery
at Qumran." March 24: "The End of Days
- Messianic Eschatology" and "Other Lands,
Other Jews - The Diaspora." No reservations
required. Nancy Kaplan, (248) 737-1931 or nan-
cyellen879@att.net .
Learn "48 Steps to Wisdom" developed
by the late Rabbi Noah Weinberg of Aish
HaTorah. Two locations offer lecture series":
• Keter Torah. Synagogue, 5480 Orchard
Lake Rd., West Bloomfield: Speakers include
Rabbi Alon Tolwin and Rabbi Tzvi Hochstadt
of Aish HaTorah, 7 p.m. Mondays. Co-spon-
sors include FedEd and Jewish Renaissance
Project. No charge, free refreshments. (248)
565-2757, www.ketertorah.us .
• Detroit Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern
Hwy., suite 110, Southfield: Rabbi Tolwin leads
lunch-and-learn sessions at noon Thursdays.
Kosher lunch: $8. RSVP: (248) 948-9908,
ext.1.
More lunch-and-learn opportunities:
• Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, 15751 W. Lincoln,
Southfield: Rabbi Leiby Burnham of Partners
in Torah leads "Modern Lives, Timeless
Texts: Rising Above Today's Challenges
With the Wisdom of the Ages," noon-1 p.m.
Thursdays, through March 18. Co-sponsoring
with the Yeshiva are Federation's Alliance for
Jewish Education and FedEd. $7 per class.
RSVP: (248) JUDAISM.
• Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills: Rabbi Aaron Bergman will
lead a three-part lunch and learn series
"Jewish Music from King David to Bob
Dylan" noon-1:15 p.m. Monday, March 15, $10.
RSVP by March 12 to Sheila Lederman, (248)
851-5100, ext. 246, or slederman@adatsha-
lom.org .
• West Bloomfield JCC: Attend a "Just
Say "Know" to Judaism talk on "Sound
Judgment," noon-1 p.m. Wednesdays through
March 24. Co-sponsors: JCC, FedEd,
Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education
and the Yeshiva. $7 each, includes lunch.
RSVP: (248) JUDAISM or www.justsayknowto-
judaism.com .
• Yad Ezra, 2850 W.11 Mile, Berkley: Explore
"Divine Ethics: If God tells lies, can't we tell
lies too" with Rabbi Eric Gross, head of school
of Frankel Jewish Academy, starting with an
agency tour at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, March
17. "Food for Thought" series program ends
1 p.m. Donation of can of kosher food encour-
aged. RSVP by March 15: (248) 548-3663 or
Lea@yadezra.org .
LEARNING
Learn how Israeli Dr. Sapir Handelman is
bringing Israelis and Palestinians together to
pursue the path to peace at his talk, including
short film, on the Minds of Peace Experiment
(MOPE), 4-6 p.m. Sunday, March 14, at the
Oak Park JCC. Ameinu Detroit, the former
Labor Zionist Alliance, presents Handelman,
visiting professor at Wayne State University's
Center for Peace and Conflict Studies. Free.
(248) 967-3170.
•MOPE in Ann Arbor: Handelman and a
Palestinian professor will moderate sessions
Looking at New Moon
College Essay Practice
Keren Alpert, rabbinic associate at Temple Beth El, will discuss
The myths and facts of college essays will be discussed with writing
"Reclaiming Rosh Chodesh," an examination of how the practice
coaches whose goal is to turn everyday experiences into compelling
of recognizing and celebrating the new moon and new month has
stories. The discussion will cover topics and ways to stand out from
evolved from biblical times and what aspects of Rosh Chodesh are
the college application crowd. Participants are asked to bring paper
particularly resonant with women. Sessions, at 7400 Telegraph in
and pen and come prepared to write during the presentation of Kim
Bloomfield Township, are offered as Lunar Learn, 7 p.m. Wednesday,
Lifton and Susan Knoppow, founders of Wow Writing Workshop, 7-
March 17, in the temple library and Lunch and Learn (bring your
8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, at the Huntington Woods Public
lunch), noon Thursday, March 18, in the Alpert Room. RSVP to the
Library, 26415 Scotia. (248) 543-9720.
religious school office: (248) 865-0612.
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