TROY'_ _ - c) PEI-NMI'!" To ! CALENDAR WEN presented by the Troy Chamber of Commerce & local fine dining restaurants m sunn wp y a4 21ST through FRIDAY APC1-1 26T14 WI-1[PE WILL YOU PILL YOUR PLATE? 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 Visit www.troyrestaurantweek.com to view special menus or to find out how this event is helping a local charity. (prices not valid with any other discounts or offers) Calendar from page 53 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. 54 Book Collection