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Tour four former synagogues, now
Detroit churches, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Thursday, April 22, departing at
9:45 from Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, 27375 Bell Road in Southfield.
Sponsored by Jewish Historical
Society of Michigan and Detroit
Historical Society. $32 members, $40
others. Reservations required: (248)
432-5517.
Get the scoop on the evening news
from Emmy award-winning Channel
7 reporter Cheryl Chodun at Temple
Beth El Sisterhood's Donor Dinner
Thursday, April 22, at 7400 Telegraph,
in Bloomfield Twp. Schedule: boutique
shopping, 4:30, dinner, 6:30; program,
7:30. $42; $36 for Sisterhood mem-
bers. Sisterhood Resource Line: (248)
851-1100, ext. 3135.
Hear from JVS experts on job search-
related topics 9 a.m.-noon Tuesday-
Friday, April 27-30, at the Oak Park
JCC. Schedule: resumes, Tuesday;
strategies, Wednesday; networking
basics, Thursday; interviewing, Friday.
Details: kgutman@jvsdet.org , (248)
233-4248.
Socialize with Jewish Women
International, Galilee Chapter, at
its annual Mah Jongg Tournament
Wednesday, April 28, at Congregation
B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake, in West
Bloomfield. Register at 6:15 p.m.; play
at 6:45. Pre-registration is $20; at the
door is $25. Leigh Herskovic; (248)
737-8832 or (248) 895-8950.
• Cong. Beth Ahm: Sisterhood offers
a weekly game 12:30-3 p.m. Tuesdays,
at 5075 W. Maple in West Bloomfield.
$1 for snacks. RSVP to Gail: ellenbo@
yahoo.com .
See "Stomp Out Stigma" — a per-
formance by two people who have
struggled with mental illness — at the
Annual Kadima Healthy Body Healthy
Mind Luncheon to benefit the Miya Jo
Must Home 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday,
April 29, at Tam-O-Shanter Country
Club in West Bloomfield. For $50 tick-
ets, call Paula Schonberg, (248) 559-
8235, ext.118 or
paulas@kadimacenter.org .
EVENTS THAT HELP
Hear bestselling author Jeffrey
Zaslow speak at Concert for a Cure,
a jazz concert raising money for pan-
creatic cancer research, 7 p.m. Friday,
April 16, at Troy High School, 4777
Northfield Parkway. $10.
www.troyhighband.org .
Dine any time Thursday, April 22, at
the Big Boy in Walled Lake and a por-
tion of the proceeds will be donated
to Zager-Stone-Tucker-Grant-Oakland
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Century Unit of B'nai B'rith Great
Lakes Region. Details: (248) 646-3100,
www.bnaibrith.org .
Register for the first "Walk for
Project Chessed," raising funds for
award-winning Jewish Family Service
program that gives low-income, unin-
sured individuals in our community
access to free health care services, 1
p.m. (noon sign-in) Sunday, April 25,
at Oakland Community College, 27055
Orchard Lake Road, in Farmington
Hills. Runners welcome. (248) 592-
2318 or www.walkforchessed.org .
HEALTH / SUPPORT
Get help from expert panelists per-
taining to social and emotional issues
arising during major school transi-
tion periods, from preschool through
post-college, Monday and Tuesday,
April 19-20, at Doyle Center, 7275
Wing Lake Road, in Bloomfield Hills.
Separate workshops meet mornings or
evenings. Free. Schedule at Building
Better Families: (248) 341-6340 or
www.bbfaprevention.org .
Share feelings of loss in a healing envi-
ronment at a Bereavement Support
Group, 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, April 26,
at Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake
Road in West Bloomfield. Sponsored
by the temple's Robert Sosnick Family
Life Center. Reservations required:
Elaine@temple-israel.org or (248) 661-
5700.
Get a "Multiple Myeloma Update"
from the International Myeloma
Foundation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 27,
at Gilda's Club, 3517 Rochester Road
in Royal Oak. Free. Upcoming cancer
education programs: (248) 577-0800
or www.gildasclubdetroit.org .
Attend a six-week, non-sectarian
divorce support group for adults 7-
8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning April
27, at National Council of Jewish
Women/Space for Changing Families
office, 26400 Lahser, Suite 306 in
Southfield. No charge, but donations
appreciated. Co-facilitators: Jennifer
Lopatin and Cindy Goldman. Pre-regis-
tration required: SPACE@ncjwgds.org
or (248) 355-9936.
Find support and encouragement at
"Together We Stand — Your Journey
Through Cancer," a drop-in group with
facilitator Jodie Jacobs and spon-
sored by the Robert Sosnick Family
Life Center, 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday,
April 28, at Temple Israel, 5725
Walnut Lake Road, in West Bloomfield.
Reservations required: (248) 661-5700
or Elaine@temple-israel.org .
Try the game of Pickleball, a racquet
sport combining badminton, pingpong
and tennis, 9 a.m.-noon Tuesdays and
Thursdays, at Oak Park JCC. Non-
members pay $3. (248) 432-5605.
HELPING OUT
Contact the Jewish Community
Relations Council to volunteer for
the Detroit Public Schools Reading
Corps: (248) 642-2656 or www.
detroitjcrc.org .
Donate furniture, gently used lin-
ens and other household items for
veterans living in subsidized hous-
ing. Sponsored by the Social Action
Committee of Temple Emanu-El. Murt
Sherbow: (248) 399-1356; Bea Sacks:
(248) 398-3737.
Volunteer with Project Friendship,
sponsored by the National Council
of Jewish Women Greater Detroit
Section, and assist at Sunday brunch-
es and activities for clients of Kadima,
the nonprofit mental health agency.
(248) 355-3300, ext. 0, or NCJWGDS.
org .
Lend a hand at "Wrapped In Love," a
drop-in mitzvah project, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Mondays at National Council of Jewish
Women, 26400 Lahser, Suite 306,
Southfield. Create blankets for abused
and neglected children. No sewing
involved. (248) 355-3300, ext. 0.
Interact with senior residents while
working in the stores, cafes and gift
shops of the Jewish Senior Life build-
ings in Oak Park and West Bloomfield.
Become a friendly visitor, help with
activities, field trips or games. Michal
Ram: (248) 592-1104, mram@jslmi.org .
A photo from the Warsaw Ghetto
Holocaust Programs
Participate at three events related to the Shoah at the Holocaust Memorial
Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills. (248) 553-2400:
•Traveling exhibit: View "The Auschwitz Album: The Story of a Transport,"
on loan from Yad Vashem in Israel, through April 18. A prisoner discovered a
secret album containing photos of herself and other Hungarian Jews on the
day American forces liberated Dora-Mittlebau German concentration camp.
•Commemoration: Attend the 67th annual commemoration of the Warsaw
Ghetto Uprising, sponsored by Oak Park-based Workmen's Circle/Arbeter
Ring, 7 p.m. Monday, April 19. Program includes candle lighting ceremony,
music and readings. Free. RSVP: micircle1@gmail.com , (248) 432-5677.
• Lecture: Learn what happened during the Holocaust in Buczacz, a multi-
ethnic town of Poles, Jews and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 20. Speaker is Dr. Omer Bartov of Brown University.
Other Events
• The United Jewish Social Club — First, Second, and Third Generation
Survivors will hold its Holocaust Yizkor Service 1 p.m. Sunday, April 18, at
the Oak Park JCC. Participating will Rabbi Shaul Broner, Josh Berkowitz of
the Friends of the IDF and Holocaust survivor Andy Martin. Survivors needing
a ride can contact Linda at (248) 737-2670 or Lillian at (248) 444-8887.
• Discover the "Challenges and Opportunities of Oral Testimony" at the
Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies' Holocaust and Armenian Genocide
Commemoration 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 18, in Wayne State University's
Undergraduate Library auditorium, 5155 Gullen Mall in Detroit. Professors
speaking are Sidney Bolkosky and Gerard Libaridian. Park in Structure #2 on
Anthony Wayne Drive/Third Street. Free. RSVP required: (313) 577-2679.