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by Jordan B. Gorfinkel •
Walk For Israel, starting with pro-
gram and kosher picnic lunch 10
a.m. Sunday, May 2, at Temple Shir
Shalom, 3999 Walnut Lake Road,
West Bloomfield. Walk starts at noon.
Event includes Friends of IDF speaker,
Theodore Herzl display and free raffle
for round-trip ticket to Israel. Andre
Douville and Mark Segal co-chair. Yoav
Raban, community shaliach: raban@
jfmd.org or (248) 642-4260.
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Try food items made or produced
locally at Made-in-Michigan Food
Fair 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, May 2,
at Hiller's Market, 3615 Washtenaw
in Ann Arbor. Cooperative Elevator
Company, among the 25 featured ven-
dors, represents 963 Michigan farm-
ers. WDIV reporter Paula Tutman will
sign copies of her book. www.hillers.
corn or (248) 355-2122.
Tuesdays, at 5075 W. Maple in West
Bloomfield. $1 for snacks. RSVP to
Gail: ellenbo@yahoo.com .
Hear keynote speaker Stephen
Goldman, executive director of
Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC),
at Jewish Historical Society's annual
meeting with dessert reception 7
p.m. Wednesday, May 5, at HMC's
Zekelman Family Campus, 28123
Orchard Lake Road in Farmington
Hills. James Grey will receive Leonard
N. Simons History Award. There is a
charge. RSVP: (248) 432-5517.
Go shopping, try food samples and
see demonstrations at the Michigan
International Women's Show, open
through May 2, at Rock Financial
Showplace, 46100 Grand River in Novi.
$9 door, $8 online, $7.50 purchased at
Kroger; $5 ages 6-12 and free under 6
with paying adult. www.international-
womensshow.com or (800) 849-0248.
Join bus outings sponsored by
the Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit's Center Travel.
Upcoming trips: Spring Awakening
play, 1 p.m. Thursday, May 6, at Fisher
Theatre; Our Town, Wednesday, May
12, at Purple Rose; Tosca opera,
final dress rehearsal, Friday, May 14,
Detroit Opera House; Cats musical,
Sunday, May 23, at Fisher Theatre.
Also taking reservations for Jewish
Spain, June 17-29; Stratford and
Niagara-on-the-Lake trips in August,
and more. RSVP/details: Marilyn Wolfe:
(248) 432-5471 or www.jccdet.org .
Join Tikvah Hadassah Group's instal-
lation luncheon 11:30 a.m. Tuesday,
May 4, at Shiraz, 30100 Telegraph in
Bingham Farms. $22; guests welcome.
RSVP to Susie: (248) 681-3810.
Socialize at Beth Ahm Sisterhood's
weekly mah jongg party 12:30-3 p.m.
View traveling exhibition about Zionist
founder Theodor Herzl on 100th year
of his passing at Congregation Shir
Tikvah's congregational meeting 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 7, at 3900 Northfield
Parkway in Troy. Includes Havdalah
ceremony, awards and dessert recep-
tion. www.shirtikvah.org or (248)
649-4418.
Hear from Daniel Pearl Foundation
founder Dr. Judea Pearl and AIPAC
Executive Director Howard Kohr at
AIPAC Midwest's Michigan community
event 7-9 p.m. Monday, May 10, at
Rock Financial Showplace Ballroom,
46100 Grand River in Novi. $54,
includes dessert reception. RSVP
required; details from Dave: dfox@
aipac.org or (312) 253-8998.
Travel by bus to shop and learn
Jewish history of Eastern Market
9:15 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Friday, May 14,
from Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Road in Southfield. Jewish
Historical Society sponsors. $30, $25
School
Enjoy music of Orthodox Rabbi
Yosil Rosenzweig, award-winning
singer-songwriter from Ontario, 5:30
p.m. Sunday, May 2, at Magnetic
Recordings,17 W. Lawrence in Pontiac.
Ruby Harris, Chicago-based jazz/blues
violinist, also performs. Tickets: $36 or
VIP for $52, which includes a kosher
meal from Jerusalem Pizza. Some pro-
ceeds to benefit the Friendship Circle.
www.whyyoujam.com .
Crack up at comedySLAM, including
Vegas blackjack demonstration, 8-10
p.m. Friday, April 30, at the Townsend
Hotel, Birmingham. Benefit for the
Birmingham Family YMCA's Strong
Kids Campaign. Details: (248) 644-
9036.
Consider the Mind Over Matter (MOM)
5K charity run/walk, scheduled for 10
a.m. Saturday, May 1, starting/ending
at Starr Jaycee Park,1101 W.13 Mile,
between Crooks and Coolidge, in Royal
Oak. The nonprofit MOM is dedicated
to mental health awareness and sui-
cide prevention. $20-25 depending on
age; additional charge to pay at event,
8-9:30 a.m. www.mindovermatterrace.
org or (248) 686-6954.
Take steps toward ending world hunger
at annual CROP Walk (Communities
Responding to Overcome Poverty),
with some proceeds to benefit kosher
food pantry Yad Ezra,1 p.m. Sunday,
May 2, at First United Church of
Farmington, on Grand River east of
Farmington Road. Collect funds for
walking two miles or running 10K your-
self, or make out check to CWS CROP
Walk and mail to: Yad Ezra, 2850 W.
11 Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072. Lea@
yadezra.org or (248) 548-3663.
• Yad Ezra volunteer opportunities:
Organize a canned food drive, arrange
group tour of warehouse, plant a gar-
den and donate produce, join speaker's
Six Mile
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Paint pottery from Creative Arts
Studio at fundraiser for Temple
Emanu-El religious school 11:30 a.m.-1
p.m. Sunday, May 2, at 14450 W. 10
Mile in Oak Park. $7 for lunch. Details:
educator@emanuel-mich.org or (248)
967-4020.
Catch performances of Olympics skat-
ing stars Charlie White, Ben Agosto
and Sasha Cohen at "Smucker's Stars
on Ice" 4 p.m. Sunday, May 2, at
Palace of Auburn Hills. Tickets start at
$28. A portion of proceeds will benefit
Boys & Girls Clubs of America. www.
palacenet.com .
Call for space availability at Annual
Banquet of Akiva Hebrew Day School
5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 2, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt
in Farmington Hills. Features Rabbi
Steven Weil, guest speaker, and Rosa
Chessler and Cheryl Jerusalem, award-
ees. $180. banquet@kivak12.org or
(248) 366-1625.
Celebrate with singer-songwriter and
guitarist Michael Bermudez, son of
Irva Faber-Bermudez, at release party
for his debut CD, "Scattered Hopeless
Hearts," 8 p.m. Friday, May 7, at the
Berkley Front, 3087 W.12 Mile. $10,
$7 in advance. Proceeds from CD
release will benefit Detroit Central
City Community Mental Health, a non-
profit substance abuse and mental
health clinic in Detroit's Midtown area.
Details: gfluker@dcccmh.org or (313)
833 4610.
Support fundraising dinner of Bloch/
Israel units of Sinai B'rith 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 8, at Gino's Italian
Restaurant, Cass Lake Road in Keego
Harbor. $20 plus gently used item(s) to
contribute to evening's silent auction.
RSVP to Marilyn: (248) 313-9541.
"Transform a Child's Life" at gala
to benefit children's programming
6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 12, at
West Bloomfield JCC. Night includes
cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, tributes,
cantorial musical presentation. Eugene
Applebaum and Roger Penske are
Boneh Kehillah Award recipients.
Details on tickets/tribute book ads
from Wendy: wstrip@jccdet.org or
(248) 432-5420.
Witness the induction ceremony of
eight distinguished senior adults from
our community at "Eight Over 80"
brunch 11 a.m. Sunday, May 16, at
West Bloomfield Jewish JCC. The 2010
honorees: Judith Levin Cantor, Frances
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Focus on role of religion and altruistic behavior at annual
International Symposium on Altruism 8:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Friday, May
7, at Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman Family Campus, 28123
Orchard Lake Road in Farmington Hills. Jeffrey Kluger, senior editor/
writer at Time magazine, is commentator. Panelists will include Detroit
Archbishop Allen Vigneron, Dr. Everett Fox, Clark University; Dr. Saeed
Khan, Wayne State University, and Prof. Martin Shichtman, Eastern
discussions on Thursdays. Schedule/tickets:
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bureau, deliver food to homebound
clients and more. www.yadezra.org or
phone above.
Visit Palmer Park, Joanna McClelland Glass'
critically acclaimed play about race relations
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432-5517.
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Watch the minor league Toledo
Mudhens play baseball on outing
with Temple Emanu-El Brotherhood,
departing 11:30 a.m. Sunday, May 2,
from 14450 W.10 Mile in Oak Park.
$10, includes soft drinks and peanuts.
Details from Harvey: ruhasaelhu@
earthlink.net or (248) 398-0174.
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(248) 788-2900, www.jettheatre.org .
Michigan University. Media personality Jim Berk, a second-generation
• New JET season: Henrietta Hermelin and
Arthur Beer will star in The G-d of Isaac,
order kosher lunch ($10) by May 5. RSVP/details: www.holocaustcenter.
Oct. 6-31.
Holocaust survivor, moderates event. Free admission, but must pre-
Jim Berk
org or (248) 553-2400, ext. 22.
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