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no reservations needed. Children also welcome
in main sanctuary throughout service. Amy
Newman: relschool@cbahm.org or (248) 851-
8820.

Beyond 'Never Again'

Examine universal themes of the Holocaust in

six-week, facilitated discussion series, "Beyond

"On Studying Jewish History," and "The
Rabbinic Legacy prior to Islam." Join Rabbi
Aaron Starr for discussion of "Your God is My
God: Understanding the Book of Ruth" fol-
lowing Shabbat lunch Saturday, May 15, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road in
Southfield. Free, but RSVP to Education Office:
(248) 357-5544.

Never Again: How the Holocaust Speaks to Us

Today," starting 11 a.m.-12:15 a.m. Sunday, May
2, at Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman

Family Campus, 28123 Orchard Lake Road in

Farmington Hills. West Bloomfield-based Sara

Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center co-sponsors

this worldwide education initiative developed

by Rohr Jewish Learning Institute of Brooklyn,

JEWISH LEARNING

NY. Questions: rabbishneur@baischabad.com .

Register online: www.myjli.com .

Fischer, Edie Resnick, Rochelle Sable, Dr. Hershel
Sandberg, Betty Provizer Starkman, Leonard
Trunsky and Harvey Weisberg. Hosting is Sherry
Margolis of WJBK-Fox 2 News. Tickets: $80 adult,
$40 child; benefits Jewish Senior Life Quality of
Life Fund. RSVP: (248) 592-1102.

HEALTH / SUPPORT

Look out for your family at annual Botsford
Hospital Safety and Injury Prevention Fair 10
a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 1, in Community Room
at Botsford Hospital's Zieger Administration
& Education Building, 28050 Grand River,
Farmington Hills, MI 48336. Free. (248) 442-
7986.

Find information and support through CHADD
(Children and Adults with ADD) at separate meet-
ings 7-9 p.m. Monday, May 3, at Way Elementary
School, 765 W. Long Lake Road in Bloomfield
Township. Adult group: Arthur Robin, PhD,
psychologist and author, discusses "Cognitive
Behavior Therapy for Adults With AD/HD." Parent
group: Bring children age 12 and up to meet Fran
Parker, PhD, and Adrea Unitis, MPH, facilitators of
a parent-teen dialogue for improving communica-
tion. $5 charge for non-member families. Details:
www.chadd.net/527 (248) 988-6716.

Give the gift of life at Temple Beth El
Brotherhood-sponsored blood drive 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sunday, May 9, at 7400 Telegraph in Bloomfield
Township. Appointments preferred. Details from
Roy: (248) 626-1841.

Improve communication, gain information and
advice on parenting teens at series, "Please
Stop the Rollercoaster," 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Sundays, through May 16, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road in Southfield.
RSVP: mrappaport@shaareyzedek.org or (248)
357-5544, ext. 43.

Play sports in Oak Park JCC gym. Free for mem-
bers. (248) 967-4030:
• Pickleball: a racquet sport combining badmin-
ton, pingpong and tennis, 9 a.m.-noon Tuesdays
and Thursdays. $3 non-members. (248) 432-
5605.
• Pingpong Club: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays. $6/
month non-members.

HELPING OUT

Take part in the Hadassah Doll Project, no
special skills needed, between 9-11:30 a.m.
Thursdays, at the Davidson Hadassah House.
(248) 683-5030.

Contact the Jewish Community Relations Council
to volunteer for the Detroit Public Schools
Reading Corps: (248) 642-2656 or www.

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detroitjcrc.org .

Donate furniture, gently used linens and other
household items for veterans living in subsi-
dized housing. Sponsored by the Social Action
Committee of Temple Emanu-EI. 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 brunches
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. Council also seeks volunteers for office
work and mailings: (248) 355-3300, ext. 0.
• Thrift Shops volunteers: Help with merchan-
dise and displays, assist customers, at Berkley
and Royal Oak locations. Contact Council, above,
or marlahorwitz@yahoo.com .

Interact with senior residents while working in
the stores, cafes and gift shops of the Jewish
Senior Life buildings 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.

HOLIDAYS / SHABBAT

Enjoy beautiful melodies at Music Shabbat 7:30
p.m. Friday, April 30, at Temple Kol Ami, 5085
Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield. Music
director Nathalie Conrad provided original music
and arrangements for "The Chassidic/Klezmer
Tradition: Music For the Soul." Participants
include Tiffany Green, the Temple Choir and
instrumental soloists. (248) 661-0040.

Join the "Shabbat Song Circle" during Kiddush
following morning services every Shabbat
(approximately noon-12:30 p.m. Saturdays) at
Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple in West
Bloomfield. Lyrics are in transliteration and
Hebrew. Nancy Kaplan: (248) 737-1931 or nan-
cyellen879@att.net .

Celebrate the Hebrew month of Sivan on Rosh
Chodesh 9:15 a.m. Thursday, May 13, at Oak
Park JCC. Goldie Silverstein's lecture for women
on Rebbetzin Basya Bender Marsha Scheer co-
sponsors with Machon L'Torah Jewish Learning
Network of Michigan. JCC: (248) 967-4030.

Appreciate complimentary child care for little
ones, every Shabbat from 10 a.m. through the
conclusion of services, at Congregation Beth
Ahm, 5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. Drop-in,

Participate in a Torah study series, "So You
Think Your Family Has Problems!" with facilita-
tor Ruth Bergman, noon-1:30 p.m. continuing
Tuesdays, through June 1, at West Bloomfield
JCC. Presented by SAJE in cooperation with
Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah. $65,
includes course materials. Bring your own Tanach
(JPS, second edition preferred) and dairy/pareve
brown-bag lunch or order from Jerusalem Pizza
in the building. RSVP required: (248) 432-5692.

Discover "Out of the Shtetl: Great Jewish
Communities of Europe and Beyond" 7-8:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, through May 25, at Congregation Beth
Ahm, 5075 W. Maple in West Bloomfield. Series
leader is Prof. Howard Lupovitch. Details from
Marion: Bronstein@jfmd.org or (248) 205-2557.

Take the opporunity to "Just Say 'Know' to
Judaism," the final session of a lunch-and-learn
series led by Rabbi Tzvi Muller of Partners in
Torah, noon Wednesday, May 5, at the West
Bloomfield JCC. $7; includes lunch. Topic: "A
Piece of Cake." Registration: (248) 583-2476 or
www.justsayknowtojudaism.com .

Attend "Under Cross & Crescent: Jewish
Civilization From Mohammed To Spinoza," a
free lecture series on DVD with Prof. David B.
Ruderman of the University of Pennsylvania, 1
p.m. Wednesdays, at Congregation Beth Ahm,
5075 W. Maple in West Bloomfield. May 5 topics:
"On Studying Jewish History" and "The Rabbinic
Legacy Prior to Islam." No RSVP required. Nancy
Kaplan: (248) 737-1931 or nancyellen879@att.net .

Return for Temple Beth El's Lunar Learn 7
p.m. Wednesday, May 12, or Lunch and Learn
noon Thursday, May 13, at 7400 Telegraph in
Bloomfield Twp. Rabbinic Associate Keren Alpert
will focus on "Israel 2010: Laws of Personal
Status." Discussion will center on laws in Israel
regarding conversion, marriage, divorce and
death as well as observance of Shabbat and holi-
days. Free. Bring brown bag lunch for Thursday.
Register with Temple Religious School: (248)
865-0612.

Explore the Kabbalah with Rabbi Elimelech
Silberberg at his ongoing classes based on classi-
cal and contemporary texts, 8:30 p.m. Thursdays
and 10:30 a.m. Sundays at Bais Chabad Torah

Center, 5595 W. Maple, West Bloomfield.
bctc770@aol.com or (248) 855-6170.

Follow "48 Steps to Wisdom," ongoing series
of lectures developed by the late Rabbi Noah
Weinberg of Aish HaTorah, noon Thursdays, at
Detroit Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Hwy.,
Suite 110, in Southfield. Rabbi Alon Tolwin leads
lunch-and-learn sessions. $8 includes kosher
lunch. RSVP: (248) 948-9908, ext. 1.

LEARNING

Hear a JVS expert on topic of job interviews
9 a.m.-noon Friday, April 30, at Oak Park JCC.
Details: kgutman@jvsdet.org or (248) 233-4248.

Participate in the "Film Festival Workshop
Initiative" Friday, April 30, in Greenberg Suites
at West Bloomfield JCC. Three programs coordi-
nated by Screen Actors Guild-Michigan for Lenore
Marwil Film Festival. RSVP: (248) 432-5461.
• Film industry panel: Lunch and learn about
Michigan's burgeoning film industry, 11:30 a.m.-1
p.m. $20 includes sandwich, drink and dessert.
• Actors' Workshop: Film actor Steve Goldsmith
will lead, 3:30-5 p.m. $20 includes coffee and
light refreshments.
• Technical Workshop: Mark Adler of Michigan
Production Alliance speaks about technologi-
cal aspects of movie making, 4-5:30 p.m. $20
includes coffee and light refreshments.

Try word processing at introduction to the
Microsoft Word 2-4 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at
Bloomfield Township Public Library,1099 Lone
Pine. Registration required: www.btpl.org or (248)
642-5800.

Discover value of preserving historic buildings
7-9 p.m. Monday, May 3, at Franklin Grill, 32760
Franklin. Free. RSVP: (248) 855-1392.

Hear historian Paul Kavieff's lecture on "Detroit's
Infamous Purple Gang" 11 a.m. Wednesday,
May 5, at Lorenzo Cultural Center at Macomb
Community College, 44575 Garfield in Clinton
Township. Hours through May 8: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Wednesday-Saturday; 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Free. www.
lorenzoculturalcenter.com or (586) 445-7348.

Meet Sen. George McGovern at his book-signing
talk for Abraham Lincoln, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
May 12, at Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph,
Bloomfield Township. Susan and Barry Lepler are
program chairs. Free, but requires ticket: (248)
865-0617, press 1.

SENIORS

Ride the bus with the Temple Beth El
Ambassadors seniors group through old Jewish
Detroit, also visiting Motown Museum, 9:30 a.m.-
3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, at 7400 Telegraph in
Bloomfield Township 48301. $18 due to temple
by April 30, but purchase own lunch from choice
of seven menu entrees ($8.35-$14.50) at Union
Street restaurant. Details from Renee Jablonski:
(248) 644-8056.

Torah Tech

For Lag b'Omer, attend community event on "Torah,
Technology and the Future of Israel" 7:30 p.m. May
2, at Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake in West
Bloomfield. Program speakers and topics: Dr. Steven
Bekhor, "Israel's Nuclear Horizon;" attorney Ellen
Rosenberg, "Water Resources and Conservation in
Israel," and attorney Steven Schwartz, "Torah Values
and the Environment." Free. (248) 788-0600.