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Fax items to (248) 304-8885
Deadline: noon, Tuesday, nine days prior to publication.
game 1:05 p.m. Sunday, July 25, at
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ARTS & CULTURE
ourmissbrooks425@yahoo.com .
Attend "Art From the Heart" 1 p.m.
Sunday, July 25, at Janice Charach
Gallery inside the West Bloomfield
JCC. Sale of artwork will benefit
Jewish Gay Network of Michigan and
gallery. Exhibit hours through Aug. 19:
10 a.m-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and
noon-4 p.m. Sunday. (248) 432-5579
or www.charachgallery.org ; JGN: (248)
432-5661 or www.jgnmi.org .
The Jewish Hikers of Michigan will
hike at 11 a.m. Sunday, July 18, at
the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens,
1800 N. Dixboro Road, Ann Arbor.
Information: Eli Avny, (734) 883-9522,
Rabbi Lisa Delson, (734) 665-4744, or
jewish.hikers@gmail.com .
CINEMAS STAGE
Water Works Theatre Company pres-
ents Lane Riosley's family oriented
comedy The Commedia Tales of King
Arthur ($6) plus Shakespeare's The
Two Gentlemen of Verona ($18) at
Shakespeare in the Park at Starr
Jaycee Park,1101 W.13 Mile, Royal Oak.
July 22- Aug. 8. Schedule and tick-
ets: www.waterworkstheatre.com .
Birmingham's Village Players' play-
writing group, Playwrights at Work
presents a One-Act Play Festival 8
p.m. Friday-Saturday, July 30-31. One
of the four plays present each night
is teacher Myron Stein of Southfield's
Swashbucklers, about regaining joy
and youth through fantasy. $10. Village
Players Playhouse, 34660 Woodward.
248-644-2075 or
www.birminghamvillageplayers.com .
EVENT HOTLINE
Play Mah Jongg with West Bloomfield
Cong. Beth Ahm's Sisterhood,12:30-
3 p.m. Tuesdays. $1. Bring a current
card. RSVP: Gail Ellenbogen, at (248)
626-4123 or gellenbo@yahoo.com .
Attend the Annual Mumford High
Alumni Golf Outing 8:30 a.m.
Saturday, July 17, at Warren Valley
Golf Course, Dearborn. $37. $10 dona-
tion to alumni association requested.
RSVP by July 14 to Phil Martin, xag-
well@hotmail.com or Carol Brooks,
All skill levels are welcome at the
Seventh Annual Scrabblethon to
benefit the NCSY youth group 7-10
p.m. Sunday, July 18, at Young Israel
of Oak Park. $10 adults; $5 children.
Information: (248) 568-2163 or (248)
968-4105.
Tour Eastern Market and Greening of
Detroit with Tikvah Hadassah Group.
Meet 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, July 21, at
Adat Shalom parking lot, Farmington
Hills. $40 includes lunch and bus.
RSVP, Nancy: (248) 202-8393.
See Yishai Fleisher, host of Israel
National Radio's Yishai and Friends, on
his "Eye On Zion" speaking tour 8 p.m.
Thursday, July 22, at Young Israel of
Oak Park. Free. Dinner with Fleisher
at 5:30 is $18. RSVP for dinner: (248)
967-3655.
Attend Temple Israel Brotherhood's
Achim program, a spiritual journey
for men, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday,
July 22. Topic is "Mother." $10. Dinner
included. RSVP: John Shanteau, (248)
661-5700 or jshanto@ameritech.net .
Cantorial Soloist Neil Michaels will
sing "0 Canada" and the Shabbat
Singers will perform "The Star
Spangled Banner" at the Temple Israel
Brotherhood attends a Tigers-Blue
Jays baseball game at Comerica Park 1
p.m. Sunday, July 25. Also attractions
for Scouts and kids. RSVP: Jim Grey,
(248) 540-9070 or greyco@aol.com .
Sit with B'nai B'rith at Tigers
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Death Of A Parent
Comerica Park. Purchase now for
$25; ticket surcharge will treat invited
guests from Jewish Family Service
Mentor Program. Tickets from Jim:
GreyCo@aol.com or (248) 540-9070.
The National Council of Jewish
Women, Greater Detroit Section-
SPACE for Changing Families
offers a six-week bereavement
Find a bargain at the monthly flea
market 8:30 a.m.-noon Wednesday,
July 28, at the Oak Park JCC.
Proceeds support the JCC special
needs program and JARC. (248) 967-
4030.
support group for adults grieving
the death of a parent 7-8:30 p.m.
Wednesdays, July 28-Sept. 1,
at Bingham Office Park, 30300
Telegraph, Suite 125, Bingham
Farms. Cindy Goldman facilitates. Free, but donations are appreciated.
Feet on the Street Tours presents
RSVP: (248) 355-9936 or e-mail space@ncjwgds.org .
"Prohibition and All That Jazz"
Thursday nights July 29-Sept. 9,
through the stomping grounds of
the Purple Gang, including a musical
pit stop at the river. $38. Pickups in
Farmington Hills, Birmingham and
Greektown. feetonthestreettours.com .
HEALTH & SUPPORT
Participate in a free national heart
health study for women 40 and older.
DMC and Sinai Guild will conduct tests
8 a.m.-noon Wednesday, July 21, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington
Hills and Wednesday, Aug. 4, at
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. No
RSVP needed, but an eight-hour fast
is required. www.thesinaiguild.org or
(248) 538-6501.
HELPING OUT
High Holiday Honey:
• Purchase honey to support West
Bloomfield Temple Shir Shalom's
scholarship fund. For $6, a one-ounce
bottle of honey, gift wrapped, will be
mailed along with prayers and one's
personal greeting. Charlotte Milgrim,
(248) 669-3565.
•Temple Emanu-El's Sisterhood is
sponsoring the sale of 8 oz. jars of
Kosher honey for $10, complete with
one's personalized L'Shanah Tovah
greetings, to be shipped anywhere in
the world. Go to www.orthoney.com/
index.html and click on Order Honey
and Enter code: TEE.
The Zager/Stone/Tucker/Grant/
Oakland Century Unit of B'nai B'rith
has an ongoing community project to
support William Beaumont Hospitals'
Pediatric Unit Recreational Therapy
Program. Donations sought include
school supplies and games: crayons,
glue, easy board games and puzzles,
Matchbox cars, Etch-A-Sketch, etc. To
donate or volunteer call Lana Jacobs
at (248) 626-0616 or Nancy Braun at
(248) 553-7474. Monetary contribu-
tions are also welcome.
B'nai B'rith Buddies volunteers at
Friendship Circle is looking for new
helpers. They staff the village when
schools of special needs children
come to learn life lessons like cross-
ing on the green light, shopping at a
drugstore, going to the library, etc., for
2 1/2 hours. Contact Lila Zorn (248)
762-8694.
HOLIDAYS / SHABBAT
Temple Israel will hold Shabbat
services 10:45 a.m. Saturday, July
17, at the Fleischman Residence in
West Bloomfield. All are welcome.
Information or RSVP: Michelle
Lichtman, (248) 661-5700, or
michelle@temple-israel.org .
Temple Emanu-El's Mid-Summer's
Night Havdalah will be 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 24, at the home of Pat
Chomet. Bring an appetizer and wine
or juice to share. RSVP to Pat: (248)
398-2646 or chomet®wowway.com . In
case of rain, Havdalah will be held at
the Temple.
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dinner and meet other families with
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with a camp-style Shaarey Zedek
Shabbat sing-along 6 p.m. Friday, July
30, at Heritage Park, Farmington
Hills. Friends welcome. RSVP: Megan
Rappaport at (248) 357-5544, ext. 43,
or mrappaport@shaareyzedek.org .
JEWISH LEARNING
Drop in for DVD lectures on "Kabbalah
and Society in 16th-Century Safed"
and "Shabbetia Zevi — The Mystical
Messiah." with Prof. David Ruderman
1 p.m. Wednesday, July 21, at Cong.
Beth Ahm, West Bloomfield. Free.
(248) 737-1931.
Join Rabbi Steven Rubenstein for
a Beit Midrash-style seminar explor-
ing how Talmudic rabbis transformed
Judaism from animal sacrifice to
prayer. The class will be held in the
West Bloomfield office of a Cong.
Beth Ahm congregant 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 22. $15. Open to all.
Nancy Kaplan: (248) 737-1931 or
nancyellen879@att.net .
"Explore Herzl at 150" 7:30-9 p.m.
Tuesdays, July 27-Aug. 10, at Cong.
Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield. Prof.
Howard Lupovitch teaches series
about Zionist leader. $15 per session
at door. (248) 851-6880.
Middle-school through college teach-
ers are invited to a weeklong seminar
spanning the rise of Nazism to mod-
ern-day Holocaust deniers featuring
Holocaust scholars and survivors Aug.
16-20 at the Holocaust Memorial
Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road,
Farmington Hills. Presenters include
Drs. Sidney M. Bolkosky, Eric Johnson,
Jack Kay, David H. Lindquist, Roslyn
Abt Schindler and Guy Stern. $100.
RSVP by July 16:
education®holocaustcenter.org .
SENIORS
Play mah jongg 12:30 p.m. Friday, July
16, at West Bloomfield JCC. Free. (248)
967-4030.
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Day Care Program. Daytime meet-
ings are for caregivers of those with
Alzheimer's Disease or related diagno-
sis. Evening meetings are for caregiv-