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CALENDAR

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Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034
Fax items to (248) 304-8885

Deadline: noon, Tuesday, nine days prior to publication.

Proceeds support JCC special needs
program and JARC. (248) 967-4030.

Senior Shabbat

Enjoy Senior Shabbat 11 a.m.

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ARTS & CULTURE

EVENT HOTLINE

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 .

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 Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah Book Discussion Group and
discuss A Seat at the Table by Joshua
Halberstam, a novel of forbidden
choices, 10 a.m. Monday, July 26, at
Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake
Road, West Bloomfield. (248) 683-5030.

Join authors in a celebration of punk
rock 6-9 p.m. Friday, July 30, at the
Book Beat, 26010 Greenfield, Oak
Park. (248) 968-1190

CINEMA& STAGE

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 presented each night
is teacher Myron Stein of Southfield's
Swashbucklers, about regaining joy
and youth through fantasy. $10.
34660 Woodward. (248) 644-2075 or
www.birminghamvillageplayers.com .

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. Attractions
for Scouts and kids. RSVP: Jim Grey,
(248) 540-9070 or GreyCo@aol.com .

Sit with B'nai B'rith at Tigers
game 1:05 p.m. Sunday, July 25, at
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.
Oak Park JCC will host a 3-on-3 bas-
ketball tournament with a $120 prize
6-10 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, July
27-28 and Aug. 3-4. $15 a person;
open to public. Sign up as individual or
come as a team. RSVP: Ari Jacobovitz,
(248) 967-4030 or ajacobovitiz@
jccdet.org , or go to Sports & Rec-Oak
Park at www.jccdet.org .

Find a bargain at the monthly flea
market 8:30 a.m.-noon Wednesday,
July 28, at the Oak Park JCC.

Affordable Style

Find clean, top-notch clothing,

house wares, purses, shoes, luggage,

books and more at Cong. Beth Ahm

Sisterhood's Rummage Sale 10 a.m.-

6: p.m. Sunday-Tuesday, Aug. 1-3,

at 5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield.

(248) 851-6880.

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Feet on the Street Tours presents
"Prohibition and All That Jazz"
Thursday nights July 29-Sept. 9,
through the stomping grounds of
the Purple Gang, including a musi-
cal pit stop at the river. $38. Pickups
in Southfield, Farmington Hills,
Birmingham and Greektown. (248)
353-8687 or feetonthestreettours.com .

Saturday, Aug. 7. Free luncheon

after services at Temple Israel, West

Bloomfield. RSVP by Aug. 2: Michelle

Lichtman, (248) 661-5700, or

michelle@temple-israel.org .

5700; michelle@temple-israel.org .

HELPING OUT

Browse 100 vendors and merchants
at the Buy Michigan Now Festival 10
a.m.-9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Aug. 6-7,
and noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 8, in
downtown Northville.

Cruise the Detroit River with the
Jewish Historical Society of Michigan
1:30-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 8, aboard
the Diamond Queen. Hear a narrated
tour highlighting sites of Jewish and
local interest. $25 for members; $30
non-members. Transportation available
for additional charge. (248) 432-5517
or jhsofmichigan@msn.com .

HEALTH & SUPPORT

Participate in a free national heart
health study for women 40 and up.
DMC and Sinai Guild to conduct tests
8 a.m.-noon Wednesday, Aug. 4, at
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. No
RSVP needed, but 8-hour fast required.
www.thesinaiguild.org or (248) 538-6501.

The National Council of Jewish
Women, Greater Detroit Section-
SPACE for Changing Families offers a
six-week bereavement support group
for adults grieving the death of a par-
ent 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, July
28-Sept. 1, at Bingham Office Park,
30300 Telegraph, Suite 125, Bingham
Farms. Cindy Goldman facilitates. Free,
donations appreciated. RSVP: (248)
355-9936; e-mail space@ncjwgds.org .

Attend Gilda's Club two-mile Family
Walk & Health Fair at Lawrence
Technical University in Southfield 9
a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11. Discount
early registration by Sept. 1 at www.
firstgiving.com/gildasclub . Information:
www.gildasclubdetroit.org or (248)
577-0800.

Purchase High Holiday honey:
• Support West Bloomfield Temple
Shir Shalom's scholarship fund. $6,
Charlotte Milgrim, (248) 669-3565.
• Temple Emanu-El's Sisterhood sale
of 8 oz. jars $10, with greetings. www.
orthoney.com/index.html, click on
Order Honey; Enter code: TEE.

JEWISH LEARNING

HOLIDAYS / SHABBAT

Join Cong. Beth Ahm's Rabbi Steven
Rubenstein from 12:30-1:15 p.m.
Saturday, July 24, following 9:30 a.m.
services and a light lunch for a les-
son on "Aggadah (Rabbinic Lore and
Legends)." Free and open to all. No
RSVP needed. Nancy Kaplan, (248)
737-1931 or nancyellen879@att.net .

Temple Emanu-El's Mid-Summer's
Night Havdalah will be 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 24, at the home of
Pat Chomet. RSVP to Pat: (248) 398-
2646 or chomet@wowway.com . If rain,
Havdalah will be at the temple.

Bring a dairy or parve picnic-style
dinner and meet other families with
young children to welcome Shabbat
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 .

"Take the family camping at Temple
Israel in West Bloomfield 4 p.m.
Saturday, July 31. Bring your own tent.
Evening includes dinner, Havdalah, camp-
fire songs and breakfast. $20 per adult,
$10 for children age 2 and over. RSVP by
July 23: Michelle Lichtman, (248) 661-

"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. July 27 lecture
looks at "Herzl as Diplomat" and
explores what Herzl might say about
current diplomatic efforts in the
Middle East today $15 per session at
door. (248) 851-6880.

Drop in for DVD lectures on "The Rise
of Eastern European Jewry" and "The
Sephardim of Amsterdam" with Prof.
David Ruderman 1 p.m. Wednesday,
July 28, at Cong. Beth Ahm, West
Bloomfield. Free. (248) 737-1931.

Jewish Meditation Class with Geoff
Berdy at Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park
rescheduled to 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday,
July 29. Free. RSVPs to educator@
emanuel-mich.org or (248) 967-4023.

SENIORS

Cong. Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield
hosts Seniors Continental Breakfast &
Music Program open to all, 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, July 25, with keyboardist
Avy Schreiber playing Yiddish and
English folk songs. $4 for Beth Ahm
Seniors and $5 for others. No RSVP
required. Mel Mogill, (248) 661-2588.

The Institute for Retired Professionals
presents Prof. Howard Lupovitch on
"Religious Extremism: How Much of an
Impediment to Peace?" 2:30-4 p.m.
Wednesday, July 28, at West Bloomfield
JCC. Free. All welcome. No RSVP
needed. (248) 967-4030, ext. 2018.

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Come in PJs and hear reader Robin
Pappas, new director of Hillel Early
Childhood Center, 6:45 p.m. Wednesday,
Aug. 4, at Cong. Shaarey Zedek West
Bloomfield B'nai Israel Center. RSVP:
Megan Rappaport, (248) 357-5544 x43
or mrappaport@shaareyzedek.org .

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