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"1 VAS ABSOLUTELY SWEPT
AWAY BY THIS FILM.

It is Witty and Wise and
Brilliantly Animated.
Work of Art:

-Melbas

Christopher Plummer
Lynn Redgrave
Isabella Rossellilli

Funny Ladies

View the movie Making Trouble on the big screen 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, at Cong. Shaarey
Zedek in Southfield. Hosted by the Sisterhood and Men's Club, the film discusses Jewish

female comic performers Molly Picon, Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker, Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner

and Wendy Wasserstein. $2 member; $3 others. sisterhood@shaareyzedek.org or (248) 357-

5544, ext. 48.

YOUTH

Try Tot Shabbat, an informal service with a
Chanukah theme, crafts and a snack, 9:30
a.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, at Temple Beth El in

Bloomfield Township. Babies, toddlers, parents
and grandparents welcome; need not be mem-
bers. Free. (248) 865-0612.

Bring children and grandchildren for age-
appropriate programs: Tot Shabbat (up
to age 5), Shabbat Club (grades K-6) and

billeting! Low Bei is a

Bitch

Birthday Shabbat, all on Saturday, Nov. 20,
at Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield.
Light lunch with congregation follows. Details
from Dave: dgoodman@cbahm.org or (248)
851-6880.

Students in grades 1-6, participate with com-
munity educators in high-energy prayer
experience and discussion focused on the
weekly Torah portion, 10:30 a.m. Saturday,
Nov. 20, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield. Parents may attend too. Rabbi
Aaron Starr: rabbistarr@shaareyzedek.org .

Smile watching a puppet show, Oh, Ananse!,
based on an African folktale, 2 p.m. Saturdays,
through Nov. 27, at Igor Gozman's PuppetART
Theater, 25 E. Grand River in Detroit. Tickets:
$5 children, $10 adults, and $8 for optional
puppetry workshop following the show. www.
puppetart.org or (313) 961-7777.

Fighting Missionaries
Who Target Jews

Admire children's show focused on works of
artist Marc Chagall 1-5 p.m. Sunday through

Thursday, at Shalom Street Museum: The
Address for Jewish Discovery inside West
Bloomfield JCC. There is a charge.
www.shalomstreetmuseum.org or
(248) 432-5465.

The JN's To Do! Calendar has been compiled
this week by Esther Allweiss lngber.

HOW TO SEND IN CALENDAR LISTINGS:
Submit event listings to the Calendar by

our
noon Tuesday deadline,

nine days prior to publication.
E-mail Calendar listings
and questions to

calendar@thejewishnews.com .

For telephone inquiries, call

David Sachs at (248) 351-5140.

Rabbi Tovia Singer, founder of Outreach
Judaism, dedicated to countering the efforts
of Christian evangelical groups that specifi-
cally target Jews for conversion, will speak at
two free events that are open to the public.
His visit is hosted by the Jewish Community
Center of Metropolitan Detroit's Seminars for
Adult Jewish Enrichment, the Michigan Jewish
Institute and the Shul-Chabad Lubavitch.
Singer will speak 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov.
18, at the Janice Charach Gallery at the West
Bloomfield JCC on "Jesus Was a Jew, But Can
a Jew Be for Jesus?" His talk will focus on
why Judaism does not accept the Christian
messiah.

At 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, his speech at the
Shul, 6890 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, titled
"Text Twist: How Missionaries Manipulate
Jewish Scriptures" will examine the ways in
which missionaries mistranslate and even
invent biblical verses in the Hebrew texts.
RSVP: (248) 432-5692 or at www.jccdet.org .

Midrash And
Imagination

Shul Food

The community is invited to this event:

• Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township:

Experience the Gemini Kids' Show, a benefit
for Mott Children's Hospital, 1 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 28, at the Ark Coffeehouse, 316 S. Main
in Ann Arbor 48104. Program of sweet and
funny songs performed by Gemini, the chil-
dren's entertainers San and Laz Slomovits,
plus San's musician daughter Emily,16, and
friends. $10. www.theark.org or (734) 761-1800.

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Rabbi Singer will speak twice locally.

Bring menorot to light at buffet dinner 6

p.m. Friday, Dec. 3. The Youth Choir will

sing at Chanukah services at 7:30. RSVP

required for dinner, which has a charge.

Contact Barbara: (248) 851-1100, ext. 3149.

Adat Shalom Synagogue
in Farmington Hills will
continue this year's lunch-
time learning programs
with a three-part series
titled "Midrash and the
Jewish Imagination."
Rabbi
Rabbi Aaron Bergman will
present the series 11:45
Bergman
a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays,
Dec.1, 8 and 15.
Participants are invited to bring their own
dairy lunches. Drinks and dessert are provided.
Free. Respond by the preceding Fridays to
Sheila Lederman, (248) 851-5100, ext. 246 or
slederman@adatshalom.org .

Israel Bonds' Art And Home Tour Raises $500,000

An art and home tour sponsored by the Metro Detroit Women's Division of the
Development Corporation for Israel/State of Israel Bonds raised more than $500,000
in investment capital for the Jewish state.

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Participants who purchased at least $1,500 in bonds toured the homes of Jolie and
Dr. David Altman and Linda and Dr. Martin Weissman, both of Birmingham. Dorothy and
Byron Gerson of Franklin hosted a "Petite Brunch" and tour of their home.
Shown are Paula Lebowitz, registered representative for Israel Bonds; Bluma
Schechter, Israel Bonds Women's Division co-chair; home tour host Dorothy Gerson
and co-chair Margie Krasnick.