Purchase a 2011 mahj card. $7, or $8
for large print:

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• Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah: Send check, payable to
Hadassah, to: Debbie Cohen, 5540 S.
Piccadilly, West Bloomfield, MI 48322.
Office: (248) 683-5030.

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• National Council of Jewish Women:
Greater Detroit Section sells cards at
26400 Lahser, Southfield, MI 48034.
(248) 355-3300.

Meet other caregivers at support
meetings sponsored by Dorothy and
Peter Brown Jewish Community Adult
Day Care Program. Daytime meet-
ings are for caregivers of individuals
with Alzheimer's disease or a related
diagnosis. Evening meetings are for
caregivers of all older adults. No
charge, but RSVP requested to facili-
tators. Onsite respite care available
by advance arrangement. Upcoming:
1:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, and
5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, at JVS,
29699 Southfield Road in Southfield.
Dorothy Moon: (248) 233-4392. Also:
7-9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 20, at Jewish
Senior Life, Fleischman Residence/
Blumberg Plaza, 6710 W. Maple in West
Bloomfield. Fran Cook: (248) 592-5032.

HOLIDAYS 6, SHABBAT

Experience Friday Night Soul,
Shabbat services and Torah study,
7:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, at
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue in
Detroit. downtownsynagogue@gmail.
com or (313) 962-4047.

JEWISH LEARNING

Come for "Talmud Every Educated
Jew Should Learn" with instructor
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein 8-9:30 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 13, at Congregation
Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield. Some
Talmud study experience recommend-
ed. $10/session; drop-ins welcome.
raysteven@cbahm.org or (248) 851-
6880, ext.17:

• "Walking with Life, Part 1": Rabbi
Rubinstein's series examines what
Jewish tradition teaches about the
human lifecycle.10:30 a.m.-noon
Tuesday, Dec. 14. $10/session; drop-ins
welcome.

Attend Rabbi Aaron Starr's lunch and
learn discussing "The Rape of Dina,"
following Shabbat lunch Saturday,

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Dec. 11, at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek in Southfield. RSVP to Karen:
kdavis@shaareyzedek.org or (248)
354-5544, ext. 60.

• Tuesday, Dec. 14,1 p.m.: Opera
movie with facilitator Joe Tazelaar.
Free. Also, 2 p.m.: Musical adventure
with Fabs Kaldobsky. Free.

Drop in for "Herzl at 150," a series
of DVD lectures by Prof. Howard
Lupovitch, 1 p.m. Wednesdays, at
Congregation Beth Ahm in West
Bloomfield. Dec. 15 topic: "Herzl as
Founder and Organizer of First World
Jewish Congress." Nancy Kaplan will
facilitate discussion. Free. (248) 737-
1931 or nancyellen879@att.net

• Wednesday, Dec. 15,1 p.m.: Watch
A Brivele Der Mamen, starring Molly
Picon, presented by COJAR. Yiddish
movie with English subtitles lasts 100
minutes. Free. Also, 1-3 p.m.: Play cards
with the Bridge Club.

Participate at ongoing classes, both
at 7:30 p.m.: "Medicine & Morals,"
Tuesdays, and "Encountering Jewish
Civilization," Wednesdays, at The Shul,
Shenkman Building, 6890 W. Maple
in West Bloomfield. $36. RSVP sug-
gested: (248) 788-4000.

SENIORS

West Bloomfield JCC: (248) 967-
4030.

• Monday, Dec. 13, 10 a.m.: Men's Club
in Room 204. Free. Also, 2 p.m.: Listen
to last act of the opera, Pagliacci,
with facilitator Joe Tazelaar in the
Greenberg Suite. $3.

• Wednesday, Dec. 15,1:30 p.m.:
Memory Club and Brain Teasers with
Ronnie Berman in Room 205. $3.

Oak Park JCC: (248) 967-4030.

• Monday, Dec. 13, 10-11:30 a.m.: Dr.
Charles Silow leads weekly support
group for Holocaust survivors.

Fleeing Cuba

Feel inspired watching Sonia

Flew, a play based on true story

of Operation Pedro Pan, which

transported 14,000 children out of

Cuba in 1960, at Jewish Ensemble

Theatre inside West Bloomfield JCC.

Preview shows: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday

and Thursday, Dec. 8-9, and 5

• Thursday, Dec. 16,10:30 a.m.: cur-
rent events with facilitator David
Weiner. Also, noon-2 p.m.: lunch and
concert. Nonrefundable lunch charge
($2.75) due with RSVP by Dec. 14.
Concert featuring Marty Mandelbaum
and Pam Michael at 1 p.m. $1 charge
for concert only.

• Friday, Dec. 17, 10 a.m.: Express
yourself in the Writer's Corner, assist-
ed by Prof. Norma Goldman. Also, 1
p.m. Join tri-lingual Shabbat service
led by Ida Kogan in Hebrew, Russian
and English. Challah and juice will be
served. Free.

YOUNG ADULTS

Try a progressive Israel experience
offering opportunities for learning
and social justice activism through
Ameinu's Kibbutz Program Center.
Ages 18-25 invited to register by Dec.
15 for Jewish-Bedouin service-learning
program in the Negev desert, under
auspices of NISPED-AJEEJ. Dates:
Feb. 6-May 26.
www.kibbutzprogramcenter.org or
Ameinu Detroit: (248) 967-3170.

p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11. Opening

night: 8:30 p.m. Dec. 11. Performed

Thursdays through Sundays,

including matinees, through Jan. 2.

Schedule/tickets: www.jettheatre.org

or (248) 788-2900.

Will David Young as Orfeo and

Sarah Kamoo as Pilar in Sonia

Flew at the JET.

Complete application and initial inter-
view with JVS by Jan. 31, for eight-
week, paid summer internships offered
by Cook Jewish Occupational Intern
(JOIN) program. Open to fulltime
undergraduate or graduate students
who are tri-county residents. JVS:
www.jvsdet.org or 9248) 233-4233.

YOUTH

Bring the whole family to Tot Shabbat
Saturday, Dec. 11, at Temple Beth El,
7400 Telegraph in Bloomfield Twp. The
morning includes an informal service
at 9:30 a.m. and snack and crafts at
10. RSVP to religious school: (248)

Hunger Shabbat

Let's Party

All are invited to Congregation Beth Ahm's annual

Celebrate at a post-Chanukah community-wide

Hunger Shabbat at morning services Saturday, Dec.

party sponsored by Jewish Parents Institute

11. Members of the Tikkun Olam (repairing the world)

10:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, in the

Committee will symbolically present a $14,000

Teen Center, just outside West Bloomfield JCC.

grant from Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger,

Free event will offer food, crafts, singing, games

to representatives of the Gleaners Food Bank of

and a talent show. Guests invited to bring

Southeastern Michigan.

pennies for upcoming Tzedakah Fair and non-

The committee makes hunger relief a priority effort

perishable item(s) for donation to Yad Ezra, the

at Beth Ahm throughout the year. For information contact Tikkun Olam Committee chair Nancy

865-0612.

Take youngsters, toddler age and
older, to Kids Corner on Saturdays,
at Young Israel of Southfield.
Schedule: www.yisrael.org or (248)
358-0154.

Come prepared for Jumpn &
a musical open gym experience for
babies through age 4, attending with
an adult, 10-11:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec.
9, through Jan. 27, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Free.
Megan: mtopper@shaareyzedek.org
or (248) 357-5544, ext. 43.

Calendar on page 58

kosher food pantry. Marci: (248) 432-5472.

Kalef (248) 353-2145 or e-mail nancykalef@comcast.net .

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