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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