Purchase a 2011 mahj card. $7, or $8 for large print: EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE by Jordan B. Gorfinkel • www•ewlshcartoon.com • Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah: Send check, payable to Hadassah, to: Debbie Cohen, 5540 S. Piccadilly, West Bloomfield, MI 48322. Office: (248) 683-5030. BECCA BETH BERNIE YAEL LOUIS ZAYDS BUB; The Altruist The Realist The Idealist The Perplexed The Rebel The Traditionalist The Bubb , THINGS ARE A BIT 776HT TH15 CHANUKAH. 50 INSTEAD TOY S A5 U) • 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, z 0 0 0 er 0 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 . December 9 • 2010 57