To Do!

CALENDAR

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Fax items to (248) 304-8885

Deadline: noon Tuesday, nine days prior to publication.

So, You Think You're Funny?

Check It Out!

Enter contest sponsored by Detroit Jewish News to win dinner and
show for four on preview night of Steve Solomon's My Mother's Italian,

ARTS & CULTURE

name) to Evelyn: (248) 661-3678.

Study 85 still photographs in traveling
show, "A Day in the Warsaw Ghetto: A
Birthday Trip in Hell," through March
13, at the Holocaust Memorial Center,
28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington
Hills. Docent-led tours are offered
every Sunday at noon. (248) 553-
2400 or www.holocaustcenter.org .

Stay toasty on Games Day 11 a.m.-3
p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, at Temple
Israel in West Bloomfield. Bring your
favorite game -- canasta, bridge, mah
jongg or pinochle. $5 covers lunch and
tables for playing. RSVP: michelle@
temple-israel.org or (248) 661-5700.

Read Peter Manseau's novel, Songs
for the Butcher's Daughter, to discuss
at secular potluck on Shabbat 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 7, at a private home in
Huntington Woods. Workmen's Circle:
micirclel@gmail.com .

CINEMA 6, STAGE

See the high-spirited musical Mary
Poppins, continuing through Jan.
2, at Detroit Opera House, 1526
Broadway. Tickets: (800) 982-2787 or
www.BroadwayinDetroit.com .

COMEDY 6, CONCERTS

Come for Emerson String Quartet 8
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, at Seligman
Performing Arts Center at Detroit
Country Day School, 22305 W.13 Mile
in Beverly Hills. Tickets for Chamber
Music Society concert start at $43.
Pre-concert dinner 6 p.m. at Bacco
Ristorante, Southfield. (248) 855-
6070 or www.ComeHearCMSD.org .

EVENT HOTLINE

Mail your check by Jan. 5 to attend
brunch program, "Szold on Hadassah,"
11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, at Bloomfield
Hills home of an Eleanor Roosevelt
Hadassah Group member. $10, or free
for two if you bring someone new.
Send check, payable to Hadassah, to:
Evelyn Freeman, 33678 Heritage Hills
Dr., Farmington Hills, MI 48331. Provide
your contact information (and guest's

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EVENTS THAT HELP

Give a minimum $10 donation and
receive a complimentary battery watch
change during January at Tapper's
Diamonds and Fine Jewelry locations
in Orchard Mall in West Bloomfield,
12 Oaks Mall in Novi and Somerset
Collection in Troy. Kids Kicking Cancer
will be the first to benefit.
www.tappers.com or (248) 932-7700.

Dine out to raise money for Friends
of the West Bloomfield Public
Library Thursday, Jan. 6, at Olga's
Restaurant, 6655 Orchard Lake Road
in West Bloomfield. Olga's will donate
a portion of the day's lunch and dinner
proceeds. Library: (248) 682-2120.
Olga's: (248) 855-3630.

Participate in the $20 for 20 months'
program and take advantage of State
of Michigan special incentive for those
who donate to food pantries such as
Yad Ezra, 2850 W.11 Mile in Berkley.
(248) 548-3663.

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think you should be a comedian or why your Jewish family is funny but
dysfunctional. By Dec. 24, e-mail entry to: kfarber@thejewishnews.com or
fax to (248) 304-0049.

• Shows continue: Purchase tickets for Wednesday through Sunday
nights, Jan. 5 23. andiamonovitheatre.com or (248) 348-4448.

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Purchase a 2011 mahj card. $7, or $8
for large print:
• Greater Detroit Chapter, Hadassah:
Send check to Hadassah to: Debbie
Cohen, 5540 S. Piccadilly, West
Bloomfield, 48322. (248) 683-5030.
•National Council of Jewish Women:
Greater Detroit Section sells cards at
26400 Lahser, Southfield, MI 48034.
(248) 355-3300.

HELPING OUT

Make gifts for sick children at weekly
Hadassah Doll Project sessions,
9-11:30 a.m. Thursdays, at Davidson
Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake
Road in West Bloomfield. No special
skills needed to participate. (248)
683-5030.

tying. Council: (248) 355-3300, ext. 0.
Thrift Shops volunteers: Help
with merchandise and displays, assist
customers, at Berkley and Royal Oak
locations. Contact Council, above, or
marlahorwitz@yahoo.com .

JEWISH LEARNING

Drop in for "To the Edge of Destruction
and Back: Hungarian Jewry in the
20th Century," a continuing DVD
series featuring lecturer Prof. Howard
Lupovitch, 1 p.m. Wednesdays, Jan. 5
and 12, at Congregation Beth Ahm in
West Bloomfield. Nancy Kaplan leads
discussion. Free. nancyellen879@att.
net or (248) 737-1931.

Assist low-income clients with online
applications required to get them state
benefits, including the Food Assistance
Program (FAP) or bridge card program,
through Paperwork Project started by
Jewish Community Relations Council.
For next volunteer training session,
contact Sarah Crane: scrane@jfmd.org
or (248) 642-2649.

Come on Thursday afternoons for a
new, informal weekly get-together
featuring Congregation Beth Ahm's
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein in the cafe
at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 6800
Orchard Lake Road in West Bloomfield.
Starting 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, the
rabbi will explore an eclectic mix of
cultural topics, current events and
more. All welcome. Details: raysteven®
cbahm.org or (248) 851-6880.

Lend a hand at "Wrapped In Love,"
a drop-in mitzvah project, 10 a.m.-1
p.m. Mondays, at National Council of
Jewish Women, 26400 Lahser, Suite
306 in Southfield. Materials are pro-
vided for creating blankets that go
to abused and neglected children. No
sewing involved -- just cutting and

Nourish your mind too attending
"Brown Bag Lunch and Learn Series
noon-1 p.m. Mondays, Jan. 10 24, at
Oak Park JCC. Rabbi Leiby Burnham
of Partners in Torah will discuss "The
Genesis of Exodus: The Beginning of
the Greatest Birthing in History." $3.
(248) 967-4030.

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Last Week To Pick Up
Chanukah Art Entries

Artwork from the JN Chanukah
Art Contest is available for pickup
through Jan. 7. Entries are avail-
able during business hours at the
JN, 29200 Northwestern, Suite 110,
Southfield. Entries from Yeshivat
Akiva are at the school.

Join Rabbi Joe Klein of Temple
Emanu-El in Oak Park for "Reading
Genesis again," 7-8:30 p.m. Thursdays,
Jan. 13 Feb. 17, at Berkley
Community Church, 2855 Wiltshire in
Berkley. Bring your own Bible to six-
week class. Free. No RSVP necessary.
Details: rabbi@rabbiklein.com .

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SENIORS

Find programming for seniors at local
branches of the Jewish Community
Center. Details from Rosa: (248) 967-
4030, or consult schedule at www.
jccdet.org for the Active Adult pro-
gram, Council for Orthodox Jewish
Active Retirees (COJAR) and Institute
for Retired Professionals (IRP):

West Bloomfield JCC:
• Monday, Jan. 3, 10 a.m.: Socialize
at Senior Men's Club, free, room 204.
2 p.m: Current Events with Linda
Garfield, $3, in Room 205.
• Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1:30 p.m:
Beading Class, $3, in Room 205.

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Come along for Jewish

Ensemble Theatre's

Go on a cultural outing with the JCC's
Center Travel Dept. Upcoming sched-
ule: "Fakes, Forgeries and Mysteries"
exhibit Jan. 13, at Detroit Institute
of Arts; The 39 Steps Jan. 19, at
Meadowbrook Theatre; Prokofiev's
Cinderella with Detroit Symphony
Orchestra Jan. 21, at Orchestra Hall;
Joffrey Ballet, Jan. 30, at Detroit
Opera House; In the Heights, Feb. 13,
at Fisher Theatre. Details, Marilyn:
mwolfe@jccdet.org or (248) 432-5471.

My Father's Jewish, I'm in Therapy 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5, at
Andiamo Novi Theatre, 42705 Grand River in Novi 48375. Tell why you

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drama Sonia Flew,

Law And
Judaism

Learn what your face reveals about your personality from

internationally known face reader Lin Klaassen 6:30-8:30

Hear law Professor

p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, at

through Jan. 2, at

Adat Shalom Synagogue in

West Bloomfield

Farmington Hills. Presented

JCC. Sonia, formerly

by B'nai B'rith/Bloch Israel

Jeff Silver and

Jewish history

Professor Howard

Lupovitch at a

of Cuba, is startled

Speaker Series, evening

along with her Jewish

includes desserts and

husband in Minneapolis

Howard

beverages. Pay $6

when their son announces

Lupovitch

member or $8 guest at

after 9-11 that he has dropped

door with RSVP by Jan.

out of college to join the Marines in Afghanistan.

9. Marilyn: (248) 313-9541.

Shows Thursdays through Sundays, including some matinees.

Schedule/tickets: www.jettheatre.org or (248) 788-2900.

Shabbat Limud, an

Jeff Silver

extended afternoon

of learning,

singing, prayer

and community led by Rabbi Steven Rubenstein following

Saturday morning services Jan. 8. at Cong. Beth Ahm in
West Bloomfield. Silver will speak on "The Nature of Judicial

Decision-Making in Jewish and American Law" and
Lupovitch will consider "Does Israel Need a Constitution?"

Info: Nancy Kaplan, (248) 737 -1931 or nancyellen879@att.net .

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