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The Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit and Cadillac
Travel will present the third annual
Travel Extravaganza 1-5 p.m.
Oak Park JCC:
• Monday, Jan. 3,10-11:30 a.m.: Join
Dr. Charles Silow, leader of weekly sup-
port group for Holocaust survivors.
1 p.m: For survivors, families and
friends, the free film The Jazz Singer.
• Tuesday, Jan. 4,1 p.m: Film Biloxi
Blues presented by Joel Marwil. $1.
• Wednesday, Jan. 5,1-3 p.m: Play
cards with the Bridge Club.
• Thursday, Jan. 6, 9:15 a.m.: Rosh
Chodesh Women's Lecture will present
speaker Sara Eisemann on "Shevat:
Using Our Hearts to Serve HaShem."
Also, lunch and concert, noon:
Nonrefundable lunch charge ($2.75)
due with RSVP by Jan. 4. Concert
at 1 p.m. features Charlie Gehringer
on piano with a friend. $1 charge to
attend concert.
YOUNG ADULTS
Dance the hora and other Israeli
dances 7:45-10 p.m. Tuesdays, at the
Oak Park JCC. Instructor Phillip Litt
welcomes beginners. First session free.
Details from Sunny: www.sarivl@sbc-
global.net or (248) 967-3129.
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 (248) 233-4233.
Sunday, Jan.16, at the JCC in West
Dance-For-A-Cause
Bring children/grandchildren up to age
10 to drop-in babysitting offered dur-
ing morning services 10 a.m. Saturday,
Jan. 1, at Congregation Beth Ahm in
West Bloomfield. No RSVP needed.
Nina: nrosenblum@cbahm.org or (248)
851-6880.
Steve Jasgur is president of Joe
Cornell Entertainment and co-own-
er with his sister, Becca Schlussel.
Joe's Crew is the philanthropic
focus added to the local kids'
dance program.
Celebrate the "birthday of the trees"
at a Tot Shabbat program focused on
the holiday of Tu b'Shevat 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 8, at Temple Beth El
in Bloomfield Township. Crafts and a
snack are part of monthly program
open young children, parents and
grandparents; need not be TBE mem-
bers. Free. (248) 865-0612.
Participants obtain pledges from
friends and family to sponsor danc-
ing during the 60-minute dance-a-
thon. Kids who raise the most will
qualify for raffle prizes including an
iPad, a sterling silver and diamond
bracelet from Tapper's Diamonds
& Fine Jewelry and a Tayshaun
Prince-signed basketball.
For information, contact (248)
356-6000 or www.joecornell.com .
Choose Ameinu's Kibbutz Program
Center for a progressive Israel experi-
ence. Study Hebrew, volunteer on a
kibbutz, explore peace or environmen-
tal studies or design your own track.
www.kibbutzprogramcenter.org or
Ameinu Detroit: (248) 967-3170.
Drop in for "Hillel: If Not
Now, When," a three-part
lecture series by Prof.
HILLEL
IF NOT NOW WHEN?
Meet others interested in hearing
about the importance of a Jewish
early childhood experience 8:30
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, at Jerusalem
Pizza inside the West Bloomfield JCC.
Meeting sponsor, Akiva Hebrew Day
School in Southfield, offers tours of
its Early Childhood Center by arrange-
ment with director Lisa Parshan: (248)
376-1625, ext. 233.
Parents and athletes, meet coaches
and receive a tryout schedule at infor-
mation meeting for JCC Maccabi
breakout sessions, giveaways and
West Bloomfield JCC. The games, open
to Jewish teens, will be Aug.14-19 in
Philadelphia and Springfield, Mass.
Details from Karen: kgordon@jccdet.
org or (248) 432-5482.
discounts.
Smile while watching Firebird, a rod
Representatives from cruise
lines, including Royal Caribbean,
Disney, Princess, Crystal,
Norwegian, Carnival and Celebrity,
will be at the event, along with
puppet show based on a Russian
folktale, 2 p.m. Saturdays, Jan. 8-29,
spokesmen from Sandals Resorts
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.
representative from Travel Guard
Admire works of artist Marc Chagall
at children's gallery show 1-5 p.m.
Sundays-Thursdays, at Shalom Street
Museum: The Address for Jewish
Discovery, inside West Bloomfield JCC.
There is a charge. www.shalomstreet-
museum.org or (248) 432-5465.
Come prepared for Jumpn & Jivin',
a musical open gym experience for
babies through age 4, attending with
an adult, 10-11:30 a.m. Thursdays,
through Jan. 27, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Free.
Megan: mtopper@shaareyzedek.org or
(248) 357-5544, ext. 43.
The JN's To Do! Calendar compiled this
week by Esther Allweiss lngber.
Get Rid Of Some Books
Drive through and drop off donations
of used books, books on tape,
records, video, CDs and DVDs for
and Apple Vacations.
Also on hand will be a
Insurance.
Specials will be given to
those who book at the event. For
information, contact Marilyn Wolfe,
(248) 432-5471 or mwolfe@jccdet.
org.
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.
Reproductive
Technology
Become informed at
lunch-and-learn program
Howard Lupovitch, 7:30 p.m.
Bookstock's Colossal Collection
on "Reproductive
Day 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday Jan. 9,
Technology in Halachah"
Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield.
Series is inspired by the Joseph
Telushkin book on the talmudic
sage. Jan. 4 topic: "Hillel's
will facilitate discussion.
$40 series in advance or at door; $15 per drop-in session.
nancyellen879@att.net or (248) 737-1931.
December 30 • 2010
Take youngsters, toddler-age and
older, to Kids Corner on Saturdays,
at Young Israel of Southfield. www.
yisouthfield.org or (248) 358-0154.
Games 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, at
Tuesdays, Jan. 4-19, at Cong.
World." Nancy Kaplan
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Bloomfield. The event will feature
Sixth-graders enrolled in Joe
Cornell dance classes will dance for
a cause at the Jan. 18 graduation.
The Joe's Crew Dance-for-a-Cause
will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Orchard
Mall in West Bloomfield.
Study The Sage
JOSEPH
TELUSHKIN
YOUTH
at the Bloomfield Plaza, southwest
corner of Maple and Telegraph Roads,
Bloomfield Township. Tax receipts
provided. Volunteer sorting at Bloomfield
Plaza 10 a.m.-2 p.m. every Wednesday through
noon Wednesday, Jan.
12, at Yad Ezra, 2850 W.
11 Mile in Berkley. Guest
speaker will be Rabbi
Shneur Silberberg of
April 13. Information: (248) 645-7840,
Congregation Bais Chabad in West Bloomfield. Participants
ext.365 or www.bookstock.info.
invited to take brief tour of the kosher food pantry. $7
includes lunch. RSVP by Jan. 10: (248) 548-3663.