5 Sunday, November 6 10:30 a.m. DAY UNDERWRITTEN BY ANDI & LARRY WOLFE Jonathan E. Levin presents Triumphant Life: The Miles Levin Story by Miles Alpern Levin (z"1) FAMTLY DAY Er GAK PAU Cancer sometimes kills, but it always frightens. It did both to Miles Levin. During two challenging years filled with cancer and its treatment, a - Keep Fighting, Stop Struggling: previously unknown teenager from suburban The Miles Levin Story Detroit tranformed himself into an inspirational figure. He did so by converting a confrontation with death into an opportunity for personal growth. Join us for an inspirational journey with his family. SPONSORED BY FEDERATION'S SHALOM FAMILY, FEDERATION'S JEWISH EXPERIENCES FOR FAMILIES, PT LIBRARY Wer4t.lf 10:30 a.m. Bubbies, Bagels & Books for Bedtime iwith Robin Schwartz 11111 Co-sponsored by the Annual Jewish Book Fair Steering Committee and past chairs kink, s Books for bedtime! Come listen to Robin Schwartz, anchor of Fox 2 News, as she reads some of our favorite bedtime stories and enjoy bagels and snacks. Following story- time, children will make a Sh'ma Toolbox to fill with their favorite bedtime books, blankies, stuffed buddies, etc. Free, no reservations necessary. "'• 12:45 p.m. ostuo ashed Speake, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin Hillel If Not Now, When? JOSEPH TELUSHKIN Rabbi for the Los Angeles-based I F ITV 14/, E N ? Synagogue for the Performing Arts, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin is a speaker and the author of numerous books including Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History A Code of Jewish Ethics: You Shall be Holy, A Code of Jewish Ethics: Love Your Neighbor and the new Hillel: If Not Now, When? : Co-sponsored by the Charles & Frances Driker Library 1 p.m. Kids Can Be Authors, Too! (Michigan's Got Talent) Guest appearance by WDIV local 4 weathercaster and author, Paul Gross. This program showcases the writing talents of area students, grades 3-8, who have published their own books. Participants include students from Akiva Hebrew Day School, Hillel Day School and area public schools. Join Rabbi Telushkin as he shows how Jewish texts provide guidance for daily behavior and for a discussion about how to be a good person in a morally complicated world. Co-sponsored by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, SAJE (Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment, SH'MA! Detroit.Learning.Together. 2 p.m. Dr. Barry Franklin Prevent, Halt & Reverse Heart Disease: 109 Things You Can Do 2:30 — 4 p.m. Mini Maccabi & Race With the Books oin us for jumping and playing sports with the 4 Js: Judy, Jake, Jaymie and Jeanie. Also, kids can sign the wall and tell us how they will commit to stay fit. Do a mitzvah. Bring a book to the Annual Jewish Book Fair in Oak Park for a child in need! The Detroit Jewish Coalition is collecting gently used, non-religious books for children in grades K-6 at the Detroit Pasteur Elementary School. Cardiovascular disease affects half the U.S. population. Is this inevitable, or can we really do something about it? Beaumont Hospital's Dr. Barry Franklin provides fascinating, surprising, practical and, most important, easy ideas for fighting this killer. Finally - a truly comprehensive book on preventing our nation's biggest health issue. 109 Things You Can Do Prevent, Halt & Reverse Heart Aip, Disease BY JOSEPH C. PISCATE.1.1.A & BARRY A. F RANKLIN, Co-sponsored by Beaumont Health System, JCC Membership Department 8 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Rabbi Berel Wein Patterns in Jewish History: Insights into the Past, Present & Future of the Eternal People RABBI 11EREL WEIN Great nations have come and gone. Yet the Jew, Mark Twain wrote, "is now what he always was...All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?" Rachel DeWoskin Big Girl Small: A Novel Judy Lohden is 16, sarcastic, and vulnerable with a heart full of dreams. She's also an incredible singer. So why is this all-American girl hiding out in a cheap motel room? r7PAIR PATTERNS in IEWISH HISTORY In Patterns in Jewish History, Rabbi Berel sr Wein considers that very question as he discusses Jewish education, assimilation, the role of teachers and rabbis, Israel, values and much more. y A former attorney and popular lecturer, Rabbi Berel Wein is an expert on Jewish history and is founder and director of the Destiny Foundation, an educational forum for bringing Jewish history to life. Co-sponsored by SH'MA! Detroit.Learning.Together. www.jccdet.org/bookfair Well, it could have something to do with the fact that the national media is following Judy's every step, which has something to do with the incredible scandal at her high school, which has something to do with the fact that Judy is, after all, less than four feet tall. A native of Ann Arbor, Rachel DeWoskin is an author and former soap opera star in China. Her memoir of her experiences in China, Foreign Babes in Beijing, is being developed as a series for HBO. Co-sponsored by Southfield Public Library "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free —Frederick Douglass 248.432.5692