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CAREGIVERS' SUPPORT
1:30-3:30 pm. Dorothy & Peter Brown
Jewish Community Adult Day Care Program
of Jewish Senior Life offers support group
for family caregivers of older adults, held
at JVS, 29699 Southfield Road, Southfield.
Free. Respite care by advance reservation
only. RSVP: Dorothy, 248-233-4392.
BETH SHALOM ADULT ED
7 pm. Rabbi Robert Gamer lectures on
"Modern Jewish Thinkers" at Cong. Beth
Shalom, Oak Park. Also on Nov. 22 and 29.
Drop-ins welcome. Free. 248-547-7970.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14
JUDAISM ON DVD
Lois Heron Allied Member ARID 248.851.6989
1 pm. Drop by Cong. Beth Ahm, West
Bloomfield, for DVD lecture series, "Great
World Religions: Judaism." Instructor is
Prof. Isaiah Gafni of Hebrew University in
Jerusalem. Free. Details: nancyellen879®
att.net or Nancy, 248-737-1931.
HELP AT BOOKSTOCK
10 am-2 pm. Volunteers invited to sort
donations for this spring's Bookstock sale
every Wednesday in Room 107 at West
Bloomfield JCC. www.bookstock.info or 248-
645-7840, ext. 365
CASH! We will buy ALL
of your precious metals,
diamonds & watches.
(At 14 Mile Rd. in the Broadway Plaza)
PROHIBITION-JAZZ TOUR
6:30-10:15 pm. Linda Yellin's Feet on the
Street Tours leads adventure in Detroit
tonight and also Thursday, Dec. 29. Heated
bus will pick up at Pizzeria Biqa, 29110
Franklin, Southfield, and on Monroe at St.
Antoine streets in Greektown. Hear stories
about the Purple Gang and rivals, see sights
associated with illegal smuggling of liquor
and visit a Prohibition hotspot offering jazz
and Motown classics. Prize for Best Roaring
'20s costume. $40 for age 21 and older.
Register: www.FeetOnTheStreetTours.com
or 248-353-8687.
BOOK REVIEW
7 pm. Discussion of Hotel on the Corner
of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford at West
Bloomfield Township Library, 4600 Walnut
Lake Road. Program repeated 10 am Friday.
Free. www.wblb.org or 248-682-2120.
JUDAISM TALK
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December 8 * 2011
7 pm. Rabbinic Associate Keren Alpert lec-
tures on "Two Jews, Three Congregations:
the History of Denominationalism in
Judaism," at Temple Beth El, Bloomfield
Twp. Learn about origins of different
approaches to Judaism and the changing
face of Judaism in Western Europe and the
United States as influenced by early Reform
Jews. Free. RSVP advised: TBE Religious
School, 248-865-0612.
FRIDAY, DEC. 16
CARLEBACH SHABBAT
6 pm. Shabbat service incorporates melo-
dies of composer Shlomo Carlebach at Beth
Israel Congregation, 2000 Washtenaw,
Ann Arbor. As offered at Shira Hadasha
Congregation in Jerusalem, lay-led service
is traditional, but with lively, soulful singing.
Transliterated siddur available. 734-665-9897.
SATURDAY, DEC. 17
CONCERT & DINNER
7 pm. Palmer Woods Music in Homes Series
presents diva Miche Braden, backed by a
trio, in a Balmoral Drive mansion in Detroit.
Braden plays blues singer Bessie Smith in
the Off-Broadway hit, The Devil's Music. $77
includes hors d'oeuvres, wine, dinner, per-
formance and dessert. RSVP: concerts@
palmerwoods.org or 313-891-2514.
SUNDAY, DEC. 18
JPI CHANUKAH
10:15 am-12:30 pm. Join Jewish Parents
Institute and friends from Workmen's Circle/
Arbeter Ring for latke party featuring
candle lighting, singing, talent show, food
and games at Wagner Teen Center at West
Bloomfield JCC. Bring pennies for donation
to charity. Free. RSVP needed only if bring-
ing a large group: Marilyn, mwolfe@jccdet.
org or 248-432-5471.
HISTORICAL FILM
10:30 am. Who Shall Live and Who Shall
Die, presented by the Jewish Genealogical
Society of Michigan, at Holocaust Memorial
Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road,
Farmington Hills. Laurence Jarvik's docu-
mentary explores the actions and inactions
of the Roosevelt Administration for help-
ing Jews in Europe during World War II.
$5 donation includes refreshments. RSVP:
www.jgsmi.org .
SUNDAY, DEC. 25
MITZVAH DAY
8 am-4 pm. Register by Dec.16 for Jewish
Federation's annual "Mitzvah Day," volun-
teering to help with social service projects
and activities throughout Metro Detroit on
the Christian holiday. Participants will be
given a voucher for two free tickets to a
movie of their choice between Dec. 25 and
Jan.1, compliments of Phoenix Theatres at
Livonia's Laurel Park Place. Three ways to
RSVP: www.mitzvanday2011.eventbrite.com
or mitzvanday@jfmd.org or 248-642-5393.
JN's Calendar by Esther Allweiss Ingber.
THURSDAY, DEC. 15
LUNCH & LEARN
Noon. Rabbinic Associate Keren Alpert
leads session at Temple Beth El, Bloomfield
Twp. (See "Lunar Learn" listing on Dec.14
for topic). Bring a brown bag lunch; bever-
age provided. Free. RSVP advised: TBE
Religious School, 248-865-0612.
HOW TO SEND IN LISTINGS:
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Email listings and questions to
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For telephone inquiries,
call David Sachs at (248) 351-5140.