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THURSDAY, JAN. 5

MONDAY, JAN. 9

DSO AT JCC

ADULT BOOK CLUB

7:30 pm. Detroit Symphony Orchestra's
Neighborhood Concert Series has Leonard
Slatkin conducting a program of Copland
and Brahms at Berman Center for
Performing Arts at West Bloomfield JCC.
Program repeated 8 pm Saturday at Kirk in
the Hills Presbyterian Church, 1340 W. Long
Lake Road in Bloomfield Hills. $25/$10 for
under age 18 and students. www.dso.org/
neighborhood or 313-576-5111.

9:45 am. Marilyn Schelberg will facilitate
discussion of This Is Where I Leave You by
Jonathan Tropper at Temple Israel, West
Bloomfield. $12. Series: $95/$75 for TI
member. Program repeats 6:30 pm Tuesday.
RSVP: judy@temple-israel.org or 248-661-
5700.

TUESDAY, JAN. 10

LUNCH & LEARN

RIDAY, JAN. 6

EAST LANSING SPEAKER

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7:30 pm. Joel Jacob, international chair-
man of Mazon: A Jewish Response to
Hunger, will speak on "Faith in Action: Our
Jewish Mandate to End Hunger" at Cong.
Shaarey Zedek, 1924 Coolidge, East Lansing.
Congregation collecting donations to Mazon
and cans of soup for Greater Lansing Food
Bank. www.shaareyzedek.org or 517-351-
3570.

HESCHEL REMEMBERED

SHABBAT FOR KIDS

9:30 am. All generations welcome at
monthly program that introduces young
children to Shabbat and holidays in a fun
way at Temple Beth El, Bloomfield Township.
Informal service in chapel will be followed by
snack and crafts at 10 in the Alpert Room.
Free. Temple religious school: (248) 865-
0612.

SUNDAY, JAN. 8

HEARTFELT ART

MARTIAL ARTS

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January 5 2012

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 available by advance
reservation only. RSVP: Dorothy, 248-233-
4392.

5 pm. Cong. Beth Ahm will screen a DVD
of the last televised interview of Rabbi
Abraham Joshua Heschel, a towering figure
in 20th-century Judaism. Free. 248-737-1931
or nancyellen879@att.net .

EXPLORING JUDAISM

BIRMINGHAM

CAREGIVERS' SUPPORT

SATURDAY, JAN. 7

12:30 pm. "Exploring Judaism: A
Reconstructionist Approach" is weekly lec-
ture series sponsored by Cong. T'chiyah in
Mondry Bldg., 15000 W.10 Mile, Oak Park.
Free except for one-time $18 fee for book.
Today's topic: "The Creation of American
Judaism." RSVP: Maureen, mlynbernard@
att.net or 248-542-0900.

IBIRIMINGHAIN/111

Noon. Bring a bag lunch to Rabbi Arnie
Sleutelberg's lecture at Cong. Shir Tikvah,
Troy. www.shirtikvah.org or 248-649-4418.

Noon-4 pm. "Art with Heart" exhibit/sale
opens for three days at Janice Charach
Gallery, inside West Bloomfield JCC.
Presented by JCC's Special Needs Dept.,
in conjunction with Berman Center for
Performing Arts, exhibit features original
artwork that adults and children of all abili-
ties fashioned from found or recycled items.
Forty percent of proceeds from sales applied
to annual "JCC's Got Talent" show on March
1. Additional hours:10 am-5 pm Monday and
Tuesday. Leah, 248-432-5457.

JUDAIC NEEDLEWORK

1 pm. Pomegranate Guild of Southeastern
Michigan, a group that studies and creates
Judaic needlework, will meet at Prentis
Jewish Apartments, 15100 W.10 Mile in Oak
Park. At 1:30 Wednesday, group will present
a hand-stitched banner to Prentis Residents'
Council. Group details on Facebook or from
Judy, 248-661-5337.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11

FOR JOB SEEKERS

9:30-11 am. J Seekers Strategy Sessions,
a drop-in networking opportunity, happens
Wednesdays at Oak Park JCC. Free. Karen:
kgutman®jvsdet.org or 248-233-4248.

USED BOOK SALE

10 am-3 pm. Fiction, nonfiction, cookbooks,
history, Judaica, children's books and more
at first day of sale in Meyers Library at West
Bloomfield JCC. Additional hours:10 am-3
pm daily through Thursday, Jan. 22. www.
jccdet.org or Francine, 248-432-5546.

LUNAR LEARN

7 pm. Rabbinic Associate Keren Alpert
lectures on "Debts, Ownership and Deeds,"
an examination of Jewish law and prac-
tices regarding loans, payments, salaries
and other business transactions. Meets at
Temple Beth El, Bloomfield Twp. Free. RSVP
advised: TBE Religious School, 248-865-
0612.

THURSDAY, JAN. 12

TECHNION SPEAKER

7:30 am. Following continental breakfast,
the American Technion Society (ATS)
presents year's first iTech Series lecture
on "Maintaining Israel's Superior Defense
Through Rocket Technology" at the ATS
office, 30230 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 155,
Farmington Hills. Guest speaker: Aerospace
Engineering Prof. Benny Natan from the
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Free,