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Much To Do!
SUNDAY, APRIL 15
SUMMER READING
BUFFALO SOLDIERS
7 pm. Temple Kol Ami Sisterhood is spon-
soring "Head Start to Summer Reading"
with librarian Connie Silver. Hear about new
titles to read and trade books with others.
Free. RSVP by April 13: tkasisterhood®
hotmail.com or Nancy Siegel, 248-851-3775.
Information: 248-661-0040.
9:30 am. From 1866 through WWII, African
Americans in the U.S. Army were called
"Buffalo Soldiers." Bill Amis, founder of the
Michigan Chapter of the Buffalo Soldier
Ambassadors, will address the Brotherhood
and Sisterhood of Temple Emanu-El in Oak
Park. Information: Mike Phillips at 248-388-
5778 or Rae Mandel at 248-650-9497.
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Dr. Coleman Mopper Memorial Lecture
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CHILDREN'S CONCERT
10:30 am. See "Jim Gill's Family Room,"
an interactive concert for families at the
Berman Center at the West Bloomfield JCC.
Clap, sing and dance to his songs and banjo.
For families with kids 18 months and older.
Sponsored by the Sarah & Irving Pitt Child
Development Center. Tickets: $15 ($10 in
groups of four or more). 248-661-1900 or
theberman.org .
Renewal and Reinvention
ANTI-SEXISM FILM
James S. Snyder
Anne and Jerome Fisher Director
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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3-6 pm. The Jewish Women's Foundation
presents the film Miss Representation, a
documentary on the portrayal of women
by the media, at Seligman Performing Arts
Center at Detroit Country Day School,
22305 W.13 Mile, Beverly Hills. Journalist
Rochelle Riley will give the introduction,
and anti-sexist activist Dr. Jackson Katz will
be the keynote speaker. $10/adults; $5/stu-
dents. RSVP: jewishdetroit.org/jwf.
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Saturday, April 21, 2 p.m.
Lecture Hall
Free with museum admission
Israel Museum Director James
Snyder speaks about the
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ANN ARBOR CONCERT
Noon. The Pavel Haas Quartet perform
"Jewish Music in the Time of the Holocaust"
sponsored by the Frankel Center for Judaic
Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor. Free. Information: judaicstudies®
umich.edu or 734-763-9047.
SENIORS CONCERT
1 pm. The Seniors of Cong. Shaarey
in Southfield present violinist Harry
Hovakimian playing classical, popular and
Jewish tunes. Information: Janet Pont at
248-357-5544.
THE DOVEKEEPERS
Noon. Henry & Delia Meyers Library and
Media Center book club discusses Alice
Hoffman's The Dovekeepers. Ruth Berman is
facilitator. Free. Bring a lunch; dessert and
beverages provided. RSVP: fmenken@jccdet.
org or 248-432-5546.
CRYPTO JEW
6:30 pm. See the film comedy Nora's Will
about Jewish life in Mexico City. English sub-
titles. Free. Northville Library, 212 W. Cady.
248-349-3020 www.northvillelibrary.org .
7 p.m. Colombian Rabbi Juan Mejia, who
returned to his ancestors' Jewish roots, will
discuss "A Crypto-Jewish Rabbi's Journey"
at the West Bloomfield JCC. $8 JCC mem-
bers, $10 others. RSVP: 248-661-1900 or
theberman.org . Information: 248-432-5470.
STUDY THEOLOGY
THOSE WHO RESISTED
8 pm. Rabbi Steven Rubenstein's Working
Group on Jewish Theology uses Jewish
texts to answer longstanding theological
questions. Free; at Cong. Beth Ahm, West
Bloomfield. Information: 248-851-6880.
7 pm. Bloomfield Township Temple Beth
El's Lunar Learn, led by Rabbinic Associate
Keren Alpert, looks at those who resisted
in the ghettos and camps during World
War II. Repeated at Lunch and Learn, noon
Thursday, April 19, (bring a brown bag
lunch). Free. RSVP: 248-865-0612.
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19. AARP Senior Driver Safety Program at
West Bloomfield JCC. Both sessions manda-
tory. AARP members, $12; non-members,
$14. RSVP: Rosa, 248-967-4030.
FILM AT JCC
1 pm. - The movie Colditz, part two, about
British POWs in World War II, facilitated by
Joel Marwil at the Oak Park JCC. $1. 248-
967-4030
WARSAW GHETTO
7 pm. Workmen's Circle will host its 71st
annual commemoration of the Warsaw
Ghetto Uprising on Holocaust Memorial
Day at the Holocaust Memorial Center,
Farmington Hills. Featuring readings and
music. Free. Information: micircle1c gmail.
com or 248-432-5677.
THURSDAY, APRIL 19
OAK PARK CONCERT
Noon. Lunch then 1 p.m. concert as
singer Claudia Hommel and pianist Stefan
Kukurugya piano perform "Bonjour Paris" at
Oak Park JCC. RSVP for $3 lunch by April
17. Concert is $1. 248.967.4030.
SATURDAY, APRIL 21
WOMEN'S HEALTH
8 am-3 pm. Henry Ford West Bloomfield
Hospital's Day for Women looks at health
and lifestyles topics. Continental breakfast
and box lunch. $10 for one ticket and $5 for
each additional guest. RSVP:
www.henryford.com/healthyintuitions.
GILBERT & SULLIVAN
8 pm. Vivace Music Series presents U-M
Gilbert and Sullivan Society performing