metro >> calendar HOW TO SEND IN LISTINGS: Send listings by noon Tuesday, nine days prior to publication. Email listings and questions to calendar@thejewishnews.com . For telephone inquiries, call David Sachs at (248) 351-5140. Much To Do! SUNDAY, OCT. 14 SUNDAY, OCT. 21 NEEDLE ARTS GROUP KID SUNDAYS 1 pm. Pomegranate Guild of Southeastern Michigan, a group that studies and cre- ates Judaic needlework, will meet at Prentis Apartments, 15100 W.10 Mile in Oak Park. Information: Judy Galperin, 248-661-5337. Noon. Series continues. "Lunch With Moses," including games and crafts, at West Bloomfield JCC's Shalom Street ($6) and screening of film, Prince of Egypt, at adjoining Berman Center ($11). Information: www.theberman.org or 248- 661-1900; Shalom Street, 248-432-5451. THURSDAY, OCT. 18 BREAST CANCER 6-9 pm. Educational presentations, dance per- formance, refreshments at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital's commemoration of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Address: 44405 Woodward, Pontiac 48341. Also art exhibit, through Oct. 26. Free. RSVP required by Oct. 12: 800-372-6094. FRIDAY, OCT. 19 BAG 0' BOOKS 10 am-4 pm. Book sale at Southfield Public Library, in Southfield Municipal Complex, 26300 Evergreen. Fill a bag for $3. Continues same hours Saturday. Information: 248-796-4224 or www.southfieldlibrary.org . FRIDAY, OCT. 19 SUNDAY, OCT. 21 DONATE USED MEDIA 11 am-1 pm. Next "Colossal Collection" hours for Bookstock used media sale. Drop off books, books on tape, records, video, CDs and DVDs at loading dock on north side of West Bloomfield JCC. Tax receipts provided. Return for volunteer sorting Wednesdays, 10 am-2 pm. Information: www.bookstock.info. SUNDAY, OCT. 21 JEWISH HIKERS 1-3 pm. Non-strenuous walk at Barton Park in Ann Arbor to see fall foliage along Huron River trails. Jewish Hikers of Michigan hosts season's final outing with co-sponsor Temple Beth Emeth of Ann Arbor. Information: Eli Avny, 734-883- 9522; Rabbi Lisa Delson, 734-665-4744; jewish. hikers@gmail.com , or http://www.templebethe- meth.org/section/hikers. INFORMAL SHABBAT 6 pm. Community welcome at Temple Beth El's Family Kabbalat service, with sixth-graders par- ticipating in Bloomfield Township. Pasta dinner ($8) follows. RSVP: 248-865-0612. SUNDAY, OCT. 21 MEET POLITICIANS 9:30 am. Temple Beth El Brotherhood hosts Oakland County office-seekers. Invited Democrats: Andy Meisner, incumbent, Treasurer and Lisa Brown, candidate, Clerk. Invited Republicans: Bill Bullard Jr., incumbent, Clerk, and Marty Knollenberg, candidate, Treasurer. Optional breakfast at 9, pay at door: $3 full breakfast or $2 bagels and coffee. Information: Barbara Grant, 248-851-1100, ext. 3149. Talk To Focus On Special Needs Children The Student LIFE Office at Oakland Community College's Auburn Hills Campus presents "Opening Doors, Opening Lives," a talk from a personal and professional perspective about the process of including children with special needs in their neighborhoods. The presentation will be from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, in Room G240 of the campus' Student Center, 2900 Featherstone Road. Admission is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Speaker is Jennifer Greening, author of Opening Doors, Opening Lives: Creating Awareness of Advocacy Inclusion and Education for Our Children with Special 32 October 11 • 2012 SUNDAY, OCT. 21 TOXIC WORKSHOP 1-3 pm. The Ecology Center will be at West Bloomfield Temple Kol Ami to test toys, Halloween costumes and baby products for harmful chemicals. Workshop includes chance to speak to invited political candidates about envi- ronmental health issues. Free. Information: TKA, 248-661-0040. SUNDAY, OCT. 2 1 STRESS & LEARNING 1:30 pm. Opening the Doors of Jewish Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education will present annual Anita Naftaly Family Circle Needs. Greening will share her perspectives as a teacher and as a parent of a child with special needs. She will give educational tips, advice and personal stories that help parents support children with disabilities. Costco's Brand Lox Recalled From Stores Smoked salmon produced by the Dutch company Foppen has been recalled from Costco shelves, where it was sold under the Kirkland brand. Salmonella food poisoning has been traced to Foppen's Greek fish pro- cessing factories, reports the Forward. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta reports that more than 100 people in the U.S. have been sickened from eating the lox. Conference at Southfield Cong. Shaarey Zedek. Author Jerome Schultz, a clinical neuropsy- chologist, will speak to educators, mental health practitioners and parents on role stress plays for kids with learning, attentional or emotional challenges. Informal session for parents starts at 3:30. Fees vary. Advance registration: www.jew- ishdetroit.org/familycircle or Shoshana Baruch, 248-205-2549. MONDAY, OCT. 22 GILDA JACOBS SPEAKS Noon. League of Women Voters-Oakland Area presents Fall Luncheon at First Baptist Church, 300 Willits in Birmingham 48009. Address at 1 pm by former State Sen. Gilda Jacobs, direc- tor, Michigan League for Public Policy. $25; $7 speaker only. Information or RSVP: www.LWVOA. org or 248-594-6602. MONDAY, OCT. 22 COJAR LUNCH & LEARN Noon-1 pm. Rabbi Chanoch Hadar of Woodward Avenue speaks on "The Great Flood of Today" at Oak Park JCC. $2 and bring your own lunch. Information: 247-967-4030. TUESDAY, OCT. 23 10 am-5 pm. Weeklong used book sale concludes at West Bloomfield JCC. Information: Francine Menken, 248-432-5546. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24 ART MUSEUM VISIT 9 am. National Council of Jewish Women/ Greater Detroit Section hosts "A Day at the DIA," including breakfast and two curator tours. Trip charge varies, with lunch on your own. Information or RSVP: 248-355-3300, ext. 4, or www.ncjwgds.org . WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24 DONATE RUMMAGE 9:30 am-3:30 pm. Drop off clothes, jewelry and household items for Nov.13-18 sale to Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road in West Bloomfield. Same hours Oct. 25-26. Also, Oct. 28, 9:30 am-1 pm. Call 248-683-5030 or greaterdetroit@hadassah.org . WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24 JAZZ PERFORMANCE 1:30 pm. Jazz singer Barbara Ware performs in Handleman Hall at West Bloomfield JCC. $5. 248-967-4030. GLASSMAN PARTY 1-3 pm. Seniors can socialize at Oak Park JCC. Dance or listen to Billy Rose Band and enjoy desserts, prizes and more. $5. RSVP: 248-967- 4030. TUESDAY, OCT. 23 PREVENT BACK PAIN WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24 PSYCHIC READINGS 7:30 pm. Visiting psychic Rebecca Rosen appears at Berman Center, adjoining West Bloomfield JCC. $30 or $60 in advance; $90 at door (if tickets still available). Donated proceeds will help purchase video equipment for the Berman. Information: box office, 248-661-1900. 6 pm. An orthopedic surgeon leads free com- munity seminar sponsored by St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital, 44405 Woodward, Pontiac 48341. Information or RSVP (required): 800- 372-6094. THURSDAY, OCT. 25 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2 4 Noon. Following lunch, IRP facilitator Jerry Lapides presents 1 p.m. movie, Inside Israel, at Oak Park JCC. Paid RSVP for lunch, non-refund- able, due by Oct. 23. Lunch: $3. Information: 248-967-4030. JCC LIBRARY SALE In response to the notification, on Oct. 1, Costco removed all the lox packages from its coolers and has blocked its sale on its checkout scanners. JCC To Host 'Live From New York's 92nd Y' Series The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit's SAJE (Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment) will host a "Live from New York's 92nd Street Y" fall 2012 series, featuring live, interactive broadcasts with some of today's foremost scholars, thinkers and authors. All programs will be held at the Jewish Community Center, 6600 W Maple Road in West Bloomfield, and cost $6 each or $18 per person for the entire series. LUNCH & MOVIE In the first event at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, Dr. Gail Saltz, Eric Kandel and Elie Wiesel will unravel the mysteries of memory in "Mind, Body and Soul." On Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 8 p.m., Amos Oz, Daniel Libeskind, James E. Young, Deborah Dash Moore and Fania Oz-Salzberger will discuss Jewish cul- ture. On Thursday, Nov. 29, at 8 p.m., Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and Ira Flatow will discuss "Science, Religion and the Search for Meaning; On Sunday, Dec. 16, at 8:15 p.m., Bruce Feller, Omid Safi and Karen King will consider "God Is One: Moses, Jesus, Muhammad" For more information or to register online, visit www.theberman.org . To charge by phone, call (248) 661-1900.