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Much To Do!
SATURDAY, DEC. 1
TOUR PALMER WOODS
KIDS' SHABBAT
6 - 11:30 pm. Tour Detroit's Palmer Woods
houses and then party. Tickets are $75 and
must be purchased in advance at www.
palmerwoods.org ; Blossoms Birmingham,
33866 Woodward; or 313-891-2514.
11:15 am. Farmington Hills Adat Shalom
Synagogue's Shake Rattle & Twist for par-
ents/grandparents and their babies/toddlers.
Prepare Shabbat challah. Music with Hazzan
Dan Gross and Rabbi Rachel Shere. RSVP:
Debi Banooni, dbanooni@adatshalom.org .
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SATURDAY, DEC. 8
TOT SHABBAT
9:30 am. Informal service for babies,
toddlers, parents and grandparents for
Shabbat and Chanukah at Temple Beth El in
Bloomfield Twp. Information: 248-865-0612.
SUNDAY, DEC. 2
BAGELS & BASICS
10:30 am. Rabbi Ariana Silverman will lead
adults in discussion of "Finding God." Free.
At Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield.
Information: 248-661-0040.
CHANUKAH TALES
2 pm. Join storyteller Judy Sima for
"Storytelling: Hanukkah the Festival of
Lights." at Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200
Woodward. Information: www.DlA.org .
SUNDAY, DEC. 9
NEW FOOD TRENDS
9:30 am. Chef and cookbook author George
Vutetakis will speak at the Sunday Morning
Breakfast Series of Brotherhood at Temple
Beth El in Bloomfield Twp. Optional break-
fast at 9 am is $3; bagels and coffee, $2 at
the door. Information: Barbara Grant, 248-
851-1100, ext. 3149.
TUESDAY, DEC. 11
MONDAY, DEC. 3
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FRIDAY, DEC. 7
'MOTOWN AND JERICHO'
Noon-1 am. Isaac Agree Downtown
Synagogue member B'Daren Payne recounts
how the power of Motown music helped
bring down the towering walls of oppression
that were crippling America's development
during the 1960s. Kosher lunch provided.
Information: 313-962-4047.
CAREGIVER SUPPPORT
Various Dates. Dorothy and Peter Brown
Jewish Community Adult Day Care Program
caregiver support groups: Daytime meetings
are for family caregivers of individuals with
Alzheimer's disease. Evening meetings for
family caregivers of all older adults. Free.
• At JVS, 29699 Southfield Road,
Southfield on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 1:30-3:30
pm. and Monday, Dec. 17, 5:30-7 pm. RSVP:
Dorothy Moon, 248 233 4392.
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Judith Shenkman at 312.329.0332 or
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AMERICAN FRIENDS OF
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JEWISH TRADITIONS
Noon - 1 pm. Cantor Meir Finkelstein at Cong.
Shaarey Zedek in Southfield leads two-part
lunch and learn (also on Tuesday, Dec. 11).
He will explore which traditions emanate
from the Torah and which come from the
sages. $10 each date, includes lunch. RSVP
by the preceding Thursday to Karen Davis,
248-357-5544 or kdavis@shaareyzedek.org .
KIDS' HEARING LOSS
7 pm. "Hear It, Know It" panel looks at
hearing loss in children with author Debby
Waldman, Jordan Levin, Karee Strome
and audiologists Brad and Casey Stach
at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
Co-sponsor: Federation's Alliance for Jewish
Education's Opening the Doors program.
RSVP: Joan Brand, 248-661-5700 or
jbrand@temple-israeLorg.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5
CANCER THRIVERS YOGA
500 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1530,Chicago, IL 60611
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6 - 7 pm. Cancer Thrivers Network for Jewish
Women sponsors gentle healing yoga taught
by Barbara Swaab at West Bloomfield JCC.
$5 at the door. RSVP: Sandy Schwartz, 248-
851-4616 or SandyRSchwartz@hotmail.com .
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• At Fleischman Residence, 6710 W. Maple,
West Bloomfield on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2-4
pm. and Monday, Dec. 17, 7-9 pm. RSVP:
Fran Cook, 248 - 592 - 5032.
THURSDAY, DEC. 13
COMEDY FOR KAT
7 - 9:45 pm. J. Chris Newberg and other com-
ics entertain adults at Mark Ridley's Comedy
Castle, 310 Troy, Royal Oak, to benefit Kids All
Together (KAT), a program for kids and teens
with special needs at the JCC. $25 includes
two drinks. Tickets: Paul Barker, 248-432-
5538, or Nichole Shotwell, 248-432-5460.
CANDELIGHT CABARET
7:30 pm. Hazzan Dan Gross and Cliff Monear
Trio perform cool jazz and holiday classics
at Berman Center at West Bloomfield JCC.
Tickets: $26 for JCC members; $31 for oth-
ers. Tickets: theberman.org or 248-661-1900.
TUESDAY DEC. 25
MITZVAH DAY
Select a volunteer service project at
one of many locations. RSVP by Dec.12.
Information: Sarah Crane at scrane@jfmd.
org or call 248-642-5393. ext.102.