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! 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 . FJA PRESENTS OLIVER! Earn Generous Life Income & Support Israel's Bright Future In these challenging economic times, some things never change. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, founded in 1918 by Albert Einstein, Chaim Weizmann and Sigmund Freud, continues to be Israel's #1 institution for comprehensive higher education and research, forging vital advances in fields ranging from biomedicine to environmental studies. 8 pm Saturday and 2 pm Sunday, Dec. 2. Frankel Jewish Academy's production of the play Oliver! at the Berman Center at the West Bloomfield JCC. Tickets are $15 ($10 for JCC members and FJA students and staff) and can be purchased online at bermancenter.jccdet.org/ticketing. By establishing a Charitable Gift Annuity through American Friends of The Hebrew University, you can support this world-class university while receiving: AGE RATE 65 6.0% 70 6.5% 75 7.1% • Secure fixed income for life 80 8.0% 85 9.5% • High rates of return compared to other available investments 90 11.3% • Income and estate tax benefits 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 AFHU HEBREW UNIVERSITY GIFT ANNUITY RATES 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. - TUESDAY, DEC. 4 ACT NOW in order to lock in high CGA rates. These rates are calculated based on a single-life. Visit www.afhu.org/CGA or contact Judith Shenkman at 312.329.0332 or jshenkman@afhu.org AF HU AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY 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 www.afhu.org I 877.642.AFHU (2348) I midwest@afhu.org 30 November 29 • 2012 j111 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 . - • 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.