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SATURDAY, FEB. 16
"BARBARA IS ONE
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AS JUST ABOUT ANY-
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'SUSHAN SIT DOWN'
HOUSE OF JAZZ
HATE SPEECH?
8 pm. Hear the music of jazz composers
John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Thelonious
Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, in a private home in
Detroit's Palmer Woods neighborhood. $40.
Tickets: palmerwoods.org or 313-891-2514.
7 pm. A debate on Canadian anti-hate
crime laws, Holocaust denial and freedom
of speech at Assumption University Chapel,
400 Huron Church Road, second floor,
Windsor. On one side, Alan Borovoy, of the
Canadian Civil Liberties Association. On the
other side, Mark Sandler, of the B'nai Brith
League for Human Rights. Information: 519-
973-7033, press 0.
SUNDAY, FEB. 17
ZONJIC PERFORMS
2 pm. Alexander Zonjic heads a free
Valentine's concert at Henry Ford West
Bloomfield Hospital, 6777 W. Maple.
Information: 248-325-1000.
-KENNETH TURN, LOS ANSEIES TIMES
THURSDAY, FEB. 21
MONDAY, FEB. 18
THRIVERS KNIT
1:30 3 pm. Cancer Thrivers Network for
Jewish Women will host knitting, crocheting
and camaraderie the West Bloomfield JCC.
The project will be to make squares to be
assembled as lap blankets for chemotherapy
patients. RSVP: Sharon Rocklin, 248-489-
9156 or ssrock@myway.com .
SEGREGATED SOUTH
7:30 pm. Premiere of the play Passing, a
one-woman, 10-character play, about a light-
skinned black woman in the segregated
south, starring Detroit actress Mayowa
Lisa Reynolds. At Berman Center for the
Performing Arts. Also 10 am Friday, Feb. 22;
8 pm Saturday, Feb. 23; and 2 and 6 pm
Sunday, Feb. 24. $26/adult ($21/JCC mem-
ber) and $16 for group rate.
5 pm. An original Purim spiel at Cong. Beth
Shalom, Oak Park. Free. Information: 248-
547-7970.
MONDAY FEB. 25
JCC PURIM PLAY
9:30 a.m. Jewish Community Center
of Metropolitan Detroit's Pitt Child
Development Center and the Shalom Street
Museum will host "The Wonderful World
of Purim" at the Berman Center for the
Performing Arts. Free. Followed by a car-
nival with games, prizes, face painting and
hamantashen. Information: Elisa (Harwin)
Zabel at 248-432-5464 or eharwin@jccdet.
org .
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27
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TUESDAY, FEB. 19
SMALL CLAIMS
3:30 5:30 pm. Legal Aid and Defender
Association Inc. free workshop on how to
represent yourself in small claims court and
collect money judgments at Ferndale Public
Library, 222 E. Nine Mile. Information: 313-
967-5630.
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PURIM CARNIVAL
6 8 pm. Oak Park JCC Purim Carnival and
costume contest. $1/child or $5/family for
JCC members; $2/child or $10/family for oth-
ers. Adults free. Information: 248-967-4030.
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20
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FRIDAY, FEB. 22
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AFRICAN GENOME
2 pm. Wayne State University Center for
Peace and Conflict Studies presents "African
Genomic Variation: Implications for Human
Evolution and Disease" with Sarah Tishkoff
Ph.D., professor of genetics at University
of Pennsylvania. Free. At WSU School
of Medicine, Green Lecture Hall, 540 E.
Canfield, Detroit. Information: 313-577-3453,
ab3440@wayne.edu or du1279@wayne.edu .
New Chabad School
To Be Celebrated
Since the new Lubavitch Yeshiva
International School for Chabad
Leadership in Oak Park (15151 W. 10
Mile) opened its doors, it has touched
the lives of thousands of young men
ages 13-19 from around the world.
Many of these young men have come
to southeastern Michigan to study
the Torah in their pursuit of becom-
EATING DISORDERS
6:45 8:30 pm. Screening and panel dis-
cussion of Someday Melissa: The Story
of an Eating Disorder, Loss and Hope at
Oakland University, Oakland Center Banquet
Room, 2200 N. Squirrel Road, Rochester.
Co-presented by Helfman & Associates, PC
and Oakland University. Information: Dr.
Bethany Helfman at 248-686-0345, ext 1.
SATURDAY, FEB. 23
PURIM NIGHT FEVER
6:15 10 pm. Cong. Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield presents a family Purim shpiel at
6:15; Purim extravaganza at 7; traditional
Megillah reading at 7:30; and a comedy
performance by Modi for adults at 8:30.
Sponsored by the Sidney Katzman Memorial
Purim Fund. Information: 248-357-5544 or
purim@shaareyzedek.org .
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HERZL DOCUMENTARY
7:30 pm. Zionist Organization of America-
Michigan Region presents It Is No Dream:
The Life of Theodor Herzl at Holocaust
Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus.
$8 at door. Cosponsors: HMC; B'nai B'rith
Great Lakes Region; StandWithUs-Michigan;
Hadassah Greater Detroit Chapter; Detroit
Jewish News. Information: 248-661-6000 or
Kobi@mizoa.org .
1:30 2:30 pm. Shirley Harris Senior Fund
sponsors musician Cliff Monear and singer
Nicole New at West Bloomfield JCC. $5.
Information: Noemi Herzig, 248-967-4030.
SUNDAY, FEB. 24
PLANT A GARDEN
THURSDAY, FEB. 28
NOSH & KNOWLEDGE
Noon. National Council of Jewish Women,
Greater Detroit Section presents Rabbi
Michael Moskowitz of Temple Shir Shalom on
why Judaism is more important today than
ever. Light lunch. $10 for NCJW members
and $15 for others. At NCJW office, 26400
Lahser, Suite 306, Southfield. RSVP by Feb.
25: send a check payable to NCJW/GDS to
the office or pay by credit card at 248-355-
3300.
HEART HEALTH
10 am noon. Assist the Jewish Community
Garden at Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park.
Plant seedlings with children from the
temple and residents of Jewish Senior Life's
Prentis Apartments. And at 1 3 pm with
residents of Teitel Apartments. Volunteers
welcome. Information: Lyndsey Sleek, 248-
592-1118 or Isleek@jslmi.org .
6 8 p.m. Free seminar "Heart Disease &
Women" will be held at Henry Ford West
Bloomfield Hospital, 6777 W. Maple. Learn
about symptoms, resources available and
how to reduce risk. Light dinner provided.
RSVP: www.henryford.com/heart or 800-
532-2411.
ing rabbis and spreading the Chabad
word around the world.
The school, named after philanthro-
pists Harry and Wanda Zekelman, is
home virtually year round for nearly 100
students who study and live on campus.
On Sunday, Feb. 17, there will be
all-day festivities including the cel-
ebration of the new Harry and Wanda
Zekelman Campus well as the dedica-
tion of the school's Torah.
At 11 a.m. there will be a Torah
parade and vehicle procession starting
at the Lubavitch Center at 14000 W
Nine Mile and ending at the Lubavitch
Yeshiva International School, after
which there will be a Torah dance
celebration. The building will be inau-
gurated at noon, followed by a buffet
lunch. Entertainment will be provided
by Benny Friedman. The public is
welcome to attend. ❑
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