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VINTAGE SHOW
10 am-5 p.m. Bloomfield Hills Jewelry and
Antique Apparel Show at Birmingham
Unitarian Church, 38651 Woodward, Bloomfield
Hills. $5. (Early admission, 8-10 am is $20.)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 29
INFO FOR PARENTS
9:30 11 am. Rabbi Joseph Krakoff and Rebecca
Starr lead Foundations for Jewish Living class
for parents of kids ages 2-9. At Cong. Shaarey
Zedek, Southfield. Learn about parenting
issues from a Jewish perspective. $50 per
person; $75 per couple. Scholarships available.
Free babysitting. RSVP: jewishdetroit.org/
foundations or call 248-205-2557 for info.
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GIVE TO BOOKSTOCK
11 am. 1 pm. Drop off donations on Bookstock's
Collosal Collection Day at West Bloomfield JCC.
More donation options at www.bookstock.info.
TUESDAY, OCT. 1
GENETIC DISEASES
7:30 9 pm. Learn about Jewish genetic dis-
eases at Federation's Max Fisher Building,
6735 Telegraph, Bloomfield Twp. Information:
248-203-1465. RSVP: andrisan@jfmd.org .
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B'nai B'rith International, the Global
Voice of the Jewish Community, fights
for human rights around the world;
Advocates for Israel; Supports seniors
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and safe housing for seniors of limited
means; Responds when disaster strike.
THURSDAY, OCT. 3
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Sunday-Thursday 10 am-3 pm. West Bloomfield
JCC's Henry & Delia Meyers Library and
Media Center hosts a used book sale through
Thursday. Cookbooks, fiction, nonfiction, chil-
dren's books, music, DVDs. Information: Fran
Menken, fmenken@jccdet.org .
NOAH PETTING ZOO
11 am 1 pm. Celebrate parshat Noah with a pet-
ting zoo at Cong. Shaarey Zedek, Southfield.
Free. Information: Tobye, tbello@shaareyzedek.
org or 248-357-5544.
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ETHICS OF SAGES
11:45 am 1:15 pm. Adat Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills presents a free, three-part
series led by Rabbi Aaron Bergman on The
Radical Heart of Pirkei Avot: How a Small Book
of Ethics Created a New and Just Society."
Sessions are Mondays, Oct. 7,14 and 21.
Attend any or all. Bring a dairy lunch; drinks
and dessert provided. RSVP by the preceding
Fridays to Sheila, 248-851-5100, ext. 246, or
slederman@adatshalom.org .
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TUESDAY, OCT. 8
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For tickets call 248-661-1900 or
visit: theberman.org
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MONDAY, OCT. 7
Now playing piano for a decade, at
11 Ethan was the youngest artist
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5 pm. Ann Arbor filmmaker Gabrielle
Pescador's documentary Transbeing premiers
at Snyder Philips Hall at MSU in East Lansing.
Also 7 pm Thursday, Oct.10, at Ann Arbor
District Library. 343 S. Fifth Ave. Ann Arbor
screening information: 734-327-4200.
Come see 13-year-old piano
prodigy Ethan Bortnick on
Saturday, Oct. 5 at 8 p.m., at The
Berman Center for the Performing
Arts. Ticket sales support the new
B'nai B'rith Scholarship Program.
248-646-3100
8 am 4 pm. Experts speak at at Orchard
Ridge Campus of Oakland Community College,
27055 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills.
Registration at door: $75; $30 for students
with ID. Continuing Education Units available.
Information: Tammy Schluchter, mgoldsconf®
gmail.com or 248-731-6747.
gram. Also Wednesday, Oct.16, at 5:30 pm.
Programs are for parents and grandparents
to spend time with their babies/toddlers
with music and challah braiding. Older sib-
lings welcome. No charge for morning event.
Evening program includes dinner at $3 per
person (maximum $18 per family). RSVP: Debi
Banooni, dbanooni@adatshalom.org .
SUNDAY, OCT. 6
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kids got home safely.
Connect with us:
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Much To Do!
6 pm. Daniel Ayalon, former Israeli ambas-
sador to the U.S., keynotes Friends of Israel
Defense Forces Michigan Chapter gala at Cong.
Shaarey Zedek, Southfield. Information: 248-
926-4110 or michigan@fidf.org .
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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9
LUNAR LEARN SERIES
7 pm. "So Many Holidays, So Little Time!" is
topic at Temple Beth El's Lunar Learn. Led by
Rabbi Keren Alpert at the Bloomfield Twp. tem-
ple, the sessions focus on the minor holidays
of the Jewish calendar: the Fast of Gedaliah,
the 17th of Tammuz, Lag b'Omer and Tu b'Av.
Repeated at Lunch & Learn, noon Thursday,
Oct. 10. RSVP: 248-851-1100, ext. 3142.
ADL CENTENNIAL GALA
6 pm. Mark Reuss of GM and past ADL presi-
dents and directors will be honored at ADL
dinner at GM Heritage Center, Sterling Heights.
Information: hbudaj@adl.org or 248-353-7553.
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ELDERS OF ZION
4 pm. Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
presents Henryk Baran, of SUNY-Albany, on
"Researching The Protocols of the Elders
of Zion: Do We Know the Russian Author of
the Forgery?" at 202 S. Thayer, room 2022,
Thayer, Ann Arbor. Free. Information: www.lsa.
umich.edu/judaic/events.
FRIDAY, OCT. 4
BABIES AND TODDLERS
11:15 am. Farmington Hills Adat Shalom
Synagogue's next Shake Rattle & Twist pro-
THURSDAY, OCT. 10
'A GOOD MAN'
6:30 p.m. Jewish Senior Life, the Alzheimer's
Association-Greater Michigan Chapter
and JVS' Dorothy & Peter Brown Jewish
Community Adult Day Care Program pres-
ent Mark Shriver, author of A Good Man,
Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver, at
Knollwood Country Club, 5050 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. $18. RSVP to btryon@jslmi.org by
Oct.1.