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The Jewish Annotated New Testament:
Why Jews and Christians Should Read this Book
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 — 7:30 p.m.
The Berman Center for the Performing Arts
SUNDAY, DEC. 1
CHANUKAH STORYTELLING
2 pm Join Judy Sima for "Storytelling:
Chanukah the Festival of Lights" as she tells
Chanukah stories of miracles, menorahs and
magic dreidels. Detroit Institute of Arts,
5200 Woodward. Information: www.DlA.org .
Dessert reception, book sale and signing will follow the program.
JCC members: $10 / Non-members: $12
To purchase tickets, please visit theberman.org or call 248.661.1900.
SAJE is endowed by a generous gift from Cis Maisel Kellman.
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DOWNTOWN CHANUKAH
6 pm. Chanukah celebration at Downtown
Synagogue, Detroit. See new building
improvements. Information: 313-962-4047.
THE C E N T E R
Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building • Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus
6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322
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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4
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MAKE LIFE BETTER
hole in the Frankel Jewish Academy pro-
duction at the Berman Center at the West
Bloomfield JCC. Saturday, Dec. 7, 8 pm; and
Sunday, Dec. 8, 2 pm. $18 at Berman box
office, 248-661-1900 or www.theberman.org .
MENORAH IN THE D
6-8:30 pm. The Jewish and Chaldean Social
Action Committee, part of the Building
Community Initiative of the Jewish News
and the Chaldean News, tours Holocaust
Memorial Center, Farmington Hills. Rabbi
Josh Bennett gives introduction. Also, a
group discussion about combating hate.
Bring winter coats, hats and gloves for the
needy. Free. RSVP with name, phone number
and email address to Rula Yono: rula®
chaldeanfederation.org or 248-996-8384.
The board of directors and staff of
The Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network
sadly mourn the passing of a dear friend
and visionary community leader
HAROLD BERRY,
THURSDAY, DEC. 5
May his dear wife, Barbara, and the extended
Berry family be blessed by G-d's loving comfort.
17TH-CENTURY MUSIC
Noon: Listen to historic music at "Jewish
Liturgical and Ceremonial Music in Early
17th-Centery Italy: Salamone Ross' Hashirim
Asher L'Shlomo." Sponsored by Cohn-
Haddow Center for Judaic Studies at WSU,
2339 Faculty Administrative Building. Free.
May his memory be a blessing.
FREEDOM LECTURE
jaA/1SHOSPICE
& CHAPLAINCY NETWORK'
7 pm. Howard Lupovitch, director of Cohn-
Rabbi E.B. Freedman
Director
Haddow Center for Judaic Studies at WSU,
speaks on "Emancipation and Abolition:
the Transatlantic Search for Freedom" at
Holocaust Memorial Center, Farmington Hills.
6555 W. Maple Road • West Bloomfield, MI 48322 • 248.592.2687 • www.jewishhospice.org
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Various times. Follow Alice down the rabbit
JEWISH-CHALDEAN NIGHT
November 28 • 2013
for babies and toddlers at Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington Hills. Older sibs
are welcome. Join Adat Shalom's clergy for
music and challah braiding. Adat Shalom
will also hold an evening Shake, Rattle &
Twist program at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
Dec. 18, followed by a light optional dinner.
No charge for programs; dinner fee is $3/
person. RSVP: Debi Banooni, dbanooni®
adatshalom.org or 248-626-2153.
1:30 pm-3:30 pm. Counselors will assist
5:30 pm. Lighting of a 24-foot-tall menorah
at Campus Martius in Downtown Detroit.
Hosted by The Shul of West Bloomfield.
Information: www.menorahinthed.com .
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PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
11:15 am. Shake, Rattle & Twist program
APPLY FOR HEALTH CARE
Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") appli-
cants using the www.healthcare.gov website
or a paper application at the Southfield
Public Library, 26300 Evergreen. Bring
the Social Security Number, employer and
income information for every member of
household who needs coverage and policy
numbers for current health insurance plans.
Information on event, call the library's Guest
Services Desk: 248-796-4224.
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Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, through
Dec. 21. Monday-Saturday, 10 am-6 pm;
Sunday noon-4 pm. (Dec. 5 open at noon.)
Judaica gifts. Info at www.bbartcenter.org .
SATURDAY, DEC. 7
www.jccdet.org
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Various times. Holiday Shop at the
FRIDAY, DEC. 6
Jewish Studies, Professor of New Testament Studies and Professor
of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School and
College of Arts and Science.
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YOUNG ISRAEL SPEAKER
Southfield, will speak on his book on conflict
and communication, I Hear You. At Young
Israel of Southfield. Information: 248-358-
0154.
AMY-JILL LEVINE is University Professor of New Testament and
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HOLIDAY SHOPPING
7 pm. Donny Ebenstein, who grew up in
Jesus and his first followers were Jews grounded in Jewish scripture,
ethics and theology. So to understand the New Testament is to recover
part of Jewish history. How has knowledge of the common history
between Jews and Christians become lost?
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SATURDAY, NOV. 30
SUNDAY, DEC. 8
BOOKSTOCK COLLECTION
11 am-1 pm: Drive through and drop off
donations of used books, books on tape,
records, video, CDs and DVDs for the
Bookstock sale. At West Bloomfield JCC,
north side loading dock near nursery school
entrance. Tax receipts provided.
JEWISH IMMIGRATION
2:30 pm. Howard Lupovitch, director of
Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies,
Wayne State University, speaks on
"Coming to America: the Eastern European
Wave (part of The Golden Dream: The
Jewish Journey from Europe to America
Symposium)" at Adat Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills. Sponsored by Federation's
Alliance for Jewish Education, FedEd.
Information: 248-205-2557.
UNITED JERUSALEM
7:30 pm. Hear Daniel Luria, executive direc-
tor of Ateret Cohanim, talk about how the
organization has helped re-establish Jewish
neighborhoods in the Old City at Young
Israel of Oak Park. Information: 248-967-
3655.
MONDAY, DEC. 9
ISRAELI CONSUL
9:30 am. Roey Gilad, consul general of
Israel to the Midwest, speaks on "Questions
of Israeli Citizenship and Nationality."
Sponsored by Cohn-Haddow Center for
Judaic Studies at WSU, 2339 Faculty
Administrative Building. Free.