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VARIOUS TIMES
MONDAY, JAN. 13
SUNDAY, JAN. 19
TUESDAY, JAN. 21
CAREGIVER SUPPORT
WOMEN'S PROGRAM
BOWLS FOR BENEFIT
YIDDISH CLUB
Dorothy & Peter Brown Jewish Community Adult
Day Care Program offers caregiver support
group meetings. Daytime groups are for fam-
ily caregivers of those with dementia. Evening
groups are for family caregivers of all older
adults.
9:30 10:30 a.m. Partners Detroit/COJAR pres-
10 am. Help create and decorate bowls to be
auctioned or sold at Empty Bowls dinner on Feb.
7 at Cong. Shir Tikvah, Troy. Funds will assist Yad
Ezra kosher food pantry in Berkley and other
local food banks. Berkley-based Song & Spirit
Institute for Peace will provide hunger-focused
programming during bowl-making session. At
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, Detroit.
Information: Noah Purcell: npurcell®gmail.com .
1 pm. Naomi Pinchuk is new group's facilitator. At
Oak Park JCC. 248-967-4030.
• At Fleischman Residence, 6710 W. Maple,
West Bloomfield: Thursday, Jan. 9, 2-4 pm; and
Monday, Jan. 27, 7-9 pm. RSVP: Fran Cook,
fcook@jslmi.org or 248-592-5032.
• At JVS, 29699 Southfield Road, Southfield:
Tuesday, Jan.14,1:30-3:30 pm; and Monday, Jan.
27, 5:30-7 pm. RSVP: Dorothy Moon, dmoon@
jvsdet.org or 248-233-4392.
SATURDAY, JAN. 11
MOTOR CITY USY
7 pm. Ice skating in the D. $15/person, includ-
ing transportation, Havdallah and hot chocolate.
Grades 8-12. Bus leaves the West Bloomfield
JCC. To RSVP, email MCUSY Youth Director
David Lerner at dlerner®ShaareyZedek.org .
SUNDAY, JAN. 12
FAMILY HISTORY
11 am. Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan
presents author and JGSMI board member
Richard Jaeger speaking on "Those Who Made A
Difference: 2,500 Years of Family History" at the
Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake
Road, Farmington Hills. JGSMI members free;
guests $5. RSVP: www.jgsmi.org .
HADASSAH BRUNCH
11 am. Barbara Heller from the Detroit Institute
of Arts discusses methods to determine authen-
ticity, and the care and preservation of artwork.
Sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt Group at
Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road, West
Bloomfield. Community welcome. $10 includes
brunch; free for new members. RSVP required:
Bobbie, 248-546-4255 or Marcia, 248-661-2145.
DECORATING APRONS
1-5 pm. The Pomegranate Guild, a group that
studies and creates Judaic needlework, presents
program with Judy Galperin. She will demon-
strate the technique of using waste fabric and
cross stitch to decorate an apron. At Spicer
House in Heritage Park, 24725 Farmington Road,
Farmington Hills. Information: Judy, 248-661-
5337.
YIDDISH MATTERS
2:30 pm. Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic
Studies presents Julian Levinson, Samuel
Shetzer Chair in American Jewish Studies at
U-M, on "Why Yiddish Still Matters" at West
Bloomfield JCC. Co-sponsored by Sholem
Aleichem Institute and the JCC's Active Adult
Program. Free. RSVP: 313-577-2679.
3GS BOWLING
2-5 pm. Program for Holocaust Survivors and
Families, a service of Jewish Senior Life, hosts
a bowling event for third-generation survivors
(3Gs) at Star Lanes/Emagine Theatre, Royal Oak.
RSVP by 4 pm Jan.10. Information: Renee Fein,
rfein@jslmi.org or 248-592-5028.
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January 9 • 2014
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ent "Mondays with Meaning," a continuing
Monday series for women only. Rabbi Tzvi Muller
will speak on "The Truth about Lying - Lying in
Wait." At Oak Park JCC. 248-967-4030.
CAFE EUROPA CANTORS
1 pm. Special yearly appearance by local cantors
at monthly social event sponsored by Jewish
Senior Life's Program for Holocaust Survivors,
Families and Friends. Scheduled are: Tiffany
Green, Samuel Greenbaum, Daniel Gross, Frank
Lanzkron-Tamarazo, David Propis, Pamela Schiffer
and Penny Steyer. At Oak Park JCC. 248-967-
4030.
SINGLES SHOW FILM
6:30 pm. Sophisticated Singles group presents
movie Bride Flight in Room 205 at the West
Bloomfield JCC. 248-967-4030.
MOVIE MUSIC MONDAYS
7:30 pm. Singin' in the Rain, the 1952 musical
comedy film directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley
Donen, is next in series celebrating Broadway
musicals that were turned into films. At West
Bloomfield's Berman Center for the Performing
Arts. $12. Information: www.theberman.org or
248-661-1900.
MEDICARE AND ACA
6:30 pm. Southfield Public Library, 26300
Evergreen, hosts Area Agency on Aging 1-B pre-
sentation on Medicare and the Affordable Care
Act (ACA). Free. Information: 248-796-4224.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15
TU B'SHEVAT SEDER
MONDAY, JAN. 20
WOMEN'S PROGRAM
9:30-10:30 a.m. Partners Detroit/COJAR pres-
ent "Mondays with Meaning," a continuing series
for women. Rabbi Tzvi Muller will discuss "The
Truth about Lying - Showing Your True Colors."
At Oak Park JCC. 248-967-4030.
LUNCH & CONCERT
Noon. Flautist Pam Michael and pianist Marty
Mandelbaum perform after lunch, at 1 pm. At Oak
Park JCC. Prepaid lunch ($3.50) due by Jan.14;
$1 for concert. Information: 248-967-4030.
FRIDAY, JAN. 17
PATIENT ADVOCACY
Noon-1:30 pm. Bonnie Topper-Brickner, RN
and a case manager for Hospice of Michigan,
answers questions about patient advocacy,
advanced directives, and care for the elderly and
chronically ill at luncheon program of the JCC's
Cancer Thrivers Network for Jewish Women. At
Greenberg Suite in West Bloomfield JCC. $12.
RSVP by Jan.15: Tracy Agranove, tagranove®
jccdet.org or 248-432-5467.
SHABBAT LIVE
6 pm. The community is invited to "A Rockin'
Shabbat" at Temple Kol Ami, West Bloomfield.
Details: 248-661-0040.
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT
1:30-3 pm. Space for Changing Families' six-week
support group for those who have experienced
the death of a spouse or partner; Cong. Shaarey
Zedek, Southfield, the co-sponsor. Through Feb.
26. Space is a service of the National Council of
Jewish Women, Greater Detroit Section. Free.
RSVP: Space@ncjwgds.org or 248-355-9936.
JAZZ AT THE J
1:30 pm. Cliff Monear and Nicole New pres-
ent concert inside the Teen Center at West
Bloomfield JCC. $5. Information: 248-967-4030.
LUNCH & LEARN
Noon. Rabbi Leiby Burnham of Partners in Torah
leads program on "Who Needs a Rabbi Anyway?"
At Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, Detroit.
Pizza lunch provided. Information: Anna Kohn,
313-962-4047.
MLK DAY EVENT
Beginning 5 pm. Walled Lake Consolidated
School District's 15th annual Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Day Celebration at Walled Lake Northern
High School, 6000 Bogie Lake Road, Commerce
Twp. Features multicultural dinner and keynote
speaker Steve Spreitzer, interim CEO of the
Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion.
Free. Donations of canned and/or boxed foods
will be accepted for the Focus: HOPE food pan-
try. Information: Alec Bender, principal at Wixom
Elementary, 248-956-3432, or Judy Evola, direc-
tor of community relations, judyevola®wlcsd.org .
5:30 pm. Enjoy seder and dinner celebrating the
New Year of Trees with Rabbi Robert Gamer and
Cantors Sam Greenbaum and Frank Lanzkron-
Tamarazo at Cong. Beth Shalom, Oak Park. $5
per person; $10 per family. RSVP: 248-547-7970.
THURSDAY, JAN. 16
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22
Anti-Semitism In Films
Topic Of ZOA Event
On Jan. 22, the Zionist Organization of
America-Michigan Region will present
"The New Anti-Semitism - Coming
Soon to a Theater Near You:' a shocking
look at hatred of the Jews in American
cinema.
The 2010 movie Drive, now a cult film,
takes Hitler's anti-Semitic propaganda
film Jud Sus to a new level using adver-
tising techniques aimed at the subcon-
scious.
A panel and video presentation will
explore how Drive delivers a subtle and
subliminal message of hate, using common
Christian and Jewish religious symbols and
themes to justify hatred and criminal vio-
lence against Jews.
A panel will consist of Father Anthony
Camellieri of National Shrine of the
Little Flower Church in Royal Oak, Rabbi
THURSDAY, JAN. 23
BOOK REVIEW
Noon. Rabbi Steven Rubenstein of Cong. Beth
Ahm, West Bloomfield, will speak on the novel A
Guide for the Perplexed by Dora Horn at a sister-
hood lunch event. $15. RSVP by Jan. 20: Shelley
Shindler, snslist®aol.com or 248-417-8000.
FRIDAY, FEB. 28
CULTURE PRIZE
Deadline day. Applications due for the Benard
L. Maas Prize, this year given to an individual
whose expertise in the fine arts might include
painting, drawing, video/filmmaking, sculpture,
ceramics, crafts, photography and/or print mak-
ing. A $5,000 award will be presented in April.
Apply online: jewishdetroit.slideroom.com .
Information: Judy, loebl@jfmd.org or 248-642-
4618.
Chaim Bergstein of the Farmington
Hills Chabad House, forensic psycholo-
gist Steven Miller, local filmmaker Ellie
Mosseri and attorney Martin H. Leaf.
Presenters also will discuss the law-
suit regarding the film as well as the
response of watchdog groups and the judi-
ciary, including to what extent the First
Amendment protects films such as Drive.
Shelly Rossmoore will present the
2014 Annual Rossmoore Memorial Lion
of Judah Award in memory of Raymond
and Ian Rossmoore to the individual or
organization that has best exemplified
standing up and fighting this kind of
hatred.
The program will take place at 7:30
p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the Corners
in West Bloomfield. There is no charge.
For details, contact Kobi Erez at kobi@
mizoa.org or (248) 661-6000.