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. C ohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies Much To Do! 0 The Pearl A. and George M. Zeltzer Lecture on Women and Judaism THURSDAY, MARCH 13 BUDGETS, BOYCOTTS AND BABIES: JEWISH WOMEN IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION op 1 11 1 PROFF91111111111111111PFETH WENGt 1I 7 10 pm. A night to benefit ORT America: "Trends with Friends" at Neiman Marcus, Somerset Collection, Troy. Cocktails, light bites, a fashion runway show, raffles and pri- vate shopping. Tickets are $75; young adults (30 and younger) $36; donation package, $150. Neiman Marcus will donate a portion of proceeds. Tickets: www.ortmichigan.org or 248-723-8860. - SATURDAY, MARCH 15 The Great Depression presented Jewish women with a unique set of challenges and choices. In response, Jewish women found new survival strategies to cope with the difficult economic conditions and changing family dynamics of these turbulent years. 11 P.* TRENDS WITH FRIENDS T'CHIYAH PURIM Various times. Oak Park Cong. T'chiyah Purim includes hamantashen bake-off at 4 pm followed by minchah at 5 and potluck supper at 6, then a megillah reading and costume parade. On Sunday, March 16, at 7 pm will be a Purim spiel. rc DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA KETER TORAH PURIM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2014 7PM TEMPLE KOL AMI WEST BLOOMFIELD, M 186640 8:20 pm. Megillah reading at Keter Torah Synagogue, West Bloomfield. Come in costume. On Sunday, March 16, at 5 pm, Purim Seudah and Party with music, bingo, costume parade, games. $18 (ages 12 and up); $12 (ages 5-11); $55 for nuclear family. RSVP: ketertorah.us@gmail.com or 248-681- 3665. WOMEN IN THE 1930S 7 pm. Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies presents Prof. Beth Wenger of U. of Pennsylvania who will deliver the 2014 Pearl A. and George M. Zeltzer Lecture on Women in Judaism at Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield. Her topic is: "Budgets, Boycotts and Babies: Jewish Women in the Great Depression." Information: 313-577- 2679, cohnhaddowcenter@wayne.edu or judaicstudies.wayne.edu . FRIDAY, MARCH 21 DSO'S SHEHERAZADE 10:45 am. At the Oak Park JCC, watch a Detroit Symphony Orchestra Coffee Concert live broadcast from Orchestra Hall. Rimsky- Korsakov's Scheherazade; Leonard Slatkin, conductor and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano. Information: 248-967-4030. IRP EYES DETROIT 11 am 12:3O pm. Institute for Retired Professionals hosts Eric Larson at the West Bloomfield JCC. A real estate investor and associate of Dan Gilbert, he will discuss "Opportunity Detroit." Free for IRP mem- bers; $5 for others. Doors open at 10:45. Information: 248-967-4030, ext. 2018. - CONSERVATIVE PURIM SUNDAY, MARCH 23 8:45 pm. Megillah reading at Cong. Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield. Also, dueling pia- nos. Free. Costumes invited. On Sunday, March 16, at Cong. B'nai Moshe in West Bloomfield will be Shacharit and a megillah reading at 9 am with a free carnival for all ages at 11:30. MOM2MOM SALE MONDAY, MARCH 17 HUNGARIAN CONCERT 7:30 pm. Violinist Klara Fenyo Bahcall and pianist Noemi Maczelka perform works by Hungarian Jewish composer Karoly Goldmark at Cong. B'nai Moshe, West Bloomfield. $12 in advance, $15 at the door, and $10 for B'nai Moshe members and their guests. Tickets: 248-788-0600. Information also at www.bnaimoshe.org . Noon 4 pm. Children's clothes and equip- ment available at Cong. Beth Shalom, Oak Park. Proceeds for the Gan. Information: 248-547-7970. - HOLOCAUST HISTORIAN 2 pm. Wayne State University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Guy Stern Endowment in Exile and Holocaust Studies present Prof. Thomas Kuhne, author and Holocaust expert, from Clark University in Worcester, Mass. Topic: "The Murderers Among Us: How We Elude and Confront Holocaust Perpetrators." At Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills. Free. MONDAY, MARCH 24 A happy student makes a big impact on your morning WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 LUNCHTIME LEARNING 11:45 am 1:15 pm. A free, three-session series at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills led by Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz meets Wednesdays, March 19 and 26 and April 2. "International Leaders and the Jews" explores relationships between world leaders and Jews: Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Harry Truman. Bring a dairy lunch. Drinks, dessert provided. RSVP by preceding Thursday: Sheila Lederman, 248-851-5100, ext. 246, or slederman@ adatshalom.org . - I Find out how. through Grade 1 Open House: March 15, 10am — Noo PP Preschool Lower School Open House: March 25 at 9am Personal Interviews & Tours: daily by appointment 34 THE ROEPER SCHOOL IMPACT YOUR WORLD WWW.ROEPER.ORG 151 248.203.7317 The Roeper School is an equal-opportunity institution March 13 • 2014 SHAKESPEARE TRYOUTS 6 pm. Waterworks Theatre Company plans actor auditions for 14th Annual Shakespeare in the Park summer shows. Also held Tuesday. Information: 248-399-3727 or waterworksbackstage@earthlink.net . TUESDAY, MARCH 25 YIDDISH FILM 6 pm. Frankel Center for Judaic Studies will show Freylekhe Kabsonim [Jolly Paupers] on Yiddish Movie Night. At University of Michigan, 202. S. Thayer St., Room 2022, Ann Arbor. Free. Information: www.lsa.umich. eduijudaic/events. Calendar on page 36