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VARIOUS TIMES
CAREGIVER SUPPORT
Dorothy & Peter Brown Jewish Community
Adult Day Care Program offers caregiver
support group meetings. Daytime groups
are for family caregivers of those with
dementia. Evening groups are for family
caregivers of all older adults.
• At Fleischman Residence, 6710 W. Maple,
West Bloomfield: Thursday, March 12,1:30-
3:30 pm, and Monday, March 16, 7-9 pm;
RSVP: Fran Cook, fcook@jsImi.org or 248-
592-5032.
• At JVS, 29699 Southfield Road, Southfield:
Tuesday, March 10,1:30 3:30 pm, and
Monday, March 16, 5:30-7 pm; RSVP: Dorothy
Moon, dmoon@jvsdet.org or 248-233-4392.
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THURSDAY, FEB. 26
VOLUNTEER AT KADIMA
4 5:30 pm. Kadima, an agency assisting
those with mental illness, holds a volunteer
orientation at 15999 W.12 Mile, Southfield.
To learn more, visit www.kadimacenter.org
or contact Michelle Malamis, 248-663-4343
or michellem@kadimacenter.org .
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Send lb 'Your
Snapahota!
The Jewish News invites
readers to send in their own
nonprofessional photos of
their simchahs for our annual
"Community Photo Album,"
which will be published in
Celebrate! in the March 19
issue of the JN.
Please send your high-
resolution photos (1 mb jpgs)
to jheadapohl@renmedia.
us with "Photo Album" in the
subject line. Photos should
be of simchahs within the
last year.
Along with a photo, send
a caption that identifies all
people by name and city
of residence (for children,
please include their ages),
the type of simchah, the
venue and the date it
occurred.
All photos must
be submitted
by March 4.
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February 26 • 2015
perform at Adat Shalom's gala fundraiser
dinner. Price and tickets: call Alan Yost,
248-851-5100. At 11 am Sunday, March 8,
"Megillah Mania" will be headlined by Lloyd.
Free. Followed by Purim Carnival and Dance
Party. Information: 248-851-5100.
SUNDAY, MARCH 8
IDF DOCTOR SPEAKS
10 11:30 am. Maj. Avi Benov, M.D., an
Israel Defense Forces medical officer, will
speak at Holocaust Memorial Center in
Farmington Hills. Hosted by Michigan chap-
ter of American Healthcare Professionals &
Friends for Medicine in Israel (APF). Benov
served as a paratrooper brigade surgeon
and special operation forces surgeon. Free.
Light kosher menu will be served. RSVP:
conta.cc/1AYrs0g. Co-sponsored by the HMC
and the Maimonides Society of Federation.
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WOMEN AND CHANGE
FRIDAY, FEB. 27
2 5 pm. Comerica's Bridget Chayt keynotes
International Women's Day event to help
women with money management and finance.
Breakout sessions led by professionals. $10.
RSVP by March 5: by check to NCJW-Greater
Detroit, 26400 Lahser, Suite 306, Southfield,
MI 48033; pay online at www.ncjwgds.org ; or
call 248-355-3300, ext. 0.
HAVDALAH FOR TOTS
MYSTERY NOVEL
6 pm. Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield
invites tots, parents, grandparents and
friends to a Tots Together Havdalah. Songs,
stories and crafts. RSVP: 248-661-0040 or
igilbert@tkolami.org .
3 pm. Author Erwin Posner will launch his
new mystery novel, A Cube — a Mystery of
Intrigue, at the JCC in Oak Park. He'll also
speak about self-publishing on a modest
budget. All profits from the sale of books
at the launch will be donated to the JCC to
benefit its Writer's Workshop program.
PRO ROLLER HOCKEY
6:40 pm. The JCC's new professional roller
hockey team, Alkali Revive, hosts Canfield
Chiefs for home opener at Inline Hockey
Center at West Bloomfield JCC. At 9 pm,
second game between Detroit Bordercats
and the Surge. $5. Get tickets online at
www.thenrhl.com , at the Inline Hockey
Center office or contact vjalaba@jccdet.org .
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4
PURIM PALOOZA
7 pm. Adult Purim celebration at Temple
Israel, West Bloomfield. Purim spiel, megil-
lah reading, wine, appetizers and music.
Free. Costumes welcome. RSVP: Lisa Kaplan,
248-661-5725 or Ikaplan@temple-israel.org .
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TUESDAY, MARCH 10
LIFETIME OF EDUCATION
10 11:30 am. Federation Women's
Philanthropy Coffee Talk looks at the Alliance
for Jewish Education, which provides learning
for all ages. At Max M. Fisher Federation Bldg.
in Bloomfield Twp. Free. Information: Marianne
Bloomberg, bloomberg@jfmd.org or 248-642-
4611. RSVP: jewishdetroit.org/event/
coffee-talk-tall-to-venti.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
GROW YOUR BUSINESS
8:30 10 am. Learn about Linkedin and how
to grow your business network. Sponsor:
West Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce.
Members, $15. Others, $20. At WSUOakland
Center, 33737 W.12 Mile, Farmington Hills.
RSVP: wbloomfieldchamber@gmail.com .
A variety of topics set
to begin in March.
T
hrough Federation's Adult
Jewish Learning Department,
FedEd, adults have the oppor-
tunity to study with leading rabbis,
scholars and educators to explore the
Bible, Jewish history, literature, art and
ethics. Day and evening classes are avail-
able.
Highlights of March classes:
Talmud Two by Two with Rabbi
Michele Faudem. Dive into the sea
of the Talmud with a master teacher.
Mondays from 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. at the
Max M. Fisher Federation Building,
Bloomfield Hills.
Rabbinic Judaism and Early
Christianity with Rabbi Joseph Klein.
Using Rabbinic and Christian sources,
the course will explore how a 1st-
century Jewish leader became the focal
point of a religion that is not Judaism.
Mondays from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Max
M. Fisher Federation Building.
We Were Like Dreamers ... Israel
from '67 to the Present with Professor
Howard Lupovitch. Explore how the
war and its impact changed social
classes and political outlook on Israeli
society. Tuesdays from 7-8:30 p.m.
at the Max M. Fisher Federation
Building. An online listening option is
also available.
Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers)
with Rabbi Michele Faudem. A lively
study/discussion on some of the poi-
gnant lessons found in the "Bartlett's"
of Jewish literature. Wednesdays
from noon-1:30 p.m. at the Jewish
Community Center, West Bloomfield.
The Five Scrolls with Rabbi Joseph
Klein. A look at Song of Songs, the
Book of Ruth, Ecclesiastes, Book of
Esther and Lamentations. Wednesdays
from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Max M. Fisher
Federation Building.
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MEGILLAH IN FERNDALE
7 pm. Rabbi Herschel Finman of The Jewish
Hour radio program will read the Purim
megillah at the Ferndale Public Library on
Nine Mile Road east of Woodward.
THURSDAY, MARCH 12
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 6-8
KING OF JEWISH BLUES
Lazer Lloyd, Israel's "King of the Blues,"
will appear at Adat Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills on three occasions. At a
Shabbat-Appella service at 7 pm Friday,
March 6, he will talk about "Livin' Lovin'
Israeli Blues: a Musician's Journey Home."
Free. At 7:30 pm. Saturday, March 7, he will
JEWS & MODERN CITIES
7 pm. Lila Corwin Berman of Temple U. deliv-
ers 25th David W. Belin Lecture in American
Jewish Affairs on "The Jewish Romance
with the Modern City: Loving, Leaving and
Reforming." At Palmer Commons, Forum Hall,
100 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor. Sponsor:
U-M's Frankel Institute for Jewish Studies. Info:
judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.
Ripped from the Headlines: What
Would Hillel Do? with Rabbi Eliezer
Finkelman. A look at the top stories
of the day and, using ancient wisdom,
decide right, wrong and the gray
areas in between. Fridays from 11:15
a.m.-12:15 p.m.at the Max M. Fisher
Federation Building.
These are some of the courses offered
by Federation's Adult Jewish Learning
Department. Scholarships are available.
For details or a brochure on all classes,
call (248) 205-2557, email feded@jfmd.
org or go to jewishdetroit.org/feded .
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