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SAVE THE DATE
5.17.2015
Much To Do!
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18
CARING CONFERENCE
NEW PRAYER BOOKS
8:30 am 4 pm. The eighth annual Caring
Coalition Conference, Caring for the Whole
Person will be held at Cong. Shaarey Zedek
in Southfield. It will bring together nurses,
social workers, clergy, physicians, case man-
agers, nursing home administrators and oth-
ers to increase understanding of serious and
terminal illness. Information: 248-592-2687,
info@jewishhospice.org or
www.caringcoalition.org .
7 pm. Downtown Synagogue honors Joe
Lewis, designer of its new siddur, at Shabbat
services. Also at services the next morning
at 10 am. Information: 313-962-4047.
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Hillel Day School's
Annual Dinner
CARE WORKERS NEEDED
10 am 12:20 pm. JARC, an organization
serving people with disabilities, has teamed
up with JVS, Angel's Place and Kadima to
host a job fair at JARC, 30301 Northwestern
Hwy., Farmington Hills. Free. Offering 100
full, part-time and occasional direct care
staff positions to provide support, interac-
tion and care for people with developmental
disabilities. For information, call: 248-538-
6611.
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HONORING
PARENTS AND TOTS
5:30 p.m. Shake Rattle & Twist is a time
for parents and grandparents and babies/
toddlers age 3 and younger to sing songs
and braid challah with clergy. Older sibs
are welcome at Adat Shalom Synagogue,
Farmington Hills. Free for synagogue mem-
bers. Others: $3/family. A light optional din-
ner is $3/person for all. Information:
Debi Banooni, dbanooni@adatshalom.org
or 248-626-2153.
2015 DREAM MAKER AWARD
HONOREES
THE AUDREY AND WILLIAM
FARBER FAMILY
WHAT TO WEAR
2015 RABBI JACOB E. SEGAL (el)
AWARD HONOREE
6:45 pm. Glenn/Oak/South ORT Chapter
hosts Georgea Kovanis of the Free Press
speaking about spring wardrobes at Temple
Beth El in Bloomfield Twp. $5. RSVP: Elaine
Beresh, 248-669-0417.
BOB CANVASSER
FRIDAY, MARCH 20
SUNDAY, MARCH 22
JAZZ AND KLEZMER
2 pm. "All About that Jazz and Klezmer,"
the Cantor Sam and Mona Greenbaum
Concert, will take place at Cong. Beth
Shalom, Oak Park. $5 per person or $15 per
family. Performance of Gypsy jazz, swing,
bossa nova, klezmer and more. Information:
248-547-7970 or cbs@congbethshalom.org .
WOMEN'S CIRCLE
3 pm. Downtown Synagogue's Rosh Hodesh
Women's Circle will take place at Cong. Shir
Tikvah in Troy. The topic will be Queen Esther.
Info: Rabbi Dorit Edut, mutzim@aol.com .
DAD-DAUGHTER DANCE
5 7:15 pm. Men's Club of Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington Hills Daddy-
Daughter Dinner Dance includes pizza, ice
cream, photos, boutonnieres and corsages.
For girls ages 3-13 and their dads and grand-
fathers. $12 per person for Men's Club mem-
bers in advance; $15 for others in advance;
$18 at the door. Information: 248-851-5100.
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SUNDAY SINGLES 55+
5:30 p.m. Meet for dinner at Huerto
Mexican Restaurant, 6199 Orchard Lake
Road, West Bloomfield. RSVP: Ava, 248-
542-9166 by March 20.
FUN IN JCC POOL
5:45 7 p.m. Coed family fun at the Oak
Park JCC pool. Relay races, water games
and more. $2 JCC members, $5/family; $3
nonmembers, $7 family. Information: Jaime
Baker, 248-967-4030 or jbaker@jccdet.org .
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THURSDAY, MARCH 19
2015 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI
AWARDEES
ISRAELI LITERATURE
Noon. Author/translator Todd Hasak-
Lowy explores noted Israeli novelist David
Grossman's To the End of the Land, viewed
as one of the most important works of
Hebrew literature this century, and its
take on the profound role of victimhood
in contemporary Israeli society. Hosted by
Wayne State's Cohn-Haddow Center for
Judaic Studies and Humanities Center. Held
at 2339 Faculty/Administration Building at
WSU, 656 W. Kirby, Detroit. Information:
313-577-2679.
LISA LIS
HY SAFRAN
DR. CHARLIE SCHWARTZ
TEENS & THE LAW
7 8:30 pm. Teens (in middle school and
high school), parents and interested adults
are invited to a panel of District Judge
Diane D'Agostini, attorney Gerry Gleeson,
West Bloomfield Police Sgt. Kevin Roy and
Maplegrove Education Coordinator Lisa
Kaplan at Orchard Lake Middle School,
6000 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield.
Free. Sponsored by Greater West Bloomfield
Community Coalition & Maplegrove
Community Education.
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HDAY LOL,
Mind and soul. Better together.
For more information contact:
Amy Schlussel
aschlussel@hillelday.org
or 248.539.1484
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MONDAY, MARCH 23
YIDDISH CONVERSATION
2 pm. Naomi Pinchuk leads group. At West
Bloomfield JCC. Information: Marilyn, 248-
432-5471.
ISRAEL SYMPOSIUM
2 7:30 pm. A look at colonial and post-
colonial history at the Frankel Institute's
Wieseneck Family Israel Symposium, "Jews,
Arabs & Colonialism." At Rackham Assembly
Hall, 915 E. Washington, Ann Arbor.
Information: www.lsa.urnich.edu/judaic/
events or 734-763-9047.
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WOMEN'S SEDER
6 pm. Temple Kol Ami Sisterhood in West
Bloomfield hosts an Intergenerational
Women's Seder featuring Cantorial Soloist
Tiffany Green. Kosher, dairy dinner. Free to
women of Kol Ami and Cong. B'nai Israel;
others, $10. Bring a kosher-for-Passover,
non-perishable food item to donate. Info:
www.tkolami.org . RSVP 248-661-0040.