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Professor Howard Lupovitch
"Like a Rolling Stone: Jews and the '60s Folk Music Revival"
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clips of performances and interviews, Howard Lupovitch tells the story of
Jewish musicians like Bob Dylan and Carole King who used music as a powerful voice
for social change.
$12 JCC member /$15 Non-membe
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DAY • 7:30 PM
Elaine Serli
"Memories"
Elaine Serling presents her engaging program of Broadway hits, Yiddish classics,
film favorites and original songs.
Building Community Initiative Social Action Committee members: Steven
Bez, event co-chairs Rula Yono and Gail Katz, and Sana Navarrette.
$10 JCC member and seniors /$15 Non-member
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Holiday Foods
WEDNESDAY • 7PM
Dave Bennett and Cliff Monear
Potluck event brings communities
together to learn about traditions.
"A True Clarinet Phenomenon"
Clarinet prodigy Dave Bennett, accompanied by Cliff Monear on piano, performs a
snappy Swing Era repertoire, plus a fusion of jazz improvisation with modern pop.
$6 advance sale / $8 at the door
For information and tickets, call Rosa Chessler at 248.432.5612.
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Barbara Lewis
Contributing Writer
THURSDAY • 1PM
Elaine Serling
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"Memories"
Elaine Serling performs at the JCC in Oak Park.
No charge
THURSDAY • 7:30PM
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"Alice's Restaurant 50th Anniversary Tour"
Featuring Abe Guthrie, Terry A La Berry, Bobby Sweet and Darren Todd
Honoring
Linda Leecz"n
In 1965, Arlo Guthrie took out the trash on Thanksgiving
— a move that ultimately precluded his military service and
prompted a platinum selling record. Join us for a rare opportunity
to hear "The Alice's Restaurant Massacree" in its entirety!
$75 for lower bowl / $65 for upper bowl
MAY
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WEDNESDAY • 6PM
A Family Event
Come for a camp sing-along, s'mores, crafts, laughter and fun!
Camp Ruth on the JCC West Bloomfield campus
$3 per person / $8 family
JUNE
4
URSDAY • 7:30PM
Mi
d of Cant
"Off the Bimah"
Local cantors and cantorial soloists step "off the bimah" to present their personal
favorites, including Broadway, jazz, opera, American Songbook and more!
$35 JCC member /$45 Non-member
All events take place at The Berman Center for the Performing Arts,
unless otherwise noted.
For tickets, come to The Berman, call 248.661.1900 or visit theberman.org .
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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march 26 • 2015
upporters of the Jewish/
Chaldean Social Action
Committee got together March
10 for a potluck dinner, a presentation
about education and a cooking demon-
stration of foods for Easter and Passover.
The program was held at Henry Ford
West Bloomfield Hospital.
The Social Action Committee is one
of the most active components of the
Building Community Initiative started
in 2011 by Jewish News executive editor/
publisher Arthur Horwitz and Chaldean
News co-publisher Martin Manna.
"Our goal is to bring our communi-
ties together by visiting each other's
holy places of worship, participating
in each other's festivals and cultural
events, and bonding with each other as
human beings with similar needs, wants
and emotions:' said Gail Katz of West
Bloomfield, committee chair. "We learn
about each other and work together on
social action projects to benefit both the
Jewish and Chaldean communities:'
March is Read Across America Month
and, on March 10, participants donated
children's books for needy students.
Guest speakers were Melody Arabo,
the 2014-15 Michigan Teacher of the
Year, and Ellen Maiseloff, director of
special education for the Federation's
Alliance for Jewish Education.
Arabo, a mother of three who teaches
third grade at Keith Elementary School
in Walled Lake, discussed the impor-
tance of reading for young children.
Maiseloff, winner of the Jewish
Federation's Mandell L. and Madeleine
H. Berman Award for Outstanding
Professional Service, talked about
Opening the Doors, the Alliance program
that helps Jewish children with special
needs receive a Jewish education.
Opening the Doors has received
numerous national honors and acco-
lades. Slingshot, a leading resource guide
and a funding source for Jewish com-
munal life, has recognized it as one of the
most innovative Jewish organizations in
the country two years in a row.
In its 20th year, Opening the Doors has
enabled 1,100 children to be included in
Jewish education through 26 day schools,
congregational afternoon schools and
preschools at no cost to their families.
"Our philosophy is that if a child
can't learn the way you teach, you need
to teach the way a child can learn:'
Maiseloff said.
Manna and Horwitz both greeted the
group.
"We are neighbors; we interact, but it's
where we can share that we start to get
connective tissue," Horwitz said. "We will
continue to move the ball forward, mod-
eling behavior that in many parts of the
country just doesn't happen:'
Cooking Demos
After the speakers' presentations, par-
ticipants moved to the hospital's dem-
onstration kitchen, where Rob Hindley,
chef and manager of culinary well-
ness, demonstrated how to make two
Chaldean dishes that might be eaten
at Easter and two kosher-for-Passover
Jewish dishes. The audience tasted
samples of each dish.
The Chaldean dishes were Gupta
d'Gilla Shammamta Shamoun, a feta-
like cheese with chives, and Yaorakh
D'LaPursra (dolma), grape leaves
stuffed with a rice and vegetable mix-
ture.
Holiday Foods on page 32