community >> calendar Let 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. Much To Do! take care of you. With great rates, an even better staff, and the speediest buses in the 41 business, trust Qwik Park to get you to the airport Qwik as a flash. Save time. Reserve online! qwikpark.com 7782 Merriman Rd., Romulus, MI SATURDAY, SEPT. 12 THURSDAY, SEPT. 17 USED MEDIA SALE DIA ART TALK 9:30 am-3:30 pm, Sept. 12. Sponsored by Friends of the Bloomfield Township Public Library, book selections include Judaica and Jewish history. Spend $5 and choose from the free book cart (limit three per order). At the library, 1099 Lone Pine Road at Telegraph. Information: www.btpl.org or 248- 642-5800. 11 am-noon Sept. 17. "Cows at the Opera House." A Detroit Institute of Arts docent will explore the "mysterious" world of art. Following is an optional 45-minute tour of Michigan art at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital. At the hospital's Demonstration Kitchen, 6777 W. Maple. Free, and drop-ins are welcome. Information: www.henryford health.org or 248-661-6100. 11 am-2 pm, Sept. 20. Diane Freilich and Alexandra Goldberg, experienced genealo- gists and officers of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan, will lead a beginners' workshop. Research topics will include U.S. census and other national records, city direc- tories, newspapers and Internet genealogy sites. At Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road in Farmington Hills. $5 or free for member. Information: www.jgsmi.org or 248-202-5499. SUNDAY, SEPT. 13 UJF/JFMD MEETING SUKKOT LUNCH-LEARN 7:30 pm, Sept. 17. Combined annual meet- ings will approve slates of board members for United Jewish Foundation and officers for UJF and Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. Volunteer Nancy Grosfeld will receive the Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award for her distinguished community service. At Berman Center inside the West Bloomfield JCC. Information: 248-642-4260. Noon, Sept. 20. Vegetarian meal from Hazon Detroit and discussion. At Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue. Following, members will go by bus to Eden Garden in Detroit for a work session. Counterparts have been invited from West Bloomfield-based Cong. Beth Ahm, but all are welcome. $18. Information: blair. nosan@hazon.org . HOLIDAYS AT JPI 10 -11 am, Sept. 13. Jewish Parents Institute, offering a culturally-based Sunday school, will gather for a secular Rosh Hashanah ser- vice. A pre-Yom Kippur service will be held at 10 am Sunday, Sept. 20. At West Bloomfield JCC. No ticket is required, but JPI director Marilyn Wolfe requests RSVP: 248-432-5471. APPLES & HONEY WC/AR HIGH HOLIDAYS GILDA'S WALK/RUN 10 am, Sept. 14. Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring has a new location for its secular- themed High Holiday services, conducted in English and Yiddish. Canned goods for Yad Ezra food pantry will be collected. At David and Miriam Mondry Building, 15000 W.10 Mile in Oak Park. No ticket required, but donations welcome. A Yom Kippur service is scheduled 10 am Wednesday, Sept. 23. Information: micirclel@gmail.com . 9 am, Sept. 19. Families and individuals are invited to choose a 5K walk or run to raise funds for Gilda's Club, a Royal Oak-based organization supporting those touched by cancer. Post-event will include activities and food. At Royal Oak High Schoo1,1500 Lexington Blvd. RSVP: www.gildaswalkandrun. org . Information: info@gildasclubdetroit.org or 248-577-0800. Noon-2 pm, Sept. 20. Annual event offers family-oriented activities and information about observing the Jewish fall holidays of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah. At Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor, 2935 Birch Hollow Dr. in Ann Arbor. Admission is $20 individual, $40 family (two adults, two children at same address), or $10 and $25 for advance tickets. Lunch items will be available for purchase. RSVP: www.jccannarbor.org . Information: Ethan, ekrasnow@jccannarbor.org or 734- 971-0990. 'GRUB CRAWL' SUNDAES IN SUKKAH SHOLEM ALEICHEM 2 - 5 pm, Sept. 19. Tastings offered from 21 restaurants in the greater West Bloomfield area. Concert and raffle follow, 5-7 pm, at Drake Sports Park, 6801 Drake at Maple in West Bloomfield. All proceeds will be donated to four local nonprofits. $40, pur- chased by Sept.16. Tickets/information: West Bloomfield Parks & Recreation Commission, www.westbloomfieldparks.org or 248-451- 1900. 1 -3 pm, Sept. 20. Rabbi Yisrael Pinson will tell the story of Sukkot to sukkah visitors. Sundaes can be decorated. At Jewish Family Service, 6555 W. Maple in West Bloomfield. Information: www.jfsdetroit.org ./becausewecare or 248- 592-2313. MONDAY, SEPT. 14 10 am, Sept. 14. Sholem Aleichem Institute, based in West Bloomfield, offers an English and Yiddish Rosh Hashanah observance. Additional gatherings are planned for Kol Nidre, 8 pm Tuesday, Sept. 22, and Yom Kippur, 10 am Wednesday, Sept. 23. At Steinway Piano Gallery, 2700 E. West Maple Road at M-5 in Commerce Township. No ticket required, but donations welcome. Information: 248-865-0117. 0 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16 'JOG YOUR MEMORY' 1:30 pm, Sept. 16. Allen Vinocur leads program. At West Bloomfield JCC. $3. Information: Rosa, rchessler@jccdet.org or 248-432-5612. ISLAMIC SPAIN 4 pm, Sept. 16. Frankel Center for Judaic Studies hosts a free public lecture: "Passages: Between Acculturation and Conversion in Islamic Spain." Presenter Sarah Stroumsa holds the Louis & Helen Padnos Visiting Professorship in Judaic Studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. At University of Michigan, Thayer Building, 202 S. Thayer St., Room 2022, in Ann Arbor. Information: www.lsa.umich.edu/judaic/ events. 1.888.844.7275 • qwikpark.com 74 September 10 • 2015 SATURDAY, SEPT. 19 JIV SATURDAY, SEPT. 26 ROW-A-THON SUNDAY, SEPT. 20 Exit 198 from 1-94 Exit 20 from 1-275 INTRO TO GENEALOGY KEVER AVOT 8:30 am, Sept. 20. Opportunity for older adult residents of assisted living facilities and apartments to visit the gravesides of their loved ones. A compassionate volunteer will accompany each senior. Both seniors and volunteers are sought for annual program sponsored by West Bloomfield-based Temple Israel, in conjunction with Sosnick Family Life Center. Funding comes from Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield. Information: !aura@ temple-israel.org or 248-661-5700. 9 am, Sept. 26. Sign up for fundraising event now: a four-person team row of a half marathon (21,097m). Proceeds will sup- port the Jordan Levin Childhood Obesity Foundation. Registration: $27 individual plus team fundraising minimum of $200. At CrossFit Bloomfield, 799 Industrial Ct. in Bloomfield Hills. Registration: www.crowdrise. com/JLCOFRowathon2015 . Information: 248- 805-1567. HOW TO SEND IN LISTINGS: B'NAI DAVID CEMETERY 9 am-1 pm, Sept. 20. B'nai David Cemetery will be open for visiting at 9535 Van Dyke, Detroit. Information: David Goldman. 248- 686-9801. Send listings by noon Tuesday, nine days prior to publication. E-mail listings and questions to calendar@thejewishnews.com . For telephone inquiries, call David Sachs at (248) 351-5140.