metro >> news you can use Brian Hermelin CANCER FUNDS WHAT I S EVIL? More than 700 supporters attended the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute's 22nd Annual Partners Night, bringing the total raised from this year's Partners events to more than $800,000. The event took place Oct. 1 at Russell Industrial Center in Detroit. Jennifer and Brian Hermelin were honorary chairs of the event. Said Brian Hermelin: "Thanks to all who supported this year's Partners Golf Classic and Partners Night, more patients will have a better chance to receive life- saving treatments, including new targeted therapies that can result in better outcomes." * Congregation Beth Ahm will attempt to answer that question in a 36-part Great Courses lecture series featuring Professor Charles Mathewes of the University of Virginia. Two 30-min- ute lectures will be screened each week on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. starting Nov. 4. The lectures will be followed by a brief discussion facilitated by Nancy Kaplan. The series is free and open to the community. No reserva- tions are required; walk-ins are welcome. "Drop In & Learn" meets at Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple Road in West Bloomfield. For details, contact Nancy Kaplan at (248) 737-1931 or nancyellen879@att.net. * HMC LEGACY CONTINUES PREPARE FOR OPEN ENROLLMENT The 2016 open enrollment period for health insurance begins Nov. 1, and goes through Jan. 31, 2016. Uninsured and underinsured Charles Mathewes populations will be able to enroll for affordable health coverage through the insurance market- places. According to the Michigan Department of Community Health, about 52 percent of Southeast Michigan residents are uninsured. To kickoff open enrollment 2016, Enroll Michigan's network of navigators will be hosting events throughout the state. For details about events, visit EnrollMichigan. com or call (517) 367-7293. * The Holocaust Memorial Center will host is 31st Anniversary Dinner, Sunday, Nov. 1, at Co ngregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, beginning w th a strolling dinner at 5:30 p.m. The annual fundraiser will honor Jackie and Larry Kraft of Romulus-based Serta Restokraft f or their fam- ily's nearly 20-year commitment to the HM C. Celebrated by many as "Mayor of the World," Rudy Gi uliani will deliver the keynote address. The program begins at 7 p.m., followed by a dessert afterglow. Larry and Jackie Kraft The Kraft's legacy began with Larry's par ents, Mignon and Eugene Kraft, whose $1 million donation i n 1999 jumpstarted the campaign to construct the current Farmington Hills HMC campus. T he Krafts live in Bloomfield Hills. Dinner chairs are Barbara and Irvin Kap py and Richard Stoler, with Viola and Garry Kappy as honorary chairs. Registration is required. For details, call (248) 536-9605, visit www.holocaustcenter.org or email development@holocaustcenter.org. * TIKKUN OLAM TEENS Ten teens nationwide could earn $36,000 each from the Helen TIKKUN Diller Family Foundation in California for exceptional lead- OLAM ership and impact in volunteer AWARDS projects that make the world a better place. Teens may be nominated for the Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards by anyone who knows the value of their project — except a family member— or teens can self-nominate. Go to www. dillerteenawards.org. For details, email dillerteenawards@sfjcf.org or call (415) 512-6432. MADAME PROSECUTOR National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Detroit Section will host longtime Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy at its Fall Focus meeting, 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield. Worthy is helping resolve Prosecutor the backlog of 11,000 unprocessed rape Kym Worthy kits in the city of Detroit. The cost of the event is $10 for NCJW members; $15 non-members; free for students. To RSVP, call (248) 355-3300, ext. 0, mail check payable to NCJW/Greater Detroit, 26400 Lahser, Suite 306, Southfield, MI 48033, or pay online at www.ncjwgds.org * JOKE WITH THE POPE CONTEST Rabbi Bob Alper 18 October 22 2015 Rabbi Bob Alper, a retired Reform rabbi and stand-up comic from Vermont won the "Joke With the Pope" contest by hav- ing his joke selected from more than 4,000 submitted during Pope Francis' recent U.S. visit. Alper earned the title "Honorary Comedic Advisor" to the pope from a Catholic organization that sponsored the contest. The New York Jewish Week reported that Alper was "kind of shocked and delighted:' His joke pokes fun at himself. "The joke is one of the best I've ever written:' Alper told newspaper. "It's reality. It's something with which people can iden- tify. It exemplifies the pope's values, which are family, humor, warmth:' The joke: "I've been married for 46 years, and my wife and I are on the same wavelength. At the same time that I got a hearing aid, she stopped mumbling:' only official prize: Two tickets to the Tonight Show, whose host, Jimmy Fallon, also entered a joke. * CREATIVE STUDENTS WANTED U.S. students in grades 9-12 can enter the Ringling College Creative Awards. The 2016 competition is based around developing a con- cept for a theme park attraction or museum exhibition based on a movie, book, song or original idea. Students may submit either a creative entry, which comprises an illustration or digital media entry (photo, video, digital drawing, etc.) supported by a 50- to 100-word written description; or a written entry, which entails a written essay, poem, haiku, song lyrics or other entry of up to 500 words. The entry deadline is Nov. 24, and winners will be announced on Feb. 1, 2016. Prizes include all-expense paid trips to Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota and to Universal Orlando Resort for the top entry in each of the two contest categories from the grade 9-12 range. Contest rules are available at www.ringlingcreativeawards.info. *