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Much To Do!
THURSDAY, MARCH 24
ALZHEIMER’S UPDATE
6 pm, March 24. The Dorothy and Peter Brown
Adult Day Program presents Dr. Peter Lichtenberg,
director of the Institute of Gerontology, on the
latest in Alzheimer's research and treatment. Hors
d'oeuvres at 5 pm. RSVP: 248-661-6390.
Brodnick and Eden Dranger. The women will share
their experiences with having preventative double
mastectomies. The Jewish Federation’s Maimonides
Society sponsors. At Berman Center at West
Bloomfield JCC. Free; includes dessert reception. RSVP:
Margie, davis@jfmd.org or 248-205-2551.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30
SUNDAY, MARCH 27
PANEL ON BDS MOVEMENT
Noon-2 pm, March 27. Cong. Shaarey Zedek
Sisterhood presents a free panel discussion on
“Separating Fact from Fiction: Boycott, Divestment
and Sanctions (BDS)” at the Berman Center for Jewish
Education at the Southfield synagogue. Keynoter
will be Prof. Yael Aronoff of MSU. Panelists will be
Allan Gale of the Jewish Community Relations
Council (JCRC); Tilly Shames of U-M Hillel; Becca
Levin, former Hillel Israel cohort chair; Peggy Shapiro
of StandWithUs; and Andrew Moss, StandWithUs
Michigan campus liaison. Meet, greet and nosh before
program. RSVP by March 25: (248) 357-5544 or
sisterhood@shaareyzedek.org.
MONDAY, MARCH 28
LUNCH & LEARN
11:45 am-1 pm, March 28. Continues at same time
on April 4. Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz presents “Trials
That Shaped the State of Israel.” At Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington Hills. Free. Bring dairy or
parve lunch. RSVP by March 24 or March 31 for Part 2:
248-851-5100.
MOSES MENDELSSOHN
9 am-5:30 pm, March 28. Frankel Center for
Judaic Studies at University of Michigan concludes
its symposium “Secular among the Nations.” Prof.
Shmuel Feiner of Bar-Ilan University in Israel presents
keynote address on his book The Origins of Jewish
Secularization in Eighteenth-Century Europe and Moses
Mendelssohn: Sage of Modernity. At U-M, Rackham
Assembly Hall, 915 E. Washington, Ann Arbor. Free.
Information: judaicstudies@umich.edujudaicstudies@
umich.edu or 734-763-9047.
SOCIAL JUSTICE BOOK GROUP
7-9 pm, March 28. Rabbi Rachel Shere leads monthly
Social Justice Book Group. Oakland University Prof.
Tara Hayes will facilitate discussion about book set
during the Detroit riots, Grand River and Joy, by Susan
Messer. At Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington
Hills. Free. Future dates for the series are April 25, May
23, June 27, July 25 and Aug. 22. Information/mailing
list: Patti, pkaaron@gmail.com or office, 248-851-5100.
TUESDAY, MARCH 29
JAZZ AT THE J
2 pm, March 29. Concert features singer Shahida
Nurulla and jazz pianist Cliff Monear. At the Berman
Center at West Bloomfield JCC. $7, or $5 in advance.
Tickets: theberman.org or 248-661-1900.
BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS
7:30 pm, March 29. “These Genes Don’t Fit: The BRCA
Power/Prevention Tour” with comedian-writers Caitlin
BOOK SORTING
10 am-2 pm, March 30. Continues at same time
through April. Volunteers will sort through used
media donations to the spring Bookstock sale in
Livonia. At West Bloomfield JCC. Hadassah House will
accept donations through April 27 at 5030 Orchard
Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Information: Hadassah,
248-683-5030.
MOVIE MATINEE
2 pm, March 30. Joel Marwil hosts the film Above and
Beyond. At West Bloomfield JCC. Free. Information:
Rosa, 248-432-5467.
PICKLE TORAH
6-8 pm, March 30. “How Does the Torah ‘Pickle’ Us?”
is last of three “learn-shops” seeking to bring fermen-
tation and Torah together. Participants tonight will
“examine Torah as a two-way relationship, in which
both of us are changed.” At Isaac Agree Downtown
Synagogue in Detroit. $20, or $15 in advance. Info:
www.shtetlkettle.com/pickle-torah or Arlene, ajfrank@
downtownsynaogogue.com and 313-962-4047.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 31
‘THE OTHER DAVID’
12:15-1:45 pm, March 31. Eva Mroczek, a Fellow
at Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, will present a
free public Institute Colloquium: “The Other David:
Between the Tanach and the Palmach.” At U-M, Thayer
Building, 202 S. Thayer St., Room 2022, Ann Arbor.
Information: judaicstudies@umich.edujudaicstudies@
umich.edu or 734-763-9047.
ART+SCIENCE LECTURE
6-8 pm, March 31. Public lecture co-hosted by A.
Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute and
Cranbrook Academy of Art, previews “An Evening of
Art+Science.” Moderated by museum director Joseph
Rosa, artist Allie McGhee and Taubman founding
scholar Dr. Valerie Opipari will discuss and give a
behind-the-scenes glimpse of the collaboration that
produced the artwork. At U-M Museum of Art, 525
S. State St., Ann Arbor. Free. Information: Shoshanna,
sfischho@umich.edu or 517-420-1488.
JEWELRY ART IN HISTORY
7:30-8:30 pm, March 31. Birmingham jeweler
Richard Grinstein explores the art of jewelry through-
out history, with a particular emphasis on the Arts
& Crafts Movement. At Birmingham-Bloomfield Art
Center. 1516 S. Cranbrook. $10. RSVP: 644-0866.
FRIDAY, APRIL 1
ZOO TALK AT IRP
10:45 am. Dr Stephanie Allard, director of animal
welfare, Detroit Zoological Society, will present
“Detroit Zoo: Then and Now” at the JCC in West
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