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thursday, may 25
CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
7 pm, May 25. Chamber Music
Society presents the Aeolus
Quartet. Program includes com-
positions by Schubert, Barber
and Schumann. At Community
House, 380 S. Bates, Birmingham.
$35 adult/$10 student. RSVP:
CMSDetroit.org or 248-855-6070.
editor's
picks
holiday-appropriate crafts and
snacks. At Adat Shalom Synagogue,
Farmington Hills. Free. Info: 248-
851-5100.
JUNE 1-11:
Cinetopia
SHAVUOT AT EMANU-EL
10:30 am, May 31. Shavuot morn-
ing service with Yizkor. At Temple
Emanu-El, Oak Park. Info:
248-967-4020.
thursday, june 1
MODERN HEBREW
Register now. Students entering
grades 9-12, with a GPA of 2.5 or
higher, may earn dual-enrollment
credit through the Modern Hebrew
Program offered in collaboration
with Eastern Michigan University.
Meets 5-6:30 pm, starting Sept.
10. At Adat Shalom Synagogue,
Farmington Hills. Details from
Dr. Melissa Ser, director of
education: 248-626-2153.
Three U.S. premieres (including the racing documentary McLaren) and 24 Michigan premieres (The
Hero, starring Sam Elliott, Nick Offerman and Laura Prepon, whose father was Jewish) are among the
films to be screened at this year’s Cinetopia Film Festival. Also included: Fanny’s Journey (shown),
based on the autobiographical novel by Fanny Ben-Ami about a young Jewish French girl escaping the
Nazis in Italy; 18 finalists from its Detroit Voices competition; and the Arab Film Festival. Metro Detroit
and Ann Arbor. $9-$150. Cinetopiafestival.org.
NIGHTTIME LEARNING
7 pm-midnight, May 30. Minha
will begin Tikun Leil Shavuot. Also:
Prof. Howard Lupovitch, 7:30;
Rabbi Steven Rubinstein, 8:45;
Ma’ariv, 10; and reading stories. At
Cong. Beth Ahm, West Bloomfield.
Come for any portion of the evening,
which includes snacks. Info:
ravsteven@cbahm.org or
248-851-6880.
friday, june 2
JUNE 2: NEIL DIAMOND
“My parents are Jewish, my aunts and uncles, my grandparents, so
many kids that I grew up with in Brooklyn, so it’s a part of me,”
Neil Diamond told the JN during his last visit to town. “I am 100-
percent Jewish, I love being Jewish and I intend to remain Jewish.
It’s a part of my life; it’s a part of who I am.” The Grammy Award-
winning singer/songwriter — who has sold more than 125 million
albums during his career — returns with his 50 Year Anniversary
World Tour. $49.50-$150. The Palace of Auburn Hills. Palacenet.com.
tuesday, may 30
EREV SHAVUOT
7 pm, May 30. Service ushers in
the holiday. Originally a harvest
festival, Shavuot now commemo-
rates the giving of the Torah by God
to the Jewish people on Mt. Sinai.
At Temple Emanu-El, Oak Park.
Info: 248-967-4020.
MEADOW BOOK MUSICAL
Continuing June 1-June 18.
Current season concludes with
Why Do Fools Fall in Love? Show
features music from the 1960s. At
Meadow Brook Theater, Oakland
University, 207 Wilson Hall,
Rochester. Info: www.mbtheatre.
com or 248-377-3300.
Lynne
Konstantin
Arts & Life Editor
JUNE 4: HOME TOUR
Get an insiders’ tour of five gorgeous homes
in historic Huntington Woods. The 25th-annual
Huntington Woods Home Tour, sponsored
by the Huntington Woods Women’s League,
exhibits the diverse architecture and design —
historic and eclectic to elegant and modern —
tucked into this corner of Metro Detroit. Tour
begins at the Huntington Woods Library. $20/
advance; $25 day of. Hwwl.org.
AMBASSADOR SPEAKS
7:30 pm, May 30. “50 Years After
the Six-Day War: Where Are We
in the Middle East?” Rabbi Irwin
Groner Memorial Lecture Series
presents Ambassador Dennis Ross,
William Davidson Distinguished
PHOTO BY SHANNON HARTHEN
monday, may 29
Fellow and counselor at the
Washington Center for Public Policy.
Free. At Cong. Shaarey Zedek,
Southfield. Info: 248-357-5544.
wednesday, may 31
THEATER IN CANADA
Through Oct. 29. Stratford Festival
17 offers a variety of classic and
contemporary plays and musicals
at the Festival, Avon, Studio and
Tom Patterson theaters. Lodging
is available at inns, hotels and
bed-and-breakfasts in the charm-
ing town of Stratford, Ontario. Info:
stratfordfestival.ca or
800-567-1600.
STAY & PLAY
10 am-noon, June 2, 9 & 16.
An opportunity for parents and
children to have fun together and
socialize with others. At Temple Kol
Ami, West Bloomfield. RSVP: Faith,
fbrasch@tkolami.org or
248-661-0040.
‘SHAVUOT PJS & STORIES’
10 am, May 31. Rabbi Aaron
Bergman is scheduled guest
reader at program for families
with preschoolers. They can enjoy
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6800 Drake Road
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(248) 788-0600
www.bnaimoshe.org
DAILY SERVICES
Monday – Friday Morning 7 a.m.
Sunday Morning 9 a.m.
Complimentary Breakfast Served Daily
Sunday Evening 5:00 p.m.
Monday – Thursday 6:00 p.m.
SHABBAT SERVICES
Friday Evenings Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat and Ma’ariv 6 p.m.
Saturday Morning 9 a.m.
Babysitting 9:15-11:45 a.m.
Saturday Afternoon, May 27 th 8:45 p.m.
Saturday Afternoons, June 3 rd & June 10 th 9 p.m.
MINI MINYAN
2nd Shabbat of Each Month 10-10:30 a.m.
Children ages birth to pre-K with a family member
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