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tours: “Nova Scotia: A Taste of
the Maritimes,” July 18-26, and “South
Dakota’s National Parks,” Aug. 17-25. Info:
Marilyn, mwolfe@jccdet.org or 248-432-5471.
tuesday, april 24
SELF-IMPROVEMENT BOOK CLUB
Noon, April 24. Olga Semenova leads dis-
cussion of A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. At
Jewish Family Service, 6555 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. $10 advance deposit required on
book but will be returned at program. RSVP:
Megan, mpudlik@jfsdetroit.org or 248-592-
2269.
‘GUNS: ARTISTS RESPOND’
1-5 pm, through May 25. Through various
media, artists express their outrage, sadness
and concern about guns and the death and
destruction they produce. At Swords into
Plowshares Peace Center & Gallery, 33 E.
Adams at Woodward, Detroit. Info: 313-963-
7575 or swordsintoplowsharesdetroit.org.
AN ISRAELI LOVE STORY
5 pm, April 24. Ameinu Detroit and Temple
Israel Sisterhood co-sponsor film based
on a true love story. At the JCC’s Berman
Center, West Bloomfield. $13, or $11 JCC
member. Advance RSVP: theberman.org. Info:
detroitjewishfilmfestival.com or 248-661-
1900.
TOXIC MASCULINITY
5-7 pm, April 24. “Understanding Toxic
Masculinity.” Discussion of traditional male
gender roles that restrict the emotions
allowable for boys and men to express.
Speaker is Averett Robey, prevention educa-
tion specialist at HAVEN. At Jewish Family
Service, 6555 W. Maple, West Bloomfield.
Free; includes snacks. RSVP: Linda, lklein@
jfsdetroit.org or 248-592-2328.
wednesday, april 25
QUESTIONING EVERYTHING
11 am-12:30 pm, April 25. Rabbi Levi
Dubov, director of Chabad Jewish Center
of Bloomfield Hills, teaches first session of
“What Is? Rethinking Everything We Know
About the Universe.” Rohr Jewish Learning
Institute course continues for five more
weeks. At Jewish Family Service, 6555
W. Maple, West Bloomfield. First class is
free, then $80 for course, with 15 percent
couple’s discount; includes textbook. RSVP:
myjli.com. Info: rabbi@bloomfieldhillschabad.
org or 248-949-6210.
DROP IN & LEARN
1-2:30 pm, April 25. “Kabbalah — What’s
Next for Jewish Spirituality?”/ “Spiritual but
not Religious?” and “Why Should We Learn
Torah?” with Rav Shmuly Yanklowitz and
guests at Valley Beit Midrash. At Cong. Beth
Ahm, West Bloomfield. Free. Info:
nancyellen879@att.net or 248-737-1931.
HOUSING DISCRIMINATION
7-8:30 pm, April 25. A conversation and
exhibition on housing discrimination in
Detroit. The conversation is with activist/
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labor leader Marsha Music, whose roots are
in Detroit and Highland Park, and fourth-
generation Detroiter Prof. Howard Lupovitch,
director of Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic
Studies at Wayne State University. At Isaac
Agree Downtown Synagogue, Detroit. Free.
Info: 313-962-4047.
APRIL 28
SOCIAL JUSTICE &
MARX BROS
7 pm, April 28. “Duck Soup: How
the Marx Brothers Brought Issues
of Social Justice to the Big Screen
and Made Us Laugh.” Fourth
speaker in the “Repair the World”-
themed Spring Festival is Elliot
Wilhelm, curator of film at Detroit
Institute of Arts and adjunct pro-
fessor at Wayne State University.
At Temple Emanu-El, Oak Park.
Sponsored by Beatrice and Louis
Weinstein Adult Education Fund,
this special event is for Festival
sponsors and patrons only. RSVP:
templefamily@emanuel-mich.org
or 248-967-4020.
thursday, april 26
BOOKSTOCK FINAL DAYS
Various times, April 26, 27 & 29. Proceeds
from the Bookstock used book and media
sale will benefit community literacy projects.
Remaining designated days are: JCC Book
Fair, April 26; Hillel PTO and Friends of Jane
Steinger, April 27; Farber Hebrew Day School
and ORT, April 29. At Laurel Park Place,
37700 W. Six Mile, Livonia. Info:
bookstockmi.org or 248-645-7840, ext. 365.
ESTHER’S STORY, REVISITED
10 am, April 26. “We’re Not in Shushan
Anymore: How the Rabbis Rewrote the Story
of Esther.” First in a three-part Thursday
course, through May 10. Rabbi Rob Dobrusin
will look at ways in which the rabbis trans-
formed the Book of Esther. Presentation of
FedEd, the adult Jewish learning series. At
Jewish Federation Building, 6735 Telegraph,
Bloomfield Twp. $36. RSVP: feded.online or
248-205-2557.
THEATER FUNDRAISER
10:30 am, April 26. Meadow Brook Theatre
Guild presents 37th annual “Luncheon on
the Aisle.” Includes luncheon, raffles and a
working rehearsal of the musical All Night
Strut. At Oakland University, 207 Wilson Hall,
Rochester. $35/$30 senior or group of eight
or more/$100 benefactor. RSVP: 248-370-
3300, or 3316 for group sale.
APRIL 29
SPRING INTO ACTION
1-2:30 pm, April 29. B’nai
mitzvah students and fami-
lies will create planter boxes
and do other “fun projects”
to help spruce up the
homes of older adult clients
of Jewish Family Service.
RSVP: Michael,
mkelmenson@jfsdetroit.org
or 248-592-2264.
YOUTH THEATER
7 pm, April 26 & 27. Also: 1 & 6 pm, April 28
& 29. Farmington Hills Youth Theatre presents
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast: The Broadway
BERMAN NIGHT OF LEARNING
Musical. At Costick Center, 28600 W. 11 Mile
7 pm, April 26. “Looking Back on Israel’s
at Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. $12, or $10
Wars.” Guest speakers are Uri Segal and
advance. RSVP: recreg.fh.gov.com. Info: 248-
Abraham Gontovnik. At Cong. Shaarey Zedek, 473-1856.
Southfield. Free. Info: 248-357-5544.
BEN-GURION EPILOGUE
7 pm, April 26. As Israel turns 70, head to
Temple Beth El to reflect on the Jewish
State, where it has come from and what is in
its future. Come view this documentary film
about one of Israel’s founders and greatest
leaders, and then stay for a discussion led
by Rabbi Mark Miller. Sponsored by the Dizik
Family Memorial Fund. Free and open to the
community. Info: Deborah Morosohk at 248-
851-1100 or dmorosohk@tbeonline.org.
friday, april 27
NESSEL ON EQUALITY FIGHT
7 pm, April 26. “Winning the Fight for Full
Equality” is topic for Dana Nessel, third
speaker in this year’s “Repair the World”-
themed Spring Festival series, through April
29. Nessel was the lead attorney in the
successful same-sex marriage case argued
before the U.S. Supreme Court. The temple’s
sisterhood co-sponsors an after-glow. At
Temple Emanu-El, Oak Park. $15, or $10
student. Free for series sponsors and patrons.
RSVP: templefamily@emanuel-mich.org or
248-967-4020.
CAR COLLECTION
10 am-5 pm, April 28. More than 150
vehicles from the Lingenfelter Collection will
be on display. At 7819 Lochlin, Brighton.
Donations will be accepted for American
Cancer Society. Info: cmorrisroe@comcast.
net or 248-782-7359.
INTO THE WOODS
8 pm, April 27. Thursday-Sunday schedule,
through May 19. Spring musical staged by
Farmington Players, a community theater
group. At the Barn Theater, 32332 W. 12 Mile,
Farmington Hills. $20-$22. Tickets:
farmingtonplayers.org or 248-553-2955.
saturday, april 28
INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY
All day, April 28. Non-chain bookstores
to hold literary parties; 11 am at Pages
Bookshop, 19560 Grand River, Detroit (313-
473-7342) and 10 am at Book Beat, 26010
Greenfield, Oak Park (248-968-1190).
BOOK SIGNING
2-4 pm, April 28. Alexa Randolph will sign
copies of her romantic novel, Love, Ella.
At Orchard Mall, 6337 Orchard Lake Road,
West Bloomfield. Info: Sari, 248-766-0945.
HAVDALAH FOR TOTS
5-6:30 pm, April 28. Program for babies
through 5-year-olds attending with a spe-
cial adult. Celebrate the end of Shabbat by
smelling the spices of Havdalah with Cong.
Shir Shalom rabbis and friends. Stay for
pizza and play, make a project and meet
new young families. At the Corners, 2075
Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Free,
but RSVP for a pizza count. RSVP: Melanie@
shirshalom.org or 248-406-4255. Info:
shirshalompreschool.com.
sunday, april 29
‘MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS’
9:30-10:30 am, April 29. Rabbi Aaron
Bergman leads class intended to help adults
find their internal spirituality and realize that
Judaism can make them happier. At Adat
Shalom Synagogue, Farmington Hills. Free.
Info: 248-851-5100.
ADULT ED AT CST
10:30 am, April 29. “Judaism 102 Class.”
Rabbi Aura Ahuvia investigates key issues
in prayer and provides a sneak peek at the
new edition of the Shir Tikvah siddur. At
Cong. Shir Tikvah, Troy. Free. Info: info@
shirtikvah.org or 248-649-4418, ext. 1.