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MONDAY, JULY 23
TALK IN YIDDISH
2 pm, July 23. Naomi Pinchuk
leads the Charles & Frances Driker
Yiddish Conversation Club. At the
JCC, Room 204, West Bloomfield.
$2. Info: theactivelife@jccdet.org or
Rosa, 248-432-5467.
JEWS FROM HISTORY
7:30 pm, July 24. “Sarah
Schenirer and the Revolution in
Jewish Education.” Title of the next
self-contained lecture in a series,
“Jewish Mount Rushmore: Four
Figures Who Changed the Course
of Jewish History.” The presenter
is Prof. Howard Lupovitch, direc-
tor of Cohn-Haddow Center for
Judaic Studies at Wayne State
University. At Cong. Beth Ahm,
West Bloomfield. $15, or free for
Beth Ahm member. RSVP: ablau@
cbahm.org or 248-851-6880.
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TUESDAY, JULY 24
LUNCH & LEARN
11:30 am, July 24. David Contorer
of Hebrew Free Loan will talk
about the Jewish agency that
“provides loans and promises
dignity.” At Davidson Hadassah
House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road,
West Bloomfield. $10; includes
lunch. RSVP with check payable
to Hadassah. Limited space; call
office before sending or dropping
off check: 248-683-5030.
TALK IN YIDDISH
1 pm, July 24. Naomi Pinchuk
leads the Charles & Frances Driker
Yiddish Conversation Club. At the
Prentis JSL Apartments, 15100 W.
10 Mile, Oak Park. Info:
theactivelife@jccdet.org or Rosa,
248-432-5467.
AARP SMART DRIVER
1-2:30 pm, July 24. Workshop
focuses on vehicle safety features.
At the JCC, West Bloomfield. $5.
RSVP: Rosa, 248-432-5467.
BOOK CLUB
Noon, July 24. Olga Semenova
leads discussion of Daring Greatly
by Brene Brown. At Jewish Family
Service, 6555 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. $10 advance deposit
is required on the book but will be
returned at program. RSVP: Megan,
mpudlik@jfsdetroit.org or 248-
592-2269.
Lynne
Konstantin
Arts & Life Editor
WEDNESDAY,
JULY 25
JULY 31-AUG. 5: TC FILM FEST
BACKPACK PROJECT
10 am, July 25 & 26. Volunteers
are needed on July 25 to set up
items for assembly and on July
26 to pack 1,500 backpacks.
Local children will receive them
to take to school. National Council
of Jewish Women/Michigan spon-
sors in cooperation with Oakland
Schools Homeless Student
Education Program and Jewish
Family Service. Student helpers
can receive community service
credit. No registration is required.
At NCJW/MI office, 26400 Lahser,
Southfield. Info: 248-355-3300,
ext. 0.
If you’re in or around Traverse City, check out the lineup for this year’s annual Traverse City Film
Festival. Founded by Michael Moore, and with a board including Larry Charles and Michigan-native
Jeff Daniels, the festival is committed to showing “just great movies,” including classics shown on
the waterfront on a giant inflatable screen. Among the screenings of 200-plus films, events, music,
food and parties will be the presentation of a Lifetime Achievement Award to Jane Fonda, along with
a screening of her powerful 1977 film Julia. Starring across Vanessa Redgrave in the title role, Fonda
plays writer Lillian Hellman, who is recruited to smuggle funds into Germany to aid the anti-Nazi
movement. Directed by Vienna-born Fred Zinneman, whose parents were killed in the Holocaust.
Traversecityfilmfest.org.
JULY 21: ALLURIUM FESTIVAL
Classically trained violinist Jordan Allen Broder launched
Nuclassica as a way to “bring together a lot of really amazing
talent to fuse classical, pop and electronic styles while
playing up the visual aspect of a show,” he says. Broder and
Nuclassica join singer/songwriters Ali McManus & Tom Butwin,
jazz saxophonist Kasan Belgrave and electro-pop violinist Leia
Rose for Allurium 2018, a nonprofit music festival dedicated
to showcasing diverse, emerging talent. $10-$75. Cranbrook’s
Greek Theatre, Bloomfield Hills. Alluriumfestival.ocom.
SAJE ADULT LEARNING
10-11:30 am, July 25. “Judaisms of
the 21st Century.” Dr. Mitch Parker,
rabbi of B’nai Israel Synagogue in
West Bloomfield, will discuss what
Judaism means to young adults and
the outreach efforts that finds some
shunning traditional religious orga-
nizations for less conventional prac-
tices. At the JCC, West Bloomfield.
$10. RSVP: 248-432-5459.
JULY 24-26: SUMMER SERENADE
Experience three outdoor concerts at three different venues
during Michigan Opera Theatre’s Summer Serenade, with art-
ists including Clodagh Earls, Olivia Johnson, Sasha Noori and
more: July 24 at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial’s Summerfest
at the War Memorial; July 25 at the Detroit Zoo’s Wild Summer
Nights; and July 26 at Grand Circus Park’s Summer in the
Park. Michiganopera.org.
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