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THURSDAY, OCT.18

U-M FRANKEL CENTER LECTURE
1-2:30 pm, Oct. 18. University of
Michigan’s Frankel Center for Judaic
Studies hosts Allison Schachter of
Vanderbilt University. She will present
“Madame Bovary in the Jewish
Provinces: Fradel Shtok’s Modernist
Yiddish Prose Lecture.” At Frankel
Center, 2111 S. Thayer Building,
202 S. Thayer, Ann Arbor. Free. Info:
judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-
9041.

BOOK LOVERS MEET
10 am-noon, Oct. 18. NCJW Michigan
Book Club will meet with facilitator Dr.
Tara Hayes. Selection: Pachinko by Min
Jin Lee. Group meets at 26400 Lahser,
Suite 306, Southfield. Cost: $130 for
members; $140 for non-members for
six meetings. Register at NCJWMI.org or
call 248-355-3300, ext. 0.

DAY TRIP RSVPS DUE
This is the deadline for two daytrips
planned by the Jewish Community
Center. Cirque de la Symphonie
will be at the DSO at the 10:45 am
performance on Nov. 2. Member: $82;
nonmember $92, which includes coffee
and donuts, bus. RSVP to Marilyn Wolfe,
248-432-5471 or mwolfe@jccdet.
org. Barber of Seville, 11 am, Nov. 8
at Detroit Opera House (final dress
rehearsal). Bus departure from Fox Run,
West Bloomfield, Oak Park. Info: Marilyn
Wolfe.

RUMMAGE SALE
5-8 pm, Oct. 18. The Birmingham
Temple sale will continue Oct. 19, 9
am-4 pm, and Oct. 20, 9 am-noon
(Bag Sale). At 28611 W. 12 Mile Road,
Farmington Hills. All donations are tax
deductible. Household items, clothing,
books, CDs, DVDs, toys, electronics,
linens, small furniture, jewelry, holiday
decor and nicer items in the boutique.

FRIDAY, OCT. 19

MOCK TRIAL
1-3 pm, Oct. 19. “The Second
Amendment on Trial” is a Harry Cook
Social Justice Series program of
the Society of Active Retirees. The
audience will act as the jury and vote
at the conclusion of a lively debate
on the right to bear arms. At Adat
Shalom Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt,

Farmington Hills. Free. Info: 248-626-
0296.

SCHOLARLY WEEKEND
6 pm, Oct. 19. Congregational children
and teachers provide special weekend,
starting with Friday night services
and dinner and a learning session
at Congregation B’nai Israel in West
Bloomfield. Saturday 9 am services
followed by kiddush lunch; 8 pm.
Havdalah program at home of Rabbi
Parker. Sunday, 8:30 am services
followed by breakfast and learning
session. For Friday dinner, RSVP 248-
432-2729.

SUNDAY, OCT. 20

WINDSOR JEWISH REUNION
7:30 pm, Oct. 20. Event sponsors
may come at 6:30. Family, friendship
and nostalgia are keys to enjoying the
Windsor Jewish Community Reunion,
open to anyone with a tie to Windsor.
Features include hors d’oeuvres,
gourmet dairy dinner, cash bar and
music. Age 19 and up. Wear Saturday
night casual attire. At Windsor JCC,
1641 Ouellette, Windsor, Canada. $75,
or $100 including brunch at 10 am.

SOULFUL YOGA
10 am, Oct. 20. Join Rabbi Rachel Shere
and yoga instructor Mindy Eisenberg
for Soulful Yoga. Connect body and
soul as we apply the wisdom of Torah
to the gentle practice of yoga. No yoga
experience is necessary. At Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington Hills. No
charge. Dress comfortably; bring a mat
if you have one. Info: 248-851-5100.

SOCIAL ACTION
6 pm, Oct. 20. Sisterhood and Social
Action Committee of Temple Emanu-
El will host Havdalah, followed by a
discussion of issues appearing on the
November 2018 ballot: Redistricting,
Expand Voting Access, Recreational
Marijuana.

JUDGE TO SPEAK
9 am, Oct. 20. As part of National
Refugee Shabbat, Cong. B’nai Moshe
in West Bloomfield will host Federal
District Judge Avern Cohn at Sabbath
morning services. He will address
immigration, asylum and refugee issues.
The event is sponsored by the national
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and B’nai
Moshe’s Social Action Team.

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Lynne
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Arts & Life Editor

OCT. 26-27: BULLYING IS NO JOKE

It’s Bullying Prevention Month and Defeat the Label (co-founded by Jeff Sakwa and
Kevin Goldman) hosts its third-annual Community Conversation on Bullying (Oct.
26: $25) with keynote speakers Judge Vicky Valentine and director of the Michigan
Department of Civil Rights, Dr. Agustin V. Arbulu, at Oakland Schools in Waterford. The
next day, the organization’s annual Bullying is No Joke event — an evening of com-
edy in support of anti-bullying, hosted by Saturday Night Live regular and recent Emmy
host Colin Jost, in conjunction with Funny or Die. $49.50 and up. Flagstar Strand
Theatre for the Performing Arts, Pontiac. Defeatthelabel.com.

OCT. 21:

FATHER PATRICK DESBOIS

Father Patrick Desbois is a Catholic priest,
author, university professor, historian, foren-
sic detective and human-rights activist. He
has also dedicated his life to investigating
the mass murder of Jews and fighting
anti-Semitism. He founded Yahad-in-Unum,
a French organization that seeks to give
voice to the Holocaust by Bullets, the
murder of 1.5 million Jews in the Ukraine
during World War II. His book, In Broad
Daylight: The Secret Procedures Behind
the Holocaust by Bullets, documents how
the mass killings followed a template
duplicated from place to place. Hear Father
Desbois speak at the Detroit Film Theater,
opening the 67th Annual Jewish Book Fair
(book fair dates continue Nov. 3-14). Free
admission; registration required. Dia.org.

OCT. 27:

RICHARD RODGERS
REIMAGINED

Singer, guitarist, composer and actor
Kyle Riabko has reinterpreted beloved
classics by Broadway composer Richard
Rodgers into contemporary pop and rock
style and compiled them on his album
Richard Rodgers Reimagined, which
he’s bringing to the Berman Center for
Performing Arts at the West Bloomfield
JCC. Rodgers’ award-winning com-
positions, written with lyricists Lorenz
Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II, include
Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music. $43-
$50. Theberman.org.

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