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FRIDAY, APRIL 26
PJS & STORIES
10 am, April 26. Rabbi Aaron Bergman 
will be the guest reader with Pesach 
stories for young children. The event 
will include a holiday craft and a snack. 
Children may come in their PJs. The 
community is welcome. Those who plan to 
attend should contact Adat Shalom Jewish 
Family Educator Debi Banooni, dbanooni@
adatshalom.org or 248-626-2153.

SATURDAY, APRIL 27

POST-PESACH PARTY
6:30 pm, April 27. Temple Emanu-
El’
s Brotherhood will host a Post Pasta 
Passover Party & Havdalah. Cost: $5 
individual; $13 family; late registration 
$9 per person. RSVP: TempleFamily@
emanuel-mich.org or 248-967-4020.

SUNDAY, APRIL 28
MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS
9:30 am, April 28. Adults are invited to 
join Rabbi Aaron Bergman at Adat Shalom 
Synagogue. The class is designed to help 
individuals find their internal spirituality 
and realize that Judaism can make them 
happier. Free and open to the community. 
Info: call 248-851-5100.

READ WITH THE RABBI
10 am, April 28. Rabbi Aaron Starr will 
discuss Deborah E. Lipstadt’
s book Anti-
Semitism Here and Now. Free and open 
to the community. At Shaarey Zedek in 
Southfield. RSVP: Elise at egechter@
shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.

BAGELS & BASICS
10:30 am, April 28. At Temple Kol Ami. 
“Asylum Seekers, the Law and a Jewish 
Response” is a panel discussion with 
Rachel Goldberg, Wendy Lawrence, Ruby 
Robinson and Rabbi Gutmann followed by 
a Q&A. Bagels and coffee will be served. 
RSVP: cspektor@tkolami.org or 248-661-
0400.

TEEN TALK
11 am, April 28. At Shaarey Zedek, 
27375 Bell Road, Southfield. “Drugs, 
Alcohol and Tattoos: What’
s the Jewish 
Perspective?” with Rabbi Aaron Starr. For 
students in grades 8-12. Refreshments 
served. No charge. RSVP to rabbistarr@
shaareyzedek.org or 248-357-5544. 

SOOTHING SUNDAY
1-2:30 pm, April 28. At JFS, 6555 W. 
Maple in West Bloomfield. Learn about 
mental health and the services that JFS 

provides; create cards and notes with 
encouraging words and homemade 
stress-relieving kits to present to teen 
clients. Info: Erin Thackray, 248-880-
3787 or elederman@jfsdetroit.org.

JARC’
S 50TH BIRTHDAY BASH
2- 4 pm, April 28. At Franklin Athletic 
Club. A carnival of fun with activities 
provided by Star Trax. Music, dancing, 
balloon animals, treats, games and 
more will be provided. Admission is $10 
per person or $25 per family. Info: 248-
538-6611 or jennykabert@jarc.org. 

CONCERT SPECIAL
3 pm, April 28. At Max M. & Marjorie S. 
Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward, 
Detroit. Shostakovitch’
s 13th Symphony 
paired with selections from Charles 
Davidson’
s I Never Saw a Butterfly, based 
on poems by children who perished in 
the Holocaust. Tickets are $18 available 
at dso.org. The preview lecture is at 2, 
followed by the concert at 3. Limited 
transportation is available leaving from the 
JCC and the Prentis Apartments in Oak 
Park. Tickets for survivors are $5, which 
includes transportation. For transportation, 
RSVP to Marilyn Wolfe at 248-432-5471 or 
mwolfe@jccdet.org.

MONDAY, APRIL 29
BLOOD DRIVE
2-8 pm, April 29. At Temple Kol Ami. 
David Henig Memorial Blood Drive. 
Appointments can be made through the 
American Red Cross at redcrossblood.
org, sponsor code: tka13.

SAJE PROGRAM
7 pm, April 29. At JCC in West 
Bloomfield. Documentary: How Hitler 
Was Made. Free. Light refreshments will 
be served.

YOM HASHOAH FILM
7:30 pm, April 29. At the Michigan 
Theater in Ann Arbor. The new 
documentary Who Will Write Our History 
will have a community screening. A 
panel discussion will follow. No charge.

TUESDAY, APRIL 30
JEWISH ARCHITECTURE
7-8:30 pm, April 30. Also on May 7,14, 
21. Join Michael Hodges, fine arts writer 
for the Detroit News and author of 
Building the Modern World: Albert Kahn 
in Detroit. Tuition: $75. Co-sponsored 
by the Jewish Historical Society of 
Michigan and the JCC’
s SAJE (Seminars 

BEETHOVEN’
S 9TH

Join the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and the University of Michigan’
s University 
Musical Society Choral Union at 8 p.m. in Ann Arbor’
s Hill Auditorium for a season finale 
performance of Beethoven’
s monumental Symphony No. 9. The A²SO will be joined by 
four critically acclaimed vocal soloists for the Beethoven: soprano Jacqueline Echols, 
mezzo-soprano Freda Herseth, tenor Scott Piper and bass-baritone Stephen West. 
The orchestra will also perform Shostakovich’
s playful and succinct Symphony No. 9. 
Guest conductor Timothy Muffitt joins the A²SO for this performance. A pre-concert talk 
open to all ticket holders begins at 7 p.m. More information is available at a2so.com/
beethoven9 or by calling (734) 994-4801. Tickets are $20-$72.

APRIL 27-28
THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE
All aboard! Thomas the Tank Engine invites 
little engineers to go full steam ahead for a 
day of engaging activities and fun adven-
tures at Day Out With Thomas: The Steam 
Team Tour 2019. Children are invited to 
spend a day with their friend Thomas when 
the No. 1 Engine pulls into Greenfield Village 
on April 27-28, from 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 
This fun-filled event offers children and their 
families the opportunity to take a ride with 
Thomas the Tank Engine. In addition, they 
will meet Sir Topham Hatt, Controller of the 
Railway, and enjoy a day of Thomas-themed activities including toy play, photo ops and 
more. Tickets are available by calling 866-468-7630 or by visiting dayoutwiththomas.
com. Tickets are $11.75 plus tax for members of The Henry Ford and $32.75- $39.75 
for non-members.

APRIL 28
ART EXHIBIT
Sholem Aleichem Institute 
presents the work of artist/
calligrapher Eleanor Winters, 
2 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at the 
Jewish Community Center in 
West Bloomfield in an exhibit 
titled “To the Memory of the 
Deported Children.” Winters’
 
series of calligraphic paintings 
was inspired by the hundreds of memorial plaques installed in Paris in memory of 
nearly 7,000 Jewish children who were deported and murdered during the Holocaust. 
Using the words from the plaques, she has created moving and evocative works of art 
that have been shown on both sides of the Atlantic. Winters will discuss the evolution of 
the project and present a power-point slide show of many of her paintings. No charge 
to attend.

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