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SATURDAY, AUG. 10
SOULFUL YOGA
10 am, Aug. 10. Join Rabbi Rachel Shere
and yoga instructor Nichole Ferguson for
Soulful Yoga at Adat Shalom. No yoga expe-
rience is necessary. Free and open to the.
Dress comfortably, and bring a mat if you
have one. Info: 248-851-5100.
TUESDAY, AUG. 13
SENIOR DREAM CRUISE
9:45 am, Aug. 13. Hosted by Jewish Senior
Life. Meet at Temple Israel and cruise
together. Pre-registration required: Libby
Lavine, llavine@jslmi.org or 248-592-5023.
Free event.
SIMPLY DANCE
11 am, Aug. 13. At the Jewish Community
Center in West Bloomfield. Led by Christine
Stewart. No partner needed. Cost: $7.
CAREGIVER SUPPORT
1:30-3:30 pm, Aug. 13. The Dorothy &
Peter Brown Adult Day Program holds free
monthly family caregiver support group
meetings. Respite care may be available
during the daytime meetings; if interested,
inquire when you RSVP. At JVS, 29699
Southfield Road, Southfield. Meeting for
family caregivers of older adults living
with dementia. For information or to RSVP,
contact Dorothy Moon 248-233-4392,
dmoon@jvsdet.org.
BRIDGING WORK & HOME
6-8 pm, Aug. 13. At the Detroit Institute of
Music Education Building, 1265 Griswold,
Detroit. Women’
s Philanthropy’
s Jewish
Working Women’
s Network will welcome
Jordana Strosberg, GM’
s Global Advanced
Technology & Mobility communications
manager, for a networking and Q & A
event. Guest moderator will be journalist
and 25-year veteran of Channel 7 News,
Cheryl Chodun. Light appetizers, wine and
soft drinks will be served. $36 per person;
valet parking included in event fee. Valet
with Star Trax at 119 State St. (two blocks
from the DIME building). Space is limited
to 50 people, register online: jewishdetroit.
org/event/jwwn-strosberg.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14
MOVIE MATINEE
1 pm, Aug. 14. At the Jewish Community
Center in West Bloomfield. Labryrinth of
Lies (2 hours). Free.
MINORITIES IN ISRAEL
1 pm, Aug. 14. What Justice Demands:
Minorities in Israel. Beth Ahm video- streams
a panel discussion moderated by Yehuda
Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman
Institute of North America, originally pre-
sented at the Shalom Hartman Institute in
Jerusalem. Free and open to the community;
no reservations required. At 5075 W. Maple
Road, West Bloomfield. Info: Nancy Kaplan,
248-737-1931 or nancyellen879@att.net.
TEL AVIV ON FIRE
Opening Aug. 9 at the Maple Theatre, is Tel Aviv on Fire, released by the Cohen Media
Group, formed by Charles S. Cohen in 2008. Tel Aviv on Fire, from writer-director Sameh
Zoabi (Family Albums, Under the Same Sun), premiered at the Venice Film Festival and
has received stellar reviews and reactions thus far. The film follows Salam, a charming
30-year-old Palestinian living in Jerusalem who works on a Palestinian popular soap
opera Tel Aviv on Fire, produced in Ramallah. Salam goes through this rather difficult
Israeli checkpoint every day and strikes up a relationship with the commander whose
wife is a big fan of the soap opera. The film is a clever, warm-hearted comedy with unique
insight into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. According to Jordan Mintzer at The Hollywood
Reporter: “Taking us behind the scenes of a cheesy soap opera whose head writer turns
out to be a humble loser with a knack for stealing ideas, the film smartly undercuts cliches
while bringing together Jews and Arabs in their common love for tear-jerking televised fluff
(as well as for the perfect hummus). Making its world premiere in Venice, this modest little
charmer presents a lighter side of the long and ongoing crisis.”
AUG. 9
COHEN MEDIA GROUP
AUG. 11 - SANTANA
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Carlos Santana
will bring his Supernatural Now tour to DTE Energy
Music Theatre on Sunday, Aug. 11 at 7 p.m. Santana,
although not Jewish, has strong ties to Judaism.
Renowned music promoter the late Bill Graham, who
was brought to the U.S. as an 11-year-old Jewish
refugee fleeing the Nazis, helped launch Santana’
s
career, getting him a booking at Woodstock. Santana’
s
nonprofit Milagro Foundation has also funded the
nonprofit educational institution Hand in Hand,
which established Arabic-Hebrew bilingual schools in
Jerusalem and the Galilee. Santana will be joined on
stage by classic rockers the Doobie Brothers. Tickets
are $47 and up and available at TicketMaster.
CARLOS SANTANA FACEBOOK
Editor’s
Picks
ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS, SAMUEL GOLDWYN
AUG. 9 -
Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles hits movie
theaters nationwide Aug. 9. Look for it
soon at your local AMC Theatre. The doc-
umentary recounts the show’
s origins in
Sholem Aleichem’
s Tevye tales and uses
archival footage from its Broadway debut in
1964 and the movie version from 1971, as
well as interviews to discuss how Fiddler
is connected to our uneasy sociopolitical
present. Valerie Thomas, who co-wrote
and produced the film with director Max
Lewkowicz, says the film touches on
themes of “racism, female empowerment
and the breaking of traditions on gender
and a generational level.”
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Miracle of Miracle
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