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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.”

9 -
Miracle of Miracle

FIDDLER
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