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ROJO 
A young Argentine-Jewish filmmaker takes on his country’
s authoritarian past 
in the movie Rojo (Spanish with English subtitles), playing this weekend at the 
Detroit Film Theatre. Directed by Benjamin Naishtat and set in the mid-’
70s 
Argentina, the film is about Claudio (Darío Grandinetti), a well-heeled lawyer 
living with his wife and teenage daughter in a comfortable provincial suburb. But 
after an innocuous dinner date is interrupted by an altercation with a stranger, 
his placid lifestyle is disrupted and leads him on a path of no return. Researching 
Rojo was easy, Naishtat said, because many of the stories are from his family. His 
grandmother, a prominent union lawyer, disappeared into a secret prison and her 
house was torched. His father escaped and lived 10 years in exile. Showings at 8 
p.m. Oct 11; 4 and 7 p.m. Oct 12; and 4:30 p.m. Oct 13. $7.50-$9.50.

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FRIDAY, OCT. 11
GENEALOGY WORKSHOP
11 am-12:15 pm, Oct. 11. A three-
week class sponsored by JLearn. 
Taught by Robbie Terman, director 
of the Leonard N. Simons Jewish 
Community Archives. At Jewish 
Community Center in West Bloomfield. 
Tuition: $35. Register at jlearn.online or 
call 248-205-2557.

GALLERY HOSTS ARTIST
12 pm, Oct. 11. Runs to Oct. 13 at 
5 pm at Danielle Peleg Gallery, 3295 
Orchard Lake Road, Keego Harbor. 
Ron Campbell, director of the 1960s 
Saturday Morning Beatles Cartoon 
series and one of the animators of the 
Beatles film Yellow Submarine will 

make a personal appearance. He will 
showcase his original Beatles cartoon 
paintings. The exhibit is free, and all 
works are available for purchase.

SATURDAY, OCT. 12
CANCER SYMPOSIUM
7:30-am-2 pm, Oct. 12. At Motor City 
Casino Hotel, 2901 Grand River, Detroit. 
Karmanos Cancer Institute will host the 
symposium on progress in cancer care, 
advocacy and survivorship. Free event.

COMMUNITY WELLNESS
3-5 pm, Oct. 12. Windsor’
s Temple 
Beth El will host its first program as 
part of B’
riot Ha’
Kehilahl (Community 
Wellness). The focus will be on suicide 
— awareness, prevention, support and 

resource identification. Hear from men-
tal health professionals and community 
leaders. Info: barbara_michigan@
icloud.com.

SUNDAY, OCT. 13
SUKKAH HOP
10 am-2 pm, Oct. 13. Join the Isaac 
Agree Downtown Synagogue for food, 
drink and shaking the lulav at its Third 
Annual Motor City Sukkah Hop. They’
ll 
begin at the synagogue sukkah with 
a family-friendly program to craft 
decorations. Next, they travel to Rabbi 
Silverman’
s home, and then Repair 
The World’
s workshop sukkah, as 
they learn about locally sourced lulav 
and etrogs (programming courtesy of 
Hazon Detroit and Temple Kol Ami). 
For more information, email Nicole at 

programcoordinator@
downtownsynagogue.org.

LULAV WORKSHOP
1-3 pm, Oct. 13. Royal Oak Moishe 
House, Hazon Detroit, Temple Kol Ami, 
and B’
nai Israel Synagogue are hosting 
a lulav workshop using native plants. 
At Temple Kol Ami, 5085 Walnut Lake 
Road, West Bloomfield. 

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16
MUSICAL INTERLUDE
1 pm, Oct. 16. Shaarey Zedek Seniors 
will host “The Best is Yet to Come,”
 an 
encore performance by Gary Sacco. At 
the synagogue. Refreshments will be 
served. Info: Janet Pont at 248-357-
5544 or jpont@shaareyzedek.org. Free.

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OCT. 11
NICK KROLL
Comedian/actor 
Nick Kroll (he 
went to a Solomon 
Schechter Day 
School) takes 
his Middle-
Aged Boy tour 
to the Royal Oak 
Music Theatre at 6 p.m. Kroll co-created, writes, 
produces and performs more than 30 voices on 
the hit Netflix animated series Big Mouth, which 
is based on his childhood. Nominated for a 2019 
Emmy for “Outstanding Animated Program,” it has 
been heralded by the Hollywood Reporter as “sweet, 
progressive and breathtakingly filthy” and was 
recently picked up for three more seasons on Netflix. 
He also has his own critically acclaimed sketch show, 
Kroll Show on Comedy Central. Tickets are $29-$39 
at royaloakmusictheatre.com.

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