media and popular culture 
with moderator Jaemi Loeb, 
senior director of Cultural 
Arts at the JCC. To see 
where Jews are and aren't 
in British film, check out 
these: Babylon: an incendi-
ary portrait of racial tension 
and police brutality set in 
Brixton, London; Dough: The 
owner of a struggling Jewish 
bakery hires Muslim African 
immigrant teenager Ayyash 
Habimana to work in the 
shop. Tickets: $5 per person 
per film. Info: filmfestival@
jccdet.org.

JEWISH-MUSLIM SEMINAR
11 AM-NOON, JAN. 25
The University of Michigan 
Frankel Center for Judaic 
Studies will present 
“Affective trouble: A Jewish/
Palestinian heterosexual 
wedding threatening the 
Israeli nation-state?” with 
Roey J. Gafter, Ben-Gurion 
University of the Negev 
& Tommaso M. Milani, 
University of Gothenburg. 
The aim of this presentation 
is to illustrate and analyze 
the reactions of some main-
stream Israeli politicians to a 
celebrity marriage between 
Tzahi Halevi, a Jewish Israeli 
actor, and Lucy Aharish, a 
Palestinian Israeli TV person-
ality. Advance registration 
required: umich.zoom.us/
meeting/register/tJYlde-
iopj4sGdD5vHKjgcHI9tOIf-
byR8LiR. 

HILLEL OPEN HOUSE
6 PM, JAN. 26
For grades K-4, Hillel Day 
School will host this event. 
RSVP by Jan. 21 to ensure 
delivery of dinner and other 
surprises. Info: ashlussel@hil-
lelday.org; 248-5349-1484.

COMBATING HATE
7 PM, JAN. 26
The Jewish Community 

Relations Council and the 
American Jewish Committee 
will sponsor this event. 
AJC’s U.S. Director for 
Combating Antisemitism, 
Holly Huffnagle, will speak 
on “After Auschwitz: 
Antisemitism in America,” an 
online program sponsored 
by the Eastern Michigan 
University Center for Jewish 
Studies in partnership 
with JCRC/AJC, Hillel at 
Eastern Michigan University, 
Eastern Michigan University 
Campus Life, and the Harold 
Grinspoon Foundation. 
There is no cost to attend; 
however, registration is 
required at https://tinyurl.
com/yxeothoo.

BETTER HEALTH
1-2:30 PM, JAN. 27
Jewish Family Service will 
sponsor this Zoom program 
with Brittany Denis. She 
will discuss the connection 
between balance, fall risk 
and brain health. Included in 
the presentation is a discus-
sion of how you can tap into 
your mobility to improve your 
brain health, an overview of 
various fall risk factors along 
with the latest research on 
the connection between 
fall risk and brain health. 
Register in advance for this 
meeting at: zoom.us/meet-
ing/register/tJYrduurpjssHt-
JOUSJt94a2sFAf4VasESRB. 
A Zoom link will be sent after 
registration. 

SPIRITUALITY IN SOLITUDE
7 PM, JAN. 27
The InterFaith Leadership 
Council of Metropolitan 
Detroit will present an 
online panel to discuss how 
faith and spiritual practice 
are affected by COVID-19. 
Panelists will represent five 
faith perspectives: Baha’i 
(Dr. Paula Drewek), Buddhist 
(Dharmanandu Bhikkhu), 
Christian (Rev. Wendy Van 
Tassell), Jewish (Suzanne 
Levin) and Muslim (Dr. Saeed 
Khan). To register, visit iflc.
wufoo.com/forms/spirituali-
ty-in-solitude/. A Zoom link 
will be sent after registration. 
The program is free but 
donations to the nonprofit 
InterFaith Leadership Council 
of Metropolitan Detroit are 
welcome.

WINE CLUB
8 PM, JAN. 27
NEXTGen Detroit will host 
this event for adults 21-45. 
This first meet-up is free of 
charge. Register by Jan. 26. 
Info: Hannah@hberger@jfmd.
org.

A PLAY SERIES
BEGINS JAN. 27
Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor’s 
professional theater with 
an exclusive focus on new 
plays and playwrights, pres-
ents its new Zoom Play 
Series, featuring new plays 
written specifically for the 

Zoom format each month: 
a new short play (20-40 
minutes long) each month, 
January through April, 2021. 
The series will open with 
Whatcha Doin? by Jacquelyn 
Priskorn, performed live 
on Jan. 27 and available 
on video for the month of 
February. Tickets are $10 
each month, or $30 for a 
Series Pass, which admits 
ticket holders to a new play 
each month. Purchase tick-
ets online at TheatreNova.
org. Information: a2the-
atrenova@gmail.com. All 
proceeds benefit Theatre 
NOVA’s ongoing efforts to 
stay alive through the pan-
demic.

KIDS & FINANCES
7:30-8:30 PM, JAN. 28
The Well team and board 
member Lowell Weiss will 
present a workshop on 
teaching kiddos about 
finances with a Jewish lens. 
They’ll cover all the bases 
from spending to saving to 
giving and leave plenty of 
time for Q&A. Due to the 
generosity of donors, this 
event is available at no cost, 
but registration is required. A 
complimentary workbook will 
be dropped off at your home 
before the program as well. 
Info: Marni Katz at marni@
meetyouatthewell.org.

WINTER COURSE
The Cohn-Haddow Center 
for Judaic Studies will offer 
a new lecture series titled, 
“Life After Life” brought to 
you by the Bais Chabad 
Torah Center. Use the link for 
more details and info on how 
to register. Classes begin 
Jan. 31: https://tinyurl.com/
y3vketmd.

Send items at least 10 days in 

advance to Sy Manello, at smanello@

renmedia.us.

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