36 | FEBRUARY 4 • 2021
YIDDISH POETRY
IN TRANSLATION
4-5:15 PM, FEB. 4
U-M Frankel Center for
Judaic Studies will present
an Zoom a performance
by Detroit-born Mikhl
Yashinsky, followed by
Q&A with Mikhail Krutikov.
At this event, Yashinsky
will perform the Yiddish
poetry of Ezra Korman in his
own translation. Yashinsky
has taught Yiddish at the
University of Michigan, YIVO
and the Workers Circle, and
is known to Yiddish theatrical
audiences. Info: tinyurl.
comsawyerseminar2021.
VIRTUAL RUFUS AT ARK
5 PM, FEB. 5
The Ark in Ann Arbor will
present a Rufus-Retro-
Wainwright-Spective.
Advance ticket: $20; Day
of Show: $25; Monthly Pass
(4-show bundle+2 Fireside
Chats): $70. Info: theark.org.
IRISH MUSIC AT THE ARK
8 PM, FEB. 6
Mick Gavin’s Crossroads
Ceili will be live from The
Ark as part of the Ark Family
Room Series. Free. Tip jar
available. Info: theaqrk.org.
JFS HEALTH PROGRAM
1:30-3:30 PM, FEB 8 (FOR
6 WEEKS)
Jewish Family Service
will bring this free Zoom
presentation. Personal
Action Toward Health (PATH)
is a fun, interactive program
designed by Stanford
University to provide the
necessary skills and tools
to help people manage
chronic pain and other
persistent health conditions
live a healthier life. This
workshop is conducted
by certified leaders and is
open to adults, their family
and friends, as well as
caregivers. A reservation
is required. Contact Beth
Seelbach, 248-592-2655
or bseelbach@jfsdetroit.
org. Registration priority will
be given to those living in
Western Wayne, Livingston,
Oakland, Washtenaw and
Macomb counties.
JHSM PROBES A SUMMER
PLACE IN MICHIGAN
2 PM, FEB. 10
The Jewish Historical
Society of Michigan
offers an exclusive Zoom
screening of a new
documentary about a
summer place in Michigan
that has continued for
six generations, which
explores the impacts of
history, antisemitism and
the oppression of the
Chicago summer heat,
combined with a common
desire to be amongst
friends and family in a
community lakeside setting.
JHSM members: $10;
nonmembers: $18. Register
at michjewishhistory.org.
ABOUT GENETIC TESTING
7:30 PM, FEB. 10
Hadassah Greater Detroit
will present a virtual
program, “The Modern
Approach to Genetic
Testing from BRCA to Tay-
Sachs.” Hillary Regelman,
director of National
Outreach for JScreen, will
discuss the history behind
Jewish genetic screening
and current innovations.
Register by Feb. 8 at
hadassahmidwest.org/
GDGenetic or call 248-683
5030. There is a $10 event
fee.
ISRAELI COVID RESEARCH
2 PM, FEB. 11
Technion will present
critical research in the era
of COVID-19 as reported
by Professors Alon Wolf,
Yair Ein Eli, Naama Geva-
Zatorsky and Yonatan
Savir. They will discuss
an overview of the most
promising COVID-related
research at the Technion.
Visit: info@ats.org.
GENOCIDE DISCUSSION
7 PM, FEB. 11
The Holocaust Memorial
Center presents a program
on the Uyghurs, a Turkic
Muslim ethnic group in
western China who are
being persecuted by the
Chinese government
with incarceration in
concentration camps,
forced sterilization, mass
disappearances and the
destruction of their culture.
Dr. Ellen J. Kennedy,
executive director of
World Without Genocide,
discusses the efforts to hold
the Chinese government
accountable. Watch live
at facebook.com/hmczfc.
No Facebook account is
needed.
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ON THE GO
PEOPLE | PLACES | EVENTS
Class Probes:
What Is It Like
to Die?
What is it like to die? These
are the words Dr. Raymond
Moody uses to open his
bestselling book, Life After
Life. He writes, “That is a
question which human-
ity has been asking itself
ever since there have been
humans.”
Judaism has a lot to say
on this topic. In addition to
providing practical direction
in end-of-life decisions,
as well as the process of
mourning, the Talmud and
Kabalah (Jewish mysticism)
address the more esoteric
issues of death: how it is
experienced by the soul,
Heaven and Hell, and even
reincarnation.
Rabbi Shneur Silberberg
of Bais Chabad of West
Bloomfield will lead a six-
part series titled “Life After
Life,” produced by the Jewish
Learning Institute (JLI).
The classes are accredited
(CE) for doctors, nurses and
mental health professionals.
The weekly classes began
the week of Jan. 31, but stu-
dents can join afterward and
catch up on video. Choose
either Sundays at 11 a.m.
or Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.
Classes will be available on
Zoom.
For information, visit
www.baischabad.com/SOUL
or contact rabbishneur@
baischabad.com.