FEBRUARY 25 • 2021 | 31

A VIRTUAL PURIM
FEB. 25-28
The holiday of Purim has 
often been called “the 
Jewish Carnavale,” with 
the joys of song, laughter 
and drama folded into one, 
The Yiddishkayt Initiative 
(“YI Love Jewish”) will be 
serving up at its first annual 
International virtual YI Love 
Yiddishfest — Purim Edition, 
online from Feb. 25-28. 
Virtual visitors will be able 
to step right up for a wide 
range of free performanc-
es, concerts, readings and 
interviews featuring major 
award-winning American 
and International enter-
tainers. The celebration 
continues with the YI Love 
YiddishFest 2020 — Purim 
Edition, which will be simul-
taneously streamed on 
the yilovejewish.org website, 
Facebook Live and YouTube 
Live. For information about 
Yiddishkayt Initiative, visit 
YILoveJewish.org.

TOUR ISRAEL
NOON - 1PM, FEB. 25
Temple Shir Shalom is offer-
ing a live, virtual tour “The 
Golan Heights and the Yom 
Kippur War” with Rabbi 
Daniel Schwartz and Israeli 
tour guide Beni Levin. Learn 
about Israel’s last “Big War” 
and the beginning of a new 
era, “The punishment of arro-
gance.” There is a charge. 
To register: shirshalom.org/
event/israel-5.html or call 
248-737-8700.

BIM BOM BABY
10-10:30 AM, FEB. 26
Temple Shir Shalom will host 
an interactive Shabbat expe-
rience with the cantor and 
rabbis via Zoom. Register at 
shirshalom.org/event/
bimbom-online.html.

A MUSICAL EVENING
8-9:30 PM, FEB. 27
Together Wherever We 
Go — U-M Musical Theatre 
grads Griffin Binnicker, Justin 
Showell and Isabel Stein 
— will appear in a virtual 
presentation courtesy of 
Cabaret 313. For this perfor-
mance, Cabaret 313 will con-
tinue its Pay-What-You-Can 
system: Suggested regular 
ticket price: $40 Suggested 
under 40 ticket price: $15. 
Visit cabaret313.org. 

MEDICAL PROS MEET
10:30 AM, FEB. 28
NEXTGen Detroit and JVS 
present NEXTWork Industry 
Meetup, a virtual event. 
Calling all medical profes-
sionals. We’d like to offer 
a set time to unwind and 
meet new folks from your 
field who get what you’ve 
been going through. Coffee, 
pajamas and pet photos 
are encouraged. This online 
event is intended for med-
ical professionals ages 21 
to 45. Register before Feb. 
26 at 5 pm. Info: Hannah 

Berger at hberger@jvshu-
manservices.org.

A YIDDISH HARRY POTTER 
NOON-1 PM, MARCH 1
U-M Frankel Center for 
Judaic Studies will present 
a Zoom webinar on “Magic 
in Mame-Loshn: Translating 
Harry Potter into Yiddish” 
with Arun Viswanath. He 
will address questions and 
topics such as: Is Harry 
Potter particularly difficult 
to translate? The book can 
be ordered online [har-
rypotter.olniansky.com]. 
Registration required: umich.
zoom.us/webinar/regis-
ter/3216061643746/WN_
go1LSrJ4SrecwpRr2wFNGw. 

PESACH CRAFT
10 AM, MARCH 18
Tikvah Hadassah presents 
a virtual program, “Create 
Your Own Matzah Platter in 
Time for Passover,” with art-
ist Gail Rosenbloom Kaplan. 
Join on Zoom to create a 
beautiful Jerusalem matzah 
tray using sand art, complete 
with an acrylic cover and 
beaded legs. Art project kits 
will be available for pick-
up from Hadassah House, 
5030 Orchard Lake Road, 
West Bloomfield, on Sunday, 
March 7, 10 am to 1 pm. 
Register by Tuesday, March 
2 at hadassahmidwest.
org/TikvahMatzah. There 

is a $42 event fee, which 
includes materials. Info: tik-
vah@hadassahmw.org or call 
248-683-5030.

ISLAM, ROMANTICISM & 
ANDALUSIA
12:30-1:30 PM, MARCH 2
The U-M Frankel Center 
for Judaic Studies will pres-
ent Charles Hirschkind 
in conversation with 
Flora Hastings. In today’s 
world, the lines between 
Europe and the Middle 
East, between Christian 
Europeans and Muslim immi-
grants in their midst, seem 
to be hardening. Charles 
Hirschkind explores the 
works and lives of writers, 
thinkers, poets, artists and 
activists and shows how, 
taken together, they consti-
tute an Andalusian senso-
rium. Info: JudaicStudies@
umich.edu.

HEALTH INFO
7 PM, MARCH 4
Hadassah Greater Detroit 
Nurses Council presents a 
virtual program “Diabetes: 
The Sweet ’n’ Lowdown, 
What Women Need to 
Know.” Presenter: Dr. 
Rebecca Simon of Henry 
Ford Health System, a spe-
cialist in endocrinology, 
diabetes and metabolism. 
Register by March 2. There 
is a $10 event fee. Register 
online: hadassahmidwest.
org/GDdiabetes or for info, 
contact greaterdetroit@
hadassah.org, 248-683-
5030.

Compiled by Sy Manello/Editorial 

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ON THE GO
PEOPLE | PLACES | EVENTS

A MUSICAL 
EVENING
8-9:30 PM,
FEB. 27

