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
Assistant. Send items at least 14 days in
advance to calendar@thejewishnews.
com.
ON THE GO
PEOPLE | PLACES | EVENTS
A MUSICAL
EVENING
8-9:30 PM,
FEB. 27