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SOULFUL YOGA
10 AM, DEC. 4
Adat Shalom Synagogue
invites you to join Rabbi
Aaron Bergman and yoga
instructor Mindy Eisenberg.
Connect body and soul as
we apply the wisdom of
Torah to the gentle practice
of yoga. No yoga experience
is necessary. There is no
fee to participate. For info
contact (248) 851-5100.
MATINEE PLAY
2-4 PM, DEC. 5
The Odd Couple (Female
Version) at the Berman
Center for the Performing
Arts will be presented by
Frankel Jewish Academy’s
Performing Arts Department.
It is the late, great Neil
Simon’s revision of his hugely
successful play The Odd
Couple. Info: theberman.org.
GUITAR VIRTUOSO
7:30 PM, DEC. 5
The Ark in Ann Arbor will
host Andy McKee, acoustic
guitarist. Tickets: $25. Info:
andymckee.com; facebook.
com/TheArkAnnArbor.
CHANUKAH FEST
NOW-DEC. 5
This online program is
presented by the Yiddishkayt
Initiative as organized by
YI Love Jewish. Several
virtual events are lined up at
yilovejewish.org/hanukkah-
fest-2021.
ROSH CHODESH
10-11 AM, DEC. 6
Adat Shalom Synagogue
Sisterhood invites women
from the community to
welcome the new month
of Tevet with a morning
study session led by Rabbi
Blair Nosanwisch, director
of spiritual care at Adat
Shalom. No charge. RSVP:
Rochelle.r.lieberman@gmail.
com or 248-553-2498. Zoom
link will be provided.
STORIES IN SONG
8 PM, DEC. 6
The Ark in Ann Arbor
will host Charlie Parr and
Dead Horse with a vibrant
patchwork of classic and
contemporary influences.
Tickets: $20. Info: charlieparr.
com; facebook.com/
TheArkAnnArbor.
REMIX JUDAISM
7:30 PM, DEC. 7
Adat Shalom Synagogue
invites you to join Rabbi Dan
Horwitz on Zoom for his
interview with author Roberta
Rosenthall Kwall. Professor
Kwall’s widely acclaimed
new book, Remix Judaism:
Preserving Tradition in a
Diverse World, demonstrates
how developing a richer set
of culturally religious norms
can provide a foundation
for transmissible Jewish
tradition, even if some of the
normative requirements of
Jewish law are “remixed.”
Free. To RSVP and receive
the Zoom link, contact Jodi
Gross, jgross@adatshalom.
org, 248-851-5100, ext. 238.
JEWISH BLUEGRASS
SOUNDS
8 PM, DEC. 7
Nefesh Mountain will appear
at The Ark in Ann Arbor.
They truly give voice and
openly represent Jewish
American culture, tradition,
values and spirituality in
the world of American
roots music. Tickets: $20.
Info: nefeshmountain.
com; facebook.com/
TheArkAnnArbor.
LUNCHTIME SERIES
NOON, DEC 8, 15, 22
Adat Shalom Synagogue
invites you to join Rabbi
Aaron Bergman via Zoom
for a new lunchtime series.
Karl Lueger, the mayor
of Vienna at the end of
the 19th and beginning
of the 20th centuries,
had a strong impact on
Herzl, Hitler, Mahler and
Freud, influencing both the
development of Zionism and
modern antisemitism. Free.
To RSVP and receive the
Zoom link, contact Kellie Yost,
kyost@adatshalom.org, 248-
851-5100, ext. 246.
INSIDERS’ TOUR
2-3:30 PM, DEC. 8
The Jewish Historical Society
will hold an exclusive,
in-person, behind-the-scenes
tour of BasBlue, Detroit’s
brand-new nonprofit social
club for women and non-
binary people, housed in a
historic Midtown mansion.
Hosted by Barbara Cohn.
Features: a conversation
with BasBlue founder
Nancy Tellem, an in-person
tour of the club’s recently
renovated locale on Detroit’s
distinctive Ferry Street, light
refreshments on the third
floor. Cost: JHSM members:
$36; non-members: $54. Info:
info@michiganjewishhistory.
org.
STEPHEN KELLOGG SINGS
8 PM, DEC. 8
The Ark in Ann Arbor
will feature New England
native Stephen Kellogg
who has received a
Grammy nomination for
“Best Contemporary
Blues Record.” Tickets:
$25. Info: stephenkellogg.
com; facebook.com/
TheArkAnnArbor.
ON THE GO
PEOPLE | PLACES | EVENTS
Nefesh
Mountain
BasBlue
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Andy
McKee
Charlie
Parr
Roberta
Rosenthall
Kwall