FEBRUARY 17 • 2022 | 53

Victoria Garrick

volleyball player and Ted 
Talk speaker, will discuss 
personal experiences with 
depression, anxiety and 
body image issues. She 
hopes to help other young 
people overcome similar 
challenges. Info: jcohen@
jfsdetroit.org.

COOKING CLASS 
6-7 pm, Feb. 23 
An online event hosted 
by NEXTGenDetroit. Gray 
Table Cuisine is a plant-
based personal chef and 
boutique catering service 
that focuses on health-for-
ward yet still beautiful, 
delicious and approachable 
cuisine. Founder Natalie 
Brodsky is a self-taught, 
plant-based chef. She will 
take you step-by-step in 
preparing a delicious and 
nourishing plant-based 
meal while sharing some 
of the secrets of the Blue 
Zones and how we can 
incorporate them into our 
weekly meal plans and our 
daily lives. Register by Feb. 
18: jlive.app/events/1573. 
$10 per person includes a 
cooking kit complete with 
all the ingredients needed 
to make the dishes along 
with Natalie at home. Kits 
can be picked up at the 

Federation Building in 
Bloomfield Township prior 
to the event. Pick-up time 
options will be emailed 
after you register. All ingre-
dients in the kit are certified 
kosher. When you pick up 
your kit, drop off a can and 
help Federation collect 
canned kosher food for Yad 
Ezra. This event is intended 
for young adults ages 21 
to 45. Questions? Contact 
Lauren at soifer@jfmd.org.

ARTISTS SERIES 
7 PM, FEB. 23 
Adat Shalom Synagogue 
invites you to join Rabbi 
Aaron Bergman and Hazzan 
Daniel Gross on Zoom to 
look at the motivations 
and insights of artists 
(Rembrandt to Warhol), 
composers and musicians 
(Beethoven to The Roots) 
who were not Jewish and 
see whether their images, 
compositions and portraits 
of Jews help us understand 
the Jewish people better. 
There is no fee to attend. 
To RSVP and receive the 
Zoom link, contact Kellie 
Yost, kyost@adatshalom.org 
| 248-851-5100, ext. 246.

HOW MAGICIANS THINK 
7-8 PM, FEB. 23 
In How Magicians Think, 
professional magician and 
bestselling author Joshua 
Jay not only opens that 
door, he also brings us 
inside and turns on the 
light, revealing the artistry, 
inside history and fascinat-
ing traditions of a subject 
long shrouded in mystery. 
He reveals the mindset 
behind the magic and 
what it’s like to practice an 
art that so many love, yet 
so few understand. After 
registering, check your 
email for the link to join the 
Livestream. Register: jlive.
app/events/1014.

FIGHTING SEGREGATION 
7 PM, FEB 23 
The Jewish Historical 
Society of Michigan 
will sponsor, on Zoom, 
“Riding in Solidarity: 
Jewish Americans, African 
Americans, and the Fight 
against Interstate Bus 
Segregation” with Mary-
Elizabeth Murphy, Ph.D., 
associate professor of his-
tory at Eastern Michigan 
University, discussing 
segregation in interstate 
busing. She reveals how 
Jewish solidarity with Black 
bus passengers laid the 
foundation for the iconic 
Black-Jewish partnership in 
the modern Black freedom 
struggle. Cost: JHSM mem-
bers $10; Non-members 
$18. Register by 9 pm on 
Feb. 22; a Zoom link for 
the program will be sent 24 
hours before. 

HOLOCAUST CINEMA 
7-8 PM, FEB. 23 
Organized by the Zekelman 
Holocaust Center, this 
is a virtual presentation. 
Visit: holocaustcenter.org/
February.

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS 
7 PM, FEB. 23 
Temple Kol Ami Sisterhood 
is hosting this Zoom pre-
sentation. Two guest 
speakers: Rabbi Lindsey 
Danziger, Religious Action 
Center of Reform Judaism; 
Jarrell Wilson, Planned 
Parenthood Advocates of 
Michigan. Contact Rondi 
Brower, rbrower17@yahoo.
com.

FRANKEL CENTER EVENT 
NOON-2 PM, FEB 24 
The University of Michigan 
Frankel Center for Judaic 
Studies will host, on Zoom, 
“Is Spinoza Still Salient? 
Are the Rabbis Really 
Relevant? Thinking in the 
Era of Instrumentalized 
Knowledge-Making” with 
Dr. Gilah Klentenik and Dr. 
Rachel Rafael Neis. Register 
for the Zoom stream: 
myumi.ch/y99w4. 

EATING DISORDERS 
7 PM, FEB. 24 
This Zoom talk is organized 
by Jewish Family Service 
for parents and youth pro-
fessionals. Two doctors will 
discuss signs, symptoms of 
disordered eating. Info: 
jcohen@jfsdetroit.org.

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HOW 
MAGICIANS 
THINK 
7-8 PM, FEB. 23