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SUMMARY:Farber Art Class with Harriet Gelfond
DESCRIPTION:To register\, e-mail\n(https://mailto:rchessler@jccdet.org/)  or call\n(248) 432-5418  \nFarber Art Class with Harriet Gelfond\n Monday/Wednesday/Friday – 9:30 am – 12 p.m\n$65 for 10 classes\nCongregation Beth Shalom\, Oak Park \nThis is an ongoing class that meets every Monday\, Wednesday\, and Friday\nunless there is a holiday.   \nIn this studio class\, you will have the option of many types of art forms such\nas Oil\, Acrylic\, and Pencil. \nTo register\, e-mail\n(https://mailto:rchessler@jccdet.org/)  or call\n(248) 432-5418  \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/6415
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/farber-art-class-with-harriet-gelfond/
LOCATION:Congregation Beth Shalom 14601 Lincoln St\, Oak Park
CATEGORIES:Adults,Arts & Culture,Older Adults
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SUMMARY:Weekly Drawing/Painting Class with Marci Bykat 2024
DESCRIPTION:RSVP to Rosa Chessler:\n(https://mailto:rchessler@jccdet.org/)  or\n248.432.5418 \nWednesdays – 11 am – 12:30 pm  \n$15 per class \nStudents can draw an object they bring in\, or whatever the instructor puts on\ndisplay. The instructor is available for any help needed or\nquestions/suggestions. Students must bring in their own materials. \nRSVP to Rosa Chessler:\n(https://mailto:rchessler@jccdet.org/)  or\n248.432.5418 \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/6419
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/weekly-drawing-painting-class-with-artist-todd-larson/
LOCATION:The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd\, West Bloomfield Township
CATEGORIES:Adults,Arts & Culture,Older Adults
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ORGANIZER;CN="The J":MAILTO:info@jccdet.org
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SUMMARY:Hebrew Language & Literature Classes
DESCRIPTION:Hebrew Language & Literature Classes offered to any level – from Beginner\nto Advanced. \nFor more information about Hebrew classes or to discuss placement of new\nstudents\, please contact Nira Lev\, Director of Hebrew Programs\, 248-330-3601\nor niralev29@gmail.com\nTuition varies from $140 – $265 \n Supported by the Harold Wade Hebrew Literacy Fund.\nScholarship for Hebrew classes available upon request. \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/8556 \nClick here to join the livestream. http://jlearn.online
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/hebrew-language-literature-classes/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Hebrew and Yiddish,Jewish Learning,Older Adults
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ORGANIZER;CN="JLearn":MAILTO:info@jlearn.com
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SUMMARY:JFamily Challah Train Nominations 2024-2025
DESCRIPTION:Choo Choo! Would you like to nominate a family to hop aboard the JFamily\nChallah Train and receive a challah (and bag of goodies) just in time for\nShabbat? Our Parent Connectors are out in the community each week delivering a\nShabbat treat for families in need of a "warm hug" or those celebrating a new\nbaby or moving into a new home. Whatever the reason\, we are here for you and\naccepting nominations for worthy families!\nNominations are geared toward families with children ages 0-10 living in metro\nDetroit. Please click the "Sign Up" button to complete your nomination. \nThe Challah Train initiative is generously provided by PJ Library Detroit. \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/3173
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/jfamily-challah-train-nominations-2024-2025/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Children,Families,Food,Parents,Tweens,Young Children
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ORGANIZER;CN="JFamily Detroit":MAILTO:jfamily@jccdet.org
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SUMMARY:Book Fair: Michigan Authors Spotlight
DESCRIPTION:The Detroit Jewish Book Fair shines the spotlight on some of the area’s most\ndiverse authors including Carol & Alana Blumenstein (KidsRead2Kids\nPresents… Amazing Tales!)\, Rabbi Boruch Cohen (Think Outside The Lox: A\nfresh perspective on Jewish Teachings and Traditions)\, Lisa Kaplan (Our\nFamily has a Secret: A Children’s Book About Addiction in a Jewish Family)\,\nand Michael Rosenbaum (University of Michigan Basketball\,1960-1989: From\nCazzie Russell to the NCAA Title).\nPresentations followed by a moderated panel discussion with The J’s Lauren\nMarcus Johnson\, Librarian and Assistant Director of Cultural Arts.\nFree and in-person at The J \nAbout the Authors\nCarol Blumenstein \, Executive Director of KidsRead2Kids\, has an MBA from\nthe Wharton Business School and a BS in Finance and BSE in Electrical\nEngineering from the University of Pennsylvania\, where she was a Sharp Fellow\nand General Motors Scholar. As a mother of five children with learning\ndifferences\, Carol has immersed herself in interactive ways to learn and grow.\nAlana Blumenstein \, is Co-Founder of KidsRead2Kids. A graduate of Oberlin\nCollege: BA in Creative Writing with a concentration in Education. She has\ndedicated time to accessibility in education\, by co-creating KidsRead2Kids\nMagazine\, and speaking to international audiences for the benefit of\nunderserved students\, teachers\, and parents. \nRabbi Boruch Cohen Rabbi Boruch Cohen\, originally from the Boston suburbs\,\nearned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from a small liberal arts university.\nHe then pursued a career in writing\, first as a journalist\, later as an\naspiring fiction writer. In 1994\, after six years of intensive study\, he\nbecame a rabbi. The essays collected in this book were written over a 25-year\nperiod. Rabbi Cohen and his wife live in Oak Park\, Michigan. They have four\nsons and two daughters. \nLisa Kaplan \, LMSW\, ACSW\, CAADC graduated from the University of Michigan\nwith a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Social Work. She has\nbeen in the addiction field for over 30 years\, having worked at CARE of\nSoutheastern Michigan as a clinician and as a program coordinator in the\nPrevention Department. She currently runs the Community Education Department\nand serves as part of the clinical treatment team at Henry Ford Health\nMaplegrove Center in West Bloomfield. She is the married mother of two adult\ndaughters. \nMichael Rosenbaum is a Detroit-area sportswriter and editor who’s covered\neverything from high school and amateur sports to the Super Bowl and the NCAA\nBasketball Tournament. He served as columnist and sports editor with the\nDetroit Jewish News and a sports editor at the Observer & Eccentric\nnewspapers. He’s been published by the Detroit Free Press\, USA Today\, the\nLansing State Journal\, the Royal Oak Tribune and Hockey Digest . He was also a\nsports reporter for WABX-FM. \nSponsor: Sarah & Irving Pitt Early Childhood Center \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9134
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/book-fair-michigan-authors-spotlight/
LOCATION:The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd\, West Bloomfield Township
CATEGORIES:Adults,Arts & Culture,College Students,Grandparents,Older Adults
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SUMMARY:It Takes Two to Torah with authors Abigail Pogrebin & Rabbi Dov Linzer
DESCRIPTION:For the first time\, in a single volume (It Takes Two to Torah: An Orthodox\nRabbi and Reform Journalist Discuss and Debate Their Way Through the Five\nBooks of Moses)\, readers can take a tour of the entire Torah through the\nmedium of one challenging\, instructive\, irreverent\, animated conversation.\nRabbi Dov Linzer \, an Orthodox rabbi\, and Abigail Pogrebin \, a Reform\njournalist and former producer for 60 Minutes\, talk their way through the Five\nBooks of Moses with candor\, humor\, emotion\, personal revelation\, and\nscholarship. \n“Rigorous and readable\, it’s a stimulating addition to modern-day Torah\nscholarship.” —Publishers Weekly \nFree and in-person at The J \nAbout the Authors:\nRabbi Dov Linze r is the President and Rosh HaYeshiva (Rabbinic Head) of\nYeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT)\, an Orthodox rabbinical school and Torah center\nwhich promotes a more open and inclusive Orthodoxy. A leading Torah voice in\nthe Modern Orthodox community\, Rabbi Linzer serves as religious mentor to\nYCT’s students and its over 200 rabbis in the United States and Israel. He has\nwritten for The Forward\, Tablet and The New York Times\, has published hundreds\nof teshuvot (responsa) and scholarly Torah articles\, and hosted a number of\nhighly popular Torah podcasts. \nAbigail Pogrebin  is the author of "Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk\nAbout Being Jewish " and "My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays\, One Wondering Jew "\nwhich was published by Fig Tree Books LLC and was a finalist for a National\nJewish Book Award. She has written for The Atlantic\, New York Magazine\,\nTablet\, and The Forward\, and moderated public conversations for The Streicker\nCenter\, the Shalom Hartman Institute\, the JCC in Manhattan\, and Jewish\nBroadcasting Service. She is a past president of Central Synagogue in New\nYork. \nSilver Day Sponsor: The Cis Maisel Center for Judaic Studies and Community\nEngagment\, Oakland University\nSponsors: Temple Kol Ami Sisterhood; JLearn; Seminars for Adult Jewish\nEnrichment (SAJE) \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9135
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/it-takes-two-to-torah-with-authors-abigail-pogrebin-rabbi-dov-linzer/
LOCATION:The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd\, West Bloomfield Township
CATEGORIES:Adults,Arts & Culture,College Students,Grandparents,Jewish Learning,Older Adults
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SUMMARY:Babka and Blessings Pop Up with JFamily and Aish Detroit
DESCRIPTION:Families with children ages 4-10 are invited to join JFamily and Aish Detroit\nfor babka making while reflecting on all we are thankful for!\nGrandparents are welcome to join\, too!\nCost: $10 per family \nThank you to our Planning Committee:\nAlex Hartman\nStephanie Parzen\nElyssa Schmier\nHannah Biran\nJodie Ran\nMegan Specktor\nTami Heisler\nCarly Pickel \nIf you or any family member needs accommodations in order to successfully\nparticipate in the program\, please reach out to  (https://jfamily@jccdet.org/) . \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9457
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/babka-and-blessings-pop-up-with-jfamily-and-aish-detroit/
LOCATION:Aish Detroit 25725 Coolidge Hwy\, Oak Park
CATEGORIES:Adults,Children,Families,General,Grandparents,Kosher,Parents,Young Children
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SUMMARY:We Will Dance Again \nFilm Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a powerful screening of the award-winning documentary "We Will\nDance Again\," a profound chronicle of the October 7 Nova music festival\nattack. Through intimate testimonies of over a dozen survivors and carefully\ncurated footage\, the film offers a deeply moving portrayal of human courage in\nthe face of unimaginable circumstances. \nThe evening features an exclusive post-screening dialogue with director Yariv\nMoser\, producer Emilio Schenker and survivors from the Nova festival\,\nproviding a rare opportunity to hear firsthand accounts and engage in\nmeaningful conversation about healing\, memory\, and hope. \nThis screening serves as both a testament to the strength of the human spirit\nand a space for communal reflection and understanding. Recommended for ages 16\nand up. \nSeating is limited. Registration required. \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9529
URL:https://thejdetroit.org/event/we-will-dance-again/
LOCATION:The J – Detroit 6600 West Maple Road\, West Bloomfield Township
CATEGORIES:Adults,After October 7,College Students,Grandparents,Israel,Israel in Crisis,Older Adults,Parking (free),Young Adults
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