The Performance Film screening with Director Shira Piven

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

The Performance, based on the short story by Arthur Miller, premiere feature film starring Emmy Award® winner Jeremy Piven (Entourage). Followed by a Q&A with director Shira Piven. About the Film: In 1937, while on a European tour, American Jewish tap dancer Harold May is scouted by a German attaché to headline an exclusive performance ...

Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice with author Judge David S. Tatel

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

A moving, thoughtful, and inspiring memoir by one of America’s most accomplished public servants and legal thinkers. Judge David S. Tatel (U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit), spent years denying and working around his blindness, before finally embracing it as an essential part of his identity. **In Conversation with Amanda K. Rice, Issues ...

Perfect Enemy with author Alex J. Sinclair

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

Author ALex J. Sinclair will be joined in conversation with Michele Faudem, Rabbi Educator, JLearn Instructor, Hillel of Metropolitan Detroit in a thoughtful conversation about Israel's friends and enemies on the page and in the real world. About the Book: In a covert laboratory under the streets of Tel Aviv, an Israeli scientist clones Hitler ...

Torah Line By Line with Rabbi/Dr. Mitch Parker

Max M. Fisher Federation Building 6735 Telegraph Rd, Bloomfield Twp

TORAH LINE BY LINE with Rabbi/Dr. Mitch Parker HYBRID - this class is offered IN- PERSON at the Max M. Fisher Federation Building, and ON ZOOM TUESDAYS, 10 – 11:30 AM Monthly : Sept. 17; Oct. 15; Nov. 12; Dec. 10; Jan. 14; Feb. 4; Mar. 18; Apr. 22; May 20 Sacrifices, laws of ...

JGrand: Bubbies, Zaydies, and Grandbabies! Nov/Dec 2024

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

The popular series Bubbies, Zaydies, and Grandbabies is back for a second round this fall! Our first session sold out, so we are happy to be back for November and December! At Bubbies, Zaydies and Grandbabies, grandparents and grandkids play and create art together, sing songs, enjoy an interactive story time, and meet new friends. ...

Two Envelopes: What You Want Your Loved Ones to Know When You Die with Michigan author Rusty Rosman

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

Michigan author Rusty Rosman will be joined in conversation with Rabbi Joseph Krakoff, CEO, Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network. About the Book: When you die, there are so many things your family and loved ones need to know. Two Envelopes is your voice, conveying your wishes regarding your death and your estate. With a unique ...

The Jews And Islam with Professor Howard Lupovitch

THE JEWS AND ISLAM with Professor Howard Lupovitch ZOOM TUESDAYS, 7 – 8:30 PM Nov. 12, 19; Dec. 3, 10, 17 Explore the long, tortuous relationship between Judaism and Islam, and between Jews and Muslims, in all its complexity and variations. Learn about the common “Abrahamic” elements of the two communities; why, for more than ...

The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy with Adam Nimoy

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

While the tabloids and fan publications portrayed the Nimoys as a “close family,” to his son Adam, Leonard Nimoy was a total stranger. Discover how the son of Spock learned to navigate this tumultuous relationship—from Shabbat dinners to basement AA meetings— and how he was finally able to reconcile with his father—and with himself in ...

Jews In The Theater with Rabbi Aaron Bergman

JEWS IN THE THEATER with Rabbi Aaron Bergman ZOOM WEDNESDAYS, NOON – 1:30 PM Oct. 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20 You may be familiar with the Jewish character Shylock from Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, or you may know that Jewish people have been involved in Broadway productions from its inception. But did you know ...

Wisdom Wednesdays IN-PERSON– The Continuing Moral Voice Of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Max M. Fisher Federation Building 6735 Telegraph Rd, Bloomfield Twp

WISDOM WEDNESDAYS – THE CONTINUING MORAL VOICE OF RABBI JONATHAN SACKS with Rabbi Michele Faudem IN-PERSON - WEDNESDAYS, 1 PM – 2:15 PM Series 1: Sept. 11, 18, 25; Oct. 9, 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20 Series 2: Dec. 11, 18; Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29; Feb. 5, 12 * Series 3: ...