Events

Saturday, April 27th | 5:15-8:00 PM Arthur Murray Dance Studio – Royal Oak Triple Nickel – Birmingham Join NEXTGen Interfaith Couples at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio for an evening of salsa dancing! Learn new moves to impress all of your friends at your next wedding or Bar Mitzvah. After, mingle with other NEXTGen Interfaith Couples at nearby Triple Nickel for drinks and appetizers. Space is limited! Chair: Keith Schonberger Questions? Contact Nikki Baron at baron@jfmd.org or 248-203-1485 About NEXTGen…

Thursday, May 2nd  | 7-9:30 PM Underground @ DIME (Detroit Institute of Music Education) 1265 Griswold St, Detroit MI 48226 We’re Queer & We’ve Been Here for 3 Years! Join NEXTGen Detroit Pride for an all out celebration of our 3rd Anniversary. Hosted by one of metro Detroit’s premiere drag queens, Sabin…. we’ll live it up, laugh and learn with other members of Jewish Detroit’s young LGBTQA community. Of course, partners and friends are welcome too and you don’t have…

יום הזיכרון לחללי מערכות ישראל וחללי פעולות האיבה Tuesday, May 7th, 2019 2 Iyar, 5779 | 6:00 pm The Berman Center for The Performing Arts 6600 West Maple Rd, West Bloomfield We kindly ask that you be seated by 6:15 pm in order to start promptly. There is no charge for this community-wide event. For more information please contact Jaime Bean at Bean@jfmd.org or 248-205-2561

Add some light to your Saturday night! Saturday, May 11, 2019 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM Temple Emanu-el 14450 W 10 Mile Rd, Oak Park, MI Help us say goodbye to Shabbat and hello to new friends at our first ever Havdalah Hang Out! What better way to start a new week than with an early evening full of activities, crafts and family fun for children ages 0 to 4?!? Here’s what we have planned: • Lots of yummy snacks…

Signature is Women’s Philanthropy’s premiere annual Fundraising Event. This women’s only exclusive event is a celebration of community and philanthropy. Welcoming Vanessa Bayer Vanessa Bayer is an Emmy-nominated actress and comedian, known for her seven seasons on Saturday Night Live, as well as her roles in films such as Trainwreck, Office Christmas Party, and most recently, Netflix’s Ibiza. Vanessa will bring her stand-up comedy to this event to tell her Jewish story. May 13th, 2019 at Adat Shalom Synagogue 7:00…

Join us for an Israeli-style comedy show with Israeli comic Benji Lovitt May 16 | 7:30 PM $10 per ticket / $18 for two – includes one drink ticket per guest Israeli snacks will be served | Dietary laws observed | Israeli wine and beer cash bar Jewish Community Center | Handelman Hall Questions? Contact Jennifer Levine at jlevine@jfmd.org. Register

Wednesday, May 22, 2019 | 7:00 PM The Berman Center for the Performing Arts Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322 Dessert reception following | Dietary laws observed 2019 Awardees William Davidson Lifetime Achievement Awards DR. LYNDA S. GILES RABBI HAROLD S. LOSS The Mark-Lis Family Young Leadership Award MATTHEW RAN The Frank A. Wetsman Young Leadership Award DR. ZACHARY LISS The Sylvia Simon Greenberg Young Leadership Award CAROLE BENEZRA Register by May…

 Thursday, May 23, 2019 | 11:45am – Lunch & Program Knollwood Country Club 5050 W. Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Cost: $40/per person | Kosher meals available upon request. Join us as we celebrate 73 years of Women’s Philanthropy, featuring Rabbi B. Elka Abrahamson, President, The Wexner Foundation “The Tapestry We Weave, the Stories We Tell” Rabbi B. Elka Abrahamson oversees the Foundation’s full range of activities in partnership with Foundation chairmen Abigail and Leslie Wexner. Rabbi Abrahamson, a dynamic speaker…

Sunday, June 30th | 8 AM The Krakow JCC’s Annual Ride for the Living is a 55 kilometer bike ride from Auschwitz to JCC Krakow that commemorates Jewish history and celebrates the miraculous rebirth of Jewish life in Poland today. This year, JFMD’s Israel & Overseas Department  and the JCC of Metropolitan Detroit are pedaling in solidarity and organizing a satellite ride right here in Metro Detroit. We’ll be riding 55 kilometers (34 miles) from the Huntington Woods Recreation Center to the Detroit RiverFront and back. Important Details: Registration is at 8:00…