Friendship Circle of Michigan’s Walk4Friendship is an annual family walk that raises crucial funds and community awareness for Friendship Circle and individuals with special needs. Join us on August 28th, 2022 to promote an inclusive community that welcomes and nurtures all individuals regardless of their abilities.
Annual meeting of the NEXTGen Detroit Board. The 2022-2023 Board will be installed.
Klezmer concert featuring Heartland Klezmorim and BBQ lunch on the patio at Congregation Beth Shalom
Jewish Family Service invites you to a screening of “Three Minutes–A Lengthening,” a documentary that examines three minutes of footage shot in 1938 that are the only moving images remaining of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk, Poland before the Holocaust. The film is written and directed by Bianca Stigter, narrated by award-winning actress Helena Bonham […]
Jewish Family Service invites you to a special screening of “Three Minutes: A Lengthening,” a documentary written and directed by Bianca Stigter, narrated by award-winning actress Helena Bonham Carter and co-produced by Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen. So long as we are watching history, history is not over. Three minutes of footage, shot by David Kurtz […]
Join us for an exciting exploration of Bulgaria’s rich Jewish heritage, from the arrival of Sephardic Jews in the 15th century to the survival of 50,000 Bulgarian Jews during the Holocaust. Our final destination will be Jaffa, Israel, where large numbers of Bulgarian Jews settled between 1948 and 1952. Joseph Benatov holds a Ph.D. in […]
The Jewish Working Women’s Network Presents Pure Networking – no agenda, no stress, an easy way for working women to meet each other and network
Join the Detroit Jewish Book Fair and JLearn for a in-person talk with author Andrew Lawler, Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World’s Most Contested City
Join us on Wednesday, September 14, at 7:00 PM for A Michigan Perspective on Ken Burns’ Latest Documentary: “The U.S. and the Holocaust.” The three-part series examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism, the eugenics movement in the United States, and race laws in the […]
Help us send wishes for a sweet new year to some of our community members living in non-Jewish senior care residences. We’ll be coloring Rosh Hashanah cards and packing them up with yummy honey cake to be delivered in time for the holiday. Drop in anytime between 4 to 6 PM and enjoy kosher cider […]
We will meet in the parking lot of Ferndale Foods (600 W. Nine Mile Road, Ferndale, MI – intersection of Nine Mile and Livernois) and ride from that point to visit the homes of some of Motown’s greatest artists. We will ride some residential streets and up the protected bike path on Livernois to the […]
From its opening in 1927 to its closure in 1939, Littman’s People’s Theatre was Detroit’s premier destination for Yiddish-language theatrical performance and film. Managed and founded by Abraham Littman, the theater served as one of the most significant hubs of Yiddish-language cultural production and consumption in Detroit. Nadav Pais-Greenapple is a second-generation Jewish educator from […]
Join JARC for our annual fall fundraising event at the M1 Concourse featuring the Gin Blossoms!
More information to come. This program will take place on Zoom.
The FIDF Michigan Chapter Annual Dinner brings together community members in support of Israel and her soldiers.
A Jewish Race Scientist in Twentieth-Century Britain Todd M. Endelman, Professor Emeritus of History and Judaic Studies, University of Michigan This lecture will explore how Redcliffe Salaman, an eminent Jewish scientist in early twentieth-century Britain, embraced a racial understanding of Jewish peoplehood and how he developed a biological history of the Jews. It will emphasize […]
Jews of Algeria in Light of Modern Studies: Major Trends and New Horizons Amina Boukail, University of Jijel-Algeria Register for this virtual event here: https://myumi.ch/RWq4G In this talk, Amina Boukail outlines the development of contemporary scholarship on Algerian Jews. In doing so, she offers a critical examination of contemporary research on Algerian Jews in several […]
Join women from across our community to make beautiful round challahs in honor of Rosh Hashana
Many people living with a cancer diagnosis know the true meaning of the phrase “chemo brain.” Join Jewish Family Service as Dr. Salim Siddiqui, Radiation Oncologist with Henry Ford Health, discusses how cancer can impact brain health, what treatments are available to help, and the importance of raising awareness about brain health after a cancer […]
Bake one and Give one babka in honor of the international Shabbat Project. Each person will go home with 2 babkas- one for themselves and one to share with a friend for Shabbat.