Girls rap-group, marriage class in East Bay JFCS line-up

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"Making a Marriage Work" is a program for couples who are engaged or recently married. The group meets from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays at the Berkeley offices. The program is $360. For information, call Barbara Nelson, (510) 704-7475, ext. 226.

"Call on Me: Teens Talking to Teens" is a 12-week peer counseling group for high- schoolers. The program is from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Mondays at the Berkeley offices and costs $10 to $15 per session. For information, call Weiner, (510) 704-7475, ext. 739.

National parent educator and child advocate Peter Haiman will present "Understanding Your Child's Behavior" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19 at the Parenting Center in the Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. For information, call (510) 848-0237.

Jewish Big Brothers and Sisters are needed in the East Bay. For information, call Biale, (510) 704-7475, ext. 722.

Jewish volunteers are also needed for the Work Buddy Program of the Alzheimer's Services of the East Bay. Volunteers will be buddies with an elderly person in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's. For information, call Nanette Lipton, (510) 644-8292.