Community
INTERFAITH 'LET'S TALK'
The Interfaith Connection presents the
second and third part discussion series for
interfaith couples (one partner must be
Jewish) 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27 and
Feb. 3, at the Agency for Jewish Education
of Metropolitan Detroit, 21550 W. 12
Mile Road, Southfield. $5 per adult. RSVP
(childcare and registration): Susan Stettner
(248) 354-1050 or (800)597-4876.
ARTS &
ENTERTADMIENT
`YOU'RE RETIRED, NOW WHAT?'
Author Murray Yolles speaks on his person-
al finance book 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.
19, at Borders, 1122 S. Rochester Road,
Rochester Hills. (248) 652-7932.
VOCALIST AT BETH AHM
Two concerts feature Craig Taubman: 8
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, that highlights his
new album, Friday Night Live, $10
advance/$15 door; and family concert,
"Craig 'N Company," 12:30 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 30 at the synagogue. $5 advance/$8
door. Information: (248) 851-6880.
MUSIC COMPETITION
The Bohemians Club (The Musicians
Club of Greater Detroit) announces their
Solo Concerto Competition for orchestral
instruments open to high school and col-
lege students (between the ages of 16-22)
throughout Michigan. Submit performance
tape by April 1 for a chance at prize money
of up to $1500 and a matching Wayne
State scholarship to: Herbert Couf,
President, do The Bohemians, 37685,
Russett Drive, Farmington Hills, MI
48331 or email: CoufLinks@aol.com
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The Ecumenical Institute for Jewish-
Christian Studies invites the community to
meet members of its staff and board and
hear executive director, David Blewett, on
his fact- finding mission to Israel 2-4 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 16, at the West Bloomfield
JCC. Free; open to the community.
Information: the Ecumenical Institute
(248) 557-4522.
DOCTOR ADDRESSES MIFGASH
Dr. Yoram Sorokin, M.D., director of
Obstetrics and Maternal/Fetal medicine at
Hutzel Hospital will speak in Hebrew
about "Dilemmas in Management of Pre-
Term Deliveries" 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
16, at the Agency for Jewish Education,
21550 W. 12 mile Road, Southfield.
Refreshments. $2/$10 per series of six.
Information: Nira Lev (248) 354-1050.
KOL AMI COURSE ON GOD
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Rabbi Norman T Roman leads discussion
about the Jewish responses to the concept
Calendar
of God 10:45-noon Sundays, Jan. 16-30,
at Ealy Elementary School, West
Bloomfield. Charge. Information: (248)
661-0040.
POETRY OF JEWISH WOMEN
Eilu v' Eilu Latte & Learning series contin-
ues with Rabbi Aaron Bergman 10 a.m.
Monday, Jan. 17, at Borders Books &
Music, 30995 Orchard Lake Road,
Farmington Hills. $5 a session.
Information: Nancy Kaplan (248) 737-
1931.
p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, at the Jewish
Community Center's Kahn Building in
West Bloomfield. Lecture is free. SAJE
courses will be Jan. 25-Feb. 10, and Feb.
22-March 9. Information: (248) 661-
7649.
EILU V' EILU'S WINTER COURSES
Two classes at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17, at
Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake
Road, West Bloomfield: "The Red Tent
and the World of the Midrash" with Ruth
Bergman and "Judges, Kings and Prophets:
The Struggle for Power, Authority and
Leadership in Tanach" with Michael Weiss.
$10 per session. RSVP: Nancy Kaplan
(248) 737-1931.
NIRIM CREATIVITY WORKSHOP
Jewish educators are invited to the Agency
to study "Creativity Night Workshop-
Bulletin Boards Revisited" presented by
educators Gayle Hirsch and Joan Littman
7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18 at Temple
Emanu-El. Two NIRIM units. RSVP: Your
school director or Madeleine Goldstein
(248) 354-1050.
NIRIM TANACH WORKSHOP
Part one of a four-part series, Rabbi Steven
Weil from Young Israel of Oak Park teach-
es how to use and teach the Tanach 7-9
p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, at Temple Beth El.
Two NIRIM units. RSVP: Your school
director or Madeleine Goldstein (248)
354-1050.
AUTHOR OPENS SAJE
Author and lecturer Rabbi Joseph
Telushkin is kickoff speaker for Seminars
for Adult Jewish Enrichment (SAJE) 7:30
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Discussions on Jewish philosophy and
mysticism 7:30-8:30 p.m. and "The Way
of God" 8:40-9:40 p.m. Wednesdays, Jan.
19 and 26 at 555 South Old Woodward,
Birmingham. Refreshments. $5 a week.
Information: (248) 737-0400.
KOL AMI HEBREW CLASSES
OHR SOMAYACH SPEAKER
Lynne Roman teaches Hebrew II and
studies the prayer book 7-8 p.m.
Thursdays, Jan. 20-Feb. 10, at the tem-
ple. Open to anyone with basic Hebrew
reading skills. Charge. Information: (248)
661-0040.
Rabbi Mordechai Becher on "Do I Have to
Take That Literally? Midrash, Metaphor
and Meaning" 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Jan. 25 at Max M. Fisher Jewish
Federation Building. $18. Information:
Ohr Somayach (248) 352-4870.
JVS JOB SEEKERS FORUM
AISH HATORAH WEEKLY TALKS
AJE EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE
The Agency for Jewish
Education presents
Rabbi Amy Bigman,
assistant director of the
Ecumenical Institute
for Jewish-Christian
Studies, on "Jewish-
Christian Relations in
the Year 2000" 7-8:30
p.m. Monday, Jan. 17,
Rabbi Bigman
at Barnes & Noble
Booksellers in West
Bloomfield.
Information: Haviva Jacobs (248) 354-
1050.
BIRMINGHAM
TEMPLE SERIES
Assistant Rabbi Sherwin T Wine teaches
"Roots of Humanistic Judaism" Saturday,
Jan. 15, and Rabbi Tamara Kolton teaches
"Jewish Identity Seen Through the Eyes of
Jewish Poetry" Saturday, Jan. 22. All
brunches at 9:30 a.m. and classes 10-noon.
$25 members/$35 others includes brunch.
RSVP: (248) 477-1410.
RABBI HOCHSTADT AT AISH
WSU M.L. KING TRIBUTE
Wayne -State University's Martin Luther
King, Jr. Memorial Tribute Luncheon fea-
tures keynote speaker James McBride,
author of The Color of Water: A. Black Man's
Tribute to His White Mother, noon
Monday, Jan. 17. $25. (313) 577-2246.
LUNCH AND
LEARN
Employer Forum 10-noon Friday, Jan. 21
in the Marcotte Room at the Southfield
Public Library. Free; open to the public.
RSVP: Judy Richmond at Jewish
Vocational Service (248) 559-5000.
GENEALOGY MEETING
The Jewish Genealogical Society of
Michigan meets 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23,
at the Holocaust Memorial Center, 6602
W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield. Feige
Weiss, head librarian, speaks on the
genealogical resources at the Center.
Research time available. Members
free/others $5. RSVP: Diane Freilich
(248) 851-8787.
`MUSLIMS AS ANTISEMITES?'
Prof. Jacob Lassner of Northwestern
University speaks on "Can Muslims Be
Antisemites? The Historical Background
of Muslim Jewish Relations" 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 23, at Temple Kole Ami.
Free. Dessert reception. He also speaks on
"The Historic Background of the Islamic
State" at a brown-bag lunch and learn
noon Monday, Jan. 24, at the Roumanian
Room, 408 Manoogian Hall, Wayne State
University. Free. RSVP by Jan. 20: the
Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies
(313) 577-2679.
CLASSES AT THE SHUL
Rabbi Shemtov offers a six-part course on
the Kabbalah 7:30 p.m. Mondays
through March 20. Free. Itty Shemtov
leads Jewish History 101 11 a.m.
Thursdays through March 16, excluding
Jan. 20 and 27. Free. Information: (248)
788-7131.
AISH HATORAH CLASSES
Rabbi Tzvi Hochstadt discusses the week's
.parsha at 7:30 p.m. and a mystical
overview of Judaism at 8:40 p.m.
Wednesdays at the Aish Center, 555 S.
Old Woodward Ave., Suite 611,
Birmingham. (248) 737-0400.
Business ethics from Talmudic sources dis-
cussed noon Tuesdays at law firm of
Reifrnan & Glass, 30300 Northwestern
Hwy., Farmington Hills. Wednesdays: dis-
cussions on the principles of Jewish belief,
noon, at the Worldwide Financial Building,
26500 Northwestern Hwy., Southfield.
Thursdays: Rabbi Tzvi Hochstadt talks on
Jewish philosophy and enriching your holi-
days with wisdom, hosted by the Jewish
News. RSVP: (248) 737-0400.
MYSTICISM AT TORAH CENTER
Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg of Sara Tugman
Bais Chabad Torah Center lunch and learn
on "A Mystical Perspective on the Weekly
Torah Portion" 12:45 p.m. Tuesdays at
Oak Park's Taste of Class. Thursdays, the
text is the book of Tanya, Jewish mysticism,
by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi 12:30
p.m. at the law office of Arthur Liss, 36700
Woodward, Bloomfield Hills. Lunch from
Taste of Class. Open to the community.
RSVP: (248) 855-6170.
WISDOM FOR LIVING, LOVING
Talmudic insights for living and loving
noon Wednesdays at Aish HaTorah
Center, 555 S. Old Woodward Avenue,
Suite 611, Birmingham. RSVP: (248)
737-0400.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
NOTES: Items may be submit-
ted to Community Calendar in
three ways. Write: Sharon
Luckerman, Editorial Assistant,
the Jewish News, 27676 Franklin
Road, Southfield, MI 48034; fax:
(248) 354-6069; or e-mail:
sluckerm@thejewishnews.com
The deadline for submissions is
Thursday noon, 8 days prior to
issue date. For more information,
call (248) 354-6060, ext. 262.