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 EDUCATION w BLEWETT ISRAEL TALK Le a W e 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 Jig 1/14 2000 52 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 Lear ,21Y 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.