ISRAEL CENTER SCHEDULE
"Regular" Israel Center classes & lectures - 15NIS for members, 20NIS for non-mem. Life members, free. • No one will be turned away for lack of ability to pay.

SHABBAT
5:00pm • Shiur in Pirkei Avot • Men and Women are invited • Different speakers weekly • This week: Rabbi Aharon Batt (1st and 2nd Perek) • Cold drinks will be served • Mincha follows Shiur

MOTZA"SH
Motza'ei Shabbat, Sept. 1, 9:30pm • Free Will and its Significance based on chapter 5 in Rambam Hilchot T'shuva • Phil Chernofsky

DAF YOMI in English 3:00-4:00pm • Sunday-Thursday • RESUMES AFTER THE CHAGIM

SUNDAY
9:30am (women) • Mystical Insights into the Yamim Nora'im • Golda Warhaftig
N'shei Library • 10:30-12:45pm
10:30am (women) • The Rosh HaShana Machzor, please bring a machzor • Tonia Frohwein
11:30am • (men & women) • Parshat HaShavua • Shprintzee Herskovits
12:30pm • Great Jewish Stories • Rabbi David Zitter
Sunday, September 2nd, 7:00pm • Cheshbon Nefesh - View Documentation of solid investigative research: The PLO's Fifth Column in Israel... andHow You Can effectively Respond • David Bedein Media Research Analyst
9:00pm • View Deanna Sperka's timely and touching film on how terror victimfamilies cope • Discussion to follow
Sunday, Sep. 2, 7:30pm • NLP workshop with Rabbi Shlomo Kory • GETTING RESULTS; How to decide upon, formulate, and follow through on your goals • Both sessions: 25NIS members / 30NIS non-mem

MONDAY
9:15am • Taamei Mitzvot U'Minhagim: Reasons for Jewish Laws and Customs • Rabbi Eliezer Grunbaum
10:30am • Rabbi Leff's shiur
N'SHEI lending library 10:00-12:30
Monday, Sept. 3, 11:36am (women) L'DOVID HASHEM ORI U'YISHI • Parables and midrashim about Psalm 27 that we read from Rosh Chodesh Elul to Hoshana Rabba • AvivaNissim
Monday, September 3rd, 10:00am-2:00pm • Cheryl Mandel and the Etzion Judaica Center are delighted to hold a pre-Rosh Hashana sale • 20% off all items • Call for special requests, 02-9934040 • www.judaica.org.il
Monday, September 3rd, 4:00pm-9:00pm • ROOT & BRANCH ASSOCIATION MEDICINE & TORAH CONFERENCE • For information: 02-673-9013 • rb@rb.org.il
Monday, September 3rd, 8:00pm • Jewish Values Education Institute • Ecology & Torah with Rabbi Zalman Cohen

TUESDAY
9:00-9:50 • TORAH TOPICS • Speaking Favorably of the Jewish People • Dr. Hayim Abramson
9:55-10:45 • SIDDUR TOPICS • In-depth study of ALEINU • Dr. Hayim Abramson
10:50-11:40 • Parshat HaShavua • Rabbi Mordechai Spiegelman
10:12:00 • The Israel Center and the Old City Free Loan Association Gemach - Free Loan Society to provide interest-free loans for people in financial distress. Interviews at the Center from 10:00-12:00 • Please bring ID
11:45am (women) • Chassidic insights into Parshat HaShavua and the Actualia of Our Time based on Chabad teachings • Raizel Zisk
Tuesdays • 2:00pm • Shiur in the Laws & Practices of Shabbat • "Talmidei Aharon"
Tuesday, September 4th, 8:00pm • Using Music Technology to Lose Weight, Improve Emotions, Stress, Relationships, Behavior, Physical Health...and Succeed by Rabbi Immanuel Yosef Legomsky, M.A. Neurotherpist

WEDNESDAY
8:30am • resumes after Sukkot • The Eshet Chayil Foundation in conjunction with the Israel Center, is pleased to announce a class on TEHILIM with Sara Wurtzel • Each session will begin with the reading of a chapter of Tehilim, followed by a study of the same perek.
9:30am • Meaning & Music of the Machzor (please bring a Machzor) • Dr. Joel Luber
Wednesdays ,10:30am • (Alan Romm will resume September 12th IY"H)
11:30am-1:00pm • Spiritual Intelligence in PIRKEI AVOT • Batya Yaniger
3:00pm • Women in Tanach • Pearl Borow • This class is open to men and women
4:00-5:30pm • (on Hold watch for further announcements) • Poetry Workshop with Shmuel Mann • Express your feelings, your view of the World, observations of every day... through the world of poetry. Each individual has a world of experiences within them.Written in any form, rhyme, free verse, any style, each member will worktowardsputting together his/her own collectionof poems • 30NIS per session
Wednesdays, 7:45-8:45pm • Jewish Philosophy Ramban : The Special Blessing of Shabbat with Rabbi Chaim Eisen
8:00-10:00pm • Aliya Counseling • Miriam Bass

THURSDAY
10:30am • Shiur while you fold
10:30am • SLIM FOR LIFE • Group weight-loss program for women • Qualified Nutritional Advisor (BSC Hons) on hand • No obligation for the first session • Libby - 651-8061 • Elisheva - 999-6479
8:00pm • Shir HaShirim • Reb Yosef Schreiber
Torah Tidbits Audio • Host: Phil Chernofsky • Divrei Torah,music, news, this 'n that • Thursday nights, 10:07-11:00pm • Israel National Radio (Arutz-7) • 98.7FM and 1539AM, or anytime on www.israelnationalnews.com

FRIDAY
9:00-10:00am • In Depth Pirkei Avot with Rabbi Chaim Eisen

UPCOMING at the Israel Center
Motza'ei Shabbat Parshat Ki Tavo • September 8th, 9:30pm • The first anniversary of the first program held at the Seymour J. Abrams • Orthodox Union JerusalemWorld Center (a.k.a. the OU Israel Center) • Slichot Program in the Wolinetz Family Beit Kneset OHEL SHMUEL • 9:30pm, Words ofSpiritual Awakening by Rabbi Boruch Horovitz , Rosh Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim • Refreshments in the Garden • 11:00pm • SLICHOT with Chazan Gerald Epstein and explanations in English • We suggest that you bring your own Slichot book (we will have them for those who don't) • 12:30am, Slichot (for those who prefer Slichot after CHATZOT) • Suggested donation: 20NIS per person

Monday, September 10th • Mitzva Checking Campaign • Mezuzot and Shaatnez • Rabbi Moshe Flumenbaum and his staff from HaSofer (in the old Israel Center building) will be at the (new) Center from 9:00am until 1:20pm (Mincha) • Bring your mezuzot for on the spot checking • Mezuzot will be available for purchase

Rabbi YaakovGurwitz, the Shaatnez Doctor (director of the Shaatnez Center in Har Nof) will be at the Center from 12:00-2:00pm. • Clothes dropped off before 12:00 will be Shaatnez-tested on a first-come- first-served basis and willbe ready for pick-up during the afternoon • A great opportunity to do a few extra mitzvot while you learn Torah at our Monday morning shiurim

Wednesday, September 12th, 8:30pm, Women are invited to anInspirational Elul Evening of Music and Song with Tofa'ah

Motza'ei Shabbat, Sept. 15, 9:00pm • Shmita for thepost-Shmita year • Rabbi Reuven Aberman