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 (1st perek): Yaakov Peterseil•Cold drinks will be served•Mincha follows Shiur

MOTZA"SH
Motza'ei Shabbat, July 21st, 9:30pm•Pre-Tish'a b'Av Preview of Kinot with Dr. David Luchins • with the hope and prayer that Kinot will become obsolete, relegated to academic obscurity, speedily in our time
See UPCOMINGs for details of the Tish'a b'Av morning program at the Israel Center and the End-of-Tish'a b'Av program in the Old City with Dr. Luchins

BEIS MEDRASH PROGRAM•SUN-THU, 9:30-12:30•Shiurim at 10:00am•Magid Shiur and supervisor HaRav Hillel Ruvell•For men who want some serious learning
DAF YOMI in English 3:00-4:00pm•Sunday-Thursday

SUNDAY
9:30am •Golda Warhaftig's class will resume IY"H on Sunday, August 26th
Sunday, July 22nd, 9:30am (men & women)•NOTE ONE-TIME CHANGE OF DAY In-Depth Pirkei Avot with Rabbi Chaim Eisen
N'shei Library •10:30-12:45
10:30am (women)•Megilat Eicha • Tonia Frohwein
11:30am•(This class is open to men and women)•Parshat HaShavua•Shprintzee Herskovits
12:30pm (men & women)•Great Jewish Stories with music •Rabbi David Zitter
July 22nd, 7:45pm•Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Chaim Eisen •This week: Ramban's Commentary on the Torah and its Wellsprings•NOTE ONE-TIME CHANGE OF DAY MONDAY

MONDAY
9:15am• New Series: Taamei Mitzvot U'Minhagim: Reasons for Jewish Laws and Customs•Rabbi Eliezer Grunbaum
10:30am•Rabbi Leff's shiur will resume IY"H on Monday, August 27th - 8 Elul
July 23rd, 10:30pm BO'U V'RESHU HA'ARETZ •The Boundaries of Eretz Yisrael in Tanach•Rabbi Nachman (Neil) Winkler
N'SHEI lending library 10:00-12:30
July 23RD, 11:36am•Topics of Emunah & Bitachon followe by an open discussion •Aviva Nissim
July 23rd, call 051-985225•NLP Workshop given by Rabbi Shlomo Kory, Certified NLP master-practitioner•How to communicate with almost anyone
July 23rd, 8:00pm• After Moynihan: U.S. & N.Y. Political Update with Dr. David Luchins

TUESDAY
9:00-9:50•TORAH TOPICS•Kiddush HaShem•Dr. Hayim Abramson
9:55-10:45•SIDDUR TOPICS•In-depth study of Kaddish•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
2:00pm •Shiur in the Laws and Practices of Shabbat •Rabbi Yoel Margolese• Cookies and drinks will be served
July 24th, 8:00pm•JEWISH VALUES EDUCATION INSTITUTE•2nd of series of 3 on "The Jewish Self" with Rabbi Jeremy Kagan

WEDNESDAY
8:30am•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•Towards a more Meaningful Davening Experience•Dr. Joel Luber
10:30am•for everyone•Break the Fear Habit ...and LIVE!•Alan Romm, P.C
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 •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 work towards putting together his/her own collection of poems •30NIS per session
July,25th, 5:30pm•Is Israel Going Under? G-d forbid with Shifra Hoffman, Founder & President of Victims of Arab Terror, Int'l
7:45-8:45pm•Jewish Philosophy•Rabbi Chaim Eisen•This week, the shiur is/was on Sunday (see then) The shiur will resume its Wednesday evening slot IY"H on August 15th
8:00-10:00pm•Aliya Counseling•Miriam Bass
July 25th, 8:00pm•JEWISH VALUES EDUCATION INSTITUTE•New Perspectives on Prayer•Jewish Prayer and the Non-Believer •Dr. Gavriel (Gabi) Cohen, Dept. of Bible Studies, Bar Ilan University

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
July 26th, 8:00pm•The Christian Intifada: What are missionaries up to these days? with Rabbi Tovia Singer, Director of Outreach Judaism
8:00pm•Megilat Eicha•Reb Yosef Schreiber

FRIDAY
9:00-10:00am•When Shabbat and Tish'a B'Av clash review with Phil Chernofsky

Upcoming at the Israel Center
Sunday, July 29th •Tish'a b'Av •8:30am - Shacharit, (we'll be on time for Sh'ma) followed by KINOT. We will say specially selected Kinot, in an unrushed manner. Explanations in English•A very meaningful experience•Layning and kinot leader: Rabbi Neil Winkler•Kinot introduction and explanations: Dr. David Luchins•We will end around Chatzot 12:45pm (approx.)

Wednesdays during August, 10:30am •(Alan Romm will resume in September IY"H) PHANTOM BUSTING with Evelyn Haies•A book review workshop on FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL by Joan Peters which debunks the "Big Lie" of the so-called Palestinians

Thursday, Aug. 2, 2001•Conference on How to Help Israel in the Media•Practical Training Sessions: 5:00pm•How to discern myths commonly reported in the media and how to respond with facts at your finger tips• 6:00pm• How to cope with and respond to the subtle disinformation campaigns against Israel that are orchestrated by the U.S. State Dept., Canadian External Affairs Ministry, the European Union, and UNRWA• 7:00pm• Role Play: How to successfully interact and influence the media• 8:00pm• First Preview of new documentary about the PLO•Participation Fee: 30 IS. Students: 15 IS• Sponsors needed to advertise this conference in the Jerusalem Post and HaAretz. (US and Canadian tax deductible)•Registration: Israel Resource News Agency, Beit Agron Press Center, Jerusalem, tel. 02-5300125 or media@actcom.co.il

Monday, August 6th, 8:00pm•Have American Jews Abandoned Israel? with Rabbi Avi Weiss

Tuesday, August 7th, 8:00pm• Discover the Temple within you, The physical Beit HaMikdash may have been destroyed, but the inner Temple continues to dwell in your own heart and mind. Come to this exciting lecture & experiential journey using guided imagery with Mendel Weinberger