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): Rabbi Aharon Adler•Cold drinks will be served•Mincha follows Shiur

MOTZA"SH
Motza'ei Shabbat, July 14th, 9:30pm•L'maan B'nos Yisrael International in cooperation with the OU Israel Center•Jerusalem Int'l Conference; Approaches in Dealing with the Agunah Crisis•Speakers: Rabbi Shmuel Gamliel, Director of the Agunah Department of the Rabbinic Courts of the State of Israel; Rabbi Yaakov Pollack, Rabbi, Cong. Shomre Emunah; Rabbi Elazar M. Teitz, Rabbi of Elizabeth, NJ Marilyn Mattie Klein, Founder & President, L'maan B'nos Yisrael Int'l•Admission free • program subject to change• Refreshments will be served•L'maan B'nos Yisrael Int'l works on behalf of Agunot, former Agunot and their abandoned children. They ask for your prayers and attendance at this important program. Alone, we can do little. With HaShem's help, there is little we cannot do.•For further information about this program (or the organization, in general), call (02) 658- 2822, or the Center at (02) 566-7787 ext. 204, and/or visit www.lbyi.org

In addition to the Motza'ei Shabbat Conference there is also the following:
L'maan B'nos Yisrael Int'l and Yesh Sachar L'f'ulateich urges the entire Jewish Community to join in T'filat Yom Kippur Katan and T'filot for Agunot in distress: Kever Rachel Imeinu, Thursday, July 19th •Free (bulletproof) buses will be available from 9:00am to 5:00pm every hour on the hour from Rechov Yechezkeil opp. Bank Discount, Rechov HaNevi'im - bus stop opp. Misrad HaChinuch, and the Gilo intersection.

*In the context of LBYI, the term Aguna applies (mostly) to a woman whose husband refuses to give her a Get, thus leaving her (and her children) in a terrible state of limbo - halachically, emotionally, socially, financially.

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 (women)• Mystical Insights into the Months of the Year•Golda Warhaftig
N'shei Library •10:30-12:45
July 15th, 10:30am (men & women)•The Nine Days •Phil Chernofsky •Tonia Frohwein will continue with Eicha next Sunday IY"H
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 15th, 8:00pm•Cloning •Prof. Edward H. Simon, PhD, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, Specialties: Animal virology, molecular biology

MONDAY
9:15am• New Series: Taamei Mitzvot U'Minhagim: Reasons for Jewish Laws and Customs•Rabbi Eliezer Grunbaum
10:30•Rambam's 13 Principles of Faith •Rabbi Zev Leff
N'SHEI lending library 10:00-12:30
July 16th, 11:36am•Open discussion on Emunah and Bitachon •Aviva Nissim
July 16th, call 051-985225•NLP Workshop given by Rabbi Shlomo Kory, Certified NLP master-practitioner•How to communicate with almost anyone

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 •This week: Rabbi Yoel Margolis • Coffee and cake will be served for the July 17th class
July 17th, 8:00pm•JEWISH VALUES EDUCATION INSTITUTE•1st 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
7:45-8:45pm•Jewish Philosophy•Rabbi Chaim Eisen•One week: Road Map to the Prophets: Rambam's Guide of the Perplexed•One week: Ramban's Commentary on the Torah and its Wellsprings•This week: Road Map to the Prophets: Rambam's Guide of the Perplexed
8:00-10:00pm•Aliya Counseling•Miriam Bass

July 18th, 8:00pm•JEWISH VALUES EDUCATION INSTITUTE•New Perspectives on Prayer•What do the Dead Sea Scrolls teach us about Jewish Prayer with Dr. Esther Chazon, Dept. of Literature, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

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 19th, 8:00pm •Special shiur for the Three Weeks; SIN'AT CHINAM: Revenge vs. Self Defense•Rabbi Efraim Sprecher
8:00pm•Shir HaShirim•Reb Yosef Schreiber

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

Upcoming at the Israel Center
Motza'ei Shabbat, July 21, 9:30pm•Pre-Tish'a b'Av Preview of Kinot with Dr. David Luchins; with the hope & prayer that Kinot become obsolete, relegated to academic obscurity, speedily in our time

Monday, July 23, 8:00pm After Moynihan U.S. & N.Y. Political Update with Dr. David Luchins

Thursday, July 26, 8:00pm What are Missionaries Doing These Days? with Rabbi Tuvia Singer