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"Regular" Israel Center classes & lectures - 20NIS for members, 25NISfor non-mem. Life members, 5NIS (except for programs of/with other organizations). No one will be turned away for lack of ability to pay. (Membership is 225NIS per year)

Many Israel Center programs are partially funded by the Jewish Agency for Israel

Friday
6:00pm - New “Early Shabbat” minyan with Mincha before Plag and Kabbalat Shabbat afterin the Wolinetz Family Shul - OHEL SHMUEL (at the Israel Center)

Shabbat Day
Shabbat afternoon (Balak), June 22nd, 5:00pm • Shiur in Pirkei Avot by Rabbi Chanoch Yeres • Refreshments • Mincha follows the shiur

Motza’ei Shabbat, June 22nd, 9:45pm • Pinchas' Action" Precedent or Exception? Pinchas (Phil) Chernofsky on KALA'IM POGIN BO

SUNDAY
9:30am (women) •Mystical Insights into theMonths of the Year • Golda Warhaftig
10:30am (women) Let's Really Learn Some Chumash • Tonia Frohwein
N'SHEI LIBRARY 10:30-12:45
11:30am (men & women) Parshat HaShavua • Shprintee Herskovits
Men who are looking to do some serious learning...
Shiur in Gemara by Rabbi David Zitter, 10:00am, SUN-THU
NOT THIS WEEK • Daf Yomi in English with Rabbi Shmuel Halpern, 3:00pm, SUN-THU
Shiur in Makot 2nd Perek by Rabbi Hillel Ruvel, 4:30pm, SUN-THU
All shiurim take place in the Israel Center's Ganchrow Beit Midrash one flight up
1:00pm • GALA LUNCHEON Advance Reservations REQUIRED
Sunday, June 23, 7:30pm, Root & Branch Lecture, in cooperation with the Israel Center; "SEMIOTICS: THE WORLD AS A SYMBOL OF A THOUGHT"; Special Guest Speaker: Professor Gerald L. Schroeder, noted physicist, author, and lecturer • nis25 per person • Information: rb@rb.org.il, All proceeds to benefit Wounded Soldiers and Terror Victims

MONDAY
9:15am • Excursions into the World of Nevi'im (the Prophets) Mrs. Pearl Borow
N'SHEI LIBRARY 10:00-12:30
10:30am (men & women) • Rabbi Leff resumes IY”H July 1 • G-d's Blessing' Bil'am's Curse • Rabbi David J. Derovan
11:36am (men & women) • Jewish History - Bayit Sheni period: Caesaria not Jerusalem?! • Dr. Henry Goldblum
Women's Beit Midrash Program • Mondays 3:00-4:00pm: Guided Chevruta Study in Tanach and Jewish Thought
4:00-5:00pm: Learning an Independent Chumash Study Method with Rabbi David Derovan
Monday, June 24, 8:00pm • in cooperation with (and at) the Israel Center
Second of four Workshops for Singles; Easch session will cover a different topic, as follows: Matchmaker, Matchmaker. Tips on Interviewing with the Shadchan,and Enjoying Yourself on Blind Dates; Striking Gold in the City of Gold: Insider’s Tips on the Singles’ Scene in Jerusalem; Good-Bye to Boredom, Hopelessness and Shyness (or Longing): Hello to Confidence on Dates and at Singles’ Events • Conducted by Ezer Kenegdo Matchmaking - Andy & Ayala Haas

8:00pm • Curing the Jewish Heart; Lecture series by AM SEGULA on Lessons from History & Zionism
AT YESHURUN SYNAGOGUE: The OU Israel CenterThe Israel Council of Yisrael Hatzair • The Council of Young Israel Rabbis in Israel • The Israel Region of the Rabbinical Council of America invite interested English speakers to an informative evening with Brig. Gen. (res.) Effie Eitam, M.K.Chairman, MAFDA”L, the National Religious Party; M.K. Eitam will be speaking in English and fielding questions onWhere to from Here? The program will take place on Monday, June 24th, 8:30pm at Yeshurun Synagogue (King George and Shmuel HaNagid Streets) • Open to men & women (separate seating at the insistence of Yeshurun) • Token admission charge of 5NIS to cover added security expenses

TUESDAY
9:00-9:50am Four Who Entered the Pardes (the deepest levels of Torah secrets) • Dr. Hayim Abramson
9:55-10:45am Jewish Concepts, How to Say them in Hebrew; kASHRUT • Dr. Hayim Abramson
10:50-11:40am • Building on a Child's Strength - New approach in Education by Prof. Gertrude Webb Curry College, Boston, Phil resumes with Parshat HaShavua next week, Rabbi Spiegelman will be back IY”H July 30
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 on Tuesdays from 10:00-12:00 Please bring ID
N'SHEI LIBRARY 11:15-12:45
11:45am • Chabad insights into Parshat HaShavua and the Actualia of Our Time (women only) • Raizel Zisk
Writing Your Personal Memoirs • Call 993-1205 or 566-7787 x204 if you'd be interested in joining a future series
Tuesday June 25 • 8:00pm, Miriam Levi will speak on her new book: When Children Fight:A Torah Approach to Resolving Differences Peacefully • Big advice in this little book of children from toddlers to teens

WEDNESDAY
9:30am Towards a More Meaningful Davening Experience Dr. Joel Luber
10:30am Break the Fear Habit... And Live! with Alan Romm P.C.
Women's Beit Midrash Program
Wednesdays: 3:00-4:00pm • Women in Tanach with Pearl Borow (men & women)
4:00-5:00pm • Guided Chevruta Study in Tanach and Jewish Thought
It takes courage to face issues at Middle Agefamily reations, health, leisure, finances, etc. • ISRAEL CENTER & "OPTIONS" OFFER PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING • Wednesdays between 5 and 6 pm • No charge for first visit in June; Call Leah or Ester: 053-231951, 02-6271584
8:00-10:00pm • Aliya Counselling with Miriam Bass
7:45-8:45pm Jewish Philosophy Road map to the Prophets - Rambam's Guide for the Perplexed Now studying: "Oredering their Mitzvot and their "reasons""; Ramban's Commentary on the Torah and its Wellsprings: Now studying: "The Tree of Knowing Good and Evil and the Yetzer HaRa" with Rabbi Chaim Eisen • alternating topics

THURSDAY • Fast Day - 17th of Tammuz
Sometime in the morning • Shiurim while you fold, Parshat HaShavua and/or the Calendar • Various presenters
10:15am • SLIM FOR LIFE Group weight-loss program for women • No obligation for the first session • Qualified nutritional advisor on hand • Elisheva 999-6479
Thursday, June 27th • The Fast of the 17th of Tammuz
5:30pmLecture/shiur by Rabbi Moshe Pinchuk, Director Doresh Zion Institute
Introduction to Talmud Yerushalmi
70 C.E. Destruction of Second temple
220 C.E. Redaction of the Mishnah
350 C.E. Redaction of Talmud Yerushalmi
525 C.E. Redaction Talmud Bavli
On the day we commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem, join us for an introductory lecture about the “other” Talmud, the one that developed in Eretz Yisrael, while its younger, but more popular brother was in its infancy in Exile. This porgram is not just for “yeshiva people”. Men and women of all backgrounds are invited to this illuminating talk by the director of an institute dedicated to researching Talmud Yerushalmi and raising awareness within the whole Jewish community of its significance to our Torah Heritage.
7:00pmMincha • Mini-shiur on the Three WeeksMaariv (8:08pm) • Refreshments (after 8:15pm)

FRIDAY
9:00am • In-Depth Pirkei Avot • Rabbi Chaim Eisen
NEW - Mincha-KabbalatShabbat-Maariv - 6:00pm • Mincha before PLAG (time will adjust in mid-August)

Avrom Silver Jerusalem College for Adults Fall Program 5762 (2001 - 2002) At the Israel Center
10:15am, • Parshat Hashavua with Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold
10:20am • The Book of T'hilim • Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold
All JCA classes - 20NIS per class (payment is separate from Israel Center classes)

ON SUMMER RECESS Also on TUESDAYS at the CENTER Two Tuesday morning classes at the Israel Center by the Yad Yaakov Center for Jewish Education Separate fees. Call (02) 652-4601 for further information 9:00-10:30am

Upcoming at the Israel Center
Motza”Sh, June 29th • in honor of Irwin Goldenberg on his 77th birthday, No charge • Does the Torah Foretell the Current Wave of Terror and Its Solution?; (Fence, nail-bombs... and more) • Rabbi Efraim Sprecher

Sundays June 30, July 7 & 14 • Torah, Psychology and Self Control with Dr. Baruch Shulem, Internationally known lecturer on religion and psychotherapy

Monday, July 1 • 11:30am; Beit Sarah Rosa presents: Start your week with PSP:; Psalms, Song, Cermaic Workshop, Silk Screen Painting etc. and Dance of the Alef Bet letters. Call to reserve: 052 633733

Tuesday, July 2nd • 8:00pm; Torah Spirituality and the Treatment of Cancer by Yaakov Gerlitz (new Oleh!) former director of the Center of Interactive Medicine, Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital

Tuesday, July 9, 8:00pm, Explaining the New Israeli Tax Law and explaining the Halachic Basis for paying taxed to the State of Israel with Eli Clark, Tax Attorney & Rabbi


FOR SALE: Sauter oven; Siemens dish washer; washing machine/dryer; microwave; refrigerator... BARGAINS; Must go by Monday • call: 053-851-663