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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

9:00am Friday, May 10th, 28th of Iyar, 9:00am • Special Shiur for Yom Yerushalyim• Yerushalayim is Forever • Rabbi Chaim Eisen • Festive refreshments

SHABBAT DAY

Shabbat afternoon shiur - 5:00pm • Pirkei Avot with Kalman Walker• Drinks • Mincha will IY"H follow the shiur

MOTZA'EI SHABBAT

Motza'ei Shabbat, May 11th, 9:30pm • Shavuot Preview & Review • Phil Chernofsky

SUNDAY

9:30am (women) •Mystical Insights into the Months 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

Sunday, May 12, 1:00pm • Rosh Chodesh Sivan Luncheon & Mothers' Day (even though we celebrate Mother's Day all the time, why not honor mother specially that day) • "Old Favorites" dairy luncheon like borsht, blintzes and more • Guest speaker: Sorra Landau, midwife at Ma'ayane Hayeshua in Bnei Brak; "The Spiritual Aspects of Childbirth" • Musical program by Noga an unusually talented woman who will be playing the guitar, accordian and other instruments. • 45NIS per person, (non members add 10NIS) Men & Women invited

Men who are looking to do some serious learning...

Shiur in Gemara by Rabbi David Zitter, 10:00am, SUN-THU

Daf Yomi in English with Rabbi Shmuel Halpern, 3:00pm, SUN-THU (after Pesach)

Shiur in Makot 2nd Perek by Rabbi Hillel Ruvel, 4:30pm, SUN-THU (Maariv follows)

All shiurim take place in the Israel Center's Ganchrow Beit Midrash one flight up

Sunday, May 12th • - 8:00pm • Born to Win: An exciting adventure in Torah & Psychology towards Happiness and Personal Wellbeing, Rabbi Yosef Rubenstein, MA Psychology, Columbia University, 30 years experience: This session: Learn to Act, not React

MONDAY

9:15am • Excursions into the World of Nevi'im (the Prophets) NEW topic: Mrs. Pearl Borow

N'SHEI LIBRARY 10:00-12:30

10:30am (men & women) • Rambam's 13 Principles of Faith • Rabbi Zev Leff

11:36am (men & women) • From Pesach thru Shavuot 4 BCE; The War of Varus • 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

8:00pm • Curing the Jewish Heart; Lecture series by AM SEGULA on Lessons from History & Zionism

Monday, May 13th, 8:00pm • For the Sheloshim of my Rebbe of 21 years - the great Tzaddik, HaRav Raphael Benyamin Levin, zt"l, son of "A Tzaddik In Our Time", Rav Aryeh Levin zt"l In Memory of A Son and a Tzaddik In Our Time: Hear and bring your own story to tell about the genuine righteousness in action of a real Tzaddik who gave us life and inspiration in his midst. • Immanuel Yosef Legomsky

Monday, May 13th, 8:00pm • Dealing with Teens: Teenagers & Responsibility • Rochel Frumin and Ncoom Gilbar, Maor Anayim Therapy Center

DALE CARNEGIE PRESENTS “Breakthrough to Success”

For 90 years Dale Carnegie Traininghas worked with thousands of successful people worldwide and found they have three things in common.

Would you like to know what they are? • Monday, May 13 - 7:45-9:30pm

Workshop presented by James Marlow of Dale Carnegie Training, Israel • For further information, contact James on 053 993 803

TUESDAY

9:00-9:50am Beyond Time and Place: Aggadah, the Soul, and Society • Dr. Hayim Abramson

9:55-10:45am Jewish Concepts, How to Say them in Hebrew • Dr. Hayim Abramson

10:50-11:40am Parshat HaShavua R. Mordechai Spiegelman

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

11:45am • Chabad insights into Parshat HaShavua and the Actualia of Our Time (women only) • Raizel Zisk

Writing Your Personal Memoirs It is still possible to join this session, which just • Call 993-1205 or 566-7787 x204

Tuesday, May 14th, 8:00pm • Root & Branch Association lecture in conjunction with the Israel Center • "CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY INFILTRATION OF JEWISH CONVERSION PROGRAMS WORLDWIDE" • by Michaela Lawson and Devora Shem Tov, Co-Directors, Counter Missionary Group, Root & Branch Association, Ltd. • Information: rb@rb.org.il • Language: English • Admission: NIS25 per person

WEDNESDAY

NOT THIS WEEK • 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

Israel Center & Options offer...Professional 1-time counseling "Issues in Middle Age" • Family relationships, Health issues, Leisure, Finances, etc. • Every Wednesday in May & June 5:00-6:00pm at the Israel Center • No charge • Call Ester or Leah: 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: "Dealing with Physicality"; 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 (Erev Shavuot

• The Center will be open on Thursday morning from 9:00am to noon. Slim for Life will not be in session.

• Use THU morning for last-minute pick-ups of Torah Tidbits

• We hope to be folding & distributing the Shavuot/Naso issue of TT (519) on Tuesday (possibly Wednesday). Call to check.

• Remember to make an EIRUV TAVSHILIN on Thursday.

• See below for details of our LEIL SHAVUOT program. Davening and all-night learning are open to men and women - all are invited. Refreshments will be served throughout the night. The festive meal is by advanced reservations only.

•The Center will be closed on Friday.

• There will IY"H be a shiur at the Center on Shabbat afternoon, 5:00pm. Details in the Shavuot/Naso issue.

Chag Sameach and Shabbat Shalom

Leil Shavuot at the OU Israel Center • Thursday May 16

6:54pm Candle lighting

7:10pm Mincha followed by a talk on Timely Topics

7:55pm Maariv for Shavuot

8:25pm Festive Dairy Meal by Schocketino Catering, Divrei Torah (by reservation only, 100/110NIS per person)

10:30pm Rabbi David Epstein on Holiday Holiness

11:30pm Rabbi Macy Gordon on HOW?

12:30am Sweeter than Wine - Rabbi Yaakov Homnick

1:00am Rabbi Avi Weiss

2:00am The Angels vs. the Jews: Insights into Akdamut • Rabbi Eddie Abramson

3:00am The 3 NOs of Shavuot: No Chol HaMoed; No symbols; No date • Rabbi Efraim Sprecher

4:20am Walk to the Old City

5:05am Recommended starting time for Shacharit in order to reach the Amida at 5:41am (sunrise)

The meal is by advanced reservation only - 100NIS p.p. (non-members add 10NIS)

Davening and the all-night learning is open to the public. Men & women invited.

Refreshments will be available throughout the night.

Avrom Silver Jerusalem College for Adults Fall Program 5762 (2001 - 2002) At the Israel Center

Tuesdays 9:00am A Study of the 613 Mitzvot with Rabbi Aharon Adler

10:15am, • Shavuot with Rabbi Dr. Natan Lopes Cardozo

Wednesdays 9:00am, Studies in Maimonides: Rabbi Macy Gordon

10:20am • Megilat Ruth • Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold

6:30pm • A study of the Haftarot with Esther Kitov

All JCA classes - 20NIS per class (payment is separate from Israel Center classes)

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 The Journey of the Soul in Biblical Stories Rabbi Yosef Leibowitz 10:30-11:30am Rambam's Shmoneh P'rakim (8 chapters) Rabbi Yosef Leibowitz

Upcoming at the Israel Center

Mother-Daughter Bat Mitzvah Course with Pearl Borow beginning Tuesday, April 30, 7:30pm, call 5667787 x 261 for more info.

Financial Management for Very Uncertain Times

Wealth management workshops at the Israel Center Hosted by Mark van Gelderen, and the Financial Resource Network staff; Cost: 30NIS for both, 20NIS per seminar

Please pre-register at any of the numbers given below or 566-7787

Sunday, May 19th, 7:30pmFinancial Success Workshop; Sophisticated Management Techniques for Olim and Tourists

Monday, May 20th, 7:30pmPortfolio Management Workshop

Six very low risk investments that can give high returns for uncertain times

For experienced investors as well as novices • Get a survey of the best investment techniques from a veteran financial advisor • Use proven methodologies, which you can do yourself • Simplify your life and succeed at the investment game. • Mark van Gelderen & staff

Box 31066, Jerusalem • ph/fax: (02) 627-4316, 580-7013 • ClientAdmin@FinancialResource.Net

Monday, May 20th, • 4-10pm 2nd Root & Branch Association Jerusalem GER TZEDEK Conference • 20NIS p.p.

Tuesday, May 21 • 1:00-5:00pm • Zionism: Post or Most? Featuring Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Mordechai Nissan, Prof. Shlomo Sharan, Yisrael Medad • 50/60NIS

Here’s a Date to Hold! • Sunday, June 2nd - 1:00pm

Torah Tidbits 10th Anniversary Luncheon • Many delicious tidbits will be served • “Performance” of a Live Torah Tidbits • Awards to ace folders and distributors • Reservations required - limited space • Call for further details