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"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 (Membership is 225NIS per year) Many Israel Center programs are partially funded by the Jewish Agency for Israel 

SHABBAT DAY 

3:30pm • Shabbat afternoon shiur on Parshat HaShavua with special guest speaker: Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union • Men & women invited • Drinks available • Mincha follows shiur 

MOTZA'EI SHABBAT 

Motza"Sh JAN 26 8:00pm Kedma in conjunction with the Israel Center • 20NIS in advance 25NIS at the door Sing & Dance with the kids at a Benefit Concert for Zichron Menachem The Israeli Association for the Support of Children with Cancer and their Families with Naftalie Abramson & his Band and the Solomon Brothers for more info. call Kedma at 02 6253005 or Hindy 058 318649 or Yael 053 473900 

SUNDAY 

9:30am (women) •Mystical Insights into the Months of the Year • Golda Warhaftig 

10:30am (women)Let's really Learn Chumash with Tonia Frohwein 

N'shei Library - 10:30am - 12:45pm 

11:30am (men & women) Parshat HaShavua • Shprintee Herskovits

12:30pm Flame of the Soul, Philosophical and Chassidic insights into Jewish Life • Rabbi David Zitter 

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

Shiur in Arvei P'sachim by Rabbi David Zitter, 10:00am, SUN-THU 

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

Shiur in Kiddushin 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 

7:30pm • Jewish Values Education Institute • Do you have questions? • Do you have doubts? Are you seeking the truth? Open to all topics, feelings, questions, doubts, beliefs, and needs from a loving, open, Torah perspective No lecture or criticism - Only acceptances, respect & response • Dr. Daniel Stolper , A psychologist, a rabbi, but mostly a person 

8:00pm • new series , Born to Win - An exciting adventure in Torah & Psychology towards Happiness and Personal Wellbeing with Rabbi Yosef Rubenstein, MA Psych, Columbia, 30 years experience 

SUN, Jan 27 8:00pm • Special TU BiShvat presentation...• TREES HAVE IT - WE CAN LEARN FROM IT • TU BiShvat refreshments will be served • Akiva Woolf ,Dir. Center for Judaism and the Environment 

MONDAY 

9:15am • Excursions into the World of Nevi'im (the Prophets) First topic: The 7 Prophetesses Mrs. Pearl Borow 

N'shei Library open on Mondays, 10:00am - 12:30pm 

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

11:36am (men & women) • After 67 BCE - Progidy! • Dr. henry Goldblum

jan. 28, 8:00pm (men & women) • Tricky Brachot Situation How & Why • Phil Chernofsky

TUESDAY 

9:00-9:50am TORAH TOPICS, The World to Come in Jewish Sources Dr. Hayim Abramson 

9:55-10:45am SIDDUR TOPICS, In-depth study of the AMIDA Dr. Hayim Abramson 

N'shei Library open on Tuesdays, 11:15am - 12:45pm 

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

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

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 

TUESDAYS 4:00pm • Writing Your Personal Memoirs Everybody has a story to tell. No matter who you are and what you have done, your story is one that should be told. If you have been thinking about writing your personal memoirs and are not sure how to begin, you are invited to join a new writing workshop with Miriam Lock. We will be meeting on Tuesday afternoons at 4:00pm for a series of writing sessions and discussions of our work. The workshop will consist of eight meetings 

THIS SERIES IS CLOSED. THOSE INTERESTED MAY SIGN UP FOR THE NEXT SERIES. CALL 5667787 X204.

Tuesday, January 29, 4:00-10:00pm • THIRD ROOT & BRANCH ASSOCIATION JERUSALEM CONFERENCE ON TORAH & ECOLOGY • Sponsored by the Ecology Fellowship of Root & Branch Association • Conference co-chair: Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld and Professor Richard Schwartz • Light refreshments will be provided • NIS25 per person (flat fee for entire program) 

4:00pm.• Ki HaAdam Eitz haSadeh: Man, Trees and Environmental Protection in the Torah , Mr. Akiva Wolff Director, Center for Judaism and the Environment 

4:45pm • To Care, To Know and To Do: The Concepts of Nature in the Teachings of Rav Kook , Prof. Benyamin Ish-Shalom Rector, Bet Morasha Jerusalem; Author, "Rav Kook: Between Rationalism and Mysticism" 

5:30pm • The Centrality of the Environment from a Torah Viewpoint , Rabbi Prof. Yehuda (Leo) Levi Rector Emeritus, Jerusalem College of Technology 

6:15pm • To Care, To Know, and To Do: The Environmental Teachings of Rabbi Aaron Soloveichik, Rabbi Chaim Soloveichik Rav, Cong. Ohr Shalom and Cong. Ahava v'Simcha, Ramat Beit Shemesh; Rebbe, Yeshivat Reishit Yerushaliyim 

7:00pm • What Judaism Has to Say to the World about the Environment, Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld Chemist and Economist, Ph.D. in Environmental Studies; Author, "Judaism, Environmentalism and the Environment", "Environment and Confusion" 

7:45pm • Man and His Environment, Prof. Nahum Rakover Founder & President, Jewish Legal Heritage Society 

8:30pm • Responding Jewishly to Israeli and Global Environmental Crises, Prof. Richard H. Schwartz Author, "Judaism and Vegetarianism", "Judaism and Global Survival", "Mathematics and Global Survival" 

9:15pm • And Your Camp Shall be Sacred, Rabbi Ze'ev Chaim Lifshitz Founder & Director, Sadnat Enosh Torah Guidance Center 

http://www.geocities.com/eproceeding/rbtorahecology20020129 • email:rb@rb.org.il • website: www.rb.org.il 

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. 

3:00pm Women in Tanach with Pearl Borow 

7:45-8:45pm Jewish Philosophy Road map to the Prophets - Rambam's Guide for the Perplexed Now studying: Rambam's Approach to Korbanot Ramban's Commentary on the Torah and its Wellsprings Now studying: G-d's Ongoing Melacha & the Celestial Shabbat with Rabbi Chaim Eisen This week: Ramban

Wednesday, January 30th, 8:00pm • Meet the author series: Judy Balint author of Jerusalem Diaries in Times of Stress (Gefen, 2001) will provide unique insights into the life of an activist writer in Jerusalem 

8:00-10:00pm Aliya Counseling with Miriam Bass 

THURSDAY 

in the morning Shiurum while you fold; Parshat HaShavua and/or the Calendar various presenters 

10:30am SLIM FOR LIFE, Libby 651-8061 Elisheva 999-6479 No obligation for the first session 

Male Choir Rehearsal Thursdays at 7:30pm Led by Yisrael Shwarzstein (for more information, 02 583 3389) Songs by Rosenblatt, Lewandowski, N. Shemer, Carlebach 

8:00pm The Book of Yehoshua with Reb Yosef Schreiber 

Torah Tidbits Audio with Phil Chernofsky on Israel National Radio (Arutz-7), 98.7FM and 1539AM, Thursdays, 10:07-11:00pm, or anytime on www.israelnationalnews.com 

FRIDAY 

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

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, Parshat Hashavua with Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold 

TUE Jan. 29 Feb 5 Feb 12 Feb 19 • 10:15am Avrom Silver Jerusalem College for Adults in cooperation with the David Cardozo Academy announces a series of 4 lectures by noted scholar and author Rabbi Dr. Natan Lopes-Cardozo “REVELATI0N & HALACHA” 

11:30am, A Study of the Haftarot with Esther Kitov 

Wednesdays 9:00am (resumes on Feb. 6), Studies in Maimonides: The Jewish State and the Messianic Era with Rabbi Macy Gordon 

10:30am, Tehillim: The Book of Psalms with Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold 

Jan. 30, Feb. 6,13,20 • T'hilim - P'sukei D'zimra The Daily Prayers • Rabbi David J. Derovan

And at KEHILAT ZICHRON YOSEPH, 10 Agassi, Har Nof, 

Thursdays, 9:30am, Timeless Topics with Rabbi Zev Leff 

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

RESUMES AFTER PURIM: 

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 

Motzaei Shabbat, February 2nd, 8:30pm Erev Shira featuring Jewish Music from the 60's & 70's with Ruach Uno starring Howie Kahn (Ruach Revival, producer/composer/keyboards/vocals) Sing along to the songs and hear the stories behind the music of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, Pirchei, Rabbi's Sons, Noam Singers, Or Chadash, Ruach Revival, Kol Salonika, Neginah Orchestra and more Join us for a most special evening of nostalgia! • Members: 30NIS , Non-members: 35NIS 

"A splendid time is guaranteed for all." 

SUN. FEB 3 , 8:30pm • Living with Teens - Setting limits • Rachel Frumin M.S.• David Kaufman CSW • Maor Aynayim Therapy Center 054-799-441 

MON FEB 4, 10:00am , 25/30NIS • Tsipporah Wizansky (Cognitive Therapist) talks about "How Cognitive therapy helps in Anxiety States" • Riva Schertzman presents "Music as Therapy" • Dr. Vivienne Damelin (psychiatrist) presents "After the Shock: Post Traumatice treatment and Recovery" 

MON FEB 4, 7:45pm • Memorial Lecture on the 7th yahrzeit of Etta Ehrman Kossowsky z"l • Yael Ziegler on "Israel and the Nations - the models of Yitro & Rachav" • Divrei Torah: Eli Ehrman, Michi Kossowsky • Light refreshments • Details: Esther (02) 991-9003 

Monday, February 4th, 6:45-10:00pm • Special workshop for parents, friends and relatives of singles, matchmakers and members of shidduch committees • The Art of being a Dating Advisor with Rosie Einhorn L.C.S.W. and Sherry Zimmerman Esq., authors, "Talking Tachlis", "In The Beginning", "Navigating the Dating Maze"• Learn the "psychology" of single adults as your are trained to guide a friend through courtship and engagement.• 70NIS (includes materials, certificate and ongoing "technical support" by Sasson V'Simcha, the Center for Jewish Marriage. Call to reserve: 5667787 x 204 

KIDS-4-KIDS Conference at the Israel Center

February 10, 2002 from 4:00-9:30pm • KIDS FOR KIDS Youth Organization for the Recovery of Young Victims of Terrorism • kids4kids@actcom.co.il • 628-1874 • 628-1987 fax: 6283194

One year after... we are here to talk, to listen, to learn, to create healthy vistas for the future...

What Can You Possibly Say? Bereavement counselors Adina Rakoff & Thea GIvati •

Taming the Trauma - Dr. Batya Ludman, Clinical Psychologist and Debriefing Counselor

Our Kids in this War, Dr. Michael Tobin (PhD family therapist) and Rabbi Eitan Eckstein (Director of Retorno), 

Tools in Our Pocket, Sorrow in Our Hearts, Rachel Frumin (Clinical Psychologist) 

The manipulation of their children, creation of the suicide bombers , Itamar Marcus

The Big Picture, Rabbi Pincus Winston 

KIDS FOR KIDS speak their heart - Youth Advisory Board members will give you their honest views of life in this War of No Name 

EXCLUSIVE TEEN TALK SESSIONS 7:00-9:30pm with Rabbi Ekstein; Rabbi Pincus Winston, Adina Rakoff and Thea GIvati

Topics include...• “What do I do when my friend's been killed?” • The Big Picture; • Tools in My Pocket, Sorrow in My Heart

For Adults, Kids and the Entire Community

Friday - Sunday, March 1-2 • In the Footsteps of the Sanhedrin, A study seminar led by Barnea Selavan • Details to follow

Pesach Week Rental • Dates Flexible Spacious 3 bedroom, fully furnished apartment in San Simon. Strictly Kosher, Cable TV 02-6798708 • 058-464249 • sdtarag@actcom.co.il Perfect hotel-alternative for visiting relatives or friends