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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 

* Life members pay member's rates for programs of other organizations that take place at the Center and for programs that the Center is co-sponsoring with another organization 

SHABBAT DAY 

4:00pm • Shabbat afternoon shiur on Parshat HaShavua with Yaakov Peterseil • Men & women invited • Drinks available • Mincha if Minyan 

MOTZA'EI SHABBAT 

Motza'Sh Parshat Ki Tisa - Parshat Para - March 2nd, 8:30pm • Musical Melave Malka - Shirei Neshama with Naftali Abramson and Ram Berlin (of Lahakat Mashiv HaRuach) 

Keter Hats • Pesach Hat Show at the Israel Center Motzaei Shabbat, March 2 & 16, 8:00-10:30pm • A wide variety of imported designer hats • Superb quality & comfort • Buy 2 hats and get 15% off on the lower priced hat (valid with this ad) • Erica Margo: 02 5633342 email: airbenji@bezeqint.net 

SUNDAY 

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

10:30am (men & women) This month is yours • Phil Chernofsky 

N'shei Library - 10:30am - 12:45pm 

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

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 

Sundays 7:30pm • (Freedom Now - Passover as therapy) 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 • Dr. Elchanan Greenwald speaks about Laser Dentistry 

Sunday, March 3rd, 8:00pm • Loving your teens - Setting limits in a loving environment 

Rachel Frumin MS • David Kaufman CSW, Ma'or Aynayim Therapy Center (054-799-441) 

Sunday, March 3rd, 8:00pm • The Jerusalem Kosher Culture Club presents: "A Feast of Jerusalem Talent": Magical prize-winning performer-poetess Rina Levinzon reading her poems in Hebrew, English and Russian; Leading "Voices" poet-playwright Melvyn Millman reading his "Eleventh Greatest Horror of the World" and other major poems; Legendary singer-songwriter Ben Reuven sings his memorable hit songs of Jerusalem, Zionism, Peace, Ladino and Hassidic with International Singalong • Information and booking: 02 6536764, 20NIS per person entrance 

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) • Rabbi Leff is Back 

11:36am (men & women) • Herod vs. the Hasmoneans: An Unequal Struggle with Dr. Henry Goldblum 

Monday, March 4th. 8:00pm • Jewish Perspective on Disabled persons 

Monday, March 4th, 8:00pm • Leah Zitter on parenting 

8:00-9:30pm • M.A.S.K. - Biweekly Parent Support Group (02-586-7289) child at Risk? Sharpen Your Parenting Skills with Dr. Judy Belsky 

8:00pm • Lecture series by Am Segula on Lessons from History and Zionism 

TUESDAY 

9:00-9:50am Siddur Topics • Dr. Hayim Abramson 

9:55-10:45am Torah Yopics • 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 

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

TUE, MAR 5, 6:00pm • Calling all New Yorkers... to a reception at the Center for...NYS Comptroller H. Carl McCall Cohosted by Israel Bonds and the Israel Center (no charge, but please call to reserve place) 

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 

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: 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 • alternating topics 

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 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 March 5,12 • 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 March 6,13 9:00am, Insights into the Pesach Holiday, Rabbi Sholom Gold 

10:20am • A Study of the Haggada • Rabbi David J. Derovan 

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

RESUMES Shortly 

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 

Motza'Sh Parshat Vayqhel-P'kudei - HaChodesh - March 9th, 8:30pm • Moshe & Aharon - What they Share and How they Differ • Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Poupko 

Motza'ei Shabbat, March 9th, 8:30pm • Women are invited to join us in an uplifting evening of Song & Soul featuring singer Rachel Wilner, the Sulamot Women's Choir of Beit El, accompanied by pianist and singer Zohar Shifris 

Monday, March 11th, 8:00pm • Update on the U.S., its relationship with Israel, the American Jewish community • Dr. David Luchins special assistant to NYS Comptroller, H. Carl McCall 

Tuesday, March 12th, 8:00pm • Another terrorist attack! Are your loved ones safe? 

But how is being left,time after time, with an array of subliminal feelings like fear, anger, guilt, etc. affecting us as parents? Join in an in-depth discussion of some of our most basic instincts and explore the effect on our judgements, relationships, family and self. • The program will be facilitated by YOSEF MINTZ, an experienced psychotherapist. • Dedicated to the memory of those who were killed in recent attacks • Our prayers for a speedy recovery to the injured 

Wednesday, March 13th, 8:00pm • WTC (World Trade Center) - Why? How? How does it fit in the Divine Plan • A 2-hour lecture on the disaster, its aftermath,and terrorism from a mystical perspective by the internationally renowned lecturer and educator, RABBI MENDEL KESSIN 

Thursday, ROSH CHODESH NISAN, March 14, '02, 12:30pm at the Center • DOUBLE HEADER ROSH CHODESH NISAN LUNCHEON • Special Divrei Torah about Rosh Chodesh by our own SARA STERMAN And a most unusual guest speaker: SERGEANT RUTH VARDA FRANKEL with her unbelievable life story The Only Religious Volunteer Policewoman • Dairy gourmet lunch • 45NIS (50 for n/m) • Advance Registration Required 

Motza'ei Shabbat, March 16th - 8:30pm • Shiur on the yahrzeit of Rabbi Joseph Schapiro • Guest speaker: Rabbi David Orlofsky 

Sunday, March 17th, 8:00pm • RABBI MENDEL KESSIN with MYSTICAL INSIGHTS into the GEULA PROCESS 

Here's a further away UPCOMING to mark on your calendar (for women only) 

Recharge your batteries after Pesach (SUN, April 7t- 10:30am to 4:30pm, to be specific) 

A Taste of Beauty - a Beauty & Fashion Forum, a day of constructive self-indulgence • Tips from experts on skin, body, hair, color, make-up, wardrobe, image • videos of Elizabeth Arden and Estee Lauder • drawings, discounts, surprises, salad lunch. more • Hosted by Beverley Crawford and Sarah Friedman • Watch for furtherdetails 

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