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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 

FRIDAY EVENING

When we have an in-house Shabbaton at the Center (as we do this Shabbat),we invite TT readers in walking distance to join us for davening and shiurim.

4:55pm Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat, Mini-Shiur, Maariv

8:15pm Shiur by our guest scholar, Rabbi Asher Meir - Leil Shabbat: a special time for Shalom Bayit

9:15pm Tish & Oneg Shabbat with Rabbi Meir and Phil

SHABBAT DAY

7:30am Pre-Davening Mini-Shiur by Phil

8:00am Shacharit, Torah reading, Rosh Chodesh Benching, Drasha, Musaf

1:00pm Shiur by R' Meir: Inner meaning of the interest prohibition & heter iska

2:00pm Shiur by Phil on the Mitzvot of Mishpatim and Sh'kalim

3:30pm Shiur by R' Meir: “If you want to be pious, observe the laws of damages”

4:30pm Mincha

5:55pm Maariv and Havdala

3:30pm • Shabbat afternoon shiur on Parshat HaShavua with Kalman Walker • Men & women invited • Drinks available • Mincha if Minyan

MOTZA'EI SHABBAT

Motzaei Shabbat, February 9th, 8:30pm • Rambam's View of Healing by Allen Bennett, MD, FACP, President of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists Chairman, Committee on Bio-Ethical Issues

SUNDAY

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

10:30am (men & women) A look backat Parshat Mishpatim • Phil Chernofsky

N'shei Library - 10:30am - 12:45pm 

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

February 10, 2002 from 4:00-9:30pm • KIDS-4-KIDS Conference in conjuction with (and at) the Israel Center

KIDS FOR KIDS •Youth Organization for the Recovery of Young Victims of Terrorism • kids4kids@actcom.co.il • 628-1874 • 628-1987fax: 6283194

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

4:00-5:00pm • Families' Impact in Frontline Parenting • Dr. Michael Tobin (PhD family therapist) ; Tools in Our Pocket, Sorrow in Our Hearts • Rachel Frumin MS (Clinical Psychologist)

5:00-6:00pm • Taming the Trauma - Rebecca Weinberger, Child Advocate and Dr. Batya Ludman, Clinical Psychologist and Debriefing Counselor

6:00-7:00pm • The Mourning After • Thea GIvati, Adina Rakoff - Bereavement counselors

7:30-8:30pm • Our Kids in this War• Rabbi Eitan Eckstein (Director of Retorno)

KIDS FOR KIDS TEENS tell their stories: Atara Spero, Elisheva Millstein, Ariella Feinstein

8:30-10:00pm • The Big Picture – Rabbi Pincus Winston; Spiritual Tools – teen, Avrumi Landsman; The manipulation of their children, creation of the suicidebombers • Itamar Marcus PMW

Parallel TEEN SESSION - 7:00-8:30pm with Rabbi Ekstein; Rabbi Winston, Adina Rakoff and Thea GIvati; Topics include...: "What do I do when my friend's been killed?”; The Big Picture;

For Adults, Kids and the Entire Community • Admission: 20NIS

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 • 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. Feb.10 • 8:00-10:00pm Aliya Counselling with Miriam Bass

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) • Building the Mikdash • Phil Chernofsky

11:36am (men & women) • Jewish History 2nd Temple • Enter Caesar and Cleopatra with Dr. Henry Goldblum

Monday, Feb. 11, 8:00pm • Revitalizing the Mitzvah of Hospitality in your community; The tragic missing element in Jewish Communal Life Today. presented by David Bedein MSW

TUESDAY 

9:00-9:50am Midrash on Purim • Dr. Hayim Abramson 

9:55-10:45am Megilat Esther • 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.

Feb. 5,12,19 • 8:00pm • A new Way of Looking at Megilat Esther with Dr. Joe Levinson

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 7:30pm • Root & Branch, in conjunction with the Israel Center : Palestinian Propaganda Films: Information or Intoxication? Film Presentation and Analysis (part two) by film-maker Mr. David Szerman• Information: rb@rb.org.il • Language: FRENCH • Admission: NIS25 per person

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. 

Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2:00pm, Rosh Chodesh Adar Luncheon (meat) • Honored Guests: Rabbi & Mrs. Eliezer Grunbaum, topic: Purim • Price: 44/50NIS • Advance registration required by Mon. Feb. 11, 4:00pm

3:00pm Women in Tanach with Pearl Borow 

NOT THIS WEEK 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: Rambam

NOT THIS WEEK 8:00-10:00pm Aliya Counseling with Miriam Bass 

Wed. Feb. 13, 7:30pm, Women's Open Mike Night - call Elana - 652 2287

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 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, Studies in Maimonides: The Jewish State and the Messianic Era with Rabbi Macy Gordon 

10:20am Feb. 6,13,20 • T'hilim - P'sukei D'zimra The Daily Prayers • Rabbi David J. Derovan

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, Feb. 16, 8:30pm, Why does the Zohar say that Purim is greater than Yom Kippur? - Rabbi Efraim Sprecher

Sunday, Feb.17, at the Israel Center

She'arim College of Jewish Studies for Women

Purim Yom Iyun for Women: Happiness & Light: We Can Have It Again!

9:30am Mrs. Riva Sperling: Mesirot Nefesh in the Megilla

11:00am Rebbetzin Holly Pavlov: Happily Hanging Haman

12:15pm Rabbi Jeremy Kagan: Internalizing Purim

20NIS, Israel Center Members: 15NIS

For more info: tel. (02) 651-4240, shearim@shearim.com

Monday, Feb. 18, 8:00pm • LOGIC & CRITICAL THINKING: Leah Zitter (curious? Call 671-6059)

Mon. Feb. 18, 8:30pm, Women's concert by Tofa'ah

Read carefully! Purim-time schedule

Monday, Feb. 25 - Taanit EstherMincha: 1:20 and 4:45pmShiurim 3:45 & bet. Mincha & Maariv Refreshments

Tuesday, Feb. 26 - Purim outside of J'lemPurim Extravaganza - see page 26

*Tuesday night, Feb. 26Maariv, Megila & short Purim fun program

* Wednesday, Feb. 27 - J'lem Purim8:00am Shacharit, Torah & Megila, breakfast

* These programs will take place ONLY if we here from you during the common week that there is interest.

Friday - Sunday, March 1-3 • In the Footsteps of the Sanhedrin, A study seminar led by Barnea Selavan • $249 at Lavi. Call 5667787 x261 from more information

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