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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 (Pinchas), June 29th, 5:00pm • Shiur in Pirkei Avot by Mr. Samson Krupnick • Drinks • Mincha follows the shiur

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

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
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
Sundays June 30, July 7 & 14 • 8:00pm • Torah, Psychology and Self Control with Dr. Baruch Shulem, Internationally known lecturer on religion and psychotherapy

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) • Rambam's 13 Principles of Faith • Rabbi Zev Leff
11:36am, July 1 (women) • "Ivdu et HaShem b’Simcha...”, Joy - the Primary Obligation • Aviva Nissim
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
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, July 1, 8:00pm • in cooperation with (and at) the Israel Center
Third of four Workshops for Singles; Each session will cover a different topic, as follows: 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 & Ayalah Haas (5666039)
8:00pm • Curing the Jewish Heart; Lecture series by AM SEGULA on Lessons from History & Zionism
Monday, July 1, 8:00pm, Root & Branch Lecture, in cooperation with the Israel Center: Are “Settlements” an “Obstacle to Peace”?; Special Guest Speaker:Ruth Matar, Women for Israel’s Tomorrow (Women in Green) • nis25 per person • Information: rb@rb.org.il
Monday, July 1st - 8:00-9:30pm (MASK meets bi-weekly) • MASK - Mothers & Fathers Aligned Saving KidsJ'lem Chapter at the OU Israel Center • Video Presentation; Are you troubled by your child's behavior?

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 • Parshat haShavua with Phil Chernofsky • 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
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

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
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
Wednesday, July 3rd, 7:30pm at the Israel Center • For Singles, their Families and Friends: Ready, Set, Go! - Sage Dating Advicefrom before the first date to the Chupah; featuring dating tips from:Gila Manolsen (Head to Heart)Rosie Einhorn and Sherry Zimmerman(Talking Tachlis, In the Beginning); 45NIS • A project of Sasson V'Simcha, The Center for Jewish Marriage, Inc.

THURSDAY

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
8:00pm • The Book of Sho'f'tim with Reb Yosef Schreiber
Note: The Men's & Boys' Choir led by Yisrael Shwarzstein is in recess until after the "Chagim"

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)

WILL RESUME TOWARDS THE END OF THE SUMMER • Avrom Silver Jerusalem College for Adults Fall Program 5762 (2001 - 2002) At the Israel Center

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

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

Repeat program, by popular demand, WED, July 10th, 8:00pm • Know & Help Your Eyes; Learn more about your eyes and vision, Learn exercises that can alleviate eye fatigue and eye strain and possibly even improve your eyesight, Learn about nutrition & Eye health • Yaakov Gerlitz Dipl. Ac, practitioner of Chinese Medicine

Thursday, July 11th, 8:00pm; How to be disease-free and energetic with Irwin Goldenberg

Motza’ei Shabbat Nachamu, July 20 • You know how sometimes when people say HOLD THIS DATE, they don’t really, really mean it? It’s just the thing to say. But this time, we REALLY mean it! HOLD THIS DATE (you’ll thank us): pineview/Pioneer reunion at the Israel Center featuring Ruach Uno a.k.a. Howie Kahn


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