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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

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, Riverdale
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.

SHABBAT DAY
Shabbat afternoon shiur - 5:00pm • Pirkei Avot with Rabbi Efraim Sprecher• Drinks • Mincha will IY"H follow the shiur

MOTZA'EI SHABBAT
Motza'ei Shabbat, May 18th, 9:30pm • An In-Depth Look at Modeh Ani • Rabbi David Zitter

SUNDAY
9:30am (men & women) •Milk & Meat Revisited • Phil Chernofsky
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
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
Sunday, May 19, 8:00pm • Ayin Hara; The Evil Eye; What it is • What it isn't • Is it real • What's the story? • Rabbi Efraim Sprecher

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

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
MAY 20 • (women) • “Hashem is our Judge, Hashem is our Lawgiver, Hashem is our King, He shall save us...” Yeshayahu 33:22; Reaffirming our Trust • Aviva Nissim
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, May 20th, 4:00-10:00pm • 2nd Root & Branch Association Jerusalem Ger Tzedek Conference • Co-sponsored and hosted by the Israel Center; Speakers will include: Rabbi Yehoshua Friedman • Michaela Lawson • Devora Shem-Tov • Rabbi Efraim Sprecher • In English • 25NIS per person • Information: rb@rb.org.il
MASK - Mothers & Fathers Aligned Saving Kids, J'lem Chapter at the OU Israel Center • Dr. Judy Belsky, PhD - Group Facilitator • Are you troubled by your child's behavior? • Join us at our next bi-weekly meeting - Monday, May 20th - 8:00-9:30pm
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
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
8:00pm • Curing the Jewish Heart; Lecture series by AM SEGULA on Lessons from History & Zionism

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
Tuesday, May 21, 1-5pm • Zionism Post or Most? with Yisrael Medad; Prof. Shlomo Sharan; Rabbi Shlomo Riskin; Dr. Mordechai Nisan • 50/60NIS
Writing Your Personal Memoirs • Call 993-1205 or 566-7787 x204 if you'd be interested in joining a future series
Tuesday, May 20th, 7:30pm • Movie time at the Israel Center: Harry Potter • [1] What!? Haven't seen it yet? • [2] Want to see it again? • Whether you are a [1] type or a [2] type... Here's your chance! • Since as of this typing the movie is not in our hands yet, we'll have to say: SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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
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
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 • Libby 651-8061 • Elisheva 999-6479
8:00pm • The Book of Yehoshua • 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

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
Wednesdays 9:00am, Studies in Maimonides: Rabbi Macy Gordon
10:20am • The Book of T'hilim • 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.

Motza'ei Shabbat, May 25th, 9:30pm • Getting your children into the RIGHT school and keeping them there The System • The Reality • The Techniques • Rabbi David Emanuel (M.A., Social Work)
Monday, June 3rd, 8:00pm • Evening in memory of Sylvia Berman a"h (mother of Shulamit Neaman) • Guest speaker: Ruth Brand on pre-Holocaust Europe (with slides)

Sunday, May 26, 9am-9pm • Political Action at the Israel Center

Coping with the Current Situation with David Bedein • May 28, June 4, 11 & 18

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

To all those in the States (and elsewhere) who sent pizzas to the paratroopers and reservists serving in the Gush Etzion area: Thank you. It really touched our hearts (and stomachs) and showed us real ACHDUT

Short-term rental in religious neighborhood in Jerusalem (Mekor Baruch). 3 rooms, furnished. Call 972-51814242