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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 • Men & women invited • Drinks available • Mincha if Minyan 

MOTZA'EI SHABBAT

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 

SUNDAY

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

10:30am (women) Hagada Higlights & Insights • Tonia Frohwein 

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 (after Pesach) 

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 

Sunday, March 10, 8:00pm • From Romance through Conflict to Intimacy with Rabbi Natan Loes-Cardozo • Gila Manolson and Drs. Deborah & Michael Tobin 

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 (women) • Strengthening your Emunah & Bitachon from Torah Sources • Aviva Nissim 

Monday, March 11th - 10:00am-1:00pm • Cheryl Mandel and the Eztion Judaica Center re delighted to hold a pre-Pesach sale of Judaica& Jewelry 

All Israel Center shoppers will be honorary residents of Gush Etzion for the day and will get 20% discount on all merchendise. Credit Card accepted and return of VAT for tourists. Call us before for special orders or www.judaica.org.il and we will bring along what you want. In these difficult days, your support for the Judaica Center and - through your purchases - your support of the residents of Gush Etzion and Israeli Artists is heartwarming and most helpful.I look forward to seeing you there. (tel. 993-4040) 

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

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 

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 

Tuesday, March 12th • 7:30pm sign-up, performances begin at 8:00pm • Women's OPEN MIKE night • What would you do with 8 minutes of stage time? 20NIS participants and spectators) • For more info, call Elana, 652-2287 

Writing Your Personal Memoirs Those interested in signing up for the next "round" of this workshop - beginning May 7th - call 993-1205 or 566-7787 ext. 204 

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 

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 

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 

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 

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 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 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) 

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'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 

Sunday, March 19 7:30-10:00pm, Israel's Supreme Court with Jonathon Rosenblum, Allan E. Shapiro and Eli Clark 

Sunday, March 24 • 8:00 - 10:00pm - Pre-Pesach Seminar 

Motza'ei Shabbat HaGadol, March 23, 8:30pm, The Israel Center and Yisrael HaTzair present Drasha by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin • No Charge • Separate seating 

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, 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 further details 

Smoking Cessation Program beginning April 7, Call 5667787 x 204 for details 

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