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"Regular" Israel Center classes & lectures - 20NIS for members, 25NIS for 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

Shabbat Day
Shabbat Shira - B’shalacha - TU BiShvat, Jan. 18, 3:30pm (Mincha 4:25pm)
TU BiShvat and... withR. Yirachmiel Becker

Motza’ei Shabbat
Motza’ei Shabbat, January 18, 8:00pm • Lenny Solomon in Concert featuring songs off the new CD: B’itah Ach’ishenah where the title track was #1 on Arutz-Shevaand "Su Marom" was #7 on Radio Kol Chai; Featuring all your favorite Lenny Solomon songs from Emunah, Jewish Pride, Mikdash, Stories From the Holy Land, and much more. • A great Jewish Rock Music event! • Admission: 30NIS; (35NIS for non-members)

Sunday thru Thursday
10:00am Shiur in Minchat Chinuch by Rabbi Dovid Zitter
NEW11:00am Wednesday & Thursday mornings (Masechet Avoda Zara), Gemara Shiur with Rabbi Moshe Gorelik
1:20pm Mincha (this time stays the same throughout the year
3:00pm Daf Yomi by Rabbi Shmuel Halpern
4:30pm Shiur in Gemara by Rabbi Hillel Ruvel
5:35pm Maariv (correct for Cheshvan through T'TZAVEH)
The above-mentioned shiurim are in English and take place in the Ganchrow Beit Midrash (first floor, one flight up) • For men who want to do some serious learning...

SUNDAY
9:30am (women) • Mystical Insights into the Months of the Year Golda Warhaftig
10:30am (women) • Let's Learn Chumash • Tonia Frohwein
N'SHEI LIBRARY 10:30-12:45
11:30am (men & women) Parshat HaShavua • Shprintzee Herskovits
SUNDAY, Jan 19 - 8:00-9:30pm • MASK - Mothers & Fathers Aligned Saving Kids; J'lem Chapter at the OU Israel Center • Dr. Judy Belsky, PhD - Group Facilitator; Join us at our next bi-weekly meeting - Special guest - Ruchama Bistritsky Klapman - head of MASK
Now on Sunday nights too! • Sunday, 7:30pm • Jewish Thought as it emerges from the Torah with the help of Ramban's Commentary • Now studying: MAN & WOMAN with Rabbi Chaim Eisen
Sunday, January 19th, 8:00pm • A Fundamental Shift in Israel and World Jewry;Its effect on the "new world order", How did it happen? Why now? by Dan Altura, Ph.D.

MONDAY
9:15am • (men & women) Excursions into the World of Nevi'im with Mrs. Pearl Borow
N'SHEI LIBRARY 10:00-12:30
10:30am • (men &women) • Rambam's 13 Principles with Rabbi Zev Leff
11:36am JAN 20 (men & women) • Jewish History - Bayit Sheni period: Prelude to the Great Revolt with Dr. Henry Goldblum
SLIM FOR LIFE Group weight-loss program for women • No obligation for the first session • Qualified nutritional advisor on hand • NOW on Mondays, from 11:35am • Elisheva999-6479
Women's Beit Midrash Program • Mondays 3:00-4:00pm: Guided Chevruta Study in Tanach and Jewish Thought
4:00-5:00pm: Shiur on “The Life of Avraham” In-Depth study of Chumash B’reishit with Rashi with Rabbi David Derovan
Monday, January 20, 8:00pm • Mrs. Linda Derovan; a refresher course for women on Taharat HaMishpacha
Mondays, 7:30pm • Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg on Parshat HaShavua

TUESDAY
Jerusalem College for Adults: 9:00-10:00am • The World of Mishna; Halacha, Hashkafa, and History with Rabbi Aharon Adler
10:15-11:15am • Parshat HaShavua with Rabbi Sholom Gold
The Yad Yaakov Center for Jewish Education classes at the Israel Center. The Unfolding Redemptive History of Israel in Biblical Texts with Rav Yosef Leibowitz on Tuesday mornings, 9:00-10:30am. Call 051-639-921 for further information
9:00am • In-depth study of the weekly Haftara • Dr. Hayim Abramson
9:55am • Know your Siddur: Adom Olam • Dr. Hayim Abramson
10:50-11:40am • Parshat haShavua with Rabbi 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
N'SHEI LIBRARY 12:00-1:00pm
11:45am • Chabad insights into Parshat HaShavua and the Actualia of Our Time
(women only) with Raizel Zisk
Tueday, January 21, 8:00pm, Our Friends the Chinese; How Chinese Society looks at Israel and the Jews with Gustavo Pereddnik

WEDNESDAY
9:30am Towards a More Meaningful Davening Dr. Joel Luber
RESUMES FEB. 12 • 10:30am Break the Fear Habit... and LIVE! with Alan Romm
Jerusalem College for Adults: 9:00-10:15am • Contemporary Problems in Jewish Law: The Authority of Custom with Rabbi Macy Gordon
Rabbi Gordon’s Upcoming Topics: Ashkenazim, and Sefardim... and others? (Jan.29); Can Civil Marriage and Divorce Work in Israel? (Feb.5); Can the Agunah Problem be Solved? (Feb.12)
10:30-12:00 noon; Parshat HaShavua with Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
3:00pm (men & women) • Women in Tanach with Pearl Borow
Jewish Values Education Institute of the OU Israel Center
Women’s Beit Midrash • Acquire study skills and knowledge crucial to your life as a Jew - join us! Wednesdays (and Mondays) 3:00-5:00pm, Women in Tanach (see above)
Guided Chavruta study with Pearl Borow • Fees for the Shiurim only! 20NIS members/25NIS non-members
Wednesday, January 22, 6:00-10:00pm • Root & Branch Association in cooperation with the Israel Center; Root & Branch Lecture Series:
6:00pm:“Flipflop Conversion: The story of a gentile woman with a Jewish father who grew up as a Cultural Christian, converted to Judaism and then moved on to Bible-Believing Christianity...”, Rabbi Yehoshua Friedman Chairman, Noahide Fellowship, Root & Branch
7:30pm: “What in the world is going on with the missionaries: an update on missionary activity worldwide, in Israel, and the FSU, Mr. Mark Powers, American Director, MAGEN: The International Counter-Missionary Organization [www.magen.org]
9:00pm: “My Journey to Judaism: From Christianity and 'Hebrew Christianity' (a.k.a. Messianic Judaism) to the God of Israel,Mr. Thom Walton, a professional nurse, raised in a Catholic home • Info: rb@rb.org.il • All in English • NIS25 per person (for any and all lectures)
7:30pm • Jewish Philosophy Road map to the Prophets - Rambam's Guide for the PerplexedNow studying: Rambam’s approach to Darchei Emori and Segula with Rabbi Chaim Eisen
8:00-10:00pm • Aliya Counseling with Miriam Bass
Please note: The Israel Center Cafe will be open on Wednesday, Jan. 22 - 10:00am to 9:00pm for snacks and meals. Enjoy

THURSDAY
10:30am • Themes in Sefer B'reishit with Rabbi David J. Derovan • Regular fee • No charge for volunteers
Sometime IY”H • Shmooze while you fold; Divrei Torah, verbal tidbits, Q&A, and... with Phil
Thursdays at 7:30pm • The Israel Center Men and Boy's choir • Details and to confirm, call Yisrael Shwarzstein: 02 5833389
8:00pm • Stories from the Gemara • Reb Yosef Schreiber
Thursday, January 23rd, 8:00pm • Towards becoming wiser voters...Guest speaker: Eli Kazhdan, #5 on Yisrael B’Aliya list, Boston raised, Harvard graduate: "Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State"
Thursday, 8:00pm • The History of Zionism understood through the Teachings of the Maharal - An AM SEGULA lecture series by Eli Yosef
10:10-11:00pm • TORAH TIDBITS AUDIO with Phil Chernofsky Thursday nights on Arutz-7, 98.7FM and 1539AM And on Arutz-7’s website, live or archived www.israelnationalnews.com

Friday
9:00am • in-Depth Pirkei Avot by Rabbi Chaim Eisen

Upcoming at the Israel Center
Motza’ei Shabbat, January 25th, 7:45pm • 8th Yahrzeit Lecture in memory of Etta Ehrman Kossowsky a"h; Guest speaker: Gila Weinberg: "The Tree of Knowledge and Madness"; Divrei Torah: Eli Ehrman; Michi Kossowsky Light refreshments; Details: Esther (02) 991-9003
Sunday, January 26th, 8:00pm • Where are Israel's Leaders Leading us?, lecture by noted Journalist and Founder of VAT Int’l, Shifra Hoffman and a Posthumous Award for Outstanding Heroism will be presented in memory of Nachum Apter z"l whose bravery saved the lives of many Jews during the recent Arab terrorist attack in the settlement of Otniel
Sunday, January 26th, 8:00pm • An evening for Women on Breast Cancer Awareness; video presentationa and lecture by a registered nurse
THE COMMUNICATION BUREAU with James Marlow • New discounted COURSES starting at the ISRAEL CENTER and focusing on Public Speaking • Self Confidence Leadership Skills • Dealing with People• Time Management; To find out more and for a free consultation, contact 053 993 803
As a woman, is there a Jewish text you always wanted to study... or a Torah subject you always wanted to explore... but you are not interested in a class or lecture?? Then you are cordially invited to join the Chavruta hour of the Women's Beit Midrash Mondays 3-4pm & Wednesdays 4-5pm and study what you want. It will be our pleasure to assist you in linking up with a Chavruta with like interests. Join us!