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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 afternoon (BO), January 11, 3:30pm (Mincha 4:20pm); Parshat HaShavua with Yaacov Peterseil

Motza’ei Shabbat
Motza’ei Shabbat, Jan 11, 8:30pm • While the country will be going to the polls on January 28th,we at the Center will be voting earlier at Howie Kahn’s Musical Elections:JEW1SH MUS1C of the 60s & 70s • The audience will vote for its favorite song of each group, favorite performer, and favorite song overall. While the votes are being tallied, there will be a sing-a-long of American popular Top Ten Hits. After the results are announced, we will conclude the evening with many Carlebach classics.
Howie’s show consists of a revised program format with both old and new material. • Admission: 35NIS (40NIS for non-members) • “A splendid time is guaranteed for all”

Sunday thru Thursday
10:00am Shiur in Minchat Chinuch by Rabbi Dovid Zitter
NEW11:00am Wednesday & Thursday mornings (Masechet TBA), 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 • Shprintee Herskovits
Sunday, January 12, 8:00pm Sarah Yehudit Schneider will speak on her book, "Kabbalistic Writings on the Nature of Masculine and Feminine"

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) • The World of Taryag...with Phil Chernofsky (Rabbi Leff’s shiur will resume IY”H on Jan. 20)
11:36am JAN 13 (men & women) • Jewish History - Bayit Sheni period: Jpsephus Comes of Age 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 13, 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
Tuesday, January 14th, 8:00pm • How Free is our Free Will? The Mystery of G-d’s Foreknowledge with Rabbi Ephraim Sprecher

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: Kosher Wills with Rabbi Macy Gordon
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 (& Thursday, see there), January 15 & 16 • Root & Branch Association in cooperation with the Israel Center; Root & Branch Lecture Series:
4:30pm: “Mashiach Ben Yosef and the Future of the State of Israel”, Rabbi Ari Shvat Director, Midreshet Tal Orot
6:00pm: “Finding G-d in the Sociology of Religion - Meta-Sociology”, Dr. Menachem Kovacs, Professor of Sociology; Director, Jewish Roots Program, Montgomery College, Rockville, Md
8:00pm: “The Right Party for Anglos” - Mr. Uri Banks, Candidate #10 on the Ichud Leumi, (National Union) List for the upcoming Knesset Elections
9:00pm: Rabbi Benny Elon, Chairman, Moledet Party; Candidate #2 on the Ichud Leumi (National Union) List
See Thursday evening schedule for more R&B lectures • Info: rb@rb.org.il • All in English • NIS25 per person (for any and all lectures)
7:30pm • alternating topics • Jewish Philosophy; Road map to the Prophets - Rambam's Guide for the Perplexed - Now studying: Rambam's approach to Darchei Emori and Segula; Ramban's Commentary on the Torah and its Wellsprings - Now studying: "The Tree of Knowing Good and Evil and the Yetzer HaRa" • Rabbi Chaim Eisen
8:00-10:00pm • Aliya Counseling with Miriam Bass
Please note: The Israel Center Cafe will be open on Wednesday, Jan. 15 - 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
Thursday, January 16th, 10:00am to 12:30pm • Free Legal Counseling: Wills and Succession Rights; Please call 02-623-6841 for appointment • Although this activity is taking place at the Center, it is called to your attention that the Israel Center has no participation in this activity in any manner or form
Sometime IY”H • Shmooze while you fold; Divrei Torah, verbal tidbits, Q&A, and... with Phil
Thursday, January 16 (see WED. too) • Root & Branch Association in cooperation with the Israel Center; Root & Branch Lecture Series:
6:00pm:“Relating the Book of Exodus to the Book of Genesis”, Dr. Aaron Lichtenstein, City University of New York; Author, "The Seven Laws of Noah"; Lecture given in memory of Mordechai Lichtenstein z”l
7:30pm:“Resist the 'Roadmap'” - Mrs. Ruth Matar Founder and Co-Chair, Women for Israel's Tomorrow (Women in Green); Arutz-7 Show Host • Info: rb@rb.org.il • All in English • NIS25 per person (for any and all lectures)
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, 8:00pm • Curing the Jewish Heart • Lecture series on Lessons from History & Zionism with 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’Sh, January 18th, 8:00pm • Lenny Solomon in Concert featuring his latest CD of Chassidic music and much more...
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.
Tueday, January 21, 8:00pm, Our Friends the Chinese; How Chinese Society looks at Israel and the Jews with Gustavo Pereddnik
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"
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