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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
Mincha Gedola 12:00 noon (this Fri. & next) • This week, Shabbat Parshat Vayeishev-Chanuka - Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat, Maariv - 4:20pm

Shabbat Day
Shabbat afternoon (Vayeishev-Chanuka), Nov. 30, 3:00pm (Mincha 4:00pm) • Special Shiur with R’ Yerachmiel Becker • Drinks and cookies (in honor of Shabbat-Chanuka)

Motza’ei Shabbat
Motza’Sh, November 30, 8:30pm • Motza’ei Shabbat Chanuka Concert by SIMPLY TSFAT • Come be enchanted and inspired bythe acoustic trio “SimplyTsfat”...music and stories of the great Chassidic master, Rebbe Nachman of Breslev...and other nigunim; 30/40/20NIS • Separate seating • Mechitza for dancing

Please note that the Center will close at 4:00pm during Chanuka and reopen at 7:00pm

Sunday thru Thursday
10:00am Shiur in Minchat Chinuch by Rabbi Dovid Zitter
1:20pm Mincha (this time stays the same throughout the year
(This week 2:30)3:00pm Daf Yomi by Rabbi Shmuel Halpern
NOT DURING CHANUKA
4:45pm Shiur in Gemara by Rabbi Hillel Ruvel
5:45pm 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
Sunday morning, 2nd day of Chanuka • December 1st, 8:00am; Shacharit with a very special Carlebach-style Hallel by Chazan Yitzhak Miller followed by refreshments and a shiur in Mishnayot by Phil on the occasion of the 4th yahrzeit of his father z”l
Shiurim of Golda W. and Tonya F. will resume IY”H after Chanuka
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, December 1st, 8:00pm • Guest speaker; Dvora Waysman noted author & lecturer, featuring her historical novel: The Pomegranate Pendant • Sufganiyot and drinks will be served • Books will be available for purchase & signing
Sunday, December 1st, 8:00pm • AM SEGULA presents a special lecture; Guest speaker:Ezra Yakhin former LECH”I fighter who will speak about hisLife in the LECHI Underground

MONDAY
9:15am • The Chanuka Question with Phil Chernofsky
N'SHEI LIBRARY 10:00-12:30
10:30am (men &women) • Special Chanuka Shiur • Rabbi Zev Leff
11:36am DEC 2 (women) • 100th Lecture • Drawing the Light of Chanuka into Our Personal Lives • Aviva Nissim
RESUMES AFTER CHANUKA • 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
RESUMES AFTER CHANUKA • Mondays, 7:30pm • Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg on Parshat HaShavua
Monday, December 2nd, 8:00pm • Guide for the Politically Perplexed; Guest speaker:David Zeev Jablinowitz, Managing Editor of English News on Kol Yisrael; Why are we not voting for Prime Minister in this election? What parties are running? What parties made deals with other parties? What’s a faction? How do party lists work? What’s a Central Committee? How does “forming a new government work? Does a candidate have to keep his campaign promises? Is my vote better used by voting for a small party or a large one?; Answers to even a few of these questions can make you a better voter; Come, listen... and ASK YOUR OWN QUESTIONS

TUESDAY
RESUMES AFTER CHANUKA • 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
Tuesday, Dec. 3 - Science and Torah Conference with Dr. Emanuel Segal; Susan Schneider; Prof. Nathan Aviezer; Rabbi Noson Slifkin; Rabbi David Derovan (75/85NIS) • Call 5667787 x 261 for more details
9:00am • Insights into Chanuka • Dr. Hayim Abramson
9:55am • Halacha and Practices of Chanukah • 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
Fifth Candle, Tuesday Night, December 3rd, 29 Kislev 5763 - 8:00pm • KIDS FOR KIDS Youth Organization for the Recovery of Young Victims of Terrorism presents a BENEFIT CONCERT NIGHT at the Israel Center - The Light of Song, of Divrei Torah, of Chessed • Donation: 25NIS for WOMEN, 20NIS for GIRLS under 18; All proceeds will be contributed to KIDS FOR KIDS • May the light of our work eliminate the darkness

WEDNESDAY
9:30am Towards a More Meaningful Davening Dr. Joel Luber
10:30am Break the Fear Habit... and LIVE! with Alan Romm
RESUMES AFTER CHANUKA • Jerusalem College for Adults: 9:00-10:15am: Contemporary Problems in Jewish Law with Rabbi Macy Gordon (resumes Dec. 18, Rabbi Gordon will be speaking about Abortion in Jewish Law on December 18thand about “A Time to be Born, a Time to Die” on December 25th
10:15-11:15am • Parshat HaShavua witht Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
Wednesday, Dec. 4 - A Chanuka Extravaganza for children Gan to 8th grade; 10am-2pm • call 5667787 x261 for more details
Wednesdays 11:30am to 1:00pm • Writing Your Personal Memoirs • To participate, you must call first 566-7787 ext. 204
RESUMES AFTER CHANUKA • 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
7:30pm • alternating topics • Jewish Philosophy; Road map to the Prophets - Rambam's Guide for the PerplexedNow 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
Wednesday, December 4th, 8:00pm • Yeshivat HaMivtar - Orot Lev and the Israel Center present an Enlightening Evening on a Timely Chanuka Topic: “Is there really a clash between Judaism and Greek Culture?”; Guest speakers: Rabbi Yitzchak Blau; Rabbi Shlomo Riskin • Free admission for Yeshiva/Seminary/College students; Others: 20NIS for IC members, 25NIS for non-members • Refreshments will be served • For more information: 02-993-3462 or office@yhol.org.il

THURSDAY
10:30am • Themes in Sefer B'reishit with Rabbi David J. Derovan • Regular fee • No charge for volunteers
10:15am •SLIM FOR LIFE Group weight-loss program for women; No obligation for the first session • Qualified nutritional advisor on hand • Elisheva999-6479
Sometime IY”H • Shmooze while you fold; Divrei Torah, verbal tidbits, Q&A, and...with Phil
Thursday, December 5th - Musical delight for Chanuka with Bernie Marinbach and the Israel Klezmer Ensemble • 25/30NIS
RESUMES Nov. 28 • Thursdays at 7:30pm • The Israel Center Men and Boy's choir • Details and to confirm, call Yisrael Shwarzstein: 02 5833389 • Please note: No choir Dec.5 • Not the 12th, but WED, Dec. 11 • No choir Jan.2
8:00pm • Stories from the Gemara • Reb Yosef Schreiber
Thursday, 8:00pm • Curing the Jewish Heart, AM SEGULA Lecture series on Lessons from History & Zionism; Group Discussion
10:10-11:0008pm • 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
12:00noon on Erev Shabbat Chanuka

Upcoming at the Israel Center
Motz'aei Shabbat, Dec. 7, 8:30pm • The Israel Center and Merkaz Menucha (The J’lem Serenity Center) proudly present...• The Menucha V’Simcha Concert, An amazing evening of Joy & Inspiration for the Whole Family featuring David Reuven vocals, and Motti Fisher keyboard & guitar; Special Song Premiere from our upcoming CD; (post)Chanuka Dancing & Refreshments • Merkaz Menucha is a family center for personal counseling and spiritual guidance. Our Youth Division produces music CDs and original books & magazines for kids. • Call (02) 561-7730 for bookings and appointments
Sunday, December 8, ‘02 - 8:00pm • Jewish Values Education Institute of theOU Israel Center together with theBusiness Ethics Center of Jerusalem presents: The Moral Challenge of Poverty & Equality in Israel; Who is reponsible to help the poor? Does our Tradition offer a model of socially responsible economics? An evening of small group study sessions followed by a shiur by Dr. Meir Tamari, Founder of the Business Ethics Center of Jerusalem; renowned lecturer & author
Tue. Dec. 10, 8:00pm • The Biochemical Key by Barbara Schipper-Bergstein; Key to... lower weight, lower b.p., lower cholesterol,no more hunger, balanced nutrition...
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 8:00pm, Esther Goshen-Goiisien will speak on her book "Surviving Widowhood
Thu. December 12, 8:00pm; How to preserve Israel as a Jewish state; Monthly lectures at theIsrael Center - Jewish Statesmanship by Prof. Paul Eidelberg; Thu. January 9th, 8:00pm; How to overcome the conflict between Judaism and Democracy; Call 053-594-535 for further details
Thursday, December 19, 8:00pm; “Be a better voter” series: Guest speaker:; M.K. Rabbi Michael Melchiorof MEIMAD • TT readers are invited to submit questions in advance for this evening. email to tt@ou.org or fax to 561-7432 • We are planning other evenings with representatives of other parties; watch for announcements