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Backpage Component of the Seymour J The Avrom Silver Jerusalem College for Adults • Dean, Rabbi Sholom Gold, is the educational BackPage component of the Seymour J. Abrams • Orthodox Union • Jerusalem World Center and incorporates all the classes & lectures of the OU Israel Center. "Regular" IC classes & lectures • 20å members, 25å non• members. Life members 5å No one will be turned away for inability to pay. Membership 250å couple, 180å single. 777744442222 Programs of the Center are partially funded by the Jewish Agency for Israel Schedule for Erev Shabbat to Erev Shabbat, 1017 Kislev (DEC 1•8) Friday zay axr 9:00am men & Overview of Pirkei Avot women Rabbi Chaim Eisen Friday NIGHT zay lil Single Men & Women, 30s and up... Tell a friend, bring a friend You're invited to an Oneg Shabbat Dec. 1st, 8:45pm (Parshat Vayeitzei) featuring Great Nosh and a Terrific mini•Shiur (in English) No RSVP necessary F Questions? 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Rabbi Ephraim Sprecher SUN •Thu in the Ganchrow Beis Medrash (first floor) on hold Masechet Kiddushin with Rabbi Pesach (Paul) Greenman 10:00am SUN, TUE, THU Gemara Megila perek 3 • Rabbi Jeff Bienenfeld 1:20pm Mincha (this time stays the same throughout the year) 3:00pm Daf Yomi by Rabbi Shmuel Halpern 4:30pm Shiur in oixcdpq zkqn by Rabbi Hillel Ruvel 5:30pm MAARIV will take place IY"H during Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet SUNday N'shei Library 10:30am•12:45pm oey`x mei 9:30am Golda women only MMyyssttiiccaallIInnssiigghhttssiinnttootthheeMMoonntthhssoofftthheeYYeeaarr Warhaftig 10:30am Tonia women only Let's Learn Chumash Frohwein Shprintzee Herskovits resumes IYH Dec.17 • In the meantime... NOTE NEW DAY (temp.) 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HARD TALK JERUSALEM is shown on Shalom TV cable network in the USA HARD TALK JERUSALEM HOST: Investigative Journalist David Bedein, on Sunday night, December 3rd, 8:00pm This week's guest: Daniel Seaman, head of the Israel Government Press Office, the man who accredits all visiting foreign media who cover Israel. 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Monday, 11:35am • women only •Aviva Nissim with... Discovering what is Right with Ourselves from the teachings of Rabbi Abraham Twerski Call Sura Faecher Fit Forever: Look & Feel your Best! 993•2524 RESUMES IY"H DECEMBER 11th Monday, December 4th, 12:30pm, in the Library (free) "Yiddish Sing•Along" • Songs you know and love that trace the Jewish experience from the Shtetl to the New World and songs from the Yiddish Theater. The story behind each song is explained in English and talented performers sing, dance, and dramatize the songs as the words appear on screen in English transliteration. A fun time! Women's Beit Midrash MON (and WED) 2:30•4:30pm Acquire study skills and knowledge crucial to your life as a Jew • join us! SHIR HASHIRIM with Pearl Borow Fine•Tuning Halacha with Phil Chernofsky Mondays, 7:30pm (and Wednesdays, 9:00am) STUDIES IN SEFER BAMIDBAR Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg Israel Center TT #742 • BackPage D • Vayeitzei 5767 issue NEW CLASS: Mondays, 9:00pm (in Hebrew) "Chug Tanach" lecture series (starting with Sefer Yehoshua) given by Rabbi Dr. Eli Assis of Bar Ilan University Learn how to do a close, intensive reading of the text to expose its inner meaning • Learn just how deep "pshat" really is • Be amazed at uncovering hidden structures of the verses... all within the realm of PSHAT! • Learn traditional and modern scholarly techniques to uncover pshat • This is an academic level course for anyone – even if you are not an academic! 25å per lecture To find out more or to register, please call Sam Finkel at052•469•1263 or [email protected] MASK • Mothers & Fathers Aligned Saving Kids Jerusalem Chapter at the Israel Center • maskjerusalem.cjb.net • 050•754•2717 NEXT MEETING: Monday, Dec. 11th, 7:30•9:30pm with Dr. Judy Belsky TUESday iyily mei pre•Chanuka Yesha Fair TUE Dec. 5 •10•2:30 different merchandise each day • Gift items, food, Judaica, suprises... The Israel Center and the Old City Free Loan Association 18th year • over 4000 loans granted Gemach • Free Loan Society to provide interest•free loans for people in financial distress (living in the Jerusalem area). Interviews at the Center on Tuesdays from 10:00•12:00 and 19:00•20:30 • Please bring ID Making Miracles Happen • What people usually Tuesdays don't understand • Rabbi Jeff Bienenfeld 9:00am Rabbi Aharon Adler will be back next week, IY"H Tuesdays Parshat HaShavua 10:15am Rabbi Sholom Gold 11:00am men & PARSHAT HASHAVUA women Rabbi Eddie Abramson Israel Center TT #742 • BackPage E • Vayeitzei 5767 issue 12:00noon Review of the weekly Farbrengens Raizel Zisk women of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Tuesdays, 12:00•2:00pm • for women only • with Mrs. Esther Sutton ira `ail `pngx “ The Compassionate One Wants the Heart” A Workshop on Rediscovering our Hearts through Torah, Story, & Writingj Tuesday, Dec. 5th, 12:30pm, in the Library (free) "Perlman in Russia" • Film of Itzhak Perlman's historic first tour of Russia which shows Perlman not only as a supreme violinist but as a man of charisma, wit, charm, and compassion. Includes the special performance in Moscow. Tuesday, December 5th, 2:00pm “Ich Bin Jude, Ich Bin Jude” Documentary on the resistance of Jewish youth movements in France in response to the German occupation and the oppression of Jews during WW II. The story is particularly that of the Jewish Scouts and the Zionist Youth Movement. The film consists of interviews with many of the men and women who had resisted and includes footage of the places where the event happened. (French w/English subtitles.) BONUS: After the film, the filmmakers, Bryan Barak Bard and Nicole Bard, will answer questions and discuss the story (in English). Tuesdays, 8:00pm •Meet our M'forshim This week: Rashbam with Rabbi Yonatan Kolatch WednESday iriax mei Wednesdays, 9:00am (Mondays, 7:30pm) STUDIES IN SEFER BAMIDBAR Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg You never saw a purple cow. What about a pinque sheep? Israel Center TT #742 • BackPage F • Vayeitzei 5767 issue Wed. 9:20am Current Jewish Issues He's Back! Rabbi Macy Gordon Wednesdays, 10:45am Parshat HaShavua Rabbi Yosef Wolicki Jackie Lowenstein has temporarily moved to Sunday • see there Shiur/Divrei Torah while you fold More volunteers are welcome to join the wonderful group of dedicated folders. Come Wednesday, any time, and/or Thursday, mornings (sometimes a bit later). It's not just folding. It's not just Divrei Torah. It's an EXPERIENCE. Wednesday, Dec.6th, 12:30pm, in the Library (free) Rachel and Leah Rabbi David Derovan Women's Beit Midrash with Pearl Borow 1st hour: Connecting to T'hilim Wed. 2:30•4:30pm 2nd hour: Textual Study of Chumash & Rashi Wednesday evenings, 7:30•8:30 AN EXCITING, UNIQUE, NEW SERIES FOR THINKING PEOPLE! It will challenge your Judaism; it will change your life. "Truth Will Sprout from the Earth" How Many Truths? How Many Legitimate Pathways to G•d? (Is "Pluralism" a Dirty Word?) Forays of the Mind and Spirit •Compiled by Rabbi Chaim Eisen Now beginning Unit 2. How Many Right Answers in Jewish Law? Let's finish up what we started with Yehuda and Yosef. There are other Shimons, Yissachars, and Binyamins (1,1,3 respectively). Reuven, Levi, Zevulun, Dan, Naftali, and Asher are one•of•a•kind in Tanach. Israel Center TT #742 • BackPage G • Vayeitzei 5767 issue ThurSday iying mei Shiur/Divrei Torah while you fold Thursday, December 7, 10:00am • JewishVideo While You Fold "Mitzva Heroes" • Short films, with introduction, about little•known tzedaka projects in Israel and the very special people who perform them.
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