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 AACI Opening Events
March 7-20 All programs will be held at AACI - Dr. Max and Gianna Glassman Family Center
Click on date of interest:37 Pierre Koenig/ 2 Poalei Tzedek 4th floor (across from Hadar Mall, entrance on Poalei Tzedek)
Click here for directions *All events are free except for heavily subsidized Larry and Mindy Concert, and Open Mic Night.
Sunday March 7 Monday March 8 Tuesday March 9 Wednesday March 10 Thursday March 11 Saturday March 13 Sunday March 14 Monday March 15 Tuesday March 16 Wednesday March 17 Thursday March 18 Saturday March 20 |
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Ulpan La-Inyan (regular Program)
08:30-11:00
 Come see what Ulpan La-Inyan is all about in this free demo class!Take one of the friendly, state-of-the-art classes offered by Ulpan La-Inyan in cooperation with AACI Jerusalem!
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:
LEVEL 1: Learn to ask for and give directions, invite people to a party, read a restaurant menu, and more – with confidence.
LEVEL 2: Be able to share experiences, confer with teachers, and read simple stories.
LEVEL 3: Be able to participate in a wide variety of social and workplace scenarios.
LEVEL 4: Be able to discuss, debate, read and write about a wide variety of social, political and economic issues affecting the individual, the family, Israel and the world.
Exercise 50+
11:00-12:00 (regular program, free trail during Opening Events)
Ulpan La-Inyan, Demo class - level 1
11:00-12:00 Come see what Ulpan La-Inyan is all about in this free demo class! Keys to Easing Your Retirement
by the Financial Resource Network
Guest Speakers: Mark van Gelderen and Debbie Sassen
Reception honoring Avnei Yerushalayim (by invitation only)
17:00 Avnei Yerushalaim, AACI's guide to living in Jerusalem recently published by AACI in cooperation with the Jerusalem Municipality Absorption Authority. Grand Opening
18:30-21:00 Honoring Volunteers Don Edelstein, Matt Schein and Sarah Weinstein with David Horowitz, Editor of the Jerusalem Post, US Ambassador Cunningham & Saul Singer, Co-Author of Start Up Nation.
The book will be on sale for less than the bookshop price and Saul Singer will be autographing them.
Pre-register! Call 02-5661181.
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Meet the Author Series in the New AMIT-AACI Library Presents:
Andrea Simantov, renowned author 10:30-11:30 Enhancing Your Resume with Helen Har Tal, AACI's Vocational Counselor
11:30-12:30 Learn useful information on enhancing your resume, along with guidance from an expert! Bring your resume with you.
Pre-aliyah Session with Sheila Bauman, AACI's Jerusalem Aliyah & Klitah Counselor
14:00-15:45 16:-17:00
"Your baby needs Music" is a fun hour experience of songs, movement and dance, especially designed for parents with babies from 4 months to 2 years old. Activities include rhythmic chants, creative movement from finger plays to large motor movement activities, singing with percussion instruments, puppets and lots of ideas and tips to take home wiht you to enrich your child's musical developmet. Please pre-register by calling 02-56611981.
Music Together (up to age 5) with Sharon Meisels
17:00-18:00
"Music Together" is a parent-child class for infants, toddlers and preschoolers up to age 5, in which families share songs, instrument play, rhythm chants, and movement activities in a relaxed, payful, non-performance-oriented setting.
From the Mayflower to the Middle East:
17:00-18:00
A Marine Geophysicist's Aliyah Story by John K. Hall.
Pesach Trivia
18:00-19:00
With Sybil Kaplan, Jerusalem Post columnist and cookbook author.
19:00
With Mark Robbins
You want to leave it for everyone. And you know it better than anyone. Your life story. The narratives, both long and short. The transformative moments. The personalities. The relationships. The lessons.
5 Session Course
Cost for full five session course: AACI members NIS 200/ non-members NIS 220
Pre-registration: Required! Call 02-566-1181
 Rabbi Robbins is a personal historian, veteran writer, former congregational rabbi, trained listener and, quite proudly, new oleh to Modiin and member of AACI. He can be reached at markrobbins67@gmail.com, 052-801-6229.
19:30-21:00
Long Term Care Insurance - Understanding Long Term Care Insurance.
Do I need it? What would it offer me that the Kupot can’t? Guest Speaker: Chaim Goldfus founder of Goldfus Insurance. |
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Ulpan La-Inyan (regular Program)
08:30-11:00
Yossi Katz, A Voice Called (Geffen Publishers)
10:00-11:00
11:00-12:00
Join Naomi for some good, old fashioned Israeli folk dancing! Ulpan La-Inyan Demo Class Level 2
13:00
13:00
Michael Goldstein and Garri Regev will lead a workshop which will serve as a basic introduction to Genealogy for beginners. The program will be an overview of the kinds of information available, places to seach, some different software that is being used and how to get started on the process of finding information on your family history.
They will answer questions people have and show some basic searches using Ancestry.com and other web sites.
Widows/Widowers Support Group
14:30-16:00
Led by Rena Mariash-Levine, MSW. More
CANCELLED
Learn to draw animals, make ballon animals, and get up close to animals from Zoology! Zoology lets kids get up close to an iguana, snake, rabbit & more! They run activites, birthday parties & workshops about animals and even have an animal petting corner for kids and teens to enjoy at Beit Sefer Geulim on Kibbutz Galuyot St.
FuninJerusalem.com is the source for kids' events and activities in Jerusalem. They help locals feel like tourist and tourists feel like locals.
Sing Israel Singalong
16:00 Teen Oleh Survival Guide - Professionals Round Table (by invitation only)
18:00-19:00 We have invited professionals working with youth to join us at a roundtable discussion focusing on social programming opportunities for teens in Israel. We would like to hear your ideas of what should be included in this guide. By invitation only. For further information, contact Julie, Cynthia and Elinor at teenolehsurvivalguide@gmail.com
Three Masters students in Community Leadership and Philanthropy at the Hebrew University are working to create a “Teen Oleh Survival Guide”, an English resource manual for Anglo Teen Olim. Because this guide is being created in cooperation with AACI, 2 programs are being offered during AACI’s opening events to optimize the guide's impact by taking imput from teens and professionals.
Women, Wisdon and Wealth - A Financial Seminar for Women by Women
18:00-19:30
Guest speaker: Debbie Sassen, Financial Planner, Financial Resource Network
Pre-Registration Suggested. To register or for more information contact Debbie
at 077-533-4142, 054-842-7638, or Debbie@Isrenet.com
Sing Israel - Ameica's Music from 1776 till 1976
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Ulpan La-Inyan (regular Program)
08:30-11:00
Exercise 50+
11:00-12:00 (regular program, free trail during Opening Events)
10:00-11:00
English-Hebrew By Subject with Claire Perets Free Workshop! Effective Strategies for Learning Hebrew Vocabulary at the AACI ‘Meet the Author Series’. Come and meet Claire Perets from ‘English Hebrew by Subject’ and put into practice some effective strategies for learning your Hebrew vocabulary! Enter our competition to win a free copy of EHBS. EHBS will also be available with a 10% discount and a further 10% from every copy donated to AACI! Seniors Lecture
11:00-12:00 Harley Braidman, veteran journalist in Israel for 30+ years Illustated Histor of the English Language with David Young
14:00
It all began on a small damp island 1000 years ago... Today, English is the world's most imporant international language. Join David Young as he takes you on an illustrated journey from William the Conqueror to Chaucer, to Shakespeare and American English as we know it today! Post-aliyah Session
14:00-15:45 With AACI councelor, Sheila Bauman Ulpan La-Inyan Demo Class level 4
14:00-15:00 Tax Advice with Alan Deutsch (by appointment only)
14:00-16:00
POSTPONED
With Liel Almog, singer and Michael Hazan, pianist
The Literary Pattern of Creation - What is it and what does it mean?
By Dr. Jeremiah Unterman
19:00-20:30
Sub-topics: The Importance of the Female Image of God in Creation; The Meaning of being made in "the Image of God"; The Relationship of Form to Content; Comparative Literature: The Babylonian Story of Creation.
Call to pre-register: 02-5661181
Dr. Jeremiah Unterman received an M.A. in Bible at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He has authored some 40 publications in Biblical studies, and has taught at universities in the United States, Canada, and Israel.
Guest Speaker: Rivka Rachael Weinstein, specialist in the development of learning and growth within the family, school and community
Understanding and Fostering Children's Language Acquisition-
for healthy emotional and social adjustment and the development of your child’s learning potential
Program
-How language develops and is affected by the emotional life of the child
-Using language with children to foster their self-esteem and self-confidence as thinkers and speakers
-Steps from early language development to formal language for stimulating academic curiosity and success
-Speech and story telling as pre-literacy, and stimulating the child's vocabulary expansion (including in bilingualism)
-Language for use with children to resolve their behavioral conflicts and foster their healthy self-image and sense of ethics for their conflict resolution expertise in the family, school, and world around them
-Questions and Answers
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Ulpan La-Inyan (regular Program)
08:30-11:00
Capturing Your Life Story and Memoirs for the Generations
10:00-11:30 Click here for details Ulpan La-Inyan Demo Class level 1
11:30-12:30 Yang Long Form Tai Chi (regular program, free trial durng Opening Events)
14:30-16:45
Join Tomer Peretz, interior designer and construction manager, as he walks you through the stages of renovation.
Ron Bowman from Dale Carnegie
CANCELLED Pre-Registration Suggested
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Saturday, March 13
Motzei Shabbat Lecture Series at the Great Synagogue
Ambassador Yehuda Avner 20:00-21:00 "Israel's Prime Ministers - Past and Present." As an advisor to five Prime Minister and as a former Israeli Ambassador to Australia, Ireland and Great Britain, Ambassador Avner has vast experience in diplomacy as well as close relationships with the leaders of the Israeli governments up to the present time. His latest book, "The Prime Ministers An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership" published by Toby Press with an introduction by Rt. Hon. Sir Martin Gilbert, will be available later this year. In honor of Ambassador Avner's lecture, the publisher is issuing a special pre-publication signed edition at a discounted price of 100 NIS (the retail price is 129 NIS). You may pre-order your copy (which will be available on the evening of the lecture), by calling Koren Publishers at (02)633-0517, by e-mailing them at ayelet@kornpub.com or by faxing them at 02-633-0534.
AACI & Nefesh B'Nefesh Present:
Israeli Culture and Cinema Night
20:00 Ages 20's & 30's. |
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| Sunday, March 14 Ulpan La-Inyan (regular Program)
08:30-11:00
Exercise 50+
11:00-12:00 (regular program, free trail during Opening Events)
Ulpan La-Inyan Demo Class
11:00 The Extraordinary Hour, by the Dialogue Company
12:00-13:30 (pre-register) Now everyone can be in a dialogue training event through audience participation! Learn through Thinking, Laughing and Creating. From board members to beginners. From 20 to 40 participants.
The Vital Skills Workshop
14:00-15:30 (pre-register) The workshop is a completely interactive experience of How to Run Dialogues and achieve Structured Conversations.
Learn to be calm, skilled and successful in running a dialogue whether doctor or patient, custom service or customer, lawyer or client, politician or voter, teacher or student
Learn to develop yourself
Real Jerusalem Streets blog: Meet the Creator Sharon Altshul
16:00-17:00 Philip Braude of Anglo Capital and Pioneer Presents: Safe Havens for Jilted Dollars
17:30-18:30
AACI”S NAVIGATIONAL SERIES: Raising Bi- and Multi-lingual Children
19:00-20:00
Guest Speaker: Margaret W. Kohn. M.A. C.C.C. , speech and language therapist with David Young
19:30-20:30
David Young is an author of 9 historical novels (5 of them published in UK, USA & Israel).
Join David as he talks about the fun, joy and heartache of writing, and the problems involved in finding a suitable publisher.
David will also give practical, "hands on" advice about approaching different sorts of publishers, genres of novels and non-fiction, presenting manuscripts, using e-mail and the Internet, writing attractive letters of proposal and dealing with publishing contracts.
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08:30-11:00
HEALTH DAY
In each Feldenkrais movement lesson, Shoshanna will guide students through a sequence of movements to discover ways of moving that are easier and give relief from pain and limitation in different parts of the body.
Your back and neck will move more freely. You will breathe better, have less aches and pains, be lighter on your feet, any physical activity will become easier to do. You will have improved posture and balance, and increase flexibility and vitality.
Initial Reactions in an Emergency
09:00-10:30 With Shai Jaskoll Yoga Class with Shoshana Lederman
10:30-11:30 Join Shoshana in a yoga class with the emphasis on keeping the body supple and the mind relaxed and focused. Class is suited to varying degrees of fitness, experience and flexibility. Breathing exercises and meditative techniques cultivate greater awareness in the postures.
Shoshanna is trained in fitness and flexibility training and teaches both Yoga classes and Feldenkrais method. She studied and worked in Israel and abroad and has been working with groups and individuals in her private practice in Jerusalem.
Exercise for 50+ - Intro and demo class with Marilyn Cohen
11:00-12:00
Ulpan La-Inyan Demo Class level 2
12:00 "The failures of the health ministry in protecting our health and how you can care for your health almost by yourself”
13:00-14:00
Patients’ Rights
15:30-16:30 AACI Blood Drive
 16:00-20:00in cooperation with AFMDA –American Friends of Magen David Adom-
Pardes, Nefesh B’Nefesh
Your donation can make the difference! Donors must:
Those who have spent a total of 6 months in the UK between 1980-1996, received a blood transfusion or had an operation in the UK cannot donate blood.
Questions about eligibility can be directed to Jonathan Feldstein, Israel Representative, American Friends of Magen David Adom at 057-761-4220 or jfeldstein@afmda.org
AACI members benefit from blood insurance in case of need.
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Ulpan La-Inyan (regular Program)
08:30-11:00 09:00
Shoshana Kordova from Haaretz English Edition explains what happens to newspaper articles written for native Israelis when they are translated for English-speaking readers.
Ulpan La-Inyan Demo Class Level 1
13:00
Widows/Widowers Support Group (regular program, free during opening events)
14:30-16:00 Led by Rena Mariash-Levine, MSW
A warm, comfortable environment. Please call to pre-register- 02-566-1181
Support group will be cancelled in case of insufficient registration.
 Stories & Butterflies Chug- (ages 3-6) with Leah Raher15:00-16:00 The joy of children’s books experienced through story-time, music, art, culinary delights, parachute games and more!
Spark your child’s love for reading while developing English language skills-
Parents Welcome!
15:00-16:00
Discuss money skills that children need to master at various ages and provide some age-appropriate tools for teaching healthy financial habits. Guest Speaker: Chana Borgman is a Certified Financial Planner® and is licensed by the Israeli Securities Authority.
Teen Oleh Survival Guide - Brainstorm for Teens
18:00-19:00 If you are between the ages of 12- 18 you are invited to attend a pizza party and brainstorming session about the creation of the “Teen Oleh Survival Guide”. WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR IDEAS about what a teen needs to know in order to survive in Israel. Email us indicating your interest in attending to teenolehsurvivalguide@gmail.com Grand Opening Gala Evening Honoring Dr. Max & Gianna Glassman, with a performance by the Israeli Opera (Opera Studio soloists and Michael Ajzenstadt - Artistic Administrator) and address by Israeli Supreme Court Justice Neal Hendel
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Global Business Networking (by invitation)
Ulpan La-Inyan (regular program)
08:30-11:00 Exercise 50+ (regular program, free trial during Opening Events)
09:30-10:30 Meet theAuthor Series in the new AMIT-AACI Library Presents:
Batsheva Pomerantz- To Walk Four Cubits: Forty Pieces in Honor of Forty Years in Israel
10:00-11:00 Seniors Lecture
11:00-12:00 Prof. Hanoch Gutfreund of the Hebrew University will speak on "Einstein's Love Letters to his two Wives." Balance in Retirement - panel discussion.
Post Aliyah Session
14:00-15:45 With AACI's Counselor, Sheila Bauman. Ulpan La-Inyan Demo Class level 3
14:00-15:00 Tax Advice with Alan Deutsch (by appointment)
14:00-16:00
Buying a House in Israel was Never So Easy!
18:30
"Learn the ins and outs of buying a home in Israel through the 15 years of experience of Alyssa Friedland, broker/owner of RE/MAX Vision in Jerusalem. Multi media slide presentation with updated mortgage information, investment opportunities and other important info to know before buying a home. Pre-registration required- 02-566-1181.
An Evening of Chazzanut
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Ulpan La-Inyan (regular program)
08:30-11:00 Ulpan La-Inyan Demo Class level 1
11:00-12:00
Financial & Estate Planning in Israel
11:30-12:30 This seminar will focus on legal and financial issues unique to those who live in or own property in Israel, including wills (both halachic and secular), powers of attorney, medical proxies and investments. Speakers are Chaim Crown, an attorney and notary with experience in the UK, Canada and Israel, and Chana Borgman, a Certified Financial Planner® with experience in the U.S., South Africa and Israel. Yang Long Form Tai Chi (regular progam, free trial during Opening Events)
16:30-17:30
Stories & Butterflies Chug- with Leah Raher
14:30-17:30
The joy of children’s books experienced through story-time, music, art, culinary delights, parachute games and more!
Spark your child’s love for reading while developing English language skills-
Parents Welcome!
AACIS NAVIGATIONAL SERIES: Bringing Your Parents on Aliyah
18:00-19:00
Unraveling the complexities - for them and for you! Guest Speaker: AACI Counselor, Sheila Bauman. 19:00-20:00
Jessica Bonn is a clinical social worker in private practice, and works professionally with cultural adjustment. Jessica holds a B.A. from Yale University, an M.S.W. from Yeshiva University, training in Somatic Experiencing, and certification in cognitive and behavioral therapy from the Department of Psychiatry at Hadassah Hospital.
 An Evening of Art and Wine20:00-22:00 With art from our new neighbor, Jacques Soussana Graphics |
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 Open Mic Night21:00-23:30 MC: Aryeh Bernstein from Def Jam PresenTense and AACI invites you to take the stage! Register your act or R.S.V.P. to 02-5661181 or visit:
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Who’s who during AACI’s opening events
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 Saul Singer is the co-author, with Dan Senor, of the best-selling book Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle. He is a columnist and former Editorial Page Editor at the Jerusalem Post. Author and ambassador Michael Oren called his previous  book Confronting Jihad: Israel's Struggle and World after 9/11, "mandatory reading for anyone, layman or expert, interested in the Middle East." He has written for the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, CNN-Opinion, Commentary, Moment, and other publications. Before moving to Israel in 1994, he served for ten years as an adviser to different Members of Congress and on the staffs of the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Banking Committees. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and three children. |
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Not yet A member? In honor of AACI’s opening, join free of charge NOW!
Visit www.elal.co.il/AACI
· Free enrollment is valid between March 7th, 2010 to March 20th, 2010
· The additional points will be Extra points (with a validity of 3 years).
· Applies to Matmid Club members in Israel only who convert points from
· Israeli International credit cards only.
· Subject to the rules and regulations of the Matmid
· Club and the credit card companies. Errors and omissions excepted.
Every Purchase with Your Credit Card Brings You Closer to a Bonus Flight Ticket!
All you have to do to enjoy this benefit is to contact your credit card company and ask to convert your points to EL AL.
The points will enable you to enjoy bonus tickets, upgrades to premium classes and an array of attractive deals, benefits and advantages just for EL AL Frequent Flyer Club members.
visit El Al website www.elal.co.il
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Neal Hendel is a judge on the Supreme Court of Israel.
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