Announcements #020

Sacred Monsters - Multimedia Presentation and Book Signing

Sacred Monsters: Mysterious and Mythical Creatures of Scripture, Talmud and Midrash
by Rabbi Natan Slifkin

Multimedia Presentation & Book Signing

The Israel Center (22 Rechov Keren HaYesod, Jerusalem)
Sunday, January 27th, 8pm

Flipping Out? on the Radio

Steve Savitsky has a great interview with R. Shalom Berger on OU Radio, currently available: link

Dr. Chaim Waxman will be on the Zev Brenner radio show this Saturday night, midnight on WMCA 570 AM in New York: link

Torah U'Madda Week at Stern College for Women

Cosponsored by the Biology Department, SCW and the Center for Israel Studies

All talks will be held in Levy Lobby of 215 Lexington (East 33rd & Lex.); 6:00-6:30 P.M.- meet the speaker; from 6:30-7:30 P.M., the presentation.

Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, Rabbi Natan Slifkin, "Sacred monsters -the fabulous Jewish creatures of Harry Potter."

Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, Dr. Nathan Aviezer, "On contradictions between Torah and science: the creation of the universe."

Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, Rabbi Edward Reichman, M.D., "How would like your eggs served? The Halakhic Approach to New Frontiers in Ovarian Preservation and Transplantation."

Eating Out -- What Could Be The Problem?

As part of the OU's Harry H. Beren Ask OUtreach program, R. Dov Schreier will be giving a Halacha L’Maaseh Kashrus Shiur at Yeshiva Mesivta Torah Vodaath Sunday, January 27th at 2:30 PM in Rav Belsky’s Shiur Room.

This shiur will include detailed information and handouts concerning restaurants, hotels, caterers and the Shul Kiddush. A Question and Answer session will follow the presentation.

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