<!-- Begin

  base_url = 'http://www.tikvatisrael.org/';
  //base_img = 'http://uscj.org/seabd/rockvilletic/';
  //base_img = 'http://rockvill.u38.uscjhost.net/';
  base_img = 'http://www.tikvatisrael.org/';

  function displayToday(f) {
    //var months = new Array("January", "February", "March", 
    //  "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", 
    //   "October", "November", "December");
    //var today = new Date();
    //var month  = today.getMonth();
    //var day = today.getDate();
    //var year = today.getYear();
    //if (year < 1000) { year += 1900; }

    //var wday = today.getDay();
    //day = day - wday;
    if (f) { var msg = ""; }
    else { var msg = "Last modified on  "; }
    //document.write(msg + months[month] + " " + day + ", " + year + " - ");

    document.write(msg);
    getToday(); // used to get Gregorian and Hebrew dates
    displayGregorianDate();
    document.write("  -  ");

    // display Hebrew date using hcal.js functions
    day = today.getDate();
    month = today.getMonth() + 1;
    SdnToHebrew(GregorianToSdn(getFullYear(today),month,day));
    displayHebrewDate();

  }

  function displayUpdate(f) { // date file was last modified  
    // get date the file was last modified
    var dateobj = new Date(document.lastModified);
    // find the year, month and day
    var yy = dateobj.getYear(); 
    var mm = dateobj.getMonth();
    var dd = dateobj.getDate();
    // correct year if necessary
    if (yy < 1000) { yy += 1900; }
    if (f) { var msg = ""; }
    else { var msg = '<P CLASS="FOOTER">Last modified on  '; }
    document.write(msg + dd + " " + gMonth[mm] + " " + yy);
    document.write("  -  ");
    // display Hebrew date using hcal.js functions
    SdnToHebrew(GregorianToSdn(yy,mm+1,dd));
    displayHebrewDate();
    document.write("</P>");
  }

 var montharray = new  Array("Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", 
   "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov"," Dec");

 function get_table() {
   // use today's date to figure out file name (julian date)
   var today=new Date();
   var todayy=today.getYear(); 
   if ((navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") 
    && (todayy < 2000)) todayy="19" + todayy;
   if (navigator.appName == "Netscape") todayy=1900 + todayy;

   // values to figure Julian date 
   var yr = 1752;
   //var m = 09;
   var m = 9;
   var d = 14;
   var brit_jd = 2361222;
  // find julian date for today

   var todaym=today.getMonth();
   var todayd=today.getDate();
   var todaystring=montharray[todaym]+" "+todayd+", "+todayy;
   var paststring=montharray[m-1]+" "+d+", "+yr;
   var jdate= (Math.round((Date.parse(todaystring) - 
      Date.parse(paststring))/(24*60*60*1000))*1) + brit_jd;
   // adjust back to Sunday
   var wday = today.getDay(); // days since Sunday
   jdate = jdate - wday;

   var this_file = '<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="Javascript" ';
   //this_file += 'SRC="' + base_img +  jdate + '.js">';
   this_file += 'SRC="' + jdate + '.js">';
   this_file += '</SCRIPT>';
 
   document.write(this_file);
  }
 
  function displayFoot(page) {
    var msg = '<BR><BR>\n<CENTER>\n';
    //var msg = '<CENTER>\n';
 
    msg += '<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH=\"533\">\n';
    msg += '<TR>\n';
    msg += '<TD CLASS="FOOTER" ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n';
    //msg += '<FONT SIZE="2">\n';
    msg += '<A HREF="' + base_url + 'index.html">';
    msg += '<IMG ALIGN=MIDDLE ';
    msg += 'SRC="' + base_img + 'GIFs/homestar.gif" ';
    msg += 'ALT="[home button]" BORDER=0>Tikvat&nbsp;Israel</A>\n';
    msg += '<BR><BR>\n';
    //msg += '</FONT>\n';
    msg += '</TD>\n';
    msg += '<TD CLASS="FOOTER" ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n';
    //msg += '<FONT SIZE="2">\n';
    msg += '<A HREF="' + base_url + 'news/index.html">\n';
    msg += '<IMG ALIGN=MIDDLE ';
    msg += ' SRC="' + base_img + 'GIFs/newsbutton.gif" ';
    msg += 'ALT="[news button]" BORDER=0>';
    msg += 'News&nbsp;&&nbsp;Events</A>\n';;
    msg += '<BR><BR>\n';
    //msg += '</FONT>\n';
    msg += '</TD>\n';
    msg += '<TD CLASS="FOOTER" ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n';
    //msg += '<FONT SIZE="2">\n';
    msg += '<A HREF="' + base_url + 'directory/index.html">\n';
    msg += '<IMG ALIGN=MIDDLE ';
    msg += ' SRC="' + base_img + 'GIFs/bookbutton.gif" ';
    msg += 'ALT="[directory button]" BORDER=0>Directory</A>\n';
    msg += '<BR><BR>\n';
    //msg += '</FONT>\n';
    msg += '</TD>\n';
    msg += '<TD CLASS="FOOTER" ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n';
    //msg += '<FONT SIZE="2">\n';
    msg += '<A HREF="' + base_url + 'directions.html">';
    msg += '<IMG ALIGN=MIDDLE  ';
    msg += 'SRC="' + base_img + 'GIFs/mapbutton.gif" ';
    msg += 'ALT="[map button]" BORDER=0>Directions</A><BR>\n';
    msg += '<BR>\n';
    //msg += '</FONT>\n';
    msg += '</TD>\n';
    msg += '</TR>\n';
    msg += '</TABLE>\n';

    msg += '<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH=\"533\">\n';
    msg += '<TR>\n';
    msg += '<TD CLASS="FOOTER" ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n';
    //msg += '<FONT SIZE="2">\n';
    msg += '<A HREF="' + base_url + 'education/index.html">';
    msg += '<IMG ALIGN=MIDDLE ';
    msg += 'SRC="' + base_img + 'GIFs/schoolbutton.gif" '; 
    msg += 'ALT="[school button]" BORDER=0>Jewish&nbsp;Education</A>\n';
    msg += '<BR><BR>\n';
    //msg += '</FONT>\n';
    msg += '</TD>\n';
    msg += '<TD CLASS="FOOTER" ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n';
    //msg += '<FONT SIZE="2">\n';
    msg += '<A HREF="' + base_url + 'education/youth.html">';
    msg += '<IMG ALIGN=MIDDLE ';
    msg += ' SRC="' + base_img + 'GIFs/youthbutton.gif" ';
    msg += 'ALT="[youth button]" BORDER=0>Youth&nbsp;Groups</A>\n';
    msg += '<BR><BR>\n';
    //msg += '</FONT>\n';
    msg += '</TD>\n';
    msg += '<TD CLASS="FOOTER" ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n';
    //msg += '<FONT SIZE="2">\n';
    msg += '<A HREF="' + base_url + 'links/index.html">';
    msg += '<IMG ALIGN=MIDDLE ';
    msg += ' SRC="' + base_img + 'GIFs/linkbutton.gif" ';
    msg += 'ALT="[link button]" BORDER=0>Links</A>\n';
    msg += '<BR><BR>\n';
    //msg += '</FONT>\n';
    msg += '</TD>\n';

    // add special button if needed as button(end date)
    // Chanukah 2002
    msg += button('footer','December 8, 2002','GIFs/dreidel_button.gif','news/chanukah.html','Chanukah'); 

    msg += '</TR>\n';
    msg += '</TABLE>\n';

    msg += '<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH=\"533\">\n';
    msg += '<TR>\n';
    msg += '<TD CLASS="FOOTER" ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n';
    //msg += '<FONT SIZE="2">\n';
    document.write(msg);
    displayUpdate();
    //msg = '<BR><BR>\n';
    msg = "<BR>\n";
    msg += 'http://www.tikvatisrael.org/' + page;
    msg += '<BR><BR>\n';
    //msg += '</FONT>\n';
    msg += '</TD>\n';
    msg += '</TR>\n';
    msg += '</TABLE>\n';

    msg += '<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH=\"533\">\n';
    msg += '<TR>\n';
    msg += '<TD CLASS="FOOTER" ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n';
    //msg += '<FONT SIZE="2">\n';
    msg += 'Please send your questions regarding Tikvat Israel to ';
    msg += '<A HREF="mailto:execdir@tikvatisrael.org ">Susan Newman</A><BR>\n';
    msg += 'Send your comments and suggestions regarding this web site to ';
    msg += '<A HREF="mailto:jacobs@mdsg.umd.edu">Dan Jacobs</A>\n';
    msg += '<BR>\n';
    msg += '<BR>\n';
    //msg += '</FONT>\n';
    msg += '</TD>\n</TR>\n';
    msg += '</TABLE>\n';

    msg += '<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH=\"533\">\n';
    msg += '<TR>\n<TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=75>\n';
    msg += '<!-- BEGIN USCJ TAGLINE -->\n';
    msg += '<p><a HREF="http://www.uscj.org/">';
    msg += '<img SRC=" http://www.uscj.org/images/uscjweb.gif" ';
    msg += 'width=64 height=95 alt="USCJ Logo" border=0 ';
    msg += 'align=left></a><br>\n';
    msg += '</TD>\n';
    msg += '<TD CLASS="FOOTER" ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n';
    //msg += '<FONT SIZE="2">\n';
    msg += 'Affiliated with <a HREF="http://www.uscj.org/">';
    msg += 'The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism</a>, ';
    msg += 'which hosts this website as one of the many services ';
    msg += 'provided to member congregations.</p>\n';
    msg += '<!-- END USCJ TAGLINE -->\n';
    //msg += '</FONT>\n';
    msg += '</TD></TR>\n';
    msg += '</TABLE>\n';

    msg += '</CENTER>\n';
    document.write(msg);

  }

  function button(page,date,button_img,button_url,button_txt) {
    // page - index - main page, footer, . . .
    // date - last day (month day, year) to display promo
    // button_img - name of the image file
    // button_url - name of the html page
    // button_txt - text to use next to button
    var today, end_date;
    if (!date) { remaining = 1; }
    else { 
      today = new Date();
      end_date = new Date(date); // month day, year
      milliseconds = (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
      remaining = ((end_date.getTime() - today.getTime()) / milliseconds); 
    }
    
    if (remaining >= 0) {  // show button
      if (page == "footer") { // footer
        this_string = '<TD CLASS="FOOTER" ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n';
        this_string += '<A HREF="' + base_url + button_url + '">';
        this_string += '<IMG ALIGN=MIDDLE ';
        this_string += 'SRC="' + base_img + button_img + '" ';
        this_string += 'ALT="[holiday button]" BORDER=0>' + button_txt + '</A>\n';
        this_string += '<BR><BR>\n';
        this_string += '</TD>\n';
      }
      else if (page == "index") { // main page
        this_string = '<TD NOWRAP ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP>';
        this_string += '<A HREF="' + base_url + button_url + '">';
        this_string += '<IMG ALIGN=MIDDLE ';
        this_string += 'SRC="' + base_img + button_img + '" ';
        this_string += 'ALT="[holiday button]" BORDER=0></A><BR></TD>\n';
        this_string += '<TD NOWRAP ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=MIDDLE>';
        this_string += '<A HREF="' + base_url + button_url + '"><B>';
        this_string += button_txt + '</B></A><BR></TD>\n</TR>\n';
      }
      else { 
        this_string = '<TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n';
        this_string += '&nbsp;<BR>\n</TD>\n</TR>\n';
      }
    }
    else { this_string = ""; }

   return this_string;

  }
  
  function display_msg(date,msg_txt) { 
    // date - last day (month day, year) to display message 
    // msg_txt - text to display
    var today, end_date;
    if (!date) { remaining = 1; }
    else { 
      today = new Date();
      end_date = new Date(date); // month day, year
      milliseconds = (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
      remaining = ((end_date.getTime() - today.getTime()) / milliseconds); 
    }
    
    if (remaining >= 0) {  // show message
        this_string = msg_txt;
    }
    else { this_string = ""; }

    return this_string;

  }

  function go_to(form,dir,file) {
    with (form.elements["0"]) {
      var choice1 = options[selectedIndex].value;
    }
    if (choice1 == "X") { return; }
   
    if (choice1.substring(0,4) == "http") { var v = choice1; }
    else {
      var v = base_img + choice1;

      if (dir && file) { 
        v = base_img + dir + '/' + file + '#' + choice1;
      }
    }

    location = v;
  }


//  End -->


