March 10, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm CANCELED – Community Issues / Social Action Monthly Meeting Online The need for social justice has not taken a break during the pandemic, and the CISA committee is back with (virtual) monthly meetings to discuss social action issues and plan social justice and interfaith relationship-strengthening events/ activities. Free and open to everyone! Join Us on Zoom
April 11, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Community Yom Ha’Shoah Commemoration Online Join the Jewish community from across the DC area for an annual Yom Ha’Shoah Commemoration in honor of the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust and of the survivors and liberators among us. Each year, the JCRC brings together thousands of participants, representing more than 100 synagogues, churches, interfaith partners, diplomats, and elected officials to ...
April 11, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm WHECTY’s Mitzvah Day Walk-A-Thon Sign up now – walk with us on April 11 at 4 p.m. at Whitman High School or anytime on your own through April 18. Or support our efforts by donating to one of our walkers! Proceeds benefit Comfort Cases and the TOV Fund. Learn more at: WHECTY's Mitzvah Day Walk-a-Thon (givebutter.com)
Featured Featured April 18, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Mitzvah Day JBSC & Temple Our goal for 2021 is to reimagine Mitzvah Day to allow our community to continue its commitment to tikkun olam during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have projects that are perfect for all ages that can be done in a safe, socially-distant way. Click here to learn more and register for this year's projects. All projects are to ...
May 8, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm John Lewis Voter Advancement Day of Action Join your WHC clergy and community for a nationwide day of action calling on Congress to pass the For the People Act (S. 1) and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 4). This community motorcade is among 100 “Votercade” events being held in cities across the country on May 8. Location: The Temple ...
June 25, 2021 - July 23, 2021 Camp Keetov Backpack & School Supply Drive JBSC & Temple WHC is working with Friendship Place to help make sure dozens of deserving DC Public School Students have everything they need to start the school year off on the right foot! Simply add one of each item on our Wish List to your cart and then drop the items off at either Temple or JBSC ...
August 1, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm WHC Hunger Project Packing JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States The WHC Hunger Project is back! Join us on August 1 at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center to make more than 10,000 meals for those battling hunger and food insecurity right here in the DMV! The Hunger Project is perfect for kids age 8+ and adults of all ages! It is completely free to participate ...
August 28, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 3:00 pm March On Voting Rights Since January, 48 states have introduced 389 bills that amount to shameful, outright voter suppression, and many have already become law. These laws suppress voting methods that enrich our democracy and lead to high turnout: banning ballot drop boxes and mail-in voting, reducing early voting days and hours, restricting who can get a mail-in ballot, ...
Featured Featured September 1, 2021 - September 16, 2021 High Holy Day Food Drive JBSC & Temple WHC will continue its annual tradition of collecting canned and non-perishable foods to help those in our area struggling with hunger and food insecurity. We will distribute bags during Rosh HaShanah services that can be filled and brought back to Temple on Yom Kippur (or anytime leading up to Yom Kippur.) You are also welcome ...
Featured Featured September 12, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm 2021 Unity Walk Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Sunday, September 12, starting at 1:00 pm at Temple Explore, taste, celebrate, and learn as the houses of worship and religious centers along Embassy Row open their doors to the community. Start at Temple and continue at your own pace. The Unity Walk brings people together to celebrate the different faiths and cultures in the ...
September 19, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm WHC Hunger Project Packing JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States The WHC Hunger Project is back! Join us at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center to make more than 10,000 meals for those battling hunger and food insecurity right here in the DMV! It is completely free to participate -- but preregistration is required. RSVP Here SSL hours are available. Contact hungerproject@whctemple.org for more information. ...
October 1, 2021 - October 31, 2021 WHC Collects: Supporting Afghan Refugees Washington Hebrew Congregation is extending our collection of toiletries and kids’ items for the Multi-Faith Neighbors Network’s support of Afghan refugees in the DC area. You can donate in two ways: Click here to place an Amazon order for any of the most-needed items. Amazon orders can ship directly to our MFNN partner, Hurunnessa Fariad. Please add “WHC” ...
