Featured 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Community Memorial Services (Memorial Park) Featured September 29 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Community Memorial Services (Memorial Park) You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Memorial Service at Memorial Park led by Washington Hebrew and community clergy. Memorial Park 1380 Alabama Avenue SE Washington, DC 20032 To submit names of loved ones to be remembered and announced at the service, please complete the form below by September 27.
Featured 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Community Memorial Service (Garden of Remembrance) Featured September 29 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Community Memorial Service (Garden of Remembrance) THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE 224th ANNUAL High Holy Days Community Memorial Services Sunday, September 29, 2024, 10:00 am You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Memorial Service at the Garden of Remembrance led by Rabbi Shankman and community clergy. There is an additional service at 2:00 pm, without WHC clergy. For more information, visit ...
Featured 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series EREV ROSH HASHANAH Featured October 2 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series EREV ROSH HASHANAH Shanah Tovah! Please visit our information page everything you need on tickets, parking, volunteering, and more. High Holy Days Hub
Featured 9:00 am - 2:30 pm Event Series ROSH HASHANAH Featured October 3 @ 9:00 am - 2:30 pm Event Series ROSH HASHANAH Shanah Tovah! Please visit our information page everything you need on tickets, parking, volunteering, and more. High Holy Days Hub
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC October 4 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC REMINDER: Everything starts 30 minutes later than usual this week We invite you to end your week and welcome Shabbat with us! At 6:30 pm and again after the service: Have something to eat (to tide you over or as your dinner), a drink (we offer a full bar, plus non-alcoholic options), and connect with ...
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship October 5 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship Our Shabbat morning service, led by our rabbis and cantors, often includes the b’nei mitzvah of one of our teens as well as the traditional elements of a Shabbat morning service
Featured 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series KOL NIDREI Featured October 11 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series KOL NIDREI The gates are closing! Join us for services at either Temple or JBSC. For more info on tickets, parking, accessibility, and more, please visit our High Holy Days hub. High Holy Days Hub
Featured 9:00 am - 7:00 pm Event Series YOM KIPPUR Featured October 12 @ 9:00 am - 7:00 pm Event Series YOM KIPPUR The gates are closing! Join us for services at either Temple or JBSC. For more info on tickets, parking, accessibility, and more, please visit our High Holy Days hub. High Holy Days Hub
Featured 10:30 am - 11:30 am Event Series Sukkot Festival Service Featured October 17 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Event Series Sukkot Festival Service Join us for a joyful Sukkot service, where we’ll celebrate the holiday by waving the lulav and etrog
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Event Series Sukkot Luncheon for WHC Seniors October 17 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Event Series Sukkot Luncheon for WHC Seniors Join us at Temple starting at 10:30 am for the traditional Sukkot Festival Service followed by a bagel brunch at 11:30 am. Cost is $18 for WHC members, $25 for all others Finances should never be a reason for someone to be unable to participate. Please reach out to Cantor Hamstra (shamstra@whctemple.org or call 202-362-7100) ...
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC October 18 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC We invite you to end your week and welcome Shabbat with us! Our clergy and community look forward to seeing you in person or via livestream.
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Serenity Shabbat October 18 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Serenity Shabbat 6:00 pm Pre-Oneg 6:30 Kabbalat Shabbat in the Sukkah (Dress Warm!) As with every Serenity Shabbat, we will begin by welcoming Shabbat with an uplifting musical, contemplative service that consists of singing the Kabbalat Shabbat Psalms. At this Serenity Shabbat we will be focus on the themes of Sukkot: the blessings, vulnerability, and fragility of ...
8:30 am - 10:00 am Event Series Early Torah Study October 19 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am Event Series Early Torah Study Every Shabbat morning, we begin the day with an informal group at Temple to study parashat hashavua, the weekly Torah portion, in English.
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Event Series Sukkot Celebrations – LGBTQ+ Brunch October 19 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Event Series Sukkot Celebrations – LGBTQ+ Brunch The LGBTQ+ community comes together for a lovely afternoon brunch in Rabbi Fischel’s sukkah, so come by for some bagels, Sukkot-themed mimosa bar, community, friends, and Shabbat!
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Event Series WHC Connections: Haftarah Study Group October 19 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Event Series WHC Connections: Haftarah Study Group This informal, lay-led group gets together to discuss the Haftarah for that week. Starting with a read-through in English, the group shares questions, answers, and opinions.
Featured 10:30 am - 11:30 pm Sukkot Festival & Yizkor Service Featured October 24 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 pm Sukkot Festival & Yizkor Service As Sukkot comes to a close, we have a special festival service to observe the holiday. We will also honor our loved ones’ memories with a Yizkor service. WHAT IS YIZKOR? In Judaism, mourning is both private and public. When we visit a grave or observe a yahrzeit — the anniversary of a person’s death — ...
Featured 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC Featuring Consecration & Simchat Torah Celebration Featured October 25 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC Featuring Consecration & Simchat Torah Celebration We invite you to end your week and welcome Shabbat with us! Beginning Religious School represents the start of a new chapter in a child’s life and the life of their family. It is our hope that we will be writing many lovely and meaningful notes on the pages of that chapter over the course ...
8:30 am - 10:00 am Event Series Early Torah Study October 26 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am Event Series Early Torah Study Every Shabbat morning, we begin the day with an informal group at Temple to study parashat hashavua, the weekly Torah portion, in English.
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship October 26 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship Our Shabbat morning service, led by our rabbis and cantors, often includes the b’nei mitzvah of one of our teens as well as the traditional elements of a Shabbat morning service
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Event Series WHC Connections: Haftarah Study Group October 26 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Event Series WHC Connections: Haftarah Study Group This informal, lay-led group gets together to discuss the Haftarah for that week. Starting with a read-through in English, the group shares questions, answers, and opinions.
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Event Series Tot Shabbat & Family Dinner November 1 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Event Series Tot Shabbat & Family Dinner Friday night services are a fun, fulfilling event for families with young children (or grandchildren). Held twice each month (once at each of our locations), these evenings begin with an engaging, interactive Tot Shabbat service, which lasts about a half-hour and teaches Jewish prayers, traditions, and rituals through songs, stories, and art projects. Following the ...
Featured 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series 2239 Metro Minyan Shabbat at Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Featured November 1 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series 2239 Metro Minyan Shabbat at Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum With unbelievable exhibits and the restoration of the oldest original synagogue in D.C., the historic prayer space at the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum is filled with original pews from most of D.C.’s major synagogues, including one from WHC’s first location at 8th and I. This slice of Jewish history lives and breathes in our city, and we could not be more excited to pray there.
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC November 1 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC REMINDER: Everything starts 30 minutes later than usual this week We invite you to end your week and welcome Shabbat with us! At 6:30 pm and again after the service: Have something to eat (to tide you over or as your dinner), a drink (we offer a full bar, plus non-alcoholic options), and connect with ...
8:30 am - 10:00 am Event Series Early Torah Study November 2 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am Event Series Early Torah Study Every Shabbat morning, we begin the day with an informal group at Temple to study parashat hashavua, the weekly Torah portion, in English.
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship November 2 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship Our Shabbat morning service, led by our rabbis and cantors, often includes the b’nei mitzvah of one of our teens as well as the traditional elements of a Shabbat morning service
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Event Series WHC Connections: Haftarah Study Group November 2 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Event Series WHC Connections: Haftarah Study Group This informal, lay-led group gets together to discuss the Haftarah for that week. Starting with a read-through in English, the group shares questions, answers, and opinions.
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October 26 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship Hybrid – Temple Find out more »
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Featured Featured November 1 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series 2239 Metro Minyan Shabbat at Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Non-WHC Site Find out more »
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