Featured Featured April 4, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Three Weddings, Three Babies and Israel’s Election It was just two years ago that three Israeli couples traveled thousands of miles to get married in Washington, D.C. because they were unable to have legally recognized marriages in Israel. Since that time, each couple has had a baby – and Israel has held FOUR elections. How will the results of this most recent ...
Featured Featured April 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Everything Bagel! Online What is the best way to end Passover? With a delicious bagel, of course! Join Washington Hebrew and Bethesda Bagels on the last night of Passover as we team up for a bagel-making master class. Using a Bethesda Bagels Bagel Making Kit, Danny and Noah Fleishman of Bethesda Bagels will teach you all about bagels, ...
April 5, 2021 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series 12 Jewish Questions 12 Jewish Questions Online Do I need to believe in God to be Jewish? What happens after we die? How do Where is God in times of tragedy? How do I rest when I have no time? And more... Despite years of religious school as children, many of us are unsure how to find meaning in our faith and culture ...
April 7, 2021 @ 8:30 am - 9:30 am Event Series 2239’s Espresso Shot of Torah 2239’s Espresso Shot of Torah Online Join 2239 for Espresso Shot of Torah and start off your day with some caffeination and rumination! Pour your favorite morning beverage and connect with each other and our sacred tradition. Join us on Zoom Free
April 7, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Event Series Wednesday Torah Study Wednesday Torah Study Online If there were ever a time for miracles, we are living in it. Our holy texts are filled with miraculous events that we often wave off as hyperbole or the work of imagination. However, while we may be doubtful of miracles, we can believe in the hope and optimism they provide in times of hardship. For our spring session of Wednesday ...
April 7, 2021 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series Of Mice & Mensch Of Mice & Mensch Online Tired of Zoom fatigue and anticipating a long winter … and spring … and fall? Introducing: BOOKS! Join Rabbi Fischel and 2239 for Of Mice and Mensch: A Jew-ish, Feel-Good Book Club. We will enjoy some quirky, sometimes irreverent, Jewish and Israeli books, chat about them (yes, over Zoom), and enjoy each other’s company. Our ...
April 9, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Chair Yoga & Meditation Chair Yoga & Meditation Online Yoga instructor Brittany Fleck welcomes all ages and abilities to this slow, mindful 45-minute class. There are standing postures, seated postures in a chair, and postures on the floor—all of which can be modified for personal preference or ability. This program will take place on Zoom. Registration required. Click here to RSVP for this program ... Free
April 9, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Event Series Shabbat Evening Service Shabbat Evening Service Online Together with WHC clergy, welcome Shabbat together as one WHC community. This service will take place on Zoom It will also be available on our live stream & Facebook Closed captioning will also be provided for this service on all platforms. We invite you to follow along with us from home using the online version of Mishkan ... Free
April 10, 2021 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am Event Series Early Torah Study Early Torah Study Online Every Shabbat morning, we begin the day with an informal group at Temple to study parashat hashavua, the weekly Torah portion, in English. Led by one of the clergy, we analyze, question, and reflect on Judaism’s central text. All are welcome — just occasionally or every week — and absolutely no background knowledge or familiarity ...
April 10, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Event Series Shabbat Morning Service Shabbat Morning Service Online This 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: prayers, responsive readings, music, reading from the Torah, and a d'var Torah (interpretation of the weekly Torah portion). On mornings when there is no b'nei mitzvah, ... Free
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 11, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Amram Scholar Series Presents: Debbie Cenziper Online Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Debbie Cenziper, the Director of Investigative Reporting at Northwestern University, brings “The Hunt for Hitler’s Hidden Soldiers in America” to the Amram Scholar Series. It is the gripping story of how a tenacious team of Nazi hunters pursued those responsible for the most lethal killing operation of the Holocaust, battling over decades ...
