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Event Series Wednesday Study Group (Fall 2023)

Wednesday Study Group: The Power of a Word

Online

For our fall session of Wednesday Study Group, we will dive into ten of the most influential Hebrew words in our canon. Poet and liturgist Alden Solovy recently published These Words: Poetic Midrash on the Language of the Torah. With this text’s unique creativity and scholarship, we will explore words rabbis use all the time, ...

Event Series Conversational Hebrew Fall 2023

Conversational Hebrew

Online

Learning to speak a new language as an adult can be daunting. We offer an innovative method that emphasizes conversation over decoding, and you’ll find yourself speaking Hebrew in the very first class. You don’t need to read Hebrew, or even know the aleph-bet. For the Fall 2023 semester, our 8-week Conversational Hebrew classes will begin ...

Event Series Gimels & Gimlets (Fall 2023)

Gimels & Gimlets

Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States

Hebrew looks nothing like what you're probably used to reading, and we know it can seem well...foreign. That's because, for many of us, it is! But fear not - our new Hebrew class is designed for beginners and those who need a refresher because it's been a while! Join other 2239ers on the journey towards ...

Event Series Hebrew Reading for Adults (Fall 2023)

Hebrew Reading for Adults

Online

If you would like to be able to read our prayers in Hebrew instead of relying on transliteration or keep up with what your kids (or grandkids) are learning in Religious School, this course is for you. For our Fall 2023 semester of Hebrew Reading, classes will begin the week of October 9, and will ...

Event Series Conversational Hebrew Fall 2023

Conversational Hebrew

Online

Learning to speak a new language as an adult can be daunting. We offer an innovative method that emphasizes conversation over decoding, and you’ll find yourself speaking Hebrew in the very first class. You don’t need to read Hebrew, or even know the aleph-bet. For the Fall 2023 semester, our 8-week Conversational Hebrew classes will begin ...

Event Series Conversational Hebrew (Spring 2024)

Conversational Hebrew

Online

Learning to speak a new language as an adult can be daunting. We offer an innovative method that emphasizes conversation over decoding, and you’ll find yourself speaking Hebrew in the very first class. You don’t need to read Hebrew, or even know the aleph-bet. For the Spring 2024 semester, our 8-week Conversational Hebrew classes will begin ...

Event Series Hebrew Reading for Adults (Fall 2023)

Hebrew Reading for Adults

Online

If you would like to be able to read our prayers in Hebrew instead of relying on transliteration or keep up with what your kids (or grandkids) are learning in Religious School, this course is for you. For our Fall 2023 semester of Hebrew Reading, classes will begin the week of October 9, and will ...

Event Series Hebrew Reading for Adults (Fall 2023)

Hebrew Reading for Adults

Online

If you would like to be able to read our prayers in Hebrew instead of relying on transliteration or keep up with what your kids (or grandkids) are learning in Religious School, this course is for you. For our Fall 2023 semester of Hebrew Reading, classes will begin the week of October 9, and will ...

Event Series Mah Jongg with WWHC

Mah Jongg with WWHC

JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States

Join the Women of WHC for a weekly game of Mah Jongg on Fridays at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center. Everyone is welcome to try it out! You must become a WWHC member to play on an ongoing basis. For any questions or to confirm the time of this week’s game, please contact Hillary Blackton at hillary@divinelifeyoga.com $5 ...

Event Series 12 Jewish Questions (Fall 2023)

12 Jewish Questions

Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States

DO I NEED TO BELIEVE IN GOD TO BE JEWISH?  WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE DIE?  WHERE IS GOD IN TIMES OF TRAGEDY?  HOW DO I REST WHEN I HAVE NO TIME? 12 Jewish Questions is a learning community for adults – Jewish and non-Jewish – who have questions about Jewish identity, beliefs, culture, and customs. It’s an ...

Event Series Early Torah Study

Early Torah Study

Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States

  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 ...

Jr. WHECTY Hanukkah Party

Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States

Our 5th-7th grade youth group, Jr. WHECTY, will be welcoming Hanukkah together on Saturday, December 2. Get ready to join us in the kitchen at Temple (in D.C.), where we will make some Hanukkah classics: latkes and sufganiyot (jelly donuts)! We will meet at 10:00 am, and finish our delicious creations at noon – if ...

Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship

Shabbat Morning Worship

Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States

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: 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 ...

Event Series WHC Connections: Haftarah Study Group

WHC Connections: Haftarah Study Group

Online

Every Shabbat afternoon an informal group of WHC members gets together on Zoom to discuss the Haftarah for that week. We begin with a read-through in English and continue sharing questions, answers, and opinions. The group meets for one hour and is led by the lay members of the congregation. All Temple members are welcome. ...