March 1, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series Back to Basics Back to Basics Online Explore why we do what we do as Jews, find the sources for our traditions, and delve into the origins of these ideas. Through holidays, life cycle events, history, theology, beginning Hebrew literacy, Jewish religious movements, Torah laws, the Mishnah, the Talmud, and Kabbalah, we’ll uncover the answers to the “why” behind Judaism. For our ...
March 2, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Back to Basics Back to Basics Online Explore why we do what we do as Jews, find the sources for our traditions, and delve into the origins of these ideas. Through holidays, life cycle events, history, theology, beginning Hebrew literacy, Jewish religious movements, Torah laws, the Mishnah, the Talmud, and Kabbalah, we’ll uncover the answers to the “why” behind Judaism. For our ...
March 2, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Event Series Wednesday Study Group Wednesday Study Group Online Come take a deep dive into one of the more complicated and provocative books in the Jewish canon. We will use Dr. Erica Brown's commentary, Esther: Power, Fate, and Fragility in Exile to explore how the Book of Esther can inform modern issues of anti-Semitism, feminism, personal identity, and leadership. Perhaps we too will discover that ...
March 2, 2022 @ 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Event Series Conversational Hebrew Conversational Hebrew Online Learn to speak Hebrew—or practice and improve your fluency—without having to master the aleph-bet. This innovative method will have you speaking at the first class, and the ability to read or write in Hebrew is not necessary. We offer classes for every level. Not sure which is best for you? Contact instructor Gerdy Trachtman for placement assistance. ...
March 2, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm The Frozen Chosen: The History of Israel’s Olympic Bobsled Program Online Did you know Israel has a bobsled team? In fact, it has two bobsled teams and three skeleton athletes, all training and competing to earn the title of Olympian! How did Israel get a bobsled team when there is barely enough snow to ski on Har Hermon? Where do bobsledders and skeleton athletes train? Is ...
March 2, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Event Series Hebrew Reading for Adults Hebrew Reading for Adults Online Unlock the mystery of the aleph-bet! The Hebrew letters will come together, and Hebrew prayers come to life as you learn to read the language of our Torah. For Winter 2022, this course will be offered at the following dates and times: Mondays, starting January 24, 6:00 pm – Intermediate Tuesdays, starting January 25, 5:45 pm – ...
March 3, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Conversational Hebrew Conversational Hebrew Online Learn to speak Hebrew—or practice and improve your fluency—without having to master the aleph-bet. This innovative method will have you speaking at the first class, and the ability to read or write in Hebrew is not necessary. We offer classes for every level. Not sure which is best for you? Contact instructor Gerdy Trachtman for placement assistance. ...
March 3, 2022 @ 11:15 am - 12:15 pm Event Series Hebrew Reading for Adults Hebrew Reading for Adults Online Unlock the mystery of the aleph-bet! The Hebrew letters will come together, and Hebrew prayers come to life as you learn to read the language of our Torah. For Winter 2022, this course will be offered at the following dates and times: Mondays, starting January 24, 6:00 pm – Intermediate Tuesdays, starting January 25, 5:45 pm – ...
March 3, 2022 @ 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Event Series Hebrew Reading for Adults Hebrew Reading for Adults Online Unlock the mystery of the aleph-bet! The Hebrew letters will come together, and Hebrew prayers come to life as you learn to read the language of our Torah. For Winter 2022, this course will be offered at the following dates and times: Mondays, starting January 24, 6:00 pm – Intermediate Tuesdays, starting January 25, 5:45 pm – ...
March 4, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm Event Series Mah Jongg with WWHC Mah Jongg with WWHC JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States Join the Women of WHC for Mah Jongg. $5 purse Everyone is welcome!* No need to RSVP, just show up when you can and join the fun! *Please click here to learn about our health and safety protocols and plan to arrive a few minutes early.
March 4, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm ECC Book Week: Shabbat Stories and Swap JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States Join the Washington Hebrew Congregation RJW ECC, PJ Library, and the Jewish Ambassador Program from the Bender JCC as we welcome in Shabbat surrounded by our favorite books! We will be swapping books, reading stories with our favorite characters, and exploring the Wandering J Van to celebrate early literacy. Join us outside at JBSC between ...
March 4, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Macomb St. Shabbat feat. Alden Solovy Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Our Liturgist-in-Residence Alden Solovy will join us on the bima to enrich our experience by reading some of his prayer poetry. He’ll also give a “Prayer Drash,” a davar Torah in poetry. It’s a joyful, musical Shabbat evening that fosters participation and connection. Come for Chevruta — an engaging Torah discussion with our clergy for ...
March 5, 2022 @ 8:00 am - 9:30 am Early Torah Study with Alden Solovy Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States If you joined us for Friday night's service this week, you heard Liturgist-in-Residence Alden Solovy share a “Prayer Drash,” a davar Torah in poetry. This Shabbat morning, Solovy will lead an informal group at Temple to study parashat hashavua, the weekly Torah portion, in English. Together we'll analyze, question, and reflect on Judaism’s central text. ...
March 5, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am Shabbat Morning Worship & Mimosa Minyan 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 ...
March 5, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Gen Xers Havdalah with Alden Solovy Enjoy Havdalah over small bites and sweets at the Bethesda home of WHC members as we say farewell to Shabbat and pray for peace for our world. We invite you to join with fellow WHC Gen Xers and our Liturgist-in-Residence Alden Solovy, who will give us a private reading from his collected works of prayer ...
Featured Featured March 6, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm WHC Presents: Liza Wiemer JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States WHC's Confirmation class welcomes author Liza Wiemer for an important conversation about her YA novel, The Assignment. This event is aimed primarily at teens and is part of WHC's Confirmation programming, but anyone in the community is welcome to attend. RSVP When popular high school teacher Mr. Bartley assigns a controversial project asking his students to debate the ...
