Featured Featured October 27, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC Shabbat@WHC Featuring Rabbi Rachel Schmelkin’s Installation Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States We invite you to end your week and welcome Shabbat with us! We were so excited to add Rabbi Schmelkin to our clergy team this past summer. Tonight, we’ll make it official with her installation. RSVP BELOW At 6:00 pm and again after the service: Have something to eat (to tide you over or as ...
October 28, 2023 @ 6:00 am - 7:00 am Event Series Pray Your Values: Support Abortion Access & Justice Pray Your Values: Support Abortion Access & Justice Non-WHC Site Join Rabbi Fischel, the National Council of Jewish Women, and other local synagogues on Saturday morning, October 28 and November 11 at 6:00 AM (that is no typo — 6 AM!) with a Shabbat Morning Service outside the Falls Church Health Care Center, 900 S Washington Street, Falls Church, VA 22046. This health center is an abortion provider that is picketed daily by abortion foes. We ...
October 28, 2023 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am Event Series Early Torah Study Early Torah Study Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Please note the new, later start times for our Early Torah programming -- effective Saturday, November 5 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. ...
October 28, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 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 ...
October 28, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 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. ...
Featured Featured October 29, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Reproductive Rights in America Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States In partnership with the Barnard in Washington alumni group, WHC is pleased to present a panel discussion about “The Janes,” a real-life story turned into a documentary film available on MAX. In the spring of 1972, police raided an apartment on the South Side of Chicago where seven women who were part of a clandestine ...
October 29, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Fall Fun with ETY (Temple) Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States All 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders at Temple are invited to ETY (Elementary Temple Youth)’s exciting Fall Kick-Off on October 29nd after religious school, from 12:00-1:30! We will be having a pizza lunch, followed by a Fall relay race. The students will participate in fun fall and harvest-themed games, and we will end our activities ...
October 29, 2023 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Event Series Release the Hostages Rally Release the Hostages Vigil Community Event Release the Hostages Vigil Sundays, 1:30 pm, Red Cross Headquarters in DC Unxeptable.org invites you to join in calling for the immediate release of the Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas and being held in Gaza. The group plans to gather every Sunday until the hostages are released. Please contact Ronit Yarden, riy2@georgetown.edu, for more information.
October 30, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am 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 ...
October 30, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am 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 ...
October 30, 2023 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 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 ...
October 30, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm 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 ...
October 30, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm 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 ...
October 30, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series 8 Jewish Rituals (Fall 2023) 8 Jewish Rituals Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Amidst the bustling currents of the 24-hour news cycle and the unceasing rhythm of our schedules, how can we find a moment to cherish for ourselves? When our calendars brim with commitments, how do we establish a space that feels truly sacred? Whether as a follow-up to the enlightening “12 Jewish Questions” or as a ...
October 30, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm 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 ...
Featured Featured October 30, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series 5 Conversations On Israel 5 Conversations On Israel Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Local experts, clergy, and others will facilitate these dialogues, exploring critical issues related to Israel. These conversations offer participants the opportunity to engage with different perspectives and gain a deeper understanding of this dynamic nation. Whether you are well-versed in Israeli affairs or are just beginning to explore this topic, these conversations promise to be ...
