Featured Featured May 16, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm ECC Summer Kickoff JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States We invite children ages 2-6 and their favorite grown-up to join us outside at JBSC! An interactive story STEAM experience Craft table Bubble machine Gently used book fair (purchases support the ECC library fund!) And more! Every child receives camp swag and a special "loose parts" kit! To promote social distancing, we will hold two ...
May 16, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 pm Event Series Religious School Grades 3-7 Religious School Grades 3-7 Online The WHC Religious School program for 2020-2021 is taking place virtually (via Zoom) in an effort to ensure safety and accessibility for our community. The experience is student-driven and elective-based for Pre-K through 7th graders and takes place on Sunday mornings. The elective offerings are a diverse mix of art, cooking, social justice, music, drama ...
Featured Featured May 17, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Shavuot Yizkor Service Online Join Rabbi Miller as we take the opportunity to remember those who live on in our memories and hearts as we celebrate Shavuot. This service will be available on Zoom or our live stream It will also be viewable on our Facebook page. For this service, we will be using a different version of our ...
May 17, 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 ...
May 18, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Women of WHC’s Musical Celebration and Board Installation Online The Women of WHC invite you to join them on Zoom for a concert featuring award-winning Jewish composer, singer, and recording artist, Chava Mirel. This program will also include the installation of WWHC's new slate of officers and board members. The event is free and open to everyone. A Zoom link will be provided upon ...
May 19, 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
May 19, 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 ...
Featured Featured May 19, 2021 @ 8:00 pm - 9:15 pm Event Series Policy, Predicament & Promise Policy, Predicament & Promise Online Right now, it is a critical time in geopolitics. After four elections in just two years, the Israeli government is unsettled, tensions are escalating over demolitions and evictions in East Jerusalem, and dozens have been killed and injured by airstrikes by Palestinian militants and the Israeli army. There is growing concern that the latest escalation ...
May 21, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Event Series Tot Shabbat Tot Shabbat Online Join our clergy on Zoom for a fun Shabbat experience where children and their favorite grownups can sing, laugh, and start the weekend (virtually) with friends. Click here to join us on Zoom. Free
May 21, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Shabbat Evening Service Online Join Rabbi Lustig, Rabbi Fischel, and Cantor Bortnick for a virtual version of our popular "Falls Road Shabbat" where we will welcome Shabbat together as one community through prayer, music, and song. This service will be available to view on our live stream & Facebook Closed captioning will also be provided for this service on all platforms. ... Free
May 22, 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 ...
May 22, 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
May 23, 2021 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am Event Series Religious School Grades K-2 Religious School Grades K-2 Online The WHC Religious School program for 2020-2021 is taking place virtually (via Zoom) in an effort to ensure safety and accessibility for our community. The experience is student-driven and elective-based for Pre-K through 7th graders and takes place on Sunday mornings. The elective offerings are a diverse mix of art, cooking, social justice, music, drama ...
May 23, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 pm Event Series Religious School Grades 3-7 Religious School Grades 3-7 Online The WHC Religious School program for 2020-2021 is taking place virtually (via Zoom) in an effort to ensure safety and accessibility for our community. The experience is student-driven and elective-based for Pre-K through 7th graders and takes place on Sunday mornings. The elective offerings are a diverse mix of art, cooking, social justice, music, drama ...
Featured Featured May 23, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Amram Scholar Series Presents: Yousef Bashir Online As an adolescent in Gaza during the Second Intifada in 2004, Yousef Bashir was standing in his front yard with his father and three United Nations observers when he was shot in the spine by an Israeli soldier, leaving him in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the waist down. While an Israeli soldier shot him, it ...
May 24, 2021 @ 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. ...
May 24, 2021 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 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. ...
May 24, 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 ...
