Featured Featured December 3, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Amram Scholar Series 2023-2024 Amram Scholar Series Presents: Andrew Meier Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States NEW DATE - This lecture will now take place on Sunday, December 3, 2023! WHC is pleased to welcome author Andrew Meier to the Amram Scholar Series on Sunday, December 3 to discuss his book Morgenthau. This lecture will take place at 10:30 am at Temple. It is free and open to everyone, but RSVP ...
December 3, 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.
December 3, 2023 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm WHECTY Secret Hanukkah Harry Gift Swap Non-WHC Site Join WHECTY for a Hanukkah gift swap! You will have the entire mall to search for the perfect gift. Make sure to bring $20 for your purchase, and money for dinner if you'd like. We will meet in the food court. See you there! Email Leila Gordon (lgordon@whctemple.org) to let us know you're coming. WHAT: ...
Featured Featured December 3, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm 2023 Cantors’ Concert JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States Senior Cantor Susan Bortnick and Cantor Suzanne Hamstra will be joined by Senior Cantor Michael Shochet of Temple Rodef Shalom and Cantor Emerita Laura Croen of Temple Sinai to honor the music and legacy of Stephen Sondheim. The concert was previously performed at both Temple Sinai and Temple Rodef Shalom before making its way to ...
December 4, 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 ...
December 4, 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 ...
December 4, 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 ...
December 4, 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 ...
December 4, 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 ...
December 4, 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 ...
December 5, 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 ...
December 5, 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 ...
December 5, 2023 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 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 ...
Featured Featured December 5, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Event Series Jewish Book Council Events 2023-2024 Women of WHC’s Literary Club Presents: Lisa Scottoline Online The Women of WHC are pleased to welcome award-winning author Lisa Scottoline to discuss her book Loyalty on Tuesday, December 5 at 12:00 pm on Zoom. This lecture is free and open to everyone, but RSVP is required. RSVP HERE About the Book: Loyalty is an emotional, action-packed epic, set during the rise of the Mafia well ...
December 5, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm Event Series (Higher) Power Lunch with 2239 (Higher) Power Lunch with 2239 Online Tired of spending your lunch break scrolling through social media/the news/your morning inbox? What if you could use this time to get in touch with your spiritual side by exploring Torah (over Zoom) with other smart and interesting people? Every Tuesday from 12:30-1:00 pm, Washington Hebrew’s 2239 community will dive into the week’s Torah portion, ...
December 5, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 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 ...
December 5, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Back to Basics (Fall 2023) 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 ...
December 5, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm SEA Change: Public Meeting on Climate Solutions, Housing, and Health Non-WHC Site Join WHC members along with our interfaith partners for a public meeting with elected officials from Maryland. Contact Laura Loeb at LauraeLoeb@gmail.com to get involved. CONFIRMED ATTENDEES: Senator Brian Feldman, Delegate Linda Foley & 300+ leaders from schools, congregations, and organizations across Maryland INVITED: Governor Moore & Secretaries of Housing, Energy, and Environment Good Hope ...