March 4 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series Toxic Polarization: Learning How to Navigate Division Toxic Polarization: Learning How to Navigate Division Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Do you look at current events in our country, in Israel, or our world and worry that we are more divided than we’ve ever been before? Do you look toward the 2024 election and wonder how you will maintain relationships with family members, co-workers, friends, and neighbors? Join Rabbi Rachel Schmelkin, nationally recognized for her ...
March 4 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series 12 Jewish Questions (Spring 2024) 12 Jewish Questions (Spring 2024) 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 March 5 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Event Series Jewish Book Council Events 2023-2024 Women of WHC’s Literary Club Presents: Felice Cohen Online The Women of WHC are pleased to welcome author Felice Cohen to their Literary Club lecture series on Tuesday, March 5 at noon to discuss her book, Half In. This event is free and open to everyone, but RSVP is required. This program will take place on Zoom. REGISTER HERE This program is presented in ...
March 5 @ 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, ...
March 6 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series New Moms’ Group (Winter 2024) New Moms’ Group (Winter 2024) Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Extended through March! Having a new baby is an incredible miracle and simcha (joy!)...and it brings with it big changes and challenges! Join Stephanie Tankel, WHC's Director of Lifelong Learning, for an opportunity to build community with other moms as you share, vent, celebrate, and more. Each week includes a chance to check in through ...
March 6 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Event Series Wednesday Study Group: Prophets Wednesday Study Group: Prophets Online Reform Judaism is often cited as the Prophetic sect of our tradition, but what does that mean? What does it mean to be descendants of the Prophets? Join Wednesday Study Group for an exploration of these humans who spoke for God. For this class, we will be using Abraham Joshua Heschel’s famous book, The Prophets. ...
Featured Featured March 6 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Recap the WHC Israel Mission Online Rabbi Shankman and participants of the recent Mission to Israel will share their reflections with the congregation. We encourage you to join on Zoom to learn more about what they saw, heard and experienced. This program will be recorded and shared upon request a few days after it takes place. REGISTER
March 7 @ 8:00 am - 6:30 pm Philadelphia Flower Show Trip with Women of WHC Non-WHC Site Join the Women of WHC for a day trip to the Philadelphia Flower Show on Thursday, March 7. We'll leave JBSC early in the morning -- and be back in time for dinner! (traffic permitting) This trip costs $140 per person if you register by February 15. Starting February 16, the price will increase to ...
March 8 @ 12:30 pm - 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 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 ...
March 8 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC Classical Shabbat@WHC Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Tonight, we feature the music of Max Helfman, a Polish-born, American Jewish composer, choral conductor, pianist, singer, and educator, whose music was a staple of Reform Jewish synagogues. Helfman had a gift for writing music both singable and emotionally complex, modern and original, yet rooted in traditional folk and synagogue melodies. Throughout our service and ...
March 8 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Serenity Shabbat: A Sound Journey for the Soul JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States REGISTER WHC Gen X'ers — We invite you to shed the busyness, stress, and noise of everyday life at this soothing and transformative Shabbat experience with Rabbi Shankman and Sarah Schain, founder of SomoBreathe. On this Friday evening, we’ll step away from traditional text study and connect to Shabbat spiritually through a sound bath – ...
March 9 @ 6:15 am - 7:00 am Event Series Pray Your Values: Support Abortion Access & Justice Pray Your Values: Support Abortion Access & Justice Non-WHC Site Join the National Council of Jewish Women and other local synagogues on Saturday morning, 6:15 am (that is no typo!) 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 will proudly pray our values as ...
March 9 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am 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 ...
March 9 @ 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 ...
March 9 @ 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. ...
March 10 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm WHC Hunger Project JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States Volunteers — adults, children, individuals, families, and groups — put on hairnets, gloves, and aprons to carefully measure and package ingredients that become over 10,000 nutritious meals for the underserved in our area. Our packing events are tikkun olam at its very heart, and the meals we pack are on people’s tables within a week. ...
March 11 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am Event Series FIT4MOM Stroller Strides FIT4MOM Stroller Strides Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Stroller Strides® is FIT4MOM DC’s all-levels total-body conditioning workout designed for caregivers with kids in tow. Each 60-minute workout consists of strength training, cardio, and core restoration, all while entertaining the little ones with songs, activities, and fun! Your instructor is trained to meet you where you are mentally and physically and create space for ...
March 11 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series Food & Judaism Food & Judaism Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Jews LOVE food.... Why? Why do so many of our Jewish customs happen around a dining room table? Where did these traditions come from? Where did these foods come from? What do these laws, rituals, and dishes teach us about Jewish history and the Jewish present? During this six-week course, we will explore everything from ...
March 11 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series Toxic Polarization: Learning How to Navigate Division Toxic Polarization: Learning How to Navigate Division Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Do you look at current events in our country, in Israel, or our world and worry that we are more divided than we’ve ever been before? Do you look toward the 2024 election and wonder how you will maintain relationships with family members, co-workers, friends, and neighbors? Join Rabbi Rachel Schmelkin, nationally recognized for her ...
March 11 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series 12 Jewish Questions (Spring 2024) 12 Jewish Questions (Spring 2024) 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 ...
