Featured Featured March 24, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Unpacking this War: A Battle for Ukraine and the World Online Our congregation is devastated by the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine and confused and uncertain about what comes next. Join Rabbi Shankman and Rabbi Miller in discussion with Zack Beauchamp, Senior Correspondent for Vox who has written extensively on the war, and Gil Preuss, the CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, who recently returned ...
March 25, 2022 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am Shabbat Playground Playdate JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States Join our RJW ECC team for a special Shabbat Playground playdate designed for our youngest friends. Specifically for children two and under, we invite you to join us outside on the playground to socialize, play and create! This event is outdoors, free, and open to the community. Please stay home if you are not feeling ...
March 25, 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 25, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Tot Shabbat & Family Dinner Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Our clergy and song leader, Lisa Baydush, make going to Friday night services a fun, fulfilling event for families with young children (or grandchildren). Held twice each month, these evenings begin with an engaging, interactive Tot Shabbat service, which lasts about a half-hour and teaches Jewish prayers, traditions, and rituals through songs, stories, and art ...
March 25, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Event Series Shabbat Evening Service Shabbat Evening Service Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States WE INVITE YOU TO END THE WEEK AND WELCOME SHABBAT WITH US! 6:00 pm: Snack, Sip, and Schmooze (S3) SNACK — Hot appetizers, cheese, crackers, and fruit! Perfect for families looking to feed their kids before the service. Gluten-free and vegan options will be available. This week's menu: SIP — Beer, wine, and non-alcoholic drinks ...
March 25, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Shabbat Evening Service Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Together with WHC clergy, welcome Shabbat together as one WHC community. This service will take place at Temple It will also be visible via livestream and on our Facebook page. If you will join us from home, you can follow along using the online version of Mishkan T’filah, our Shabbat prayer book. The health and safety of ...
March 25, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm 2239’s Metro Minyan Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States No more Zoom. No more chat boxes. No more poor connections. Just Shabbat. With each other. Live and unplugged, like it should be. WHC's Kabbalat Shabbat for 20- and 30-somethings is the perfect way to welcome Shabbat with other young professionals from across the DMV 6:30 pm — Shot of Torah 7:15 pm — Service ...
March 26, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am 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 26, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Game Night with the LGBTQ+ Group Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States BOARD GAME NIGHT WITH THE LGBTQ+ GROUP! Join WHC’s LGBTQ+ Affinity Group as we shuffle up some new friendships while playing games, chatting, and getting to know other LGBTQ+ members of our community. We will have snacks, games, and beverages, along with a wide variety of board games to choose from (and you're welcome to ...
Featured Featured March 27, 2022 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm RESCHEDULED! – Amram Scholar Series Presents: Andrew Feiler Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States This event has been rescheduled from its original date of January 6, 2022. We kindly ask that anyone wishing to attend please RSVP below regardless of whether you RSVP'd for this event the first time around. Born to Jewish immigrants, Julius Rosenwald rose to lead Sears, Roebuck & Company and turn it into the world’s largest ...
March 28, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series 12 Jewish Questions 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 ...
March 29, 2022 @ 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 29, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Women of WHC Board Meeting Online UPDATE: This program will now take place via ZOOM ONLY. Please RSVP to receive the Zoom link. Join the Women of WHC for their next Board Meeting. Please RSVP to let us know if you're attending. RSVP HERE The safety of our community is always top priority at WHC. Please click here to review our ...
March 29, 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 30, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 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 30, 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 ...
Featured Featured March 30, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm A Conversation with Israeli Member of Knesset Rabbi Gilad Kariv Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Rabbi Kariv is the first Reform rabbi to serve in the Knesset and chairs the powerful Committee on Constitution, Law, and Justice. He is a member of the Labor party with a history of progressive civil society leadership on religious pluralism, fighting racism and hate, as well as a commitment to the peace process and ...
March 31, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm IFC’s Woman Leader of Faith Keynote Address & Reception Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States The Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington's month honoring women of faith culminates on Thursday, March 31 with an in-person program at WHC. The event will feature a keynote address by Rev. Carole Crumley, an Episcopal priest and Senior Program Director at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, moderated by Amber Khan, from WAMU’s Interfaith Voices ...
April 1, 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.
Featured Featured April 1, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Event Series Macomb St. Shabbat Macomb St. Shabbat Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States It’s a joyful, musical Shabbat evening that fosters participation and connection. Come for Chevruta — an engaging Torah discussion with our clergy for adults and an activity for children. Our Shabbat service follows with live musical accompaniment, and the evening concludes with an oneg. 6:00 pm Chevruta 6:30 pm Service Outdoor Oneg (weather permitting) This ...
April 2, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am 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 ...
