November 17, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Event Series Sunday Stuffing Bag Pick-Up Sunday Stuffing Bag Pick-Up JBSC & Temple Sunday Stuffing, one of WHC’s favorite tikkun olam traditions is being reimagined for 2020. We’ve adapted this signature event to be socially distant and pandemic-friendly in a way that will enable us to continue to help those in need in our area have a happy holiday. As in past years, the focus of Sunday Stuffing ...
November 17, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Event Series Hebrew Reading for Adults Hebrew Reading for Adults Online Unlock the mystery of the aleph-bet! The Hebrew letters will come together, and Hebrew prayers come to life as you learn to read the language of our Torah. Click here to learn more and to register for this course.
Featured Featured November 17, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm WHC’s Joyful Living Program Presents: Rabbi Laura Geller Online The baby boomer generation transformed society in the ’60s and ’70s and changed how the world saw young people. Now, this generation is in their 60s and 70s, and they are challenging assumptions about aging by living longer, being more active than their parents and grandparents, and simply doing things differently as they age. And ...
November 17, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm WHECTY’s Social Action Baking Night Online All 8-12 graders are invited to participate in a special night of baking to help others! Bring your favorite recipe or your favorite boxed mix – whatever you like – and we’ll bake “together” virtually. Once you’re done, you’ll wrap everything up and bring it to WHC (Temple or JBSC) on Wednesday or Thursday so ...
November 17, 2020 @ 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. Click here ...
November 18, 2020 WHECTY’s Social Action Baking Night All 8-12 graders are invited to participate in a special night of baking to help others! Bring your favorite recipe or your favorite boxed mix – whatever you like – and we’ll bake “together” virtually. Once you’re done, you’ll wrap everything up and bring it to WHC (Temple or JBSC) on Wednesday or Thursday so ...
November 18, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Event Series Sunday Stuffing Bag Pick-Up Sunday Stuffing Bag Pick-Up JBSC & Temple Sunday Stuffing, one of WHC’s favorite tikkun olam traditions is being reimagined for 2020. We’ve adapted this signature event to be socially distant and pandemic-friendly in a way that will enable us to continue to help those in need in our area have a happy holiday. As in past years, the focus of Sunday Stuffing ...
November 18, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Event Series Sunday Stuffing Bag Drop-Off Sunday Stuffing Bag Drop-Off JBSC & Temple Sunday Stuffing, one of WHC’s favorite tikkun olam traditions is being reimagined for 2020. We’ve adapted this signature event to be socially distant and pandemic-friendly in a way that will enable us to continue to help those in need in our area have a happy holiday. As in past years, the focus of Sunday Stuffing ...
November 18, 2020 @ 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
November 18, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 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. Click here ...
Featured Featured November 18, 2020 @ 12:30 pm Event Series New Website Q&A New Website Q&A Online Have questions about our new website? Stop by our "office hours" and your friendly Communications Team will happily answer them and help you make the most of all the wonderful new features on whctemple.org Click here to join us on Zoom.
November 18, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Event Series Wednesday Torah Study Wednesday Torah Study Online Wednesday Torah study is back starting November 4 This fall, we will look at "The Book of Jonah in a Year of Turmoil" Global pandemic, racial injustices, and political polarization are just a few of the ways in which 2020 has challenged our strength and resiliency. The Book of Jonah raises (and maybe even ...
November 18, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 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 ...
November 18, 2020 @ 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. Click here ...
November 19, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Event Series Sunday Stuffing Bag Pick-Up Sunday Stuffing Bag Pick-Up JBSC & Temple Sunday Stuffing, one of WHC’s favorite tikkun olam traditions is being reimagined for 2020. We’ve adapted this signature event to be socially distant and pandemic-friendly in a way that will enable us to continue to help those in need in our area have a happy holiday. As in past years, the focus of Sunday Stuffing ...
November 19, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Event Series Sunday Stuffing Bag Drop-Off Sunday Stuffing Bag Drop-Off JBSC & Temple Sunday Stuffing, one of WHC’s favorite tikkun olam traditions is being reimagined for 2020. We’ve adapted this signature event to be socially distant and pandemic-friendly in a way that will enable us to continue to help those in need in our area have a happy holiday. As in past years, the focus of Sunday Stuffing ...
November 19, 2020 @ 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 ...
November 19, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Hebrew Reading for Adults Hebrew Reading for Adults Online Unlock the mystery of the aleph-bet! The Hebrew letters will come together, and Hebrew prayers come to life as you learn to read the language of our Torah. Click here to learn more and to register for this course.
Featured Featured November 19, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Congregational Conversations Discussion Online We are examining historic and contemporary racial injustice in our nation to find a path to help repair our world. With each other and with our partners in the Black faith community, we will explore, talk, listen, and do the important work that is critical to affect change. This fall, in partnership with Shiloh Baptist ...
November 20, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Event Series Sunday Stuffing Bag Pick-Up Sunday Stuffing Bag Pick-Up JBSC & Temple Sunday Stuffing, one of WHC’s favorite tikkun olam traditions is being reimagined for 2020. We’ve adapted this signature event to be socially distant and pandemic-friendly in a way that will enable us to continue to help those in need in our area have a happy holiday. As in past years, the focus of Sunday Stuffing ...
November 20, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Event Series Sunday Stuffing Bag Drop-Off Sunday Stuffing Bag Drop-Off JBSC & Temple Sunday Stuffing, one of WHC’s favorite tikkun olam traditions is being reimagined for 2020. We’ve adapted this signature event to be socially distant and pandemic-friendly in a way that will enable us to continue to help those in need in our area have a happy holiday. As in past years, the focus of Sunday Stuffing ...
November 20, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm WHC’s EmptyNesters Present: Jeanine Cummins Online The WHC EmptyNesters welcome New York Times bestselling author Jeanine Cummins to discuss her critically aclaimed book American Dirt. Already being hailed as “a Grapes of Wrath for our times” and “a new American classic,” Jeanine Cummins book, American Dirt, is a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer ...
November 20, 2020 @ 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
November 20, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Event Series Shabbat Evening Service Shabbat Evening Service Online Together with WHC clergy, welcome Shabbat together as one WHC community. This service will take place on Zoom It will also be available on our live stream & Facebook We invite you to follow along with us from home using the online version of Mishkan T’filah, our Shabbat prayer book. Free
November 20, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series 2239’s Metro Minyan 2239’s Metro Minyan Online Join 2239 for a spirited and spiritual DIGITAL Shabbat experience! Metro Minyan is a casual, musical (with guitar), monthly Shabbat experience exclusively for DC's 20s and 30s. This service is free and open to the entire community. For security purposes, RSVP is required. A Zoom link will be emailed to you once you register. RSVP ... Free
