September 8, 2022 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Coming of Age in a New Reality of Antisemitism: What Your Kids & Grandkids Want You to Know Online Presented by Dr. Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath Senior Director of Knowledge, Ideas and Learning, Jewish Education Project Thursday, September 8 at 7:30 pm on Zoom Using personal experiences, qualitative research, and the historic moment in which Generation Z is coming of age, Jewish educator Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath will share her research on antisemitism from both the political left ...
September 9, 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.
September 9, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Tot Shabbat Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States SPECIAL NOTE: This Tot Shabbat is part of our Welcome Home celebration. Please RSVP using the event form below. 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 ...
Featured Featured September 9, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Welcome Home Shabbat & Fall Engagement Fair Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Connect with your whole WHC community as we kick off our programming year at this Shabbat filled with friends, food, fun, and celebration! We’ll have a taco bar, a milkshake bar, and an adult bar; activities and games for kids; along with members and staff to talk with about all the ways you can get ...
September 10, 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 ...
September 11, 2022 @ 1:30 am - 5:00 pm Unity Walk Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Join our interfaith partners from throughout the community for a chance to visit nine different houses of worship and spiritual centers in upper Northwest DC to learn about and experience diverse faith traditions. The event starts at WHC, with a resource fair and samples of desserts from various faiths represented at the event. This event ...
Featured Featured September 11, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Community Memorial Service (Memorial Park) You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Memorial Service at Memorial Park led by Rabbi Shankman, Cantor Bortnick and community clergy. To submit names of loved ones to be remembered and announced at the service, please contact Becca Rosenblum by September 9. Memorial Park 1380 Alabama Avenue SE Washington, DC 20032
September 12, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Wine Tasting: Steals & Splurges JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States Join the Women of WHC for a fun evening of all things vino! The evening will include tastings of at least 6 wines (with some snacks, of course)! Our speaker for the evening will be lifelong WHC member (and closet party animal) Jen Cornfeld Schenker, who promises us lots of laughs and learning. We'll have ...
September 13, 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, ...
September 13, 2022 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series Pregnancy Group Pregnancy Group Online Join Rabbi Fischel, who just had a beautiful baby girl this past spring, for conversations around the wonders, awe, frustrations, and ridiculousness of pregnancy. Our discussions will be framed in a Jewish light and our focus will be on building a community of soon-to-be moms who can depend on each other for years to come. ...
September 14, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Community Issues / Social Action Monthly Meeting Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States The need for social justice has not taken a break during the pandemic, and the CISA committee is back with (virtual) monthly meetings to discuss social action issues and plan social justice and interfaith relationship-strengthening events/ activities. Free and open to everyone! For September, our meeting will take place at Temple with an option to ...
September 16, 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.
September 16, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Tot Shabbat & Family Dinner JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, 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 ...
September 16, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Shabbat Evening Service 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 The health and safety of our community continues to be WHC's top priority. To learn more about WHC's COVID-19 protocols please click here.
Featured Featured September 16, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Event Series Falls Rd. Shabbat Falls Rd. Shabbat Hybrid - JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD It’s a joyful, musical Shabbat evening that fosters participation and connection. 6:00 pm Shot of Torah (Torah Discussion) & Snack, Sip, & Schmooze 6:30 pm Service Oneg to follow This service will take place in person at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center. It will also be available via livestream. If you will join us from ...
September 17, 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 ...
Featured Featured September 17, 2022 @ 6:15 pm - 9:00 pm S’lichot Reception, Concert and Service Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Elul, the Hebrew month of reflection before the High Holy Days, culminates with S'lichot, when we gather and recite prayers of penitence as a community. The S'lichot liturgy contains some of the finest Jewish religious poetry ever composed, and our moving, inspiring candlelit service urges us to reflect on the year that is ending. It ...
September 18, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Community Memorial Service (Garden of Remembrance) THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE 22nd ANNUAL High Holy Days Community Memorial Services Sunday, September 18, 2022, 10:00 a.m. You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Memorial Service at the Garden of Remembrance led by Rabbi Shankman, Cantor Bortnick and community clergy. There will also be a Memorial Service at 2:00 p.m. led by community ...
September 18, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm WHC Hunger Project Packing JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States The WHC Hunger Project is back! Join us at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center to make more than 10,000 meals for those battling hunger and food insecurity right here in the DMV! The Hunger Project is perfect for kids age 8+ and adults of all ages! It is completely free to participate -- but RSVP ...
Featured Featured September 20, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Women of WHC Present: Lisa Barr Online The Women of WHC are thrilled to be kicking off our extensive lineup of author talks and lectures for 2022-2023 by welcoming author Lisa Barr on Tuesday, September 20 via Zoom to discuss her latest book, Woman on Fire. This program is free and open to everyone, but RSVP is required. RSVP & Join us on ...
September 20, 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, ...
September 20, 2022 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series Pregnancy Group Pregnancy Group Online Join Rabbi Fischel, who just had a beautiful baby girl this past spring, for conversations around the wonders, awe, frustrations, and ridiculousness of pregnancy. Our discussions will be framed in a Jewish light and our focus will be on building a community of soon-to-be moms who can depend on each other for years to come. ...
September 21, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg In Conversation with Soraya Chemaly In just a couple of weeks, Sixth & I is honored to host an event with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg on Wednesday, September 21 at 7:00 pm to celebrate the release of her new book, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World. Named one of Newsweek’s “10 Rabbis to Watch,” Ruttenberg is the ...
September 23, 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.
September 23, 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 ...
September 24, 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 ...
Featured Featured September 25, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm Erev Rosh HaShanah JBSC & Temple High Holy Days hub Please visit our information page at the link above for all the information you need on tickets, parking, volunteering, and more. Here is the schedule of Erev Rosh HaShanah services Temple Intergenerational service 6–7:30 pm Kaufmann Sanctuary Livestream 2239 service 8–9:30 pm Albert & Shirley Small Chapel JBSC Intergenerational service 5–6:30 ...
