August 10, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Playground Playdate JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States Join us for a Playground Playdate with the WHC-ECC community! Families can socialize while social distancing as children play, create, and explore with some of our talented ECC staff on the playground at JBSC in Potomac. Space is limited to 15 families and their children. Register Here In accordance with our ECC policy, children and ...
August 11, 2021 @ 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
August 11, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Event Series Wednesday Torah Study Wednesday Torah Study Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Over the Summer, we will be looking at different passages from Rabbi Alan Lew’s book, This is Real and You're Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation. This iconic text will take us through the spiritual journey of the High Holidays. We will begin with the month of Elul, the month leading up to ...
August 13, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Chair Yoga & Meditation Chair Yoga & Meditation Online Yoga instructor Brittany Fleck welcomes all ages and abilities to this slow, mindful 45-minute class. There are standing postures, seated postures in a chair, and postures on the floor—all of which can be modified for personal preference or ability. This program will take place on Zoom. Registration required. Click here to RSVP for this program ... Free
Featured Featured August 13, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Event Series Shabbat Evening Service 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 inside Kaufmann Sanctuary at Temple and we ask that everyone over the age of two please wear a mask at all times. It will also be viewable via livestream. Out of concern for the community, if you are feeling ...
Featured Featured August 13, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Jews of Color Kickoff Dinner Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States All in our community — both members and non-members — who identify as Jews of Color are invited to a Shabbat dinner celebrating the launch of WHC's new affinity group. Join us, and let’s start to build our community connections! Date: Friday, August 13 Time: Following Shabbat services, approximately 7:30 pm Location: Washington Hebrew Congregation (3935 Macomb St. ...
August 14, 2021 @ 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 familiarity ...
August 14, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Mimosa Minyan Mimosa Minyan Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States We are celebrating our return to in-person worship with weekly Mimosa Minyan services on Saturday mornings. Mimosa Minyan is an informal, musical, and accessible Shabbat morning service that ends with Torah study over brunch (and mimosas). This service will take place inside Kaufmann Sanctuary at Temple and we ask that everyone over the age of two ...
Featured Featured August 14, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm LGBTQ+ Kickoff Brunch Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States We invite you to celebrate the launch of WHC's new group for people who identify as LGBTQ+ at a brunch following our Mimosa Minyan Shabbat morning service. Join us, and let’s start to build our community connections! Date: Saturday, August 14 Time: Following our morning Mimosa Minyan Shabbat service, approximately 12:00 pm Location: Washington Hebrew Congregation (3935 Macomb St. ...
August 18, 2021 @ 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
August 18, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Event Series Wednesday Torah Study Wednesday Torah Study Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Over the Summer, we will be looking at different passages from Rabbi Alan Lew’s book, This is Real and You're Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation. This iconic text will take us through the spiritual journey of the High Holidays. We will begin with the month of Elul, the month leading up to ...
Featured Featured August 20, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Shabbat Evening Service Hybrid - JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD Together with WHC clergy, welcome Shabbat together as one WHC community. This service will take place outside in our tent at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center in Potomac and we ask that everyone over the age of two please wear a mask at all times. It will also be viewable via livestream. If you will ...
August 20, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm CANCELED – Shabbat Under the Stars JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States This event has been canceled. We invite you to join us at Temple for our regular Shabbat Evening Worship service at Temple at 6:00 pm Join us outside at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center for Shabbat "under the stars" followed by an optional Shabbat dinner. The service is free; the dinner costs $18 per person. ...
August 21, 2021 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am Early Torah Study Online Every Shabbat morning, we begin the day with an informal gathering 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 familiarity with Hebrew ...
August 21, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Mimosa Minyan Hybrid - JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD We are celebrating our return to in-person worship with weekly Mimosa Minyan services on Saturday mornings. Mimosa Minyan is an informal, musical, and accessible Shabbat morning service that ends with Torah study over brunch (and mimosas). This service will take place outside in our tent at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center in Potomac and we ...
August 25, 2021 @ 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
August 25, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Wednesday Torah Study Online Over the Summer, we will be looking at different passages from Rabbi Alan Lew’s book, This is Real and You're Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation. This iconic text will take us through the spiritual journey of the High Holidays. We will begin with the month of Elul, the month leading up to ...
August 27, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Shabbat Evening Service Hybrid - JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD Together with WHC clergy, welcome Shabbat together as one WHC community. This service will take place outside in our tent at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center in Potomac and we ask that everyone over the age of two please wear a mask at all times. It will also be viewable via livestream. If you will ...
August 27, 2021 @ 6:15 pm - 9:00 pm 2239’s Metro Minyan Join 20 and 30-somethings for a spirited, spiritual, musical, and socially distanced, outdoor Shabbat experience at the Compass Coffee location on Okie St. in Northeast DC 6:15 pm Shot of Torah 7:00 pm service 8:00 pm socially distanced picnic dinner Space is limited. RSVP Here To learn more about our 2239 Young Professionals community please ... Free
August 28, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 9:30 am Early Torah Study Online Please note that starting August 28, 2021, Our Early Torah times will shift forward by 30 minutes. The reading session will start at 8:00 am and the clergy-led discussion will begin at 8:30. WHC's Saturday Morning Worship will also begin 30 minutes earlier, at 10:00 am. --- Every Shabbat morning, we begin the day with ...
August 28, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 3:00 pm March On Voting Rights Since January, 48 states have introduced 389 bills that amount to shameful, outright voter suppression, and many have already become law. These laws suppress voting methods that enrich our democracy and lead to high turnout: banning ballot drop boxes and mail-in voting, reducing early voting days and hours, restricting who can get a mail-in ballot, ...
August 28, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship Shabbat Morning Worship Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Please note that as of August 28, this service begins at 10:00 am 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 ...
Featured Featured August 28, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Selichot Service & Concert Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Elul, the Hebrew month of reflection before the High Holy Days, culminates with Selichot, when we gather and recite prayers of penitence as a community. The Selichot 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. With ...
Featured Featured August 29, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Cemetery Memorial Service During the Days of Awe and reflection, we invite you to join our clergy at our cemeteries to remember and honor the memory of loved ones.
August 31, 2021 ECCs First Day of School JBSC & Temple The 2021-2022 school year begins today! To learn more about our Early Childhood Centers at Temple and at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center, please click here.
September 1, 2021 @ 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
September 4, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 9:30 am Event Series Early Torah Study Early Torah Study Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Please note that starting August 28, 2021, Our Early Torah times will shift forward by 30 minutes. The reading session will start at 8:00 am and the clergy-led discussion will begin at 8:30. WHC's Saturday Morning Worship will also begin 30 minutes earlier, at 10:00 am. --- Every Shabbat morning, we begin the day with ...
September 4, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship Shabbat Morning Worship Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Please note that as of August 28, this service begins at 10:00 am 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 ...
Featured Featured September 6, 2021 Erev Rosh HaShanah We welcome the New Year with joyful and inspiring services for every age and stage of life. Please click here to learn more about our service schedule for Rosh HaShanah. WHC Members who haven't yet requested their tickets have been sent emails with member ticketing links. If you haven't received these emails, please contact Jonathan Honigman. Non-Members ...
Featured Featured September 7, 2021 Rosh HaShanah We welcome the New Year with joyful and inspiring services for every age and stage of life. Please click here to learn more about our service schedule for Rosh HaShanah. WHC Members who haven't yet requested their tickets have been sent emails with member ticketing links. If you haven't received these emails, please contact Jonathan Honigman. Non-Members ...
September 8, 2021 @ 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
September 9, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm E-T ECC Back to School Night Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States
September 10, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Tot Shabbat JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States Our rabbis and song leaders 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 projects. This ...
Featured Featured September 10, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Event Series Shabbat Evening Service 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 inside Kaufmann Sanctuary at Temple and via livestream. If you will join us from home, you can follow along using the online version of Mishkan T’filah, our Shabbat prayer book. Out of concern for the community, if you are feeling ...
September 11, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 9:30 am Event Series Early Torah Study Early Torah Study Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Please note that starting August 28, 2021, Our Early Torah times will shift forward by 30 minutes. The reading session will start at 8:00 am and the clergy-led discussion will begin at 8:30. WHC's Saturday Morning Worship will also begin 30 minutes earlier, at 10:00 am. --- Every Shabbat morning, we begin the day with ...
September 11, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship Shabbat Morning Worship Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Please note that as of August 28, this service begins at 10:00 am 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 ...
