Featured Featured April 15, 2022 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Amram Scholar Series Presents: Nick Davis & Noah Isenberg For the final Amram Scholar Series lecture of the 2021-2022 programming year, WHC is welcoming two authors who have investigated the golden age of Hollywood and some of its most famous players. Nick Davis, author of Competing with Idiots, and Noah Isenberg, editor of Billy Wilder on Assignment will join us for a panel discussion ...
April 15, 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 15, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm WHC’s Seder Around the World Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Celebrate the first night of Passover with Rabbi Aaron Miller, Senior Cantor Susan Bortnick, and your extended WHC family. Your friends and family are most welcome! We'll read from the Haggadah, partake in the seder meal featuring Jewish foods from around the globe, and join in the familiar and memorable songs that are part of ...
Featured Featured April 16, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 10:30 am Passover Festival Service Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Join your community in worship to celebrate the Passover festival holiday. This service will also be available via livestream.
April 16, 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 ...
April 18, 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 ...
Featured Featured April 18, 2022 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series WHC Israel Trip Information Session WHC Israel Trip Information Session Online Join Rabbi Shankman and Cantor Bortnick on Zoom to learn more about the 10-day Congregational trip being planned for December 2022. From visiting Old Jerusalem, watching the sunrise at Masada, and floating in the Dead Sea, this trip has it all! Ask questions, learn more about the itinerary, and learn why a trip to the ...
April 19, 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, ...
April 19, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Event Series Share With Us: Rabbinic Transition Listening Session Share With Us: Rabbinic Transition Listening Session JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States For the first time in 30 years, our beloved and dynamic synagogue is in transition, and as we prepare ourselves for this change and challenge, the Board appointed a Rabbinic Transition Committee to take stock of our organization and better understand where we are and where we would like to be. In collaboration with all ...
Featured Featured April 19, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Corey Rosen: Your Story, Well Told JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States We’ve all got stories to tell, but how do you make your story the best story? Join us on Tuesday, April 19 at JBSC as author Corey Rosen guides us through his latest book which shows us how to do just that. By exploring storytelling techniques from improvisational theatre, Rosen’s book, Your Story, Well Told, ...
April 20, 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 April 20, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm And Justice for All: Passover, Freedom, & the Jewish Imperative for LGBTQ+ Rights Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States From generation to generation, Passover both ties us to our past and forces us to look at our present as we connect the struggle for freedom in Egypt to the pressing causes and urgent challenges of today. Across the country, hateful anti-LGBTQ+ legislation is on the rise. Lives are being threatened, identities questioned, and their ...
