January 23 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Conversational Hebrew (Spring 2024) Conversational Hebrew Online Learning to speak a new language as an adult can be daunting. We offer an innovative method that emphasizes conversation over decoding, and you’ll find yourself speaking Hebrew in the very first class. You don’t need to read Hebrew, or even know the aleph-bet. For the Spring 2024 semester, our 8-week Conversational Hebrew classes will begin ...
January 23 @ 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, ...
Featured Featured January 24 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm LGBTQ+ Tu Bishvat Seder Non-WHC Site What is a Tu Bishvat Seder? This often-overlooked holiday gives us the opportunity to celebrate the birthday of the trees and our natural world a little more up close and personal! Featuring an array of foods harvested directly from the earth, this tradition dates back to the 16th-century Kabbalists. Modeled after the Passover Seder and ...
January 25 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Conversational Hebrew (Spring 2024) Conversational Hebrew Online Learning to speak a new language as an adult can be daunting. We offer an innovative method that emphasizes conversation over decoding, and you’ll find yourself speaking Hebrew in the very first class. You don’t need to read Hebrew, or even know the aleph-bet. For the Spring 2024 semester, our 8-week Conversational Hebrew classes will begin ...
January 26 - January 28 Canceled 9th Grade Retreat Non-WHC Site The 9th-grade Sexuality Retreat will be held on January 26-28, 2024 at the Claggett Center in Adamstown, MD. This is a rite-of-passage retreat that Washington Hebrew has held for years. It is an important, meaningful, and real experience for our 9th graders. We are particularly excited about this year’s retreat, as we have revamped the program and will include experts like Dr. ...
January 26 @ 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 a weekly game of Mah Jongg on Fridays at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center. Everyone is welcome to try it out! You must become a WWHC member to play on an ongoing basis. For any questions or to confirm the time of this week’s game, please contact Hillary Blackton at hillary@divinelifeyoga.com $5 ...
January 26 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC Shabbat@WHC Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States We invite you to end your week and welcome Shabbat with us! At 6:00 pm and again after the service: Have something to eat (to tide you over or as your dinner), a drink (we offer a full bar, plus non-alcoholic options), and connect with your community. Kids are always welcome, and they’ll be able ...
January 26 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Serenity Shabbat Shabbat@WHC — JBSC JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States We invite you to end your week and welcome Shabbat with us at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center in Potomac! At 6:00 pm and again after the service: Have something to eat (to tide you over or as your dinner), grab a drink from our full bar, and connect with your community. Kids are always ...
January 27 @ 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 ...
January 27 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 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 ...
January 27 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Event Series WHC Connections: Haftarah Study Group WHC Connections: Haftarah Study Group Online Every Shabbat afternoon an informal group of WHC members gets together on Zoom to discuss the Haftarah for that week. We begin with a read-through in English and continue sharing questions, answers, and opinions. The group meets for one hour and is led by the lay members of the congregation. All Temple members are welcome. ...
January 28 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Event Series Release the Hostages Rally Release the Hostages Vigil Community Event Release the Hostages Vigil Sundays, 1:30 pm, Red Cross Headquarters in DC Unxeptable.org invites you to join in calling for the immediate release of the Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas and being held in Gaza. The group plans to gather every Sunday until the hostages are released. Please contact Ronit Yarden, riy2@georgetown.edu, for more information.
