March 29, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Women of WHC Board Meeting Online UPDATE: This program will now take place via ZOOM ONLY. Please RSVP to receive the Zoom link. Join the Women of WHC for their next Board Meeting. Please RSVP to let us know if you're attending. RSVP HERE The safety of our community is always top priority at WHC. Please click here to review our ...
March 29, 2022 @ 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. For our ...
March 30, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 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. For our ...
March 30, 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 March 30, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm A Conversation with Israeli Member of Knesset Rabbi Gilad Kariv Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Rabbi Kariv is the first Reform rabbi to serve in the Knesset and chairs the powerful Committee on Constitution, Law, and Justice. He is a member of the Labor party with a history of progressive civil society leadership on religious pluralism, fighting racism and hate, as well as a commitment to the peace process and ...
March 31, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm IFC’s Woman Leader of Faith Keynote Address & Reception Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States The Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington's month honoring women of faith culminates on Thursday, March 31 with an in-person program at WHC. The event will feature a keynote address by Rev. Carole Crumley, an Episcopal priest and Senior Program Director at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, moderated by Amber Khan, from WAMU’s Interfaith Voices ...
April 1, 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 1, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Event Series Macomb St. Shabbat Macomb St. Shabbat Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States It’s a joyful, musical Shabbat evening that fosters participation and connection. Come for Chevruta — an engaging Torah discussion with our clergy for adults and an activity for children. Our Shabbat service follows with live musical accompaniment, and the evening concludes with an oneg. 6:00 pm Chevruta 6:30 pm Service Outdoor Oneg (weather permitting) This ...
April 2, 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 April 3, 2022 Mitzvah Day In 1991, Rabbi M. Bruce Lustig and a devoted group of lay leaders initiated “Mitzvah Day” – a day for volunteers of all ages to come together, lending their time, energy, and compassion to work on projects for social service agencies that would improve the lives of people in need. In keeping with Judaism’s teachings ...
April 3, 2022 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm WHC Hunger Project Packing Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Roll up your sleeves and volunteer with the WHC Hunger Project during Mitzvah Day, 2022! Join us at Temple 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 ...
April 3, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Event Series Share With Us: Rabbinic Transition Listening Session Share With Us: Rabbinic Transition Listening Session Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, 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 ...
