November 17, 2023 @ 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 ...
November 17, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Event Series Serenity Shabbat Shabbat@WHC — JBSC Featuring a Tribute to the Mirons 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 ...
November 17, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC Shabbat@WHC with Rabbi Na’ama Dafni Kellen 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 ...
November 17, 2023 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm 5th Grade Shabbat Family Dinner JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States If you have a 5th grader with a b'nei mitzvah in the future, this event is for you! First, we'll celebrate Shabbat@WHC at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center, where your child can experience and become more familiar with the prayer service. Then we'll learn about the order of the service, and the prayers that represent ...
November 18, 2023 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am Event Series Early Torah Study Early Torah Study with Rabbi Na’ama Dafni Kellen Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States SPECIAL THIS WEEK: Rabbi Na'ama Dafni Kellen from our twin congregation Or Hadash from Haifa, Israel joins us. 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 ...
November 18, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship Shabbat Morning Worship with Rabbi Na’ama Dafni Kellen Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States SPECIAL THIS WEEK: Rabbi Na'ama Dafni Kellen from our twin congregation Or Hadash from Haifa, Israel joins us. 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 ...
November 18, 2023 @ 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. ...
Featured Featured November 19, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Sunday Stuffing Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States One of WHC's favorite tikkun olam traditions is back! We are excited to offer a variety of volunteer opportunities so that we can help those in need in our area have a happy Thanksgiving All the Fixin's Help us assemble 550 bags of Thanksgiving essentials for families from Abram Simon Elementary School, N Street Village, ...
November 19, 2023 @ 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.
November 20, 2023 @ 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 ...
November 20, 2023 @ 11:30 am - 12:45 pm Event Series The History of the State of Israel, Zionism through 2023 The History of the State of Israel, Zionism through 2023 Online In the aftermath of the devastation that befell the State of Israel and the Jewish People, which began on Simchat Torah, October 7, 2023, many may find themselves on very shaky ground. How did this happen? Why did this happen? What actually happened, and how can I explain how I feel and why? While no ...
Featured Featured November 20, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm Event Series GATHER. PRAY. HEAL. Gather. Pray. Heal. Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States NEW! Mondays in November, 6:30 pm, Temple The past few weeks have been excruciating and we want to provide opportunities for healing and wholeness. Throughout November, our clergy will provide a brief, but meaningful, healing experience before Mondays@Macomb. We will share, pray, reflect, and try to center ourselves for the week to come. No RSVP ...
