December 2 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series Conversational Hebrew (Fall 2024) Conversational Hebrew (Fall 2024) 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 Fall 2024 semester, our Conversational Hebrew classes will be ...
Featured Featured December 2 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series Religious School Reboot Religious School Reboot Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Did you attend religious school as a child, but sometimes feel like your Jewish education stalled at age 13? Did you never have the opportunity to attend religious school and want to share in that formative experience? Do you experience Deja vu when your kids come home on Sundays and share what they’ve learned? Are ...
Featured Featured December 2 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series 12 Jewish Questions (Fall 2024) 12 Jewish Questions (Fall 2024) Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States As adults, we all have questions about being Jewish, and many of us are still searching for answers. 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? Despite years of religious school as children, ...
December 3 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Conversational Hebrew (Fall 2024) Conversational Hebrew (Fall 2024) 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 Fall 2024 semester, our Conversational Hebrew classes will be ...
December 3 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Event Series Conversational Hebrew (Fall 2024) Conversational Hebrew (Fall 2024) 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 Fall 2024 semester, our Conversational Hebrew classes will be ...
December 3 @ 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, ...
December 3 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series Hebrew Reading for Adults (Fall 2024) Hebrew Reading for Adults (Fall 2024) Online If you would like to be able to read our prayers in Hebrew instead of relying on transliteration or keep up with what your kids (or grandkids) are learning in Religious School, this course is for you. For our Fall 2024 semester of Hebrew Reading, classes will be offered at the following times: Mondays at ...
December 3 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Cookie Baking with WHECTY JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States Join WHECTY before their board meeting to bake cookies that will be donated to Frederick Rescue Mission. All teens are welcome, even if you're not on WHECTY board. Just email Leila Gordon to RSVP.
December 3 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Event Series Jewish Mysticism & Kabbalah (Fall 2024) Jewish Mysticism & Kabbalah (Fall 2024) Online This course will explore where and when Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah began. We will discuss their main ideas and discover their historical context. We will also talk about the most important mystical thinkers and their extraordinary mystical texts. For Fall 2024, this course will be offered via Zoom at the following times: Tuesdays at 7:00 ...
December 4 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am Event Series Caregiver-Child Play Dates Caregiver-Child Play Dates Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Children and caregivers connect and grow through interactive play, movement, songs, and games! Little ones explore emotions, practice sharing, develop empathy skills, build frustration tolerance, and cultivate resilience. Caregivers learn strategies for connection and co-regulation with their little ones, fostering a strong bond and supportive environment for social-emotional learning while creating cherished memories and building essential skills ...
December 4 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Jewish Mysticism & Kabbalah (Fall 2024) Jewish Mysticism & Kabbalah (Fall 2024) Online This course will explore where and when Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah began. We will discuss their main ideas and discover their historical context. We will also talk about the most important mystical thinkers and their extraordinary mystical texts. For Fall 2024, this course will be offered via Zoom at the following times: Tuesdays at 7:00 ...
December 4 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Event Series Wednesday Study Group: Fall 2024 Wednesday Study Group: Fall 2024 Online For millenia, midrash has been used to fill in the holes of our Biblical text. When the narrative did not make sense, our ancestors would simply create the story that filled in the blanks. Recently, modern midrash has been used to fill in the narrative with previously unheard voices. In 2022, a long-awaited anthology of ...
