November 9, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series Hebrew Reading for Adults (Fall 2023) Hebrew Reading for Adults 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 2023 semester of Hebrew Reading, classes will begin the week of October 9, and will ...
November 10, 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 ...
Featured Featured November 10, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC Veterans Shabbat@WHC Featuring a Classical Service Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States We invite you to end your week and welcome Shabbat with us! This year, Cantors Bortnick and Hamstra, along with Washington Hebrew Congregation’s volunteer choir, Kol Rinah, will be crafting two Classical Shabbat experiences that will remind us of the musical legacy we hold here at WHC. The first is tonight, as we feature Jewish ...
November 11, 2023 @ 6:00 am - 7:00 am Event Series Pray Your Values: Support Abortion Access & Justice Pray Your Values: Support Abortion Access & Justice Non-WHC Site Join Rabbi Fischel, the National Council of Jewish Women, and other local synagogues on Saturday morning, 6:00 am (that is no typo — 6 am!) with a Shabbat Morning Service outside the Falls Church Health Care Center, 900 S Washington Street, Falls Church, VA 22046. This health center is an abortion provider that is picketed daily by abortion foes. We will proudly ...
November 11, 2023 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am Event Series Early Torah Study Early Torah Study Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Please note the new, later start times for our Early Torah programming -- effective Saturday, November 5 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. ...
November 11, 2023 @ 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 ...
November 11, 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. ...
November 11, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Havdalah, Healing, & Healthy Conversation with 2239 Non-WHC Site The world sucks right now. It is wildly hard to be Jewish. Social media comment sections are a hotbed of toxic arguments and useless debates. All we want is to connect with real people in real-time. Join 2239 to learn how to have conversations grounded in curiosity and compassionate sharing and listening. We will practice ...
Featured Featured November 12, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 6:30 pm Event Series Women of WHC’s Holiday Boutique & Silent Auction Women of WHC’s Holiday Boutique & Silent Auction JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States Find something for everyone on your holiday shopping list. Shop in person with dozens of vendors. Come check out our awesome silent auction items and place your bids online. Dine in our cafe or grab a bite to go! Interested in volunteering to help make this year's event a success? Contact Paige Korb
November 12, 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.
Featured Featured November 13, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 6:30 pm Event Series Women of WHC’s Holiday Boutique & Silent Auction Women of WHC’s Holiday Boutique & Silent Auction JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States Find something for everyone on your holiday shopping list. Shop in person with dozens of vendors. Come check out our awesome silent auction items and place your bids online. Dine in our cafe or grab a bite to go! Interested in volunteering to help make this year's event a success? Contact Paige Korb
November 13, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Conversational Hebrew Fall 2023 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 Fall 2023 semester, our 8-week Conversational Hebrew classes will begin ...
