August 21, 2021 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am Early Torah Study Online Every Shabbat morning, we begin the day with an informal gathering 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 familiarity with Hebrew ...
August 21, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Mimosa Minyan Hybrid - JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD We are celebrating our return to in-person worship with weekly Mimosa Minyan services on Saturday mornings. Mimosa Minyan is an informal, musical, and accessible Shabbat morning service that ends with Torah study over brunch (and mimosas). This service will take place outside in our tent at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center in Potomac and we ...
August 25, 2021 @ 8:30 am - 9:30 am Event Series 2239’s Espresso Shot of Torah 2239’s Espresso Shot of Torah Online Join 2239 for Espresso Shot of Torah and start off your day with some caffeination and rumination! Pour your favorite morning beverage and connect with each other and our sacred tradition. Join us on Zoom Free
August 25, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Wednesday Torah Study Online Over the Summer, we will be looking at different passages from Rabbi Alan Lew’s book, This is Real and You're Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation. This iconic text will take us through the spiritual journey of the High Holidays. We will begin with the month of Elul, the month leading up to ...
August 27, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Shabbat Evening Service Hybrid - JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD Together with WHC clergy, welcome Shabbat together as one WHC community. This service will take place outside in our tent at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center in Potomac and we ask that everyone over the age of two please wear a mask at all times. It will also be viewable via livestream. If you will ...
August 27, 2021 @ 6:15 pm - 9:00 pm 2239’s Metro Minyan Join 20 and 30-somethings for a spirited, spiritual, musical, and socially distanced, outdoor Shabbat experience at the Compass Coffee location on Okie St. in Northeast DC 6:15 pm Shot of Torah 7:00 pm service 8:00 pm socially distanced picnic dinner Space is limited. RSVP Here To learn more about our 2239 Young Professionals community please ... Free
August 28, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 9:30 am Early Torah Study Online Please note that starting August 28, 2021, Our Early Torah times will shift forward by 30 minutes. The reading session will start at 8:00 am and the clergy-led discussion will begin at 8:30. WHC's Saturday Morning Worship will also begin 30 minutes earlier, at 10:00 am. --- Every Shabbat morning, we begin the day with ...
August 28, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 3:00 pm March On Voting Rights Since January, 48 states have introduced 389 bills that amount to shameful, outright voter suppression, and many have already become law. These laws suppress voting methods that enrich our democracy and lead to high turnout: banning ballot drop boxes and mail-in voting, reducing early voting days and hours, restricting who can get a mail-in ballot, ...
August 28, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship Shabbat Morning Worship Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Please note that as of August 28, this service begins at 10:00 am 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 ...
Featured Featured August 28, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Selichot Service & Concert Hybrid - Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Elul, the Hebrew month of reflection before the High Holy Days, culminates with Selichot, when we gather and recite prayers of penitence as a community. The Selichot liturgy contains some of the finest Jewish religious poetry ever composed, and our moving, inspiring candlelit service urges us to reflect on the year that is ending. With ...
Featured Featured August 29, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Cemetery Memorial Service During the Days of Awe and reflection, we invite you to join our clergy at our cemeteries to remember and honor the memory of loved ones.
August 31, 2021 ECCs First Day of School JBSC & Temple The 2021-2022 school year begins today! To learn more about our Early Childhood Centers at Temple and at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center, please click here.
