Featured Featured February 2, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Event Series 2239 Metro Minyan Shabbat at Capital Jewish Museum 2239 Metro Minyan Shabbat at Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Non-WHC Site D.C.’s Jewish landscape has changed drastically over the past few years. Jewish 20s and 30s who used to solely live in Dupont or Capitol Hill, have now migrated to such foreign lands as Arlington and Montgomery County. The pandemic ignited this migration, along with a deeper and more widespread search for authentic spirituality. Young Jewish ...
January 26, 2024 - January 28, 2024 Canceled 9th Grade Retreat Non-WHC Site The 9th-grade Sexuality Retreat will be held on January 26-28, 2024 at the Claggett Center in Adamstown, MD. This is a rite-of-passage retreat that Washington Hebrew has held for years. It is an important, meaningful, and real experience for our 9th graders. We are particularly excited about this year’s retreat, as we have revamped the program and will include experts like Dr. ...
Featured Featured January 24, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm LGBTQ+ Tu Bishvat Seder Non-WHC Site What is a Tu Bishvat Seder? This often-overlooked holiday gives us the opportunity to celebrate the birthday of the trees and our natural world a little more up close and personal! Featuring an array of foods harvested directly from the earth, this tradition dates back to the 16th-century Kabbalists. Modeled after the Passover Seder and ...
January 21, 2024 @ 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm Besters Italian Dinner Non-WHC Site Join The Besters for a delicious Italian dinner complemented by the beautiful voice of our very own Cantor Hamstra. Sunday, January 21 4:30 pm Pines of Rome in Bethesda Cost: $55 per person Space is extremely limited. REGISTER HERE
January 20, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm 2239 Havdalah Yoga Non-WHC Site Shabbat shalom and namaste. We wrap up Shabbat as we unwind with a yoga session, followed by a quick Havdalah service and then dinner. We'll see you at Well & Wonder Yoga Studio 4926 Wisconsin Ave NW Second Floor, Washington, DC 20016 REGISTER HERE Any questions, ask Carolyn Rivkees at crivkees@whctemple.org.
January 14, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Sunday in the City with Women of WHC Non-WHC Site Join the Women of WHC on Sunday, January 14, for a day of fun in the District of Columbia. This program will begin at the home of one of our WWHC board members for a lovely Sunday brunch. Following brunch, we will make our way downtown to the new Capital Jewish Museum for a VIP ...
January 13, 2024 @ 6:15 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, 6:15 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 ...
Featured Featured December 29, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Community Shabbat Service Non-WHC Site NOTE: The time of tonight's service is now 6:00 pm, not 6:30 as was previously listed. Each year the Shabbat closest to the New Year rotates among different congregations. This year, our friends at Adas Israel are hosting. Come together as we usher in Shabbat as a community. Pray and sing with us at this ...
December 17, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm URJ An Evening of Solidarity and Hope Non-WHC Site Join the URJ for an Evening of Solidarity that will kick off our Israel Leadership Summit. MK Rabbi Gilad Kariv will present the keynote address and internationally renowned Israeli singer and songwriter David Broza will be performing. The program will run from 7:30-9:00 p.m. and admission is just $18! You’ll leave inspired, invigorated, and ready ...
Featured Featured December 13, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm LGBTQ+ Hanukkah Game Night Non-WHC Site LGBTQ+ Hanukkah Game Night Wednesday, December 13 6:30-9:00 pm Allie's Home in Van Ness - VERY METRO ACCESSIBLE! (Exact address to be sent directly to those registered the week of the event) Join the LGBTQ+ Group as we light candles, shuffle up some new friendships, and enjoy old ones while playing games, chatting, and getting ...
December 13, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm Women of WHC’s Hanukkah Party Non-WHC Site Grab your favorite holiday sweater and join the Women of WHC for a Hanukkah party! Wednesday, December 13 5:30 pm at the home of Brenda Holt Guests are asked to please bring an unwrapped toy to donate to the children at Sinai Hospital and something to nosh on: Last Names A-L — please bring ...
Featured Featured December 9, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm 2239 Beyond the Lights of Hanukkah Non-WHC Site Come and celebrate Hanukkah with us at ARTECHOUSE DC! Experience the magic of this festive season like never before and immerse yourself in a mesmerizing display of lights, colors, and interactive installations. Beyond the Light, an original artistic expression of scientific discoveries, is the story of how human innovation has enabled us to see beyond our imaginations ...
