:: L'Chayim
Jewish Life, Jewish Home
“…and so our
L’Chayim initiative will encompass learning and celebration of
Jewish living; it will be taught mostly by you, members of
Washington Hebrew Congregation, who simply and beautifully have
embraced Jewish life – each is an opportunity to refresh the soul
and engage with fellow Jews. By ‘Doing Jewish,’ we enrich
our own lives and protect that which is
precious to us – our Jewish future….”
- Rabbi M. Bruce Lustig
From Rosh Hashanah 5767 Sermon
We are delighted to present once again,
our L’Chayim Initiative. The hundreds of people who attended
past sessions were very impressed and thoroughly enjoyed
both the programs led by fellow congregants and the
opportunity for fellowship.
Below, we have included
our early fall offerings for L’Chayim; the remainder of the
year’s calendar will be posted on our website. If you are
interested in hosting L’Chayim in your home, or would like
to share your special interest with fellow congregants,
please feel free to contact Rabbi Lustig’s office or me.
Mildred Amer, Chair
MildredAmer@comcast.net |
The L’Chayim Initiative will take on a new dimension this year as
we partner with Theater J and Ari Roth, the Artistic Director of the
powerful theatrical presentations at the DCJCC. Rabbi Lustig and Mr.
Roth will lead discussions of plays being staged at Theater J with
our congregants, inviting leaders from the Jewish and performing
arts communities to take part. Discussions will take place at either
Theater J or a member’s home. Our first such discussion with be of
Lost in Yonkers, which opens at Theater J in late October.
The productions this year at Theater J this will address myriad,
critical Jewish issues and raise wonderful questions for discussion.
Some of the Theater J productions in the post-play discussion series
include: Lost in Yonkers, Mommy Queerest, The Four of Us, Andy
Warhol: Good for the Jews?, In Darfur (this will be part of our
Confirmation curriculum) and Mikveh.
For information about obtaining tickets for any of these
productions, go to
www.boxofficetickets.com. Theater J offers all WHC members a
special discount to any performance with the code “WHCTEMPLE”. Plan
to see Lost in Yonkers before the November 18th discussion.
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