2025-09-22 WHC Collects: High Holy Day Food Drive WHC Collects: High Holy Day Food Drive September 22 - October 3 WHC Collects: High Holy Day Food Drive On the High Holy Days, we take the opportunity to recommit ourselves to social action and perform acts of tzedakah. The Community Issues/Social Action Committee and WHECTY have teamed up to help with this year’s High Holy Day Food Drive. Learn More
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm WHC in the DMV: Park Clean-Up September 28 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm WHC in the DMV: Park Clean-Up Get your hands dirty and make a difference with activities for all ages, including a Weed Warrior vine-cutting adventure for volunteers 16 and older (limited to 15 spots), a nature walk and park cleanup, a nature art project, s’mores, and more. Learn More
9:00 am - 12:00 pm WHC in the DMV: Food & Friends October 3 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm WHC in the DMV: Food & Friends Join other WHC members volunteering to pack meals with Food & Friends, the only community-based organization in the D.C. region providing home-delivered medically tailored meals, medically tailored groceries and medical nutrition therapy to our neighbors living with cancer, HIV/AIDS, and other serious illnesses. Learn More
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Community Issues/Social Action (CISA) Meeting October 7 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Community Issues/Social Action (CISA) Meeting This group will meet as part of WHC Community Meeting Night. Whether you are looking for stimulating discussion or direct involvement in projects and activities, we hope you will join us. Members of the committee are the Temple’s liaisons with community religious and social service organizations. We plan and run several major annual congregational events, ... Learn More
Featured 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Sukkah of Hope Featured October 9 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Sukkah of Hope Please join survivors of captivity and hostage families for a powerful commemoration event marking two years since October 7. Thursday, October 9th 6:30 PM Location upon registration Together, we will honor the memory of those we lost and stand in solidarity with the families of those still held in captivity. This meaningful evening will include ... Learn More
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm WHC In the DMV: Bingo With Seniors October 12 @ 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm WHC In the DMV: Bingo With Seniors BINGO - That's the name of the game, as our volunteers will spend a couple of hours at the Charles E. Smith Life Communities on the second Sunday of most months, volunteering to play bingo with some of our Jewish seniors (what a mitzvah!) Learn More
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Social Justice Discussion October 17 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Social Justice Discussion The future of LGBTQ+ rights are currently in question and on the minds of many in our WHC community. Please join us after Shabbat services on Friday, October 17 for our monthly social justice discussion. The October discussion will center around current challenges to LGBTQ+ rights and ways to improve belonging and inclusion within the WHC community. All are welcome! Learn More
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Hunger Project: Food Packing October 19 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Hunger Project: Food Packing Volunteers – adults, children, individuals, families, and groups – put on hairnets, gloves, and aprons and carefully measure and package ingredients that become over 10,000 nutritious meals for the underserved in our area. Learn More
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Hunger Project: Food Packing October 19 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Hunger Project: Food Packing Volunteers – adults, children, individuals, families, and groups – put on hairnets, gloves, and aprons and carefully measure and package ingredients that become over 10,000 nutritious meals for the underserved in our area. Learn More
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm WHC in the DMV: Dinner for Children’s Inn at NIH October 23 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm WHC in the DMV: Dinner for Children’s Inn at NIH Volunteer with us as we help feed families at the NIH Children’s Inn, where families stay when children receive experimental treatment on campus. Learn More
October 7 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Community Issues/Social Action (CISA) Meeting JBSC & Zoom Find out more »
October 23 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm WHC in the DMV: Dinner for Children’s Inn at NIH Non-WHC Site Find out more »
