Featured December 5, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Women of WHC’s Literary Club Presents: Lisa Scottoline Online Only Learn The Women of WHC are pleased to welcome award-winning author Lisa Scottoline to discuss her book Loyalty on Tuesday, December 5 at 12:00 pm on Zoom. This lecture is free and open to everyone, but RSVP is required. RSVP HERE About the Book: Loyalty is an emotional, action-packed epic, set during the rise of the Mafia well ...
December 5, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Back to Basics Online Only Learn Explore why we do what we do as Jews, find the sources for our traditions, and delve into the origins of these ideas. Through holidays, life cycle events, history, theology, beginning Hebrew literacy, Jewish religious movements, Torah laws, the Mishnah, the Talmud, and Kabbalah, we’ll uncover the answers to the “why” behind Judaism. For our ...
December 6, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am Back to Basics Online Only Learn Explore why we do what we do as Jews, find the sources for our traditions, and delve into the origins of these ideas. Through holidays, life cycle events, history, theology, beginning Hebrew literacy, Jewish religious movements, Torah laws, the Mishnah, the Talmud, and Kabbalah, we’ll uncover the answers to the “why” behind Judaism. For our ...
December 6, 2023 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Hebrew Reading for Adults Online Only Learn 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 ...
December 6, 2023 @ 11:30 am - 12:45 pm The History of the State of Israel, Zionism through 2023 Online Only Learn In the aftermath of the devastation that befell the State of Israel and the Jewish People, which began on Simchat Torah, October 7, 2023, many may find themselves on very shaky ground. How did this happen? Why did this happen? What actually happened, and how can I explain how I feel and why? While no ...
December 6, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Wednesday Study Group: The Power of a Word Online Only Learn For our fall session of Wednesday Study Group, we will dive into ten of the most influential Hebrew words in our canon. Poet and liturgist Alden Solovy recently published These Words: Poetic Midrash on the Language of the Torah. With this text’s unique creativity and scholarship, we will explore words rabbis use all the time, ...
December 6, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Conversational Hebrew Online Only Learn 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 ...
December 6, 2023 @ 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm Gimels & Gimlets Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Learn Hebrew looks nothing like what you're probably used to reading, and we know it can seem well...foreign. That's because, for many of us, it is! But fear not - our new Hebrew class is designed for beginners and those who need a refresher because it's been a while! Join other 2239ers on the journey towards ...
December 6, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Hebrew Reading for Adults Online Only Learn 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 ...
December 6, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Partners in Fate: Arabs and Jews Working For a Shared Future Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Learn Please join us for an inspiring evening with Israeli change agents Shir Nosatzki and Hanan Alsanah. In the aftermath of 10/7, Nosatzki and Alsanah joined forces to establish a shared volunteer-led Arab and Jewish center, which provides hundreds of humanitarian relief parcels of food and other crucial equipment every week to Jewish and Arab families ...
December 7, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Conversational Hebrew Online Only Learn 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 ...
December 7, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Conversational Hebrew Online Only Learn 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 Spring 2024 semester, our 8-week Conversational Hebrew classes will begin ...
December 7, 2023 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Hebrew Reading for Adults Online Only Learn 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 ...
