Featured 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Passover Yizkor Service Featured April 29 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Passover Yizkor Service As Passover comes to a close, we honor our loved ones' memories with a Yizkor service. WHAT IS YIZKOR? In Judaism, mourning is both private and public. When we visit a grave or observe a yahrzeit — the anniversary of a person’s death — we generally do so in private. Yizkor is the public observance ...
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Event Series Tot Shabbat & Family Dinner May 3 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Event Series Tot Shabbat & Family Dinner Friday night services are a fun, fulfilling event for families with young children (or grandchildren). Held twice each month (once at each of our locations), these evenings begin with an engaging, interactive Tot Shabbat service, which lasts about a half-hour and teaches Jewish prayers, traditions, and rituals through songs, stories, and art projects. Following the ...
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC Featuring Metro Minyan May 3 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC Featuring Metro Minyan REMINDER: Everything starts 30 minutes later than usual this week We invite you to end your week and welcome Shabbat with us! At 6:30 pm and again after the service: Have something to eat (to tide you over or as your dinner), a drink (we offer a full bar, plus non-alcoholic options), and connect with ...
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship May 4 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship 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 Torah (interpretation of the weekly Torah portion). On mornings when there is no ...
Featured 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, Yom HaAtzmaut Shabbat@WHC Featured May 10 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, Yom HaAtzmaut Shabbat@WHC There are times in our lives when words fail to describe what we may be feeling. This is true for the commemorations of Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, and Yom HaAtzmaut. Words alone cannot describe the depths of our sorrow during the Holocaust and War of Independence, nor the heights of our joy after the establishment ...
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship May 11 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship 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 Torah (interpretation of the weekly Torah portion). On mornings when there is no ...
10:30 am - 12:00 pm 144th Confirmation Service May 12 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 144th Confirmation Service Celebrate our amazing teenage confirmands as we participate in one of the oldest traditions at WHC. 23 confirmands and their families will be on hand for this service that the students designed and lead.
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Event Series Tot Shabbat & Family Dinner May 17 @ 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Event Series Tot Shabbat & Family Dinner Our clergy and song leader Lisa Baydush make going to Friday night services a fun, fulfilling event for families with young children (or grandchildren). Held twice each month, these evenings begin with an engaging, interactive, 30-minute Tot Shabbat service which teaches Jewish prayers, traditions, and rituals through songs, stories, and art projects. Following the service, ...
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC May 17 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC During tonight's service, we are pleased to welcome three representatives from Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel to share stories of how they are building inclusion and equality between Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel through a growing network of bilingual, integrated schools and communities. See below for more information. We invite ...
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC — JBSC May 17 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC — JBSC We invite you to end your week and welcome Shabbat with us at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center in Potomac! At 6:00 pm and again after the service: Have something to eat (to tide you over or as your dinner), grab a drink from our full bar, and connect with your community. Kids are always ...
Featured 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Young Family Shabbat Featured May 18 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Young Family Shabbat Families with young children (ideal for ages 0-5) are invited to join us for a beautiful and fun Shabbat experience, complete with a delicious bagel breakfast. We will gather at 10:00 am in Ochsman Hall — the lower level of the Temple space. Our Family Shabbat experiences include a meaningful musical experience, opportunities for kids ...
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship May 18 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship 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 Torah (interpretation of the weekly Torah portion). On mornings when there is no ...
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC May 24 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC We invite you to end your week and welcome Shabbat with us! At 6:00 pm and again after the service: Have something to eat (to tide you over or as your dinner), a drink (we offer a full bar, plus non-alcoholic options), and connect with your community. Kids are always welcome, and they’ll be able ...
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship May 25 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship 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 Torah (interpretation of the weekly Torah portion). On mornings when there is no ...
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC May 31 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series Shabbat@WHC We invite you to end your week and welcome Shabbat with us! At 6:00 pm and again after the service: Have something to eat (to tide you over or as your dinner), a drink (we offer a full bar, plus non-alcoholic options), and connect with your community. Kids are always welcome, and they’ll be able ...
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship June 1 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Shabbat Morning Worship 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 Torah (interpretation of the weekly Torah portion). On mornings when there is no ...
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Featured Featured May 18 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Young Family Shabbat Temple Find out more »
