February 26, 2024 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am FIT4MOM Stroller Strides Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Connect Stroller Strides® is FIT4MOM DC’s all-levels total-body conditioning workout designed for caregivers with kids in tow. Each 60-minute workout consists of strength training, cardio, and core restoration, all while entertaining the little ones with songs, activities, and fun! Your instructor is trained to meet you where you are mentally and physically and create space for ...
February 26, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Pregnancy Group (Winter 2024) Temple & Livestream 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Connect WHC's Pregnancy Group Join Rabbi Fischel for conversations about the wonders, awe, frustrations, and ridiculousness of pregnancy. Our discussions will be framed in a Jewish light, and our focus will be on building a community of soon-to-be moms who can depend on each other for years to come. This program costs $18 for WHC members; ...
February 27, 2024 @ 9:15 am - 10:15 am Kesher Class JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States Learn The RJW ECC is excited to share a new learning experience for families with children 12-24 months! Caregivers are invited to come in with their toddlers for an hour of connection and communication, designed to support your child’s speech and language development. Led by licensed speech pathologist, Allison Parker and our ECC Director, Kfirah HaLevi, ...
February 27, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Deep Dive Into Jewish World Music Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Learn We’re all familiar with klezmer and may know a few Yiddish songs and know that the Jews of Europe had rich musical traditions. But as American Jews, we’re often less familiar with the music of our people from the rest of our global diaspora such as Turkey and Persia (among others). Join Cantor Hamstra for ...
February 28, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm New Moms’ Group (Winter 2024) Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Connect Extended through March! Having a new baby is an incredible miracle and simcha (joy!)...and it brings with it big changes and challenges! Join Stephanie Tankel, WHC's Director of Lifelong Learning, for an opportunity to build community with other moms as you share, vent, celebrate, and more. Each week includes a chance to check in through ...
February 28, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Wednesday Study Group: Prophets Online Only Learn Reform Judaism is often cited as the Prophetic sect of our tradition, but what does that mean? What does it mean to be descendants of the Prophets? Join Wednesday Study Group for an exploration of these humans who spoke for God. For this class, we will be using Abraham Joshua Heschel’s famous book, The Prophets. ...
March 1, 2024 @ 12:30 pm - 4:00 pm Mah Jongg with WWHC JBSC 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, MD, United States Connect Join the Women of WHC for a weekly game of Mah Jongg on Fridays at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center. Everyone is welcome to try it out! You must become a WWHC member to play on an ongoing basis. For any questions or to confirm the time of this week’s game, please contact Hillary Blackton at hillary@divinelifeyoga.com $5 ...
March 1, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Tot Shabbat & Family Dinner Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Worship 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 ...
Featured March 1, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Shabbat@WHC Featuring Metro Minyan & Rabbi Miller’s 13 Years with WHC Temple & Livestream 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Worship REMINDER: Everything starts 30 minutes later than usual this week Rabbi Miller has been with Washington Hebrew for 13 years, so tonight we will celebrate his "work Bar Mitzvah" (he should be fine reading his Torah portion)! RSVP below, and if you'd like to make a donation in his honor, Rabbi Miller has requested it ...
March 2, 2024 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am Early Torah Study Temple & Livestream 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Learn Every Shabbat morning, we begin the day with an informal group at Temple to study parashat hashavua, the weekly Torah portion, in English. Led by one of the clergy, we analyze, question, and reflect on Judaism’s central text. All are welcome — just occasionally or every week — and absolutely no background knowledge or ...
March 2, 2024 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Shabbat Morning Worship Temple & Livestream 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States 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 ...
March 2, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm WHC Connections: Haftarah Study Group Online Only Learn Every Shabbat afternoon an informal group of WHC members gets together on Zoom to discuss the Haftarah for that week. We begin with a read-through in English and continue sharing questions, answers, and opinions. The group meets for one hour and is led by the lay members of the congregation. All Temple members are welcome. ...
Featured March 3, 2024 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Amram Scholar Series Presents: Rachel Shteir Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Learn WHC is pleased to welcome author Rachel Shteir to our Amram Scholar Series on Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 10:30 am at Temple to discuss her book, Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disrupter. This program is free and open to the entire community. RSVP is requested. RSVP HERE This lecture is sponsored by the Abraham & Freida Hochberg ...
