Featured May 29 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Rabbi Shankman & Cantor Bortnick 25th Anniversary with WHC Shabbat featuring Confirmation Temple & Livestream 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Worship We invite you to end your week and welcome Shabbat with us! Our clergy and community look forward to seeing you in person or via livestream.
May 30 @ 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.
May 30 @ 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
May 30 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm WHC Connections: Haftarah Study Group Online Only Learn This informal, lay-led group gets together to discuss the Haftarah for that week. Starting with a read-through in English, the group shares questions, answers, and opinions.
May 31 @ 10:00 am - 1:30 pm WHC Cycling Club Non-WHC Site Connect The WHC Connections Cycling Club is back in the saddle — and we'd love for you to join us for our first ride of the season!
May 31 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Confirmation Service Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Worship Join us as we celebrate the confirmation class of 2026. Confirmand Parents Hometown Emmett Joseph Bailen Mark Bailen and Jessica Rosenworcel Washington, DC Felix Leo Bernstein Andrew Bernstein and Haylie Iseman Potomac, MD Eliya Braeden Bortnick Susan and David Bortnick Cabin John, MD Emma Clare Davidoff Sam and Amanda Davidoff Washington, DC Aidan Engel Susan ...
June 1 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Pregnancy Group (Summer 2026) Online Only Connect Join us for conversations about the wonders, awe, frustrations, and ridiculousness of pregnancy. For our first sessions, we will gather over Zoom to get to know each other and share aspects of our journey, all within a Jewish lens. Later in the program, we will gather for dinner as a cohort, share Shabbat with partners and families, and experience a pregnancy mikvah—ritual bath—together. Begin to build your village with this meaningful and intentional cohort.
June 2 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Community Issues/Social Action (CISA) Meeting Temple & Zoom 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, including Martin Luther King Jr. Shabbat and Day of Service and ...
June 5 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm WHC in the DMV: Food & Friends Non-WHC Site Faith in Action 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.
June 5 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Tot Shabbat & Family Dinner – Temple Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Families with Young Children 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 ...
June 5 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Shabbat@WHC Temple & Livestream 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Worship We invite you to end your week and welcome Shabbat with us! Our clergy and community look forward to seeing you in person or via livestream.
June 5 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Social Justice Discussion: LGBTQ+ Rights Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Faith in Action There is an interesting social justice discussion after Shabbat@WHC services, the second Friday of each month. Room TBA at services. In June, we will discuss current challenges to LGBTQ+ rights.
June 6 @ 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.
June 6 @ 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
June 6 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm WHC Connections: Haftarah Study Group Online Only Learn This informal, lay-led group gets together to discuss the Haftarah for that week. Starting with a read-through in English, the group shares questions, answers, and opinions.
Featured June 7 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm 174th Annual Meeting Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Connect The longest tradition in Washington Hebrew history. Come to Temple for the 173rd Annual Meeting. We will elect new Board members and thank those leaving the board for their service.
