January 3, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 11:30 am 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.
January 3, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Tot Shabbat & Family Dinner 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 ...
January 3, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Shabbat@WHC Temple & Livestream 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Worship 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 ...
January 4, 2025 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am Early Torah Study Temple & Livestream 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Every Shabbat morning, we begin the day with an informal group at Temple to study parashat hashavua, the weekly Torah portion, in English.
January 4, 2025 @ 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
January 4, 2025 @ 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.
January 5, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm WHECTY “Hanukkah Harry” Gift Swap Non-WHC Site Join WHECTY at Montgomery Mall (meet in the food court) for dinner (on your own) and a gift exchange (you’ll have time during the event to go shopping). Bring money for a gift to buy (under $20) and for dinner. RSVP to Leila (lgordon@whctemple.org) to let her know you’re coming and to receive a ...
January 6, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 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 ...
January 6, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Pregnancy Group (Winter 2025) Temple & Livestream 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Connect 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. Half of our sessions are over Zoom--who wants to leave their ...
January 8, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am Caregiver-Child Play Dates Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Connect Children and caregivers connect and grow through interactive play, movement, songs, and games! Little ones explore emotions, practice sharing, develop empathy skills, build frustration tolerance, and cultivate resilience. Caregivers learn strategies for connection and co-regulation with their little ones, fostering a strong bond and supportive environment for social-emotional learning while creating cherished memories and building essential skills ...
January 8, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm New Moms Group (Winter 2025) Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Connect 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 the lens of ...
January 8, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Wednesday Study Group (Winter 2025) Online Only Learn Tests of faith. Dramatic family dynamics. Mindfulness inspiration. Moral choices. All of this and more is couched in 19 verses in Genesis known as the Akeda, or the Binding of the Isaac. This 6-week session will take an in-depth look at this text, parsing key words and exploring iconic commentary, to discover why this passage ...
