August 1 @ 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.
August 1 @ 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
August 1 @ 11:45 am - 1:00 pm Questions Welcome: Talking Israel with 2239 Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Learn Join 2239 young professionals for a light bagel lunch and an "Ask Me Anything" conversation with Hila Kedar, a Schlicha (Israeli emissary) at the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.
August 1 @ 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.
August 3 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Postponed Bud, Sprout, Bloom Temple 3935 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC, United States Connect This series has been postponed. Please reach out to Stephanie Tankel at stankel@whctemple.org if interested in joining at a later time. Bud, Sprout, Bloom is a 6-week conversation group for parents ...
August 4 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm Gen X Women’s Summer Happy Hour Non-WHC Site Connect Summer is flying by, so let's take a moment to enjoy it together! Gen X women, come spend a laid-back summer evening with Rabbi Shankman over drinks.
August 5 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm New Moms Group (Summer 2026) 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 ...
August 5 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Wednesday Study Group: “Is This the Fast I Desire?” Online Only Learn The Haftarah for Yom Kippur demands our attention. Isaiah yells at the Israelites that they should not fast for fasting’s sake. Isaiah continues by sharing that, in fact, no ritual matters if we are not first caring for those in need. Quite the message for the most ritualistic day of the year! What does our Reform machzor have to say about these words? How does our sect of Judaism view right vs. rite differently than others?
August 7 @ 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.
August 7 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 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.
Featured August 7 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm 2239 Metro Minyan Shabbat at Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Non-WHC Site Connect We are so excited to once again fill the oldest synagogue in D.C .with music, prayer, and spirituality. It will be your familiar, accessible, and musical Metro Minyan service and dinner, just in an old/new beautiful space! The Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum opened in June 2023, and 2239 has made it a second home for Metro Minyan since.
August 8 @ 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.
