Featured Featured May 25 at 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Continuity and Presence: A Bright Look at the Future of the Jewish Community in Warsaw Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Please join us on Saturday, May 25, for a Shabbat discussion with Patrycja Dołowy, the CEO of the JCC Warsaw. She will be at Beth El to share her experience of Warsaw’s renewed and vibrant Jewish life. She will also reflect on how the current Israel-Hamas war has affected the Polish Jewish community. She will ...
Featured Featured June 11 at 6:30 pm Tikkun Leil Shavuot Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Please join us for Tikkun Leil Shavuot, a traditional night of learning. In-Person Schedule 6:30 pm: Hazzan Asa Fradkin - Niggunim: The Songs That Make Us a People 7:00 pm: Evening Minyan 7:15 pm: Dinner 8:00 pm: Jon Levy - Obligations to Live in Israel 8:00 pm: Gideon Amir - Introduction to the Apocrypha Books ...
Featured Featured June 23 at 10:00 am Reflections from Israel Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Please join Hazzan Fradkin to hear reflections from his most recent mission to Israel with other Beth El members. Have the opportunity to see pictures, learn about the important work they did, and find out how you can help. Please RSVP using the form below.
Featured Featured September 7 at 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Event Series Women’s Study Session Elul Learning: Forgive? Forget? All or none of the above? Join Women of Beth El for our annual Elul Shabbat Learning session on Saturday, September 7, at 2:00 pm. Our own Marsha Rehns will be leading us with an interactive teaching session focused on this season of forgiveness and renewal. For questions, contact Gerri Baer, WBE co-VP for Spirituality at gbaer73@gmail.com. Please use the form ...
Featured Featured September 12 at 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Elul Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Harris Enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant while discussing the theme of teshuva (repentance/returning) and how it connects to our everyday life as we prepare for the High Holidays. Buy your own lunch and join Rabbi Harris, who will facilitate a meaningful conversation while we eat. Please RSVP using the form to receive the address. ...
Featured Featured September 15 at 11:00 am Book Chat: The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Join us for an in-person discussion at Beth El of The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo, a thrilling novel blending historical fiction and fantasy, set in 16th century Spain. What happened to the Jews forced to become conversos (converts to Catholicism) who remained in Spain after the mass expulsion of 1492? In The Familiar, Bardugo imagines ...
Featured Featured September 22 at 9:30 am Media Freedom at War Time: The Case of the Israel-Hamas War Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Please join us on Sunday, September 22, as we welcome special guest speaker Amit Schejter, who will give a talk entitled "Media Freedom at War Time: The Case of the Israel-Hamas War." A parliamentary democracy since its foundation in 1948, Israel has developed a unique constitutional structure safeguarding basic rights, among them freedom of expression ...
Featured Featured September 29 at 9:30 am - 11:30 am Building Empathy & Perspective-Taking in Our Children Understanding others' perspectives is how we are able to forgive them and, similarly, understanding others' perspectives is how we are able to recognize when we need to apologize or make amends. Join us on Sunday, September 29, at 9:30 am for breakfast and a special parenting session with congregant and clinical psychologist Samantha Bender, PhD, ...
Featured Featured December 8 at 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Book Chat: Meet Israeli Author Maya Arad Meet celebrated Israeli author Maya Arad – described in Haaretz as the “finest living author writing in Hebrew.” Dr. Arad will introduce The Hebrew Teacher, the first of her books of ...