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 15 at 6:00 pm Beth El Goes Back to the Movies Edlavitch DCJCC 1529 16th St NW, Washington, DC, United States Beth El is going back to the movies! Join your Beth El community for opening night of Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round, a JxJ* movie playing at the Edlavitch DCJCC, followed by a conversation with director Ilana Trachtman. The movie tells the story of five Black students who rode a segregated carousel in 1960, ...
Featured Featured September 20 at 6:00 pm Event Series Yedid Nefesh Yedid Nefesh Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Join Rabbi Megdal for a Friday evening musical service that blends familiar melodies and traditional liturgy, woven together with kavannot (intentions) and short teachings. 6:00 pm: Join us for a light dinner. 7:00 pm: Main musical service. Dinner Cost: $18 per Beth El member household (up to two adults) / $25 for non-member families (up to ...
Featured Featured September 21 at 1:00 pm Pre-High Holiday Meditation Join us on Saturday, September 21, at 1:00 pm to spend an hour in contemplation, mediation and conversation as Hazzan Fradkin leads a meditation that deals with themes of humility, fragility and faith as we approach these holy days. Please register using the form below.
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 22 at 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Chug Kriah Join the Chug Kriah to read and discuss modern Israeli literature in Hebrew. Our first meeting will be in person on September 22, at 1:30 pm at Beth El. Zoom access will also be available. Our first book is HaTank (“The Tank”) by Assaf Inbari. For more information please contact Bill Kanter at kanterdsw@aol.com. Please ...
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, ...
October 12 at 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series Support After Loss Support After Loss Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States With a special invitation to those who have had a recent loss, we will gather for a brief teaching and discussion led by a member of the Beth El Clergy. All are welcome to join this six-session series as often as they wish. Registration for each individual session is recommended in case there are updates. ...
October 19 at 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Event Series Shabbat Mahj Shabbat Mahj Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Calling all Mahj players...Get Your Mahj fix on Shabbat! Please join us for monthly Shabbat Mahj at Beth El from 12:30 to 2:30 pm. Email Nancy Kay with any questions. Hope to see you there! Click to Sign Up
Featured Featured October 21 at 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Beth El Empty Nesters Happy Hour in the Sukkah Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Calling all Empty Nesters! Drop by the Beth El Sukkah on Monday, October 21, between 4:00-6:00 pm to join BEENs and Beyond BEENs for a happy hour featuring wine and light refreshments. Schmooze and nosh with friends old and new as we celebrate Sukkot together. Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 16, using the form below. ...
Featured Featured October 21 at 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Women of Beth El Sukkah Social Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Join Women of Beth El for our annual Sukkah Social. We’ll gather in the sukkah and then move inside for some schmoozing, noshing, and a little Sukkot-related learning from our very own Gail Fribush.
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 fiction to be translated into English. Wise and witty, the three novellas in The Hebrew Teacher delve into the experience of Israelis living in the ...