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 May 19 at 11:00 am Book Chat: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Join us for an in-person discussion of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride, a big-hearted historical novel about a community of Jews, Blacks, and Italians in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in the 1920s and 1930s. The characters have different views on many things, but they somehow unite in an effort to protect a young deaf ...
Featured Featured May 18 at 12:30 pm Building a Shared Future in Israel Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Please join us on Saturday, May 18 when we are joined by three representatives from Hand in Hand: Centers for Jewish-Arab Education In Israel. They will share an inside look at how they are building inclusion, equality, and shared society between Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel through a growing network of integrated, bilingual schools ...
Featured Featured May 16 at 7:00 pm Annual Meeting Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Join us for our annual congregational meeting at 7:00 pm. Light snacks will be served from 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm. Please make every effort to attend so we can meet our quorum requirement. We look forward to being together! If you cannot make it in person, please join us via Zoom. Please RSVP using ...
Featured Featured May 16 at 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Senior Caucus Lunch and A Movie Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States This month the Senior Caucus will be gathering to watch a movie about Leonard Berstein, Leonard Bernstein and the Israel Philharmonic. Leonard Bernstein was one of the most celebrated Jewish musicians of all time. This film will explore his legacy in Israel. In honor of Yom Ha'Atzmaut and Bernstein's connection to Israel, we will be ...
Featured Featured May 12 at 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Tzelem Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Beth El is excited to continue to partner with Moving Traditions to bring the Tzelem group for LGBTQ+ teens. This group is geared for 7th-12th graders and is meant to create a safe space for Jewish teens of all genders and sexualities to talk about the issues in their lives as teens. The next Tzelem ...
May 10 at 6:30 pm BERS 5th Grade Kabbalat HaSiddur and 10th Grade Confirmation Shabbat Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Please join us for a special Friday evening Shabbat service where we'll come together with Beth El Religious School to celebrate 5th Grade Kabbalat HaSiddur and 10th Grade Confirmation. Services begin at 6:30 pm, followed by Family Shabbat Dinner for 5th and 10th graders and their families. Everyone is welcome to join us for services! ...
Featured Featured May 7 at 8:15 pm - 9:00 pm BERS Sorkin Trip Information Meeting Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Please join us on Tuesday, May 7, at 8:15 pm in the Family Room to learn about the 2024 Sorkin Israel Trip. Since we had to cancel the December 2023 trip, current 9th and 10th grade BERS teens will have the unique opportunity to experience Israel with their Beth El peers during winter break of ...
Featured Featured May 5 at 7:15 pm - 8:30 pm Holocaust Remembrance in Theater, Music, and Prayer Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Please join us as we commemorate Yom HaShoah, mourning and remembering the approximately six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. In this special commemoration, we will remember the lives lost through shared stories, music, and prayer. Theater – Beth El teen Elana Snyder (Whitman High School) joins Ayla Gerstenblith (Jewish Day School) and Ava ...
Featured Featured May 5 at 10:00 am Daniel Mann Literary Luminaries Lecture Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Hayley Finn, Artistic Director of Theater J, will deliver the annual Daniel Mann Literary Luminaries Lecture on Sunday May 5, at 10:00 am in the Zahler Social Hall (following the Men’s Club breakfast). Her topic is “The Contemporary American Jewish Play.” Ms. Finn is an accomplished director and producer with more than 25 years of ...
Featured Featured May 4 at 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Being a Zionist in Progressive Spaces with Jody Rabhan Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Join us for a conversation with Jody Rabhan, Chief Policy Officer for National Council of Jewish Women, in the next of our series of Shabbat discussions. As head of NCJW’s government relations and advocacy work, Jody helps lead the organization’s advocacy efforts in Washington and plays a key role in mobilizing effective grassroots work on the ...
Featured Featured May 3 at 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Ramah Style Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Join us for a heimish and high energy service that evokes those summers singing and dancing to your favorite Shabbat nigunim by the lake. Please note that in May, Kabbalat Shabbat Ramah Style will take place on the first Friday of the month: Friday, May 3 at 6:30 pm.
Featured Featured April 28 at 10:30 am Conversation and Coffee on the Capital Crescent Trail Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Join the Women of Beth El for a walk down the Capital Crescent Trail followed by socializing. We will have two groups (leisurely walkers and faster walkers), so everyone is welcome. Registration is appreciated so that we can contact you with any last minute updates.
