Featured Featured February 13 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series Women’s Study Session Women’s Study Session The February Women’s Study Session will focus on abortion access as a Jewish value. Rabbi Avi Strausberg and Rabbi Deborah Megdal will facilitate the conversation. The session will include a discussion of the documentary film, Under G-d, which highlights legal challenges by Jewish plaintiffs to restrictive abortion laws. The 23-minute film is available on the ...
February 24 @ 10:00 am Learner’s Shabbat with Rabbi Megdal Join Rabbi Megdal and a group of fellow adult learners who want to find more meaning and become more comfortable at services. We will “learn by doing,” as well as engage in informal, interactive, supportive, and open conversations. We will study the meaning of the prayers, practice Hebrew pronunciation, and gain familiarity with the core ...
Featured Featured February 24 @ 1:00 pm Shabbat Learning: Why We Pray with Sarah Roark Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States During this animated discussion, Sarah Roark, lead educator at Beth El, will lead a session on why we pray - the purpose, meaning, and function of prayer. We will be meeting at a congregant's home off site that is within walking distance from Beth El. The address will be provided for those who register. Please ...
Featured Featured March 12 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series Women’s Study Session Women’s Study Session Join Beth El’s Women’s study group on the second Tuesday of the month for study session with Rabbi Avi Strausberg. March Discussion: "Show Me Your Face": In a story that ...
March 16 @ 10:00 am Learner’s Shabbat with Rabbi Megdal Join Rabbi Megdal and a group of fellow adult learners who want to find more meaning and become more comfortable at services. We will “learn by doing,” as well as ...
Featured Featured April 7 @ 4:00 pm The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Meet award-winning journalist Rebecca Clarren on Zoom as she introduces The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance, named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2023. This fascinating work pieces together the interwoven history of Jewish immigrants and the Native Americans of South Dakota. Clarren discovered that the American government granted her ...
Featured Featured April 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series Women’s Study Session Women’s Study Session Join Beth El’s Women’s study group on the second Tuesday of the month for study session with Rabbi Avi Strausberg. In preparation for Passover, Rabbi Avi will lead a discussion called "Children of Believers: Faith and Fear on the First Pesach." Please use the form below to RSVP.
Featured Featured April 18 @ 7:00 pm Menachem Begin Documentary Screening and Conversation Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Join at Rabbi Harris as we screen a Menachem Begin documentary and have the opportunity to hear from the movie's director. Please register by April 15 so we can plan accordingly.
April 27 @ 10:00 am Learner’s Shabbat with Rabbi Megdal Join Rabbi Megdal and a group of fellow adult learners who want to find more meaning and become more comfortable at services. We will “learn by doing,” as well as ...
Featured Featured May 4 @ 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 ...
Featured Featured May 5 @ 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 ...