Featured June 13 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Meet Astronomer-Author Avi Loeb Are we alone in the universe? Dr. Avi Loeb, a longtime Chair of Harvard’s Astronomy Department, is the author of one of the most talked about books of 2021, Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth. Dr. Loeb will take us on a mind-bending journey from Israel to the far reaches of space ...
Featured June 18 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Nitzanim Friday Night Musical Service Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda Join us for a special Nitzanim musical Friday Night Shabbat service led by Kim Lausin on Friday, June 18, at 6:00 pm in the Zahler Social Hall. Don't forget to grab your oneg cookies-to-go bag after the service! Registration is required to attend. RSVP using the form below.
Featured June 18 @ 7:30 pm Shir Yachad Friday Night Musical Service Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda The band is back! Help us welcome Shabbat with community and song as we come together for an in-person Shir Yachad musical Friday Night service in the Beth El Sanctuary on Friday, June 18, 7:30 pm. Join us for this exciting service filled with music that stirs the soul and welcomes Shabbat with joy and ...
June 21 @ 7:30 pm Jewish Meditation Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda Join us in the Swoff Chapel for a blend of chant, silent, and guided meditation that leads us to a more meaningful relationship with God and with those around us. Registration required. Please use the form below to sign up.
July 5 @ 7:30 pm Jewish Meditation Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda Join us in the Swoff Chapel for a blend of chant, silent, and guided meditation that leads us to a more meaningful relationship with God and with those around us. Registration required. Please use the form below to sign up.
Featured July 25 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Book Chat: The Lost Shtetl by Max Gross Join us to discuss The Lost Shtetl by Max Gross, a fun work of speculative fiction that won a 2020 National Jewish Book Award. Surrounded by a deep Polish forest, the Yiddish-speaking village of Kreskol has had no contact with the modern world for generations. Following a crazy series of events, Kreskol is rediscovered. This ...
July 26 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Small Group Book Discussion Our small group book club will be meeting again on Monday, July 26, at 7:30 pm. We will be reading the book The Third Daughter by Talia Carner. About the book: The turn of the 20th century finds fourteen-year-old Batya in the Russian countryside, fleeing with her family endless pogroms. Desperate, her father leaps at ...
August 30 @ 7:30 pm Jewish Meditation Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda Join us in the Swoff Chapel for a blend of chant, silent, and guided meditation that leads us to a more meaningful relationship with God and with those around us. Registration required. Please use the form below to sign up.
Featured October 3 @ 4:30 pm Meet Author-Psychologist Sherry Turkle MIT Professor Sherry Turkle will introduce her latest book, The Empathy Diaries, a vivid and poignant memoir of growing up in Jewish Brooklyn and her awakening interest in topics that led to her path-breaking work. Turkle is a pioneer in the study of people’s relationships with technology and the impact of technology on human behavior. A ...
