Featured Featured August 14 @ 8:30 am - 10:30 am Conversation and Coffee on the Crescent Trail Join Women of Beth El for a walk down the Crescent Trail and then for coffee at Starbucks afterwards. We will meet at 8:30 am at the Bethesda Ourisman Honda, which is at the start of the Capital Crescent Trail. There will be three groups (slow walkers, fast walkers, and runners) so everyone is welcome. ...
Featured Featured August 14 @ 8:30 am - 1:00 pm Summer Blood Drive Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD Please join us on Sunday, August 14, between 8:30 am and 1:oo pm in the Bender Social Hall for a summer blood drive to save lives. Blood donors and other volunteers are needed for this event. Young adults 16 and over are encouraged to volunteer to assist. Anyone 17 or older can donate blood (if ...
Featured Featured August 14 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Meet Author Geraldine Brooks Join us via Zoom to meet Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks as she presents her long-awaited new novel, Horse. This gripping story of the Civil War, an iconic racehorse, and a mysterious painting offers a "multi-layered reckoning with the legacy of enslavement and racism in America." Local independent bookstore Politics & Prose is offering registrants ...
August 15 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Summer Meditation Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD Join Hazzan Fradkin on Monday, August 15, at 7:00 pm in person and via livestream for summer meditation and keep your mood balanced as temperatures heat up.
Featured Featured August 31 @ 12:00 pm Elul Lunch and Learn with the Clergy Get into the Elul mindset as we prepare ourselves for the upcoming High Holidays with a three part Zoom lunch & learn sessions with the Beth El clergy. Bring your lunch and log in for a special opportunity to learn together. The first session will be on Wednesday, August 31, at 12:00 pm with Hazzan ...
Featured Featured September 7 @ 12:00 pm Elul Lunch and Learn with the Clergy Get into the Elul mindset as we prepare ourselves for the upcoming High Holidays with a three part Zoom lunch & learn sessions with the Beth El clergy. Bring your lunch and log in for a special opportunity to learn together. The next session will be on Wednesday, September 7, at 12:00 pm with Rabbi ...
Featured Featured September 11 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Back to Shul BBQ Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD Join with the whole Beth El Community on Sunday, September 11, at 4:30 pm to kick off the new year with food, friends and fun! There will be tables highlighting how to get involved at Beth El and the opportunity to connect with each other. Event is free if you are a new member to ...
Featured Featured September 14 @ 12:00 pm Elul Lunch and Learn with the Clergy Get into the Elul mindset as we prepare ourselves for the upcoming High Holidays with a three part Zoom lunch & learn sessions with the Beth El clergy. Bring your lunch and log in for a special opportunity to learn together. The last session will be on Wednesday, September 14, at 12:00 pm with Rabbi ...
Featured Featured September 15 @ 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm BERS Parent Happy Hour Please join us on Thursday, September 15, at 4:30 pm at Cafe Oaxaca for a welcome back to school Happy Hour for new BERS parents. Please RSVP using the form below.
Featured Featured September 17 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Shabbat Study with Sarah Roark Join the Women of Beth El on Saturday, September 17, at 1:00 pm at the home of Alison Baraf for Shabbat Study with Sarah Roark. We will be discussing "The Joy of Letting It Go: Holding a Grudge vs. Forgiveness." Please RSVP using the form below.
Featured Featured September 17 @ 9:30 pm - September 18 @ 12:00 am Selichot 5783 Join us on Saturday, September 17, at 9:30 pm at Ohr Kodesh Congregation for Selichot services, co-sponsored by Congregation Beth El. 9:30 - 10:30 pm: Niggun Circle 10:30 - 11:00 pm: Light Reception 11:00 pm - Midnight: Selichot Service, Lead by Cantor Hinda Eisen Labovitz and Hazzan Asa Fradkin The service will also be livestreamed ...
Featured Featured September 18 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Tot Sized Taste of Rosh Hashanah Greenwich Neighborhood Park 8400 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD Congregation Beth El, Beth El Preschool and PJ Library invite you to join on Sunday, September 18, at 4:00 pm for a fun FREE afternoon program celebrating Rosh Hashanah! All tots and their adults are welcome to join for age appropriate activities where we will learn about and experience the fun in the Jewish New ...
September 19 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm An Evening for Parents with Scott Fried Join Scott Fried, international award winning speaker, youth educator, HIV/AIDS advocate, on Monday, September 19, at 7:30 pm for a conversation geared for Beth El parents of teens on Parenting Through A Pandemic. How can we show up for the teens in our life? How can we convey to them that we are here when ...
Featured Featured September 22 @ 7:30 pm Cocktails and Conversation Let's toast to a sweet new year with Zhava! We'll bring the sweets and you bring your favorite drink (from a nearby restaurant of your choice) and meet us at the Bethesda Streetery on Norfolk Ave on Thursday, September 22, at 7:30 pm. While RSVPs are appreciated, feel free to drop by at the last ...
Featured Featured October 5 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Support After Loss With a special invitation to those who have had a recent loss, we will gather for a brief teaching and discussion after the upcoming services that include Yizkor, as well as two Shabbat afternoons in the winter. The first meeting will be on Yom Kippur at 3:30pm with Rabbi Megdal. All other sessions will be ...
October 17 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Support After Loss With a special invitation to those who have had a recent loss, we will gather for a brief teaching and discussion after the upcoming services that include Yizkor, as well as two Shabbat afternoons in the winter. Please join us at 12:30pm after morning services, led by the Clergy. Sponsored by the Clergy and the ...
Featured Featured October 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Judith Scolnic Memorial Lecture – Did Democratic Ideals Begin in Early Israel? Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD Did Democratic Ideals Begin in Early Israel? The Scolnic Adult Institute Committee is pleased to invite you to a lecture by Rabbi Benjamin Scolnic, on Wednesday, October 19, at 7:00 pm. The lecture will be held in the Swoff Chapel, and also livestreamed. The lecture is being held in memory of Judith Scolnic z”l, who ...
Featured Featured October 23 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Book Chat: Who by Fire by Matti Friedman Join us on Sunday, October 23, at 11:00 am in person at Beth El to discuss "Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai" by award-winning Canadian-Israeli journalist Matti Friedman. During the Yom Kippur War, singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen impulsively travelled to Israel and sang for encamped soldiers across the Sinai Desert. This is a wonderful ...
Featured Featured November 6 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Virtual Book Chat: Who by Fire by Matti Friedman Join us via Zoom on Sunday, November 6, at 4:00 pm to discuss "Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai" by award-winning Canadian-Israeli journalist Matti Friedman. During the Yom Kippur War, singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen impulsively travelled to Israel and sang for encamped soldiers across the Sinai Desert. This is a wonderful (and short!) book ...
Featured Featured December 4 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Meet Author Hans von Trotha German historian-novelist-journalist Hans von Trotha will visit via Zoom on Sunday, December 4, at 11:00 am to introduce his new "small jewel of a novel," Pollak's Arm, about the legendary Jewish art dealer Ludwig Pollak. In October 1943, a unexpected guest visits Pollak at his home in Rome and urges him to take shelter in ...