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 15 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am STEM Professionals Affinity Group Meeting All STEM professionals are welcome to join a special edition of our STEM professionals affinity group. Please join us on Tuesday, June 15 at 9:00 am. Rabbi Steve Glazer will be leading the discussion about COVID-19 and Jewish Ethics. Please RSVP using the form below to receive the Zoom meeting information.
Featured June 17 @ 8:00 pm Educators Affinity Group Meeting School's out for summer! All educators are welcome to join our Educators Affinity group on Thursday, June 17, at 8:00 pm to talk about the highs and lows of this year with Rabbi Bill Rudolph and Gail Fribush. RSVP below for the Zoom information.
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 ...
