Featured 10:00 am An Open Conversation About Israel with Rabbi Harris Featured February 25 @ 10:00 am An Open Conversation About Israel with Rabbi Harris Join Rabbi Harris at Beth El for an open and safe conversation surrounding Israel. We will come together to support one another. Rabbi Harris will discuss his mission to Israel. ...
Featured 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Tzelem Featured February 25 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Tzelem 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 ...
Featured 6:30 pm Event Series Shir Yachad Featured March 1 @ 6:30 pm Event Series Shir Yachad Friday night is a time for community, song, and joyful noise. Everyone is invited to join us for this exciting service filled with music past and present that stirs the ...
Featured 6:00 pm Event Series Family Shabbat with BEPS and Nitzanim Featured March 1 @ 6:00 pm Event Series Family Shabbat with BEPS and Nitzanim Join Beth El Preschool and Nitzanim families for an interactive Shabbat service and song experience. Shabbat songs and prayers will be followed by dinner. This event is best for children ...
Featured 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Social Action Tea Featured March 3 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Social Action Tea Join Women of Beth El, Men’s Club, and the Beth El Tikkun Olam Committee to explore the integration of Jewish wisdom and ecological activism. Featured speakers are Rabbi Natan Margalit, ...
7:30 pm Hearing Men’s Voices March 7 @ 7:30 pm Hearing Men’s Voices Beth El men are invited to join us via Zoom as Howard Berger leads a discussion on "Can Complexity Co-exist with Democracy?" Please note that this event has been moved ...
6:30 pm BERS Family Shabbat Dinner March 8 @ 6:30 pm BERS Family Shabbat Dinner Please join us for a Beth El Religious School Family Dinner for families with children in grades K-2. Services at 6:30 pm, dinner at 7:15 pm. For more information, contact ...
Featured 9:30 am - 10:30 am BERS Coffee and Conversation with the Clergy Featured March 10 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am BERS Coffee and Conversation with the Clergy Drop off your BERS students for class and join us for coffee and a conversation, using the space and time together to speak about the important issues on your mind. ...
Featured 12:00 pm 2024 Mah Jongg Tournament Featured March 10 @ 12:00 pm 2024 Mah Jongg Tournament Join Women of Beth El for our annual Mah Jongg Tournament on Sunday, March 10. Lunch and registration begins at 12:00 pm with play from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ... $50
Featured 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series Women’s Study Session Featured March 12 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Event Series 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 is about the near demise and heroic salvation of the Jewish people, God is quite noticeably absent. The salvation comes not through the hand of ...
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Senior Caucus Lunch and A Movie March 14 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Senior Caucus Lunch and A Movie Please join the Senior Caucus for their every-other-month lunch gathering. This month will feature the movie Shared Legacies. In Shared Legacies, crucial historical lessons of Black-Jewish cooperation in the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement are revisited and revived in this utterly fascinating, urgent call to action. The cost is $10 for Beth El members and $12 for non-members. ... $10
Featured 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Event Series Yedid Nefesh Friday Night Service Featured March 15 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Event Series Yedid Nefesh Friday Night Service Do you like to sing from your heart to bring in Shabbat? Join Rabbi Megdal for a Friday evening musical service that blends familiar melodies and traditional liturgy, woven together ...
Featured 6:00 pm Event Series Family Shabbat with BEPS and Nitzanim Featured March 15 @ 6:00 pm Event Series Family Shabbat with BEPS and Nitzanim Join Beth El Preschool and Nitzanim families for an interactive Shabbat service and song experience. Shabbat songs and prayers will be followed by dinner. This event is best for children under age 6, but siblings are always welcome. Registration is now closed.
10:00 am Learner’s Shabbat with Rabbi Megdal 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 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 3:00 pm The Magic’s in the Dough! Hamantaschen Bake Featured March 17 @ 3:00 pm The Magic’s in the Dough! Hamantaschen Bake Come bake delicious hamantaschen with the Women of Beth El! Have fun learning new hamantaschen-making techniques, find out about different Purim traditions, and hear more about the Purim mitzvah of matanot l’evyonim - helping those in need - along with suggestions of organizations to support and ways to participate in this mitzvah. Cost: $10 for Women of Beth ... $10
Featured 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Book Chat: The Wolf Hunt by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen Featured March 17 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Book Chat: The Wolf Hunt by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen Join us for an in-person discussion of The Wolf Hunt by Israeli novelist Ayelet Gundar-Goshen. This psychological thriller about an Israeli family living in California's Silicon Valley raises questions about ...
Featured 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Tzelem Featured March 17 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Tzelem 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 ...
Featured 7:00 pm College Admissions and Test Prep Information Night Featured March 19 @ 7:00 pm College Admissions and Test Prep Information Night Join us for a college admissions and test prep information night for parents of 8th-10th graders hosted by Private Prep. As the testing and admissions landscape continues to shift, it is hard to know how changes will affect your child’s educational journey. Join Beth El member Steve Feldman from Private Prep to learn about what ...
Featured 4:30 pm Purim Celebration Featured March 20 @ 4:30 pm Purim Celebration Join with the Beth El community for a CRAZY night of Purim celebration! We will have a special Bit O'Megillah for our K & under crew starting at 4:30 pm ... $18
Featured 7:00 pm Megillah Madness Featured March 20 @ 7:00 pm Megillah Madness Join us for Megillah Madness, our ever-popular Purim shpiel! This year’s theme is Keys to the Kingdom: A Grand Tribute. Do you love pop star piano players and songwriters? Put ...
Featured 8:30 pm The Whole Megillah Featured March 23 @ 8:30 pm The Whole Megillah Join us as Minyan Chaverim leads Ma’ariv, Havdalah, and The Whole Megillah! Whether you can’t make it to the Purim Festivities on March 20 or you just want to keep ...
Featured 6:30 pm Congregational Shabbat Dinner Featured March 29 @ 6:30 pm Congregational Shabbat Dinner Welcome Shabbat with your Beth El Community! We are excited to come together and enjoy a delicious Shabbat dinner on March 29. Friday Evening Services begin at 6:30 pm, with dinner to follow. Cost: $18 per member adult/teen, $22 for non-members, $12 for children 5-12, and free for children under 5. Family household max: $55. ...
Featured 7:30 pm Jews & Brews Featured April 4 @ 7:30 pm Jews & Brews Join Rabbi Harris at BabyCat Brewery (10241 Kensington Pkwy, Kensington, MD 20895) for the next Jews & Brews. Jews & Brews is an informal way for Beth El members to ...
8:30 pm Hearing Men’s Voices April 4 @ 8:30 pm Hearing Men’s Voices Beth El men are invited to join us via Zoom as Martin Sieff leads a discussion on "Moving Forward As We Age."
Featured 10:30 am Women of Beth El Schmooze ‘n Schmear Featured April 5 @ 10:30 am Women of Beth El Schmooze ‘n Schmear Come schmooze with your community! Join Women of Beth El on Friday, April 5 for coffee, a nosh, and conversation - an uplifting way to start your weekend! RSVP below to let us know to expect you!
Featured 6:15 pm Event Series Shir Yachad Featured April 5 @ 6:15 pm Event Series Shir Yachad Friday night is a time for community, song, and joyful noise. Everyone is invited to join us for this exciting service filled with music past and present that stirs the ...
Featured 6:00 pm Event Series Family Shabbat with BEPS and Nitzanim Featured April 5 @ 6:00 pm Event Series Family Shabbat with BEPS and Nitzanim Join Beth El Preschool and Nitzanim families for an interactive Shabbat service and song experience. Shabbat songs and prayers will be followed by a fun "pop into spring" dinner with cake pops for dessert. This event is best for children under age 6, but siblings are always welcome.
