Featured Featured March 20 @ 7:00 pm Megillah Madness Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States 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 Featured March 23 @ 8:30 pm The Whole Megillah Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States 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 Featured March 29 @ 6:30 pm Congregational Shabbat Dinner Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States 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 Featured April 4 @ 7:30 pm Jews & Brews BabyCat Brewery 10241 Kensington Parkway, Kensington, MD, United States 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 gather with Beth El clergy, meet other members, and engage in some Jewish learning. It is sponsored by Men’s Club, but all Beth El members ...
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 Featured April 5 @ 10:30 am Women of Beth El Schmooze ‘n Schmear Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States 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 ...
Featured Featured April 5 @ 6:00 pm Event Series Family Shabbat Family Shabbat with BEPS and Nitzanim Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States 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.
Featured Featured April 5 @ 6:15 pm Event Series Shir Yachad Shir Yachad Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States 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 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 10 @ 7:00 pm Volunteering at Manna Food Center Manna Food Center 9311 Gaither Rd, Gaithersburg, MD, United States Beth El is scheduled to help pack boxes of non-perishable food donations at the Manna warehouse in Gaithersburg. We are limited to 12 volunteers age 11+.In addition to serving the greater community, one of the goals is to give all Beth El parents a way to participate with their children (age 11 and older) in ...
Featured Featured April 11 @ 7:00 pm Flower Power Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Join Women of Beth El on Thursday, April 11, at 7:00 pm to learn to create a spring bouquet. Take home your own arrangement, handy tools, and a new life skill. You'll leave this program with a beautifully crafted arrangement of vibrant flowers for the next day's Shabbat, along with newfound abilities to elevate your ...
Featured Featured April 14 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am BERS and BEPS Coffee and Conversation with the Clergy Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Beth El Religious School and Beth El Preschool parents are invited to join us for coffee and a conversation with the clergy. Rabbi Harris will discuss new ways to update your family's Seder. Please RSVP using the form below.
Featured Featured April 14 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Tzelem Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States 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 create a safe space for Jewish teens of all genders and sexualities to talk about the issues in their lives as teens. The next Tzelem ...
Featured Featured April 14 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Honoring Rabbi Rudolph with Ice Cream Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States As we approach the first yahrzeit of Rabbi Rudolph z"l, everyone is invited to join Gail Fribush and Rabbi Harris to honor and remember Rabbi Rudolph by enjoying two of his favorite things: ice cream and bike riding! We will come together as a community, on a "rolling" basis, at Beth El to enjoy a ...
Featured Featured April 14 @ 7:30 pm An Evening with David Trone, Candidate for U.S. Senate Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Men's Club is hosting an evening with David Trone, one of the candidates for the open U.S. Senate seat for Maryland, before the Primary Election in May. Ask questions and get answers. This event will be in person only. No livestream or recording will be available. Free and open to the entire community. Dessert reception ...
April 15 @ 7:00 pm Select Songs from “Music of the Bible” Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Join Hazzan Fradkin for a thrilling performance of Brahms's Four Serious Songs and works from Mendelssohn's Elijah, with accompanist George Peachey. No fees and no registration. Just come and enjoy the music!
Featured Featured April 17 @ 2:00 pm Senior Caucus Coffee with the Clergy Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Join the Senior Caucus for our every other month Coffee with the Clergy. This is an informal time to catch up with each other, hear a little of what is going on at Beth El, and have a light snack together. This month, Rabbi Megdal will join us. Please RSVP using the form below.
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.
Featured Featured April 19 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Event Series Yedid Nefesh Friday Night Service Yedid Nefesh Friday Night Service Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States 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 with kavannot (intentions) and short teachings.
Featured Featured April 23 @ 7:00 pm Congregational Seder Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States The Congregational Seder, conducted by Hazzan Fradkin, will be held on Tuesday, April 23, at 7:00 pm in the Bender Social Hall. Reservations are limited and due by Friday, April 12, or the first 150 people, whichever comes first. No refunds or phone reservations! Please use the form below to register.
