Featured Featured January 20 @ 11:00 am Jewish Museum Virtual Tour: “Hare With Amber Eyes” Exhibit Join us for a Jewish Museum virtual tour of the exciting new exhibition, "The Hare With Amber Eyes," based on the international bestseller by Edmund de Waal. Like the book, the exhibit traces the history of the prominent Jewish Ephrussi family and showcases the breadth and depth of their illustrious art collection. Due to the ...
Featured Featured January 20 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm J Street and the 2022 Election Cara Kupferman is responsible for J Street’s political engagement with candidates in congressional races across the country. She will deliver a talk about the organization’s political work, focusing on the upcoming November elections, with Q&A to follow. Amos Gil, J Street's Director for the Capital/South Region, will also be available to answer any questions regarding ...
Featured Featured January 23 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Female Healthcare Professionals Affinity Group Meeting All Female Healthcare Professionals are invited to our next Female Healthcare Professionals meeting on Sunday, January 23 at 11:00 am. Rabbi Deborah Megdal will be leading our discussion. Please RSVP for the Zoom link. We are also currently surveying our professional affinity groups to decide how to proceed in the future. Click here to take this ...
Featured Featured January 24 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Small Group Book Discussion Join Beth El's next Small Group Book Discussion as we read the book "The Messiah of Stockholm" by Cynthia Ozick. Whether you read this book years ago or a just picking it up now, we'd love to hear your thoughts. Questions? Contact Geryl Baer at gbaer@bethelmc.org. Please RSVP using the form below to receive the ...
Featured Featured January 26 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am Economists and Financial Professionals Affinity Group All Economists and Financial Professionals are invited to our next Economist and Finance Professionals meeting on Wednesday, January 26 at 9:00 am. Rabbi Deborah Megdal will be leading our discussion. We will be meeting on Zoom for this meeting. Please RSVP for the Zoom link. We are also currently surveying our professional affinity groups to ...
Featured Featured January 27 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am Real Estate Professionals Affinity Group Meeting All Real Estate Professionals are invited to our next Real Estate Professionals meeting on Thursday, January 27 at 9:00 am. Rabbi Greg Harris will be leading our discussion. We will be meeting on Zoom for this meeting. Please RSVP for the Zoom link. We are also currently surveying our professional affinity groups to decide how ...
Featured Featured February 1 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am STEM Professionals Affinity Group Meeting Everyone is invited to join the STEM Professionals Affinity Group for our next meeting with a special guest speaker, Dr. Rita Colwell. The title of her talk will be "Climate, Oceans, and Human Health: What Cholera Can Teach Us About COVID-19." Dr. Colwell is one of the most eminent scientists in the US, if not ...
Featured Featured February 3 @ 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm Hearing Men’s Voices Beth El men are welcome to join us as Charles Cohen leads a discussion of “Coincidence, Luck, Fate, Providence.” Please use the form below to RSVP.
Featured Featured February 6 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Meet Author Julian Zelizer Julian Zelizer is a professor of American political history at Princeton University and a frequent media commentator on current events. He will present his new book, Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement, which portrays Heschel as both a religious and political figure. To this day Heschel remains a symbol of the relevance of ...
Featured Featured February 27 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Sisterhood Social Action Tea Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD Welcoming the Stranger: Jewish Values and Refugee Assistance. Join Sisterhood members to learn about local and national efforts to assist refugees and their foundation in Jewish values and experiences. Speakers will include representatives from HIAS and Solutions in Hometown Connections, as well as Beth El congregants. Please use the form below to RSVP for the ...
Featured Featured March 27 @ 11:00 am Book Chat: Antiquities by Cynthia Ozick Join us to discuss this charming and enigmatic novella by literary legend Cynthia Ozick. The narrator, an elderly retired lawyer, Lloyd Petrie, reflects on his boarding school days in New York’s Westchester County in the early 20th Century. He particularly tries to make sense of his intense friendship with a mysterious boy who claimed to ...
Featured Featured March 27 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Passover Around the World with Sisterhood and Zhava Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD Join Sisterhood and Zhava for a culinary and cultural tour of Passover Around the World. Come join our special guest Susan Barocas, who helped launch Jewish Food Experience and has catered three White House Seders. Susan will enthrall us with Passover customs from different countries, and we will have an opportunity to sample some delicious ... $10
Featured Featured April 24 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Meet Author Andrew Lawler Acclaimed author-journalist Andrew Lawler will introduce his new book, Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World’s Most Contested City, via Zoom with an immersive, illustrated presentation. Lauded by reviewers, Under Jerusalem is a thrilling archeological adventure story of “biblical treasures, intrepid explorers, and political upheaval.” Local independent bookstore Politics & Prose is offering registrants ...
Featured Featured July 24 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Meet Author Geraldine Brooks Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks will present 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 a 10% discount on Horse. Click here ...
