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SUMMARY:Parking Lot Shabbat
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Shabbat outdoors in the Parking Lot with Hazzan Fradkin and friends featuring a musical service\, warm atmosphere\, and good weather! This is a laid-back\, relaxed outdoor Shabbat experience – casual attire encouraged. Stay for the oneg after the service to connect with familiar faces\, make new friends\, and welcome Shabbat together. \nPlease RSVP using the form below in case of weather updates. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bethelmc.org/events/lot-shabbat-0515/
LOCATION:Congregation Beth El\, 8215 Old Georgetown Rd\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Pray,Services,Shabbat,Summer at Beth El
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SUMMARY:10th Grade Confirmation Shabbat
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate with our 10th-grade students and their families as we come together on May 15 at Beth El for Shabbat services and dinner.  Services start at 6:30 pm at Beth El.  A private dinner just for the 10th graders and their families follows the service and will be held at the home of Rabbi Harris. Registration for dinner is now closed.
URL:https://www.bethelmc.org/events/confirmation-0515/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Pray,Religious School,Shabbat,Teens
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SUMMARY:Kol Haneshama Friday Night Musical Service and Congregational Shabbat Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Join us on for prayer\, reflection\, and song! Welcome Shabbat in a joyful\, participatory\, and engaging service\, with melodies that calm\, songs that enliven\, and prayers that elevate. This lay-led service blends tradition and creativity\, drawing on contemporary and innovative Jewish music from around the world. \n\n6:30 pm – Kol Haneshama Musical Service\n7:30 pm – Congregational Shabbat Dinner\n8:15 pm – Guest speaker Jeffrey L. Katz\n\nAfter services and dinner\, join us as we welcome our special guest speaker\, Jeffrey L. Katz\, who will speak on “Unsettled Ground: Reflections on Germany’s Attempts to Make Amends.” \nJeffrey L. Katz is a veteran journalist with extensive experience working at newspapers\, magazines\, radio and online news\, including 15 years at NPR. His new book\, Unsettled Ground: Reflections on Germany’s Attempts to Make Amends\, is a personal take on Germany’s belated efforts to come to grips with the Holocaust. It’s a story of remembrance\, responsibility and reconciliation\, written by the son of survivors. The book is being praised as “a remarkably balanced and human portrait of the benefits and limits of reconciliation over time and space.” Katz traveled to Germany several times to explore his family’s roots and meet with local members of the country’s remembrance movement. Read more about Unsettled Ground. \nThis discussion will be moderated by congregant Michelle Brafman\, noted author of Washing the Dead; Bertrand Court: Stories; and Swimming with Ghosts\, the companion novel to Draw Near to Me. Her work has appeared in Oprah Daily\, O Quarterly\, Slate\, LitHub\, Tablet\, The Forward\, and elsewhere. \nRegistration for dinner is now closed. Everyone is invited to come to the service. Those who did not register for the dinner are invited to relax and socialize in the Beth El Library until it’s time for the guest speaker’s discussion. \n 
URL:https://www.bethelmc.org/events/kol-haneshama-0529/
LOCATION:Congregation Beth El\, 8215 Old Georgetown Rd\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Food & Drink,Kol Haneshama,Music,Pray,Services,Shabbat
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