Featured Featured November 10 at 10:00 am - 11:30 pm Men’s Club and Women of Beth El Hike Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Join the Women of Beth El and Men's Club on Sunday, November 10, 10:00 am for a hike in Cabin John Regional Park. We will meet at the Pauline Betz ...
Featured Featured November 14 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Dor L’Dor Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Calling all Beth El members 65+ to join in an intergenerational program that promises meaningful connections between preschool kids and seniors. The group will meet on the second Thursday of ...
Featured Featured November 14 at 7:30 pm Event Series Women’s Study Session Women’s Study Circle Join us on Thursday, November 14, at 7:30 pm, for the first of monthly gatherings for women to connect through learning and discussion. This year we’ll focus on life-cycle events, looking at Jewish laws and practices, and the issues and challenges those events raise. Guest teachers will guide us during each session. Please RSVP using the ...
Featured Featured November 15 at 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, November 15, at 10:30 am for coffee, a nosh, and conversation - an uplifting way to head into Shabbat! Please RSVP using the form below.
Featured Featured November 17 at 12:00 pm Tzelem LGBTQ+ Group for Teens 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 ...
Featured Featured November 17 at 2:00 pm Movie and Discussion: How to Dance in Ohio Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Join WBE on Sunday, November 17, at 2:00 pm for a screening of the HBO documentary “How to Dance in Ohio.” The film follows a group of teens and young ...
Featured Featured November 21 at 12:00 pm The Jewish Bakery – Bagels, Rye Bread, Challah, Seven-Layer Cake, and More Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Join the Senior Caucus on Thursday, November 21, at 12:00 pm to learn all about the history of Jewish baked good and bakeries with our guest speaker, Frank Crantz. Lunch ...
Featured Featured November 21 at 7:30 pm Beth El Goes to the Movies Edlavitch DCJCC 1529 16th St NW, Washington, DC, United States We’re going back to the movies again on Thursday, November 21, at 7:30 pm! Join your Beth El community for a screening of Centered: Joe Lieberman, a JxJ showing of the documentary at the Edlavitch DCJCC about the man who nearly became America’s first Jewish Vice President. Particularly timely during this election season, the film ...
Featured Featured November 22 at 6:00 pm Event Series Yedid Nefesh Yedid Nefesh Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Join Rabbi Megdal for a Friday evening musical service that blends familiar melodies and traditional liturgy, woven together with kavannot (intentions) and short teachings. 6:00 pm: Join us for a light dinner. 7:00 pm: Main musical service. Dinner Cost: $18 per Beth El member household (up to two adults) / $25 for non-member families (up to ...
Featured Featured November 25 at 7:30 pm Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Every year before Thanksgiving, Beth El shares an Interfaith Thanksgiving Service with the Bethesda United Methodist Church, our neighbors across the street. Our Interfaith Thanksgiving Service includes prayers and reflections from the clergy and performances by the adult and children’s choirs from both places of worship. The service will be followed by a small reception. ...
Featured Featured December 5 at 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Event Series Jews & Brews Jews & Brews Join Rabbi Harris at his home on Thursday, December 5, at 7:30 pm for the next Jews & Brews. Jews & Brews is an informal way for Beth El members ...
December 7 at 12:30 pm Event Series Shabbat Mahj Shabbat Mahj Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Calling all Mahj players...Get Your Mahj fix on Shabbat! Please join us for monthly Shabbat Mahj at Beth El from 12:30 to 2:30 pm. Email Nancy Kay with any questions. ...
Featured Featured December 8 at 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Book Chat: Meet Israeli Author Maya Arad Meet celebrated Israeli author Maya Arad – described in Haaretz as the “finest living author writing in Hebrew.” Dr. Arad will introduce The Hebrew Teacher, the first of her books of fiction to be translated into English. Wise and witty, the three novellas in The Hebrew Teacher delve into the experience of Israelis living in the ...
Featured Featured December 14 at 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Event Series Support After Loss Support After Loss Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States With a special invitation to those who have had a recent loss, we will gather for a brief teaching and discussion led by a member of the Beth El Clergy. ...
Featured Featured January 12, 2025 at 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Book Chat: Meet Author Steven Ujifusa Meet historian-author Steven Ujifusa via Zoom as he introduces his acclaimed new book, The Last Ships from Hamburg: Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia's Jews on the Eve of World War I. Ujifusa's book is unique in that it focuses on the essential - and fascinating - role played by shipping and business titans in the epic ...
February 8, 2025 at 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Event Series Shabbat Mahj Shabbat Mahj Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Calling all Mahj players...Get Your Mahj fix on Shabbat! Please join us for monthly Shabbat Mahj at Beth El from 12:30 to 2:30 pm. Email Nancy Kay with any questions. ...
Featured Featured February 19, 2025 at 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Book Chat: Have a Little Faith Bethesda United Methodist Church 8300 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Our across-the-street neighbor, Bethesda United Methodist Church (BUMC) has warmly invited us to join them for a book discussion of Have A Little Faith by Mitch Albom on Wednesday, February 19, at 7:30 pm. The book is about Albom's relationships with two faith leaders - his hometown rabbi and a Detroit pastor who ministers to ...
Featured Featured February 22, 2025 at 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Event Series Support After Loss Support After Loss Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States With a special invitation to those who have had a recent loss, we will gather for a brief teaching and discussion led by a member of the Beth El Clergy. ...
March 8, 2025 at 12:30 pm Event Series Shabbat Mahj Shabbat Mahj Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Calling all Mahj players...Get Your Mahj fix on Shabbat! Please join us for monthly Shabbat Mahj at Beth El from 12:30 to 2:30 pm. Email Nancy Kay with any questions. Hope to see you there! Click to Sign Up
April 5, 2025 at 12:30 pm Event Series Shabbat Mahj Shabbat Mahj Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States Calling all Mahj players...Get Your Mahj fix on Shabbat! Please join us for monthly Shabbat Mahj at Beth El from 12:30 to 2:30 pm. Email Nancy Kay with any questions. ...
Featured Featured April 20, 2025 at 12:30 pm Event Series Support After Loss Support After Loss Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States With a special invitation to those who have had a recent loss, we will gather for a brief teaching and discussion led by a member of the Beth El Clergy. ...
Featured Featured May 31, 2025 at 12:30 pm Event Series Support After Loss Support After Loss Congregation Beth El 8215 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, United States With a special invitation to those who have had a recent loss, we will gather for a brief teaching and discussion led by a member of the Beth El Clergy. ...