April 19, 2020 @ 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm – Join the JCRC of Greater Washington online for our annual Yom HaShoah community-wide commemoration in Maryland. Out of an abundance of care and caution, the JCRC will live stream its Sunday, April 19 Yom Ha’Shoah commemorations, but not allow unrestricted communal attendance. Given the public health situation, only those participating in the ceremony will be […]
April 20, 2020 @ 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm – Dr. David Kraemer looks at what happened when the Temple was destroyed and the rabbis emerged to create a new, vibrant Judaism that required no particular center in any place. What is the system they created and how does it fill the gap left by the destruction? 1:00–2:15 p.m. ET. Learn more →
April 21, 2020 @ All Day –
April 21, 2020 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm – Who could have imagined that life would be like this? As our current predicament stretches into months, there are so many stressors, uncertainties, anxieties and feelings of isolation. In this program, JSSA synagogue liaison Leslie Kessler will join with Roberta Drucker, also of JSSA and a leader of the “Wise Aging” program, to facilitate a […]
April 22, 2020 @ 7:00 pm –
April 26, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am – Every year on Yom Kippur afternoon, Thomas L. Friedman of the New York Times and Ambassador Dennis Ross of the Washington Institute stand and reflect on Israel and the state of the world. This year, when all bets are off, Yom Kippur comes early (without the fasting, but with plenty of reflection) as Ross and […]
April 27, 2020 @ 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm – Rabbi Eliezer Diamond discusses how Yom Ha’atzma’ut, Israel Independence Day, was also framed as a religious holiday, with ritual and religious language addressing what was fundamentally a political event. 1:00–2:15 p.m. ET. Learn more →
April 28, 2020 @ All Day –
April 29, 2020 @ All Day –
April 29, 2020 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Join us for another zoom kumsitz, as we celebrate Israel’s 72nd birthday! Sally will lead us in singing familiar Israeli favorites. Lyrics will be shared ahead of time and at the kumsitz so you can sing along from your home. And feel free to wear blue and white in honor of Israel! Click here to […]