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Nurturing the Nest: A Holistic Journey into Parenthood
Biran Beit MidrashNurturing the Nest: A Holistic Journey into ParenthoodEmbark on a meaningful and empowering journey into parenthood with this four-part series designed for expecting parents to learn and build community with one another. Nurturing the Nest blends tradition, emotional insight, practical wisdom, and financial preparedness to support you in this life-changing transition. Explore Jewish texts and […]
Post Morning Minyan Discussion with Eitan Kushner
Biran Beit Midrash"Unorthodox in Israel" Can Masorti Judaism rise in the Jewish State?Ethan Kushner, Chairman of Kehilat Moriah the oldest conservative synagogue in Israel, takes us through the intricate balance of being a conservative Jew in Israel. The lack of recognition, and the efforts of providing a viable alternative to Orthodox Judaism in a society that knows […]
Men’s Support Group
Funger HallFirst Wednesday of the Month at 7pm – Participants will support each other navigating life stages drawing upon an established men’s group model. The group generally meets the first Wednesday of each month. Interested in receiving updates on Brotherhood activities? Email us here.
Nurturing the Nest: A Holistic Journey into Parenthood
Biran Beit MidrashNurturing the Nest: A Holistic Journey into ParenthoodEmbark on a meaningful and empowering journey into parenthood with this four-part series designed for expecting parents to learn and build community with one another. Nurturing the Nest blends tradition, emotional insight, practical wisdom, and financial preparedness to support you in this life-changing transition. Explore Jewish texts and […]
Intro to Judaism 2.0
Biran Beit MidrashMakomDC- One Midrash, Many Paths with Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt
Biran Beit Midrash“One Midrash, Many Paths”Shabbat afternoons Nov 15, Jan 31, March 7In this class we will explore aggadic midrashim from the 2nd-5th centuries and then journey with them throughout many hundreds of years into the text of the Zohar and the commentaries written by Hasidic masters. We will explore how a midrash was originally expounded from […]
Weekday Sisterhood Torah!
VirtualMonthly on Tuesdays at 11:00am- Sisterhood's Weekday Torah:2025: October 28, November 18, December 16 2026: January 13, February 24, March 17, April 21, May 19, June 16 Weekday Torah with Sisterhood is an engaging approach to traditional text study that offersparticipants the opportunity to study and discuss challenging texts and ideas. Students of all levels and […]
Nurturing the Nest: A Holistic Journey into Parenthood
Biran Beit MidrashNurturing the Nest: A Holistic Journey into ParenthoodEmbark on a meaningful and empowering journey into parenthood with this four-part series designed for expecting parents to learn and build community with one another. Nurturing the Nest blends tradition, emotional insight, practical wisdom, and financial preparedness to support you in this life-changing transition. Explore Jewish texts and […]
Post Morning Minyan Discussion with Dr. Brigadier General (Ret.) Jonatan (Yoni) Shimshoni
Biran Beit MidrashPost Morning Minyan Speaker and Breakfast: Friday Morning, November 21 at 8:30amDr. Brigadier General (Ret.) Jonatan (Yoni) Shimshoni served for 25 years in the IDF in field command and staff positions, and continued for many years in the reserves, working on doctrine and technology policy. He earned his PhD in national security policy from the […]
Multi-faith Music Event
Off-siteBuilding on years of multi-faith partnership between Adas, ADAMS, and Covenant Church - and a pioneering multi-faith jam session in West Virginia in 2023, we're getting the bands back together! Join us for a taste of the harmony that is possible even in these divided times. Featuring our very own Adas band, musicians from Covenant […]
MakomDC: Revealed and Retold: The Narrative Heart of Judaism
Biran Beit Midrash“Revealed and Retold: The Narrative Heart of Judaism”Tuesday Evenings: December 2nd and 9th, January 6th, 13th and 20th* 6:30 pm Snacks, Drinks and Schmoozing 7:00 pm LearningA five part series wherein we will explore the storytelling soul of Jewish tradition through the lens of A Heavenly Torah by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Together we’ll delve […]
Men’s Support Group
Funger HallFirst Wednesday of the Month at 7pm – Participants will support each other navigating life stages drawing upon an established men’s group model. The group generally meets the first Wednesday of each month. Interested in receiving updates on Brotherhood activities? Email us here.
MakomDC: The Necessity of Narrative in Halakhic Decision Making with Rabbi Aaron Alexander
Biran Beit MidrashThe Necessity of Narrative in Halakhic Decision MakingShabbat afternoons Dec 6th, Feb 14th, March 28thIf a Jewish Legal (halakhic) decision is made in the forest with nobody present, did it actually happen? Maybe. The reality is that written law–case-law (responsa) and codes–significantly depend on the very human stories that animates both the unique questions, and […]
MakomDC: Revealed and Retold: The Narrative Heart of Judaism
Biran Beit Midrash“Revealed and Retold: The Narrative Heart of Judaism”Tuesday Evenings: December 2nd and 9th, January 6th, 13th and 20th* 6:30 pm Snacks, Drinks and Schmoozing 7:00 pm LearningA five part series wherein we will explore the storytelling soul of Jewish tradition through the lens of A Heavenly Torah by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Together we’ll delve […]
Trump’s Gaza Plan: Can it Lead to Arab-Israeli Peace?
Gewirz Beit AmPhase one of the Gaza plan seems to be holding. But the real test of the initiative’s success is yet to come. Can the US overcome the security, governance, and reconstruction challenges let alone build on ending the war in Gaza to address the broader issue of Israel-Palestinian and regional peace? Join Aaron David Miller […]
MakomDC: Mendelson Family Scholar Series- Dr. Marjorie Lehman and Dr. Mira Wasserman
Biran Beit MidrashDr. Marjorie Lehman and Dr. Mira Wasserman"Stories of Slaves in Rabbinic Households: Daru, Tavi, and Rebi’s Slavewoman"Shabbat, December 13th 1 pmWe live with the legacy of a foundational story about our freedom from Egyptian slavery. It informs our rituals, our liturgy, and structures our past. And yet, slaves were a regular part of life for […]
Weekday Sisterhood Torah!
VirtualMonthly on Tuesdays at 11:00am- Sisterhood's Weekday Torah:2025: October 28, November 18, December 16 2026: January 13, February 24, March 17, April 21, May 19, June 16 Weekday Torah with Sisterhood is an engaging approach to traditional text study that offersparticipants the opportunity to study and discuss challenging texts and ideas. Students of all levels and […]
MakomDC: Revealed and Retold: The Narrative Heart of Judaism
Biran Beit Midrash“Revealed and Retold: The Narrative Heart of Judaism”Tuesday Evenings: December 2nd and 9th, January 6th, 13th and 20th* 6:30 pm Snacks, Drinks and Schmoozing 7:00 pm LearningA five part series wherein we will explore the storytelling soul of Jewish tradition through the lens of A Heavenly Torah by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Together we’ll delve […]
Men’s Support Group
Funger HallFirst Wednesday of the Month at 7pm – Participants will support each other navigating life stages drawing upon an established men’s group model. The group generally meets the first Wednesday of each month. Interested in receiving updates on Brotherhood activities? Email us here.
Brotherhood: Generation-To-Generation: Mastering Everyday A.I.
Biran Beit MidrashDo you need to be good at A.I. because it's the future? Or does A.I. make you lazy, and you won't learn anything if you use it?The Adas Brotherhood’s Generation-to-Generation program presents a How-To event on Mastering Everyday A.I., for parents and teens to learn and work through these questions together.This technology is changing the […]