Learn & Engage

In 1860, there were 150,000 Jews living in the United States. How did this small minority, mostly recent immigrants, react to the fierce national debate over slavery? During his virtual visit, Richard Kreitner, author of Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery, will introduce noteworthy Jewish individuals who opposed slavery, defended […]

Monthly 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 […]

Please join our burgeoning Or HaLev sitting group in DC for an hour of chanting, silent practice and teaching most Tuesday nights this winter and spring from 7-8pm. We begin and end with a chant, offer about 10-15 minutes of teaching related to where we find ourselves in Jewish spiritual time and allow for a […]

Tens of thousands have been killed by the regime's security forces. And still, the Iranian people march.Not because they are reckless, but because they are resolute. They march because liberty is not an abstract idea to them. It is the very air they breathe.Why have leftists and feminists, who once stood far from even the […]