Week of Events
Kabbalat Shabbat Services
Kabbalat Shabbat Services
The tone of this service is traditional, passionate, joyful, and spiritual. We will join together in rousing traditional melodies, along with moments of depth and quiet contemplation. Our rabbis and other community members will share short divrei Torah (words of Torah). You will leave the service feeling renewed and in time to enjoy a wonderful […]
Boker Or
Boker Or
The Boker Or Torah study group meets Saturday mornings at 8:30 a.m. with the weekly portion as its focus. Join our clergy and community in person each week for an engaging, text-based conversation on the week's parsha, before Shabbat services.
Shabbat Smith Service
Shabbat Smith Service
Come be inspired by Teen Shabbat in the Smith Sanctuary - Shabbat morning Feb. 1st! We'll be led in Torah, Haftarah, Divrei Torah, and Prayers by our teenagers, and all teens will receive group aliyot to the Torah. Catch up with friends and make new ones at Kiddush lunch including an ice cream sundae bar celebrating International […]
TEM Shabbat Services
TEM Shabbat Services
The Traditional Egalitarian Minyan (TEM) is a warm, spirited service, committed to participatory worship. It meets in the Gewirz Beit Am every Shabbat morning and on some holidays at 9:30 a.m. Led by volunteers with the occasional assistance of Adas clergy, the TEM service offers a full P’sukei D’Zimrah (introductory Psalms), Shacharit, Torah service (starting […]
Mah Tovu
Congregational Kiddush
Shabbat Mincha Service
Shabbat Mincha Service
Join us for a Saturday afternoon of prayer and Torah. The content of the mincha prayers reflects the essential goal of menucha (rest) on the Sabbath day.
MakomDC: Learning with Rabbi Lauren
MakomDC: Learning with Rabbi Lauren
Prophets and Peoplehood- In these 3 sessions we will look inside at the relationship of 3 prophets (Moses, Elijah and Jonah) and their relationship to the people. We will focus on the questions: must a prophet be of the people to be effective? What happens when the prophet is not connected to the people? How […]