Week of Events
Introduction to Judaism
Are you interested in exploring the Jewish tradition from the ground up, with master Jewish teachers? Have you been wondering about the core beliefs and practices that animate the Jewish religion? Are you looking to deepen your experience of God and prayer into the rhythm of your life? This course is designed to give you […]
Mendelson Scholar Series: Rabbi Erin Leib Smokler
There is a famous Hasidic teaching about a student who comes to his rabbi, beset by religious doubts. “I just don’t believe in God,” he says tearfully. The rabbi listens to the student’s concerns and replies, “You know, the God you don’t believe in, I don’t believe in either.” Who/what is the God we believe […]
Morning Minyan
Morning Minyan
Join us in-person or on Zoom:Sundays and Federal Holidays at 9am, Zoom Link HereMondays-Fridays at 7:30am, Zoom Link Here
Gan: Movement with Val
Senior lunch
Senior lunch
Adas-Behrend Senior Fellowship is a program that provides seniors from the DC metro area a kosher lunch, social activities, and Friday Shabbat celebrations. Social activities include games (such as bingo, scrabble) group exercise classes, entertainment (musicians, sing-alongs, movies), field trips to Theater J and museums, art classes, etc. Lunch and FellowshipSeniors from the DC metro […]
Evening Minyan
Evening Minyan
Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings: In-Person or Livestream at 6pm, Zoom Link HereMonday and Thursday Evenings: ONLY Zoom at 6pm, Zoom Link HereFriday Evenings: ONLY Zoom at 5:15pm, Zoom Link Here
Morning Minyan
Morning Minyan
Join us in-person or on Zoom:Sundays and Federal Holidays at 9am, Zoom Link HereMondays-Fridays at 7:30am, Zoom Link Here
Gan: Movement with Val
Morning Awakening
Morning Awakening
Click Here to Join the Zoom sessionShacharit (Morning Minyan) Siddur pages: click here to viewJoin Rabbi Holtzblatt for an uplifting dose of mindful prayer and song as we start the day together. Gather over Zoom at 9:45am to center ourselves with selections from the daily morning tefillot (prayers). We will ground ourselves together with the experience of our own lives and […]
Senior lunch
Senior lunch
Adas-Behrend Senior Fellowship is a program that provides seniors from the DC metro area a kosher lunch, social activities, and Friday Shabbat celebrations. Social activities include games (such as bingo, scrabble) group exercise classes, entertainment (musicians, sing-alongs, movies), field trips to Theater J and museums, art classes, etc. Lunch and FellowshipSeniors from the DC metro […]
Evening Minyan
Evening Minyan
Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings: In-Person or Livestream at 6pm, Zoom Link HereMonday and Thursday Evenings: ONLY Zoom at 6pm, Zoom Link HereFriday Evenings: ONLY Zoom at 5:15pm, Zoom Link Here
Morning Minyan
Morning Minyan
Join us in-person or on Zoom:Sundays and Federal Holidays at 9am, Zoom Link HereMondays-Fridays at 7:30am, Zoom Link Here
Gan: Music with Zvika
Senior lunch
Senior lunch
Adas-Behrend Senior Fellowship is a program that provides seniors from the DC metro area a kosher lunch, social activities, and Friday Shabbat celebrations. Social activities include games (such as bingo, scrabble) group exercise classes, entertainment (musicians, sing-alongs, movies), field trips to Theater J and museums, art classes, etc. Lunch and FellowshipSeniors from the DC metro […]
Evening Minyan
Evening Minyan
Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings: In-Person or Livestream at 6pm, Zoom Link HereMonday and Thursday Evenings: ONLY Zoom at 6pm, Zoom Link HereFriday Evenings: ONLY Zoom at 5:15pm, Zoom Link Here
Morning Minyan
Morning Minyan
Join us in-person or on Zoom:Sundays and Federal Holidays at 9am, Zoom Link HereMondays-Fridays at 7:30am, Zoom Link Here
Gan: Music with Zvika
Gan: Music with Ms. Ellie
Senior lunch
Senior lunch
Adas-Behrend Senior Fellowship is a program that provides seniors from the DC metro area a kosher lunch, social activities, and Friday Shabbat celebrations. Social activities include games (such as bingo, scrabble) group exercise classes, entertainment (musicians, sing-alongs, movies), field trips to Theater J and museums, art classes, etc. Lunch and FellowshipSeniors from the DC metro […]
Jewish Museum Virtual Tour: “The Sassoons”
Jewish Museum Virtual Tour: “The Sassoons”
Join us for an exciting virtual presentation by the Jewish Museum of New York on Thursday, October 19, at 12:00 pm. Richly illustrated with artwork reflecting the remarkable history of the Sassoon family in Iraq, India, China, and England, “The Sassoons” explores critical issues – discrimination, diaspora, colonialism, global trade, war – that shaped this […]
Evening Minyan
Evening Minyan
Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings: In-Person or Livestream at 6pm, Zoom Link HereMonday and Thursday Evenings: ONLY Zoom at 6pm, Zoom Link HereFriday Evenings: ONLY Zoom at 5:15pm, Zoom Link Here
Morning Minyan
Morning Minyan
Join us in-person or on Zoom:Sundays and Federal Holidays at 9am, Zoom Link HereMondays-Fridays at 7:30am, Zoom Link Here
Gan: Coffee Chat with Noah
Gan: Shabbat Sing
Friday Morning Parsha
Friday Morning Parsha
Click Here to Join the ClassJoin us for an exclusive in-depth look at the Torah portion. On alternating Fridays Rabbi Holtzblatt will explore the parsha through the lens of Hassidut and mysticism, Rabbi Alexander will use the Talmud as the prism for the weekly reading, and Rabbi Krinsky will teach the hidden recesses of the Parsha’s passages and discover its […]
Senior lunch
Senior lunch
Adas-Behrend Senior Fellowship is a program that provides seniors from the DC metro area a kosher lunch, social activities, and Friday Shabbat celebrations. Social activities include games (such as bingo, scrabble) group exercise classes, entertainment (musicians, sing-alongs, movies), field trips to Theater J and museums, art classes, etc. Lunch and FellowshipSeniors from the DC metro […]
Shabbat Boxes – Central Pickup
Boker Or
Boker Or
Click Here to Join the SessionThe 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 over zoom each week for an engaging, text-based conversation on the week's parsha, before Shabbat services. *Note: Zoom meeting will begin before Shabbat starts. All participants […]
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 […]
Shabbat Smith Service
Shabbat Smith Service
Livestream Here: adasisrael.org/shabbat-services-livestreamShabbat morning services in the Charles E. Smith Sanctuary, the synagogue's largest worship space, are led by our inspiring Rabbis and Cantor. The service includes a D'var Torah and sermon by the Rabbi and often includes participation by members and B'nai Mitzvah.Shabbat Service Links:Siddur Lev Shalem: Kabbalat Shabbat | Click Here to DownloadSiddur […]
Congregational Kiddush
Mendelson Scholar Series: Rabbi Erin Leib Smokler
Mendelson Scholar Series: Rabbi Erin Leib Smokler
There is a famous Hasidic teaching about a student who comes to his rabbi, beset by religious doubts. “I just don’t believe in God,” he says tearfully. The rabbi listens to the student’s concerns and replies, “You know, the God you don’t believe in, I don’t believe in either.” Who/what is the God we believe […]
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.
Morning Minyan
Morning Minyan
Join us in-person or on Zoom:Sundays and Federal Holidays at 9am, Zoom Link HereMondays-Fridays at 7:30am, Zoom Link Here
Mendelson Scholar Series: Rabbi Erin Leib Smokler
Mendelson Scholar Series: Rabbi Erin Leib Smokler
There is a famous Hasidic teaching about a student who comes to his rabbi, beset by religious doubts. “I just don’t believe in God,” he says tearfully. The rabbi listens to the student’s concerns and replies, “You know, the God you don’t believe in, I don’t believe in either.” Who/what is the God we believe […]
DC Klezmer Workshop
Evening Minyan
Evening Minyan
Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings: In-Person or Livestream at 6pm, Zoom Link HereMonday and Thursday Evenings: ONLY Zoom at 6pm, Zoom Link HereFriday Evenings: ONLY Zoom at 5:15pm, Zoom Link Here