Week of Events
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 HereClick Here For Shacharit Pages
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.For a full calendar of events visit adasisrael.org/senior-fellowship […]
Evening Minyan
Evening Minyan
Join In-Person on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and via Zoom every day (Sunday-Thursday).Siddur Pages: Mincha, Maariv
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 HereClick Here For Shacharit Pages
Post Minyan Learning
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.For a full calendar of events visit adasisrael.org/senior-fellowship […]
Talmud Study: From Cover to Cover
Talmud Study: From Cover to Cover
From Cover to CoverExploring a Tractate of Talmud in its’ original is a deep dive into some of our tradition’s most important legal and narrative ponderings. Participants will engage with the daf (page) through traditional commentaries and guided discussion, building both skills and confidence in navigating the Talmudic page. The class is designed for those […]
Evening Minyan
Evening Minyan
Join In-Person on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and via Zoom every day (Sunday-Thursday).Siddur Pages: Mincha, Maariv
I/Thou Conversations
Liberal Zionism: Between Crisis and Aspiration
WC Meditation
WC Meditation
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 […]
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 HereClick Here For Shacharit Pages
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.For a full calendar of events visit adasisrael.org/senior-fellowship […]
Evening Minyan
Evening Minyan
Join In-Person on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and via Zoom every day (Sunday-Thursday).Siddur Pages: Mincha, Maariv
Jewish Perspectives on Genetic Selection in Assisted Reproduction
Jewish Perspectives on Genetic Selection in Assisted Reproduction
On March 25 at 7:30 PM, the Reproductive Justice Team and the Inclusion Task Force will co-host an evening of learning and discussion about genetic selection in assisted reproduction. Drawing on Jewish texts as well as bioethics and disability justice frameworks, we will explore how emerging reproductive technologies shape the choices parents can make - […]
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 HereClick Here For Shacharit Pages
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.For a full calendar of events visit adasisrael.org/senior-fellowship […]
Evening Minyan
Evening Minyan
Join In-Person on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and via Zoom every day (Sunday-Thursday).Siddur Pages: Mincha, Maariv
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 HereClick Here For Shacharit Pages
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.For a full calendar of events visit adasisrael.org/senior-fellowship […]
Kabbalat Shabbat Services
Kabbalat Shabbat Services
Community Kabbalat ShabbatThe 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 […]
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
Click Here To LivestreamJoin us for Shabbat morning services as we set aside the week and make space for rest, reflection, and connection — a chance to gather in the warmth of community.Shabbat Service Links:Siddur Lev Shalem: Kabbalat Shabbat | Click Here to DownloadSiddur Lev Shalem: Shabbat Morning | Click Here to Download
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 […]
Healing Service
Healing Service
Join us for a monthly healing service on Shabbat mornings with Rabbi Dassa. This service invites anyone to participate who is in need of healing– whether that's healing for ourselves, for loved ones, or for the broader world. Healing may be physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual.This service is an invitation to focus on the places […]
Tot Shabbat (0 – 7 Years Old)
Tot Shabbat (0 – 7 Years Old)
Join us every week for singing, stories, and snacks! Geared toward children ages 0-7 years old and their families. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-registration is not required.
Youth Havurah (8-13 years old)
Youth Havurah (8-13 years old)
Join us on Saturdays at 11:00am in the Adas Library for youth-centered Shabbat services, led by Rabbi Andy Weissfeld. Geared toward 3rd-7th graders to learn the Shabbat morning prayers; children in 2nd grade and below are welcome to attend but must be accompanied by an adult. No pre-registration required: All are welcome, even if not […]
Congregational Kiddush
MakomDC: The Necessity of Narrative in Halakhic Decision Making with Rabbi Aaron Alexander – Passover Test Case: When Matzah Harms
MakomDC: The Necessity of Narrative in Halakhic Decision Making with Rabbi Aaron Alexander – Passover Test Case: When Matzah Harms
The 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 […]
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 HereClick Here For Shacharit Pages
Primer for the 2026 Israeli Elections – Mechanisms and Procedures of the Israeli Electoral System with Natan Guttman
Primer for the 2026 Israeli Elections – Mechanisms and Procedures of the Israeli Electoral System with Natan Guttman
PRIMER FOR THE 2026 ISRAELI ELECTIONS - MECHANISMS AND PROCEDURES OF THE ISRAELI ELECTORAL SYSTEM WITH NATAN GUTTMAN - EMINENT ISRAELI REPORTER BASED IN DCNatan Guttman has been reporting from Washington, DC for the past two decades. Since 2007 he has been the US correspondent for Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation - KAN 11. Natan was Haaretz's […]
Evening Minyan
Evening Minyan
Join In-Person on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and via Zoom every day (Sunday-Thursday).Siddur Pages: Mincha, Maariv