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Join us on Sunday September 10th at 12pm- 2pm for a Rosh Hashanah Farmers Market! *$15 Per Family* -Buy locally grown NEW fruits for Rosh Hashanah! -Bounce house -Amazing Bee show -Popcorn, Cotton Candy and Snow Cones! -Make and take home your own Shofar! -Local Judaica and art for sale -Round Challah for your holiday …
We are excited for the second installment of our Tikkum Olam series with the Brighton Gardens community and the senior citizens that live there. It was such a joy to get this relationship started through our last game night with them (and to get our butts kicked in black jack), and we are excited to …
Rosh Hashanah is almost here: come celebrate with pre-holiday festivities at our house! We all know that fruit + cheese + wine is a delicious combination, but who knew it could be holy as well? Come learn about the tradition of eating apples and honey on Rosh Hashanah while pairing it with delicious cheeses and …
Join us as we gather together for a contemplative Rosh Hashanah reflection. With Rabbi Alan Lew z”l as our teacher, we will discuss sections of his 2003 classic book, This Is Real And You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation. This volume follows the spiritual calendar from Tisha B’Av …
The Gates Swing Open: A Rosh Hashanah Community Discussion Read More »
6:00 pm: Reflections & Refreshments 6:45 pm: Dinner Ring in the start of the High Holidays—and Shabbat—at this dinner in partnership with Sixth & I and OneTable held at the new Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum. Start the evening with drinks on the rooftop terrace or walking through the Museum's exhibits. Sixth & I’s …
Celebrate the new year with the EntryPoint Cooking Tribe at our Rosh Hashanah bake-off on September 17th, at 2pm. Whether it's your cookies or challah that you think will win the top prize for the 'sweetest' baked good, enter it in the baking competition! Don't feel like your baking is prize-worthy? No problem, feel free …
Grab your friends and get ready to ride through the streets of our nation's capital on Sunday, September 17th, as we roll in the new year with a Taschlich Ride. Join Rabbis Nora and Ilana from Sixth and I and Gather DC for Tashlich, a cathartic tradition for the Jewish New Year in which we …
Join Rabbis Aderet + Jenna on the Potomac River for a meaningful and fun way to take part in the powerful ritual of Tashlich. Tashlich, or “casting away”, is performed during the Ten Days between the start of Rosh Hashanah and the beginning of Yom Kippur. We’ll experience this ritual on the water in community, …
Join NOVA Tribe Series and EntryPoint Cooking Tribe for a fun afternoon at Great Country Farms and Henway Hard Cider for apple picking, a fall festival, toasting the new year, and tashlich. We will organizes rides if needed! GET YOUR TICKET: https://greatcountryfarms.ticketspice.com/pick-your-own... THEN FILL OUT THIS RSVP GOOGLE FORM: https://forms.gle/SgZi7Acb6HmyJzy3A This event is organized by …
With the High Holidays beginning, it is important to be able to give back and help the rest of the DC community. We will be holding a food drive for local food banks (non-perishable goods only). Everyone who participates will get to enjoy some of our homemade frappuccinos!
With the Jewish New Year less than a month away, give yourself space and time to reflect on the year that was and prepare to bring yourself more fully into the one ahead. Dive deep into the major themes of the High Holidays with Rabbi Aaron and spend some time writing, reflecting, and sharing to …
What It Takes: Making the High Holidays Meaningful Read More »
The High Holy Day liturgy and Torah readings portray a God that is always changing. And so are we. After a challenging year, join Rabbi Emmanuel for an evening of study, conversation, and storytelling as we reflect on the ways we have changed, and how we hope to change in the New Year. We will …
The Only Constant is Change: Learning + Reflection on Change as a Spiritual Experience Read More »
