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The Gates Swing Open: A Rosh Hashanah Community Discussion
Adas Israel 2850 Quebec St NW, Washington- No events scheduled for September 19, 2025.
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The Elul Experience
The Elul Experience
Join us for a transformative experience dedicated to the Hebrew month of Elul, a sacred time of personal reflection, renewal, and spiritual preparation for the High Holidays. Through embodied spiritual practice —such as mindful movement, breath-work, and song—we will focus our intention on t'shuvah (returning to oneself) in preparation for the most sacred time in …
HiHo Hike + Learn: Adventures in Nature
HiHo Hike + Learn: Adventures in Nature
Jewish mystics retreated into nature as a way to experience a more profound sense of intention and attention to their lives. We’ll be guided on our hikes by our very own “hike captains” (nature lovin’ folks from the Den), followed by learning and discussion to get us warmed up for the High Holy Day season. …
Class on Yonah with Yoetzet Rachel Cohen
Class on Yonah with Yoetzet Rachel Cohen
Yoetzet Rachel Cohen is teaching a class on Yonah on Monday evenings
Supporting the Soul Workshops
Supporting the Soul Workshops
Workshops on Grief, Mourning, and Healing with Kaleidoscope & Chevre Step into the High Holidays with intention. The Jewish month of Elul invites us to slow down and turn inward. This allows us to gently open ourselves to an emotion we often avoid: grief. We are given the spiritual space to sit with grief to …
Rosh Hashana Challah Bake + Learn
Rosh Hashana Challah Bake + Learn
Join us for an intimate evening of deep connection, sweet challah baking, and exploration of Jewish teachings! We'll be joined by Rachel Jacobs from Walla Challah, who will guide us as as we braid and bake our round and sweet Rosh Hashana challahs. As our challahs bake in the oven, we’ll gather together with Rabbi …
What It Takes: Making the High Holidays Meaningful
What It Takes: Making the High Holidays Meaningful
Throughout the High Holidays, we hear a lot about God as a king or all-powerful ruler. If that judgy man-in-the-sky concept gives you the ick, with Rabbi Jenna, dive deep into texts that illustrate how metaphor, power, and gender shape our understanding of God and explore how the themes of the High Holidays can feel …
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The Gates Swing Open: A Rosh Hashanah Community Discussion
The Gates Swing Open: A Rosh Hashanah Community Discussion
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 to Sukkot. Our discussion this …
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Make Your Mark: Art and Reflection for the New Year
Make Your Mark: Art and Reflection for the New Year
Big questions deserve bold expression. In this hands-on, four-part art workshop, we’ll explore personal growth, release, and renewal through a Jewish lens. As the New Year approaches, use creativity as your tool for reflection. No art skills needed. Just curiosity, a bit of courage, and a willingness to try. Registration is $75 for the full …
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Unprepared Together: A High Holiday Reading Series for Ages 35-50
Unprepared Together: A High Holiday Reading Series for Ages 35-50
We all know the High Holidays are coming. Yet somehow, the deep spiritual work feels like something we consistently forget to schedule until it’s right around the corner. In this four-session series for 35- to 50-year-olds, we’ll read Rabbi Alan Lew’s This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared, unpacking the rituals, questions, and tough …
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Pre Rosh Hashanah Pop-up in the Park
Pre Rosh Hashanah Pop-up in the Park
Come sing, hear the shofar, do holiday crafts, and eat apples and honey with Rabbi Hannah and Laurie Solnik! Bring blankets, chairs, friends, and family. Recommended for little kids and those who love them!
Elul Tisch
Elul Tisch
Join us for multiple Shabbatot in Elul as we gather around the table to sing and learn together in advance of the High Holy Day season. Enter the High Holy Days uplifted, challenged, and ready for the growth mindset the season offers us. September 6 with Rabbi Krinsky September 13 with Rabbis Alexander, Holtzblatt & Dassa September 20 with Rabbi …
Selichot
Selichot
Deep dive into vidui (the confessional prayer), personal reflections. Elul - the Hebrew month before Rosh HaShanah - is a time for spiritual preparation. We are meant to begin taking an account of our souls, thinking about the moments we missed the mark, and how we can do better in the coming year. This …