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SUMMARY:First Friday Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a musical welcome into Shabbat. At 6PM we’ll join for a musical Kabbalat Shabbat service. Dinner to follow at 7PM. Contact info@adatshalom.net if you are interested in joining us.
URL:https://www.adatshalomdmv.org/event/first-friday-musical-kabbalat-shabbat/2026-01-02/
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Morning Meditation with Fran Zamore
DESCRIPTION:In this particularly stressful time we have many ways to creatively come together and support one another. Please join us for meditation. I’ll start off with a little teaching and then we will meditate together. Those who have the time and interest can stay on longer to share. I anticipate that teaching and meditation will run about 30 minutes. All are welcome — no experience necessary. Please mute your mic when you come into the zoom meeting. You are encouraged to unmute during our discussion. We have found that background noises seem to be amplified in the meeting.
URL:https://www.adatshalomdmv.org/event/morning-meditation-with-fran-zamore-2/2026-01-06/
CATEGORIES:Classes,Programs
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SUMMARY:Morning Meditation with Fran Zamore
DESCRIPTION:In this particularly stressful time we have many ways to creatively come together and support one another. Please join us for meditation. I’ll start off with a little teaching and then we will meditate together. Those who have the time and interest can stay on longer to share. I anticipate that teaching and meditation will run about 30 minutes. All are welcome — no experience necessary. Please mute your mic when you come into the zoom meeting. You are encouraged to unmute during our discussion. We have found that background noises seem to be amplified in the meeting.
URL:https://www.adatshalomdmv.org/event/morning-meditation-with-fran-zamore-2/2026-01-13/
CATEGORIES:Classes,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260115T150000
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SUMMARY:Reconstructing Creativity
DESCRIPTION:In these challenging times\, we need to call upon inner resources to be resilient. In the next session of Reconstructing Creativity we’ll explore what it takes to “walk a very narrow bridge” and how we might find resilience when facing daunting times.  Drawing on our innate creativity can help open new pathways for thriving in our rapidly changing world — no art experience required. Have questions about what to have on hand?  Email Barb Richman (btrichman@yahoo.com). \nIf you’d like to join us for Reconstructing Creativity\, please email us at info@adatshalom.net.
URL:https://www.adatshalomdmv.org/event/reconstructing-creativity-3-3/
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260117T130000
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SUMMARY:Shabbat Voices: Denyce Graves
DESCRIPTION:The African-American Contribution to American Culture\nAdat Shalom is thrilled to welcome Denyce Graves\, Emmy and Grammy Award winner and Global Music Ambassador for the United States to Shabbat Voices on Saturday\, January 17th. Ms. Graves will speak twice\, at once during our Shabbat service\, and again after lunch. She will also be joined by accompanying artists\, Symone Harcum (Soprano)\, Elliott Brown (Tenor)\, and Elizabeth G. Hill (piano). Click here to learn more. \nAmerican mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves has captivated audiences across the globe for over four decades\, gracing the world’s most esteemed opera houses and concert halls. Ms. Graves has championed world premieres of operas and song cycles\, garnered numerous prestigious awards\, and triumphed in elite international competitions. Her defining operatic portrayals include the eponymous heroines Carmen and Dalila\, and more contemporary Margaret Garner in The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson. In the 2025-2026 season\, Ms. Graves returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Maria in Porgy and Bess. \nBeyond her illustrious performing career\, Ms. Graves is a dedicated educator and esteemed faculty member at the Juilliard School and the Peabody Conservatory. In 2021\, Ms. Graves founded The Denyce Graves Foundation to support vocal artists at every stage of their careers while honoring the trailblazers who came before. The Foundation’s mission is to cultivate and elevate exceptionally gifted singers from all backgrounds\, ensuring they have the resources and guidance to reach their full potential. Ms. Graves will retire at the close of the Metropolitan Opera’s Porgy and Bess this January 24th. \n\n\nSponsored by Jaime Banks & Jon Grossman\, Rabbi George Driesen and Family\, Yael Septee Kane & Donald Kane\, Joyce & Nelson Migdal\, Marcia Nusgart\, and Phil & Marla Zipin. Learn more about their honorees here. \n\n\n  \n\n\nUPCOMING SPEAKERS \n\n\n\n\nFebruary 21st\nThe Choreography of Being Jewish\nSpeaker: Liz Lerman\, Choreographer and MacArthur Genius Award winner\nSponsor: Estelle Quain and Sy Dubow in memory of Myrna Seidman \n\n\n\n\nMarch 21st\nFaith\, Social Justice\, and America: A Family Story\nSpeaker: Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush\, President and CEO of Interfaith Alliance\nSponsor: Polly Panitz\, Allen Joseph\, and Stephen Isaacson in memory of Susana (Zsuzsi) Isaacson \nApril 18th\nWomen in Leadership: Victories and Ongoing Challenges\nSpeaker: Rachel Gildiner\, Executive Director of the Safety\, Respect and Equity Network\nSponsor: Phyllis Lerner\, to advance greater inclusivity and equity in our world \nJune 20th\nDoubt Science and the Degradation of Expertise\nSpeaker: Dr. David Michaels\, former Ass’t Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) and member of Adat Shalom\nSponsor: Claire Engers and David Silberman in memory of Charles and Arlene Silberman
URL:https://www.adatshalomdmv.org/event/shabbat-voices-2/
LOCATION:Adat Shalom\, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20817\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Morning Meditation with Fran Zamore
DESCRIPTION:In this particularly stressful time we have many ways to creatively come together and support one another. Please join us for meditation. I’ll start off with a little teaching and then we will meditate together. Those who have the time and interest can stay on longer to share. I anticipate that teaching and meditation will run about 30 minutes. All are welcome — no experience necessary. Please mute your mic when you come into the zoom meeting. You are encouraged to unmute during our discussion. We have found that background noises seem to be amplified in the meeting.
URL:https://www.adatshalomdmv.org/event/morning-meditation-with-fran-zamore-2/2026-01-20/
CATEGORIES:Classes,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T090000
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DTSTAMP:20260430T220047
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SUMMARY:Morning Meditation with Fran Zamore
DESCRIPTION:In this particularly stressful time we have many ways to creatively come together and support one another. Please join us for meditation. I’ll start off with a little teaching and then we will meditate together. Those who have the time and interest can stay on longer to share. I anticipate that teaching and meditation will run about 30 minutes. All are welcome — no experience necessary. Please mute your mic when you come into the zoom meeting. You are encouraged to unmute during our discussion. We have found that background noises seem to be amplified in the meeting.
URL:https://www.adatshalomdmv.org/event/morning-meditation-with-fran-zamore-2/2026-01-27/
CATEGORIES:Classes,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260131T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260131T130000
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SUMMARY:Guest Speaker: Owen Lewis
DESCRIPTION:Owen Lewis is a prize-winning poet with four published volumes and a number of national and international awards. His most recent volume\, A Prayer of Six Wings\, addresses Jewish grief in the aftermath of October 7. He is an excellent teacher who has written about poetry as a bridge across peoples in Israel and Palestine. He will lead a discussion after services on January 31.
URL:https://www.adatshalomdmv.org/event/guest-speaker-owen-lewis/
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Fight Like a Mensch: Strengths for Fighting Authoritarianism
DESCRIPTION:Feeling frozen by the pain of all that’s going on around us? Are you working every way you can for democracy\, but yearning for a sense of spiritual rootedness in your efforts? Do you seek the stamina and skills to navigate charged situations and conversations in these fraught times? \nAdat Shalom is pleased to be one of many communities nationwide to host Fight Like a Mensch\, a pilot\, peer-facilitated program rooted in Mussar (applied Jewish ethics) and Chassidut (applied Jewish mysticism)\, and designed by Rabbi David Jaffe (our 2023 Adrienne Kohn Program for Spiritual Growth guest speaker) and his colleagues at Kirva. Our series will be co-facilitated by Minna Scherlinder Morse and Polly Panitz\, with training and support from Kirva\, and additional support within Adat Shalom from Rabbi Scott\, Martha Hare\, and others. Read this flyer for more information on the pilot. \nParticipants will meet biweekly over the first half of 2026\, and with chevruta/study-partners in between\, while focusing on character strengths (middot) that speak to this moment and learning important practices for self-regulation\, de-escalation\, discernment\, courage\, and change-making.
URL:https://www.adatshalomdmv.org/event/fight-like-a-mensch-strengths-for-fighting-authoritarianism/
LOCATION:Adat Shalom\, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20817\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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