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Shabbat Morning Services
2028-10-14 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-10-07 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-09-30 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-09-23 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-09-16 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-09-09 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-09-02 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-08-26 09:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) and 120 more dates

Morning Minyan
2028-10-12 08:00 - 08:45, 2028-10-09 08:00 - 08:45, 2028-10-05 08:00 - 08:45, 2028-10-02 08:00 - 08:45, 2028-09-28 08:00 - 08:45, 2028-09-25 08:00 - 08:45, 2028-09-21 08:00 - 08:45, 2028-09-18 08:00 - 08:45 and 251 more dates
A great way to begin your day along with members of both Adat Shalom and fellow Reconstructionist synagogue Darchei Noam (Toronto). There are numerous opportunities to enhance your davening, lein Torah, and lead parts of the service. For more information and to receive Zoom login information, email Info@AdatShalom.net.

Music and Maariv
2028-10-10 19:00 - 19:30, 2028-10-03 19:00 - 19:30, 2028-09-26 19:00 - 19:30, 2028-09-19 19:00 - 19:30, 2028-09-12 19:00 - 19:30, 2028-09-05 19:00 - 19:30, 2028-08-29 19:00 - 19:30, 2028-08-22 19:00 - 19:30 and 121 more dates
Basic evening prayers woven with melodies to uplift and soothe our souls. Via Zoom. Please email Info@AdatShalom.net for Zoom access.

Morning Meditation with Fran Zamore
2028-10-10 09:00 - 10:00, 2028-10-03 09:00 - 10:00, 2028-09-26 09:00 - 10:00, 2028-09-19 09:00 - 10:00, 2028-09-12 09:00 - 10:00, 2028-09-05 09:00 - 10:00, 2028-08-29 09:00 - 10:00, 2028-08-22 09:00 - 10:00 and 121 more dates
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.

Israeli Dancing
2028-10-09 19:30 - 21:30, 2028-10-02 19:30 - 21:30, 2028-09-25 19:30 - 21:30, 2028-09-18 19:30 - 21:30, 2028-09-11 19:30 - 21:30, 2028-09-04 19:30 - 21:30, 2028-08-28 19:30 - 21:30, 2028-08-21 19:30 - 21:30 and 120 more dates

Morning Minyan at Adat Shalom
2028-10-08 09:30 - 10:00, 2028-10-01 09:30 - 10:00, 2028-09-24 09:30 - 10:00, 2028-09-17 09:30 - 10:00, 2028-09-10 09:30 - 10:00, 2028-09-03 09:30 - 10:00, 2028-08-27 09:30 - 10:00, 2028-08-20 09:30 - 10:00 and 121 more dates | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
Need to say Kaddish? Want to join a community of people who relish regular davening or are learning to? Join us for 30 minutes on Sunday mornings at Adat Shalom for a great way to begin your day along with members of both Adat Shalom and fellow Reconstructionist synagogue Darchei Noam (Toronto). There are numerous opportunities to enhance your davening, lein Torah, and lead parts of the service. For more information, email Info@AdatShalom.net.

First Friday Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
2028-10-06 18:00 - 20:30, 2028-09-01 18:00 - 20:30, 2028-08-04 18:00 - 20:30, 2028-07-07 18:00 - 20:30, 2028-06-02 18:00 - 20:30, 2028-05-05 18:00 - 20:30, 2028-04-07 18:00 - 20:30, 2028-03-03 18:00 - 20:30 and 21 more dates
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.

Prayer Through Movement
2028-09-09 12:45 - 15:00, 2028-08-12 12:45 - 15:00, 2028-07-08 12:45 - 15:00, 2028-06-10 12:45 - 15:00, 2028-05-13 12:45 - 15:00, 2028-04-08 12:45 - 15:00, 2028-03-11 12:45 - 15:00, 2028-02-12 12:45 - 15:00 and 21 more dates | Triple Classroom
In Prayer Through Movement, we express the spirit of Shabbat through movements suggested by the parsha, prayers, holidays, or other content identified by participants. Sessions begin with a focus on breath, joint mobility, and general body awareness and culminate in collaboratively creating a short movement sequence. No dance experience is required. We will meet int he Triple classroom.

Prayer Through Movement is led by Diane DeFries, formerly a professional choreographer and dance teacher, who guides us toward personal and communal expression through movement sequences that we create together. Diane is the daughter of long-time Adat Shalom member Tamar Lieberman z”l, who established the Creative Arts Committee, helped found Prayer Through Movement (as seen in the photo below), and believed the creative arts are an integral part of Reconstructionist services and synagogue life.

Please contact malkak@hotmail.com if you have questions.

Reconstructing Creativity
2026-08-20 15:00 - 16:30, 2026-06-18 15:00 - 16:30
Drawing on our innate creativity, you’ll explore what it takes to “walk a very narrow bridge” and how we might find resilience when facing daunting times. No art experience required.

If you’d like to join us for Reconstructing Creativity, please email us at info@adatshalom.net.

Tot Shabbat with Ms. Ellie
2026-08-08 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-07-18 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-07-11 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-06-20 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-06-13 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-05-16 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-05-09 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-05-02 11:00 - 12:00 and 1 more date | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States

Rabbi's Study
2026-06-24 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-06-17 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-06-10 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-06-03 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-05-27 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-05-20 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-05-06 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-04-29 12:00 - 13:00 and 1 more date
Weekly on Wednesdays, 12 pm via ZOOM.

Shabbat Voices
2026-06-20 13:00 - 14:00
Adat Shalom’s Shabbat Voices is back with 6 influential speakers, December 2025 – June 2026!
Shabbat Voices brings prominent personalities to our community featured both during Shabbat morning services and a post-oneg session at 1 PM.

Join us once a month to hear from thought-leaders, artists, and activists such as Emmy and Grammy Award winner Denyce Graves, Executive Director of the Safety, Respect and Equity Network Rachel Gildiner, and former Ass’t Secretary of OSHA Dr. David Michaels.

Shabbat Voices brings to life the core concepts of Reconstructionist Judaism by joyfully combining worship, learning, and spirituality.

THE LINE UP

December 5th – 6th
The 11th Annual Allan Schwarz Music Shabbaton
Speaker: Yoel Sykes of Nava Tehilla
Sponsor: Rabbi Sid Schwarz and Sandy Perlstein
Learn more about the Music Shabbaton here
January 17th
The African-American Contribution to American Culture
Speaker: Denyce Graves, Emmy and Grammy Award winner and Global Music Ambassador for the United States
Sponsors: Jaime Banks and Jon Grossman, Yael Septee Kane and Donald Kane, Rabbi George Driesen, Phil and Marla Zipin, Joyce and Nelson Migdal, Marcia Nusgart

February 21st
The Choreography of Being Jewish
Speaker: Liz Lerman, Choreographer and MacArthur Genius Award winner
Sponsor: Estelle Quain and Sy Dubow in memory of Myrna Seidman

March 21st
Faith, Social Justice, and America: A Family Story
Speaker: Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, President and CEO of Interfaith Alliance
Sponsor: Polly Panitz, Allen Joseph, and Stephen Isaacson in memory of Susana (Zsuzsi) Isaacson
April 18th
Women in Leadership: Victories and Ongoing Challenges
Speaker: Rachel Gildiner, Executive Director of the Safety, Respect and Equity Network
Sponsor: Phyllis Lerner, to advance greater inclusivity and equity in our world

June 20th
Doubt Science and the Degradation of Expertise
Speaker: Dr. David Michaels, former Ass’t Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA)
Sponsor: Claire Engers and David Silberman in memory of Charles and Arlene Silberman

Shabbat Voices: Dr. David Michaels
2026-06-20 11:15 - 14:00 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
Doubt Science and the Degradation of Expertise

For our sixth Shabbat Voices of the season, please welcome Dr. David Michaels, former Ass’t Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA).
David Michaels PhD MPH, is an epidemiologist and Professor at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. He served as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health from 2009 to January 2017, the longest serving administrator in OSHA’s history. Previously, David served as Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environment, Safety, and Health, charged with protecting the workers, community, and environment around the nation’s nuclear weapons facilities. He was the chief architect of the historic initiative that has provided $32 billion in compensation for nuclear weapons workers who were sickened following exposure to radiation, beryllium or other hazards.
Much of David’s work focuses on defending the integrity of the science underpinning public health, safety, and environmental protections. On this topic, he is the author of The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception (Oxford University Press, 2020) called “a tour de force” by Science Magazine and “a brave and important book, raising the alarm about the systemic corruption of science” by the journal Nature, and Doubt is Their Product: How Industry’s Assault on Science Threatens Your Health (Oxford University Press, 2008).
Throughout his career, David has focused on the health of disadvantaged communities and the impact of infectious diseases on underserved populations. He developed a widely-
cited mathematical model estimating the number of children and adolescents orphaned by HIV/AIDS, and founded and directed the Epidemiology Unit at of the Montefiore-Rikers Island Health Service, the first such unit in a jail in the United States. Learn more about his work here.

Doubt Science and the Degradation of Expertise -11:15am
The tobacco industry perfected the doubt science playbook – for decades it manufactured scientific uncertainty to enable it to market a product that killed millions of people. This playbook, which has been used by manufacturers of asbestos, lead,
pesticides, plastics, and other harmful products, has now been embraced by the federal government to degrade the science and the scientists demonstrating the value of vaccines, of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and of other life-saving public health efforts.
How do we respond to this unprecedented state of affairs?

Ruth Gruber: Her Life and Legacy – 1-2pm, after oneg lunch
Ruth Gruber, who died in 2016 at age 105, was a well-known photojournalist, author of 18 books, government official, Reconstructionist Jew, the youngest person (at that time) to be awarded a PhD, and… my mother. A student in Cologne, Germany, she witnessed Hitler’s rise to power and then a decade later was sent by the Roosevelt Administration to escort to the U.S., 1000 refugees fleeing Nazi Europe. As a journalist, she covered the UN partition of Palestine, Israel’s War of Independence, and the waves diaspora
Jews immigrating to Israel from North Africa, Yemen, Iraq, and Ethiopia. This presentation will present Ruth Gruber’s life and legacy.

Sponsored by Claire Engers and David Silberman in memory of Charles and Arlene Silberman.

Ruach Song Circle
2026-06-17 19:30 - 21:00 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
Adat Shalom’s Ruach (Soul) Song Circle offers a heartfelt space to experience the power of music and communal singing. Led by Aaron Shneyer with other Adat Shalom service leaders, singers and instrumentalists will dive into the melodies for that week’s upcoming Shabbat morning service as well as other familiar and new tunes. Singers and instrumentalists of all levels are welcome to join. Song circle participants are especially encouraged to sit in the front of the sanctuary on the Shabbat morning service immediately following the song circle (and other weeks too!) to help raise the ruach.
Usually on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 7:30-9 PM in the Sanctuary.
Sheet music / lead sheets will be provided for instrumentalists.
Click here for a Youtube playlist of songs.
If you’re attending please email aaron.shneyer@adatshalom.net to RSVP.

Pride Shabbat: Sacred and Seen
2026-06-13 09:30 - 12:00

Zoom Schmooze
2026-06-03 09:30 - 10:30, 2026-05-06 09:30 - 10:30
People are welcome to drop in anytime from 9:30-10:30 am. It’s an open invitation, no registration – simply a chance to connect and visit with fellow congregants. If you wish to attend, please reach out to dawna.Sirard@adatshalom.net for the Zoom link.

Shavuot
2026-05-22 09:30 - 12:00
Festival morning service & Torah reading

Tikkun Leyl Shavuot
2026-05-21 19:00 - 23:30
SAVE THE DATE!
On Thursday evening, May 21, we will welcome Shavuot (the holiday celebrating the giving of Torah at Mt. Sinai) with a Tikkun Leyl Shavuot — a late night Torah study extravaganza! We will have a series of study sessions and presentations on a variety of Jewish texts and topics, led by a roster of Adat Shalom clergy and members (details coming soon). We will also enjoy some delicious refreshments and delightful singing!
Schedule:
7:00 pm: Nosh and socialize
7:30 pm: Evening service
8:00 -> 9:00 -> 9:30 -> 10:00 -> 11:00: TIKKUN – TORAH STUDY SESSIONS (details coming soon)
11:00 –> [???]: Musical fun!

Limmud Classes PK-7
2026-05-16 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-05-09 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-05-02 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-04-25 09:30 - 12:00 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States

Interim Report from Rabbi David Teutsch
2026-05-03 17:30 - 19:00
MEMBERS ONLY:
The event will start promptly at 5:30, so please arrive early.
Details about remote viewing will be shared in email from the board.

Martin Buber’s Heart and Mind
2026-05-03 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-04-26 10:30 - 12:00
A Three-week class with Larry Goldsmith and Rabbi Sandy Rubenstein
Martin Buber was one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the 20th century whose life story and thinking might illuminate our own. What moved him the most and was the basis of his thinking about life were moments of deep connection, moments of deep connection with nature, others, and “callings”. He called such moments, I-Thou encounters. According to Buber, this is how one connects with God or with what he called the Eternal Thou. In this three session class, we will sample some of Buber’s writings that we think best illustrate his intellectual journey. In addition to discussing and digesting his ideas, we will also have a chance to reflect on his meaningful spiritual guidance and insight for our lives today.
LARRY GOLDSMITH
Four decades ago, Larry just had to read Martin Buber. After several years, he taught courses on Buber at the Jewish Study Center. Buber’s thinking has directed his life ever since. During those intensive, youthful times, Larry planned to teach again, decades later, with the benefit of life experience. The kind of seeking that led Larry to Buber, also led him to spiritual direction. He’s co-led two spiritual direction groups at Adat Shalom since 2014, first with Zsuzsi Isaacson and now with Rabbi Sandy. Larry needs and enjoys the intellectual heft Buber gives to the more contemplative Spiritual Direction.
RABBI SANDY RUBENSTEIN
An experienced spiritual care provider, spiritual director, workshop leader, board certified chaplain, and clinical social worker, Sandy works with seekers of all faiths and no faith Through deep listening, compassion and respect, Sandy offers the opportunity for discernment, discovery of inner wisdom, and connection to mystery and the sacred. At Adat Shalom, Sandy most recently co-led the workshop, Teshuva in Action, with
Marla Zipin, co-leads 2 spiritual direction groups with Larry, and co- led healing circles through Makom. Sandy is currently planning a contemplative 6 session class focusing on Buber’s book, The Way of Humanity, in which Buber offers Hasidic stories and his own thinking about these stories that provide fruitful jumping off points for exploring our own spiritual journeys.
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Shabbat Morning Services
2026-05-02 09:30 - 12:00
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Rabbi Sid, Adat Shalom’s Founding Rabbi, directs a national fellowship for rabbis called the Clergy Leadership Incubator (CLI). On the shabbat of May 2nd, four of his advanced Fellows, will be attending Adat Shalom’s service. Two will make a brief presentation. One special feature to take note of: One of the CLI Fellows is Rabbi Arielle Rosenberg, who emerged as one of the leaders of the civic resistance to ICE in Minneapolis. She has recently been interviewed about her leadership role by CNN and the Religion News Service.
Also on Saturday, May 2nd, Poet Owen Lewis will briefly read a selection of his poetry during morning services, and then after oneg at 1pm, he will share a talk entitled “A Few Remarks about Jewish Are Post-October 7th, and a Reading from A Prayer of Six Wings.”

First Friday Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
2026-05-01 18:00 - 21:30
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.

Special Guests:
Rabbi Sid, Adat Shalom’s Founding Rabbi, directs a national fellowship for rabbis called the Clergy Leadership Incubator (CLI). On the shabbat of May 1st, four of his advanced Fellows, will be attending Adat Shalom’s services. Two will make a brief presentation. One special feature to take note of: One of the CLI Fellows is Rabbi Arielle Rosenberg, who emerged as one of the leaders of the civic resistance to ICE in Minneapolis. She has recently been interviewed about her leadership role by CNN and the Religion News Service.
Rabbi Sid will interview Rabbi Arielle after dinner, approximately 8:15pm in the sanctuary.

Board Meeting
2026-04-30 19:30 - 20:30
For Zoom link, please contact: Presidents@adatshalom.net

Jenna Weissman Joselit Event
2026-04-30 19:00 - 20:30
Join Rabbi Scott via Zoom in conversation with Jenna Joselit discussing her new biography of Mordechai Kaplan – the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism.
Mordecai M. Kaplan (1881–1983) was a leading American Jewish thinker and founder of Reconstructionism who reshaped Jewish identity through reason and evolving tradition. Jenna Weissman Joselit’s portrait, drawn from his private writings, offers fresh insight into modern Judaism and faith.
Jenna Weissman Joselit, the Charles E. Smith Professor of Judaic Studies & Professor of History, specializes in the history and culture of America’s Jews and in U.S. cultural history from the late nineteenth century on through the 1950s, and also directs a graduate program in Jewish cultural arts.

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Commemorate Yom HaAtzmaut (Israeli Independence Day)
2026-04-22 19:00 - 21:00
Adat Shalom will commemorate Yom HaAtzmaut with a gathering at the synagogue to learn about and discuss Israel’s Declaration of Independence — along with some lite bites to match the theme of the evening. We’ll learn how the declaration reflected the ideals of its time and how perspectives may have changed since it was written in 1948. For example, it proclaimed Israel as a Jewish state while also guaranteeing “the full social and political equality of all its inhabitants, without distinction of race, creed, or sex.”
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