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Morning Minyan
2028-05-08 08:00 - 08:45, 2028-05-04 08:00 - 08:45, 2028-05-01 08:00 - 08:45, 2028-04-27 08:00 - 08:45, 2028-04-24 08:00 - 08:45, 2028-04-20 08:00 - 08:45, 2028-04-17 08:00 - 08:45, 2028-04-13 08:00 - 08:45 (America/New_York) and 201 more dates | MD
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.

Morning Minyan at Adat Shalom
2028-05-07 09:30 - 10:00, 2028-04-30 09:30 - 10:00, 2028-04-23 09:30 - 10:00, 2028-04-16 09:30 - 10:00, 2028-04-09 09:30 - 10:00, 2028-04-02 09:30 - 10:00, 2028-03-26 09:30 - 10:00, 2028-03-19 09:30 - 10:00 and 97 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.

Tot Shabbat with Ms. Ellie
2028-05-06 11:00 - 12:00, 2028-04-29 11:00 - 12:00, 2028-04-22 11:00 - 12:00, 2028-04-15 11:00 - 12:00, 2028-04-08 11:00 - 12:00, 2028-04-01 11:00 - 12:00, 2028-03-25 11:00 - 12:00, 2028-03-18 11:00 - 12:00 and 96 more dates | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States

Limmud Classes PK-7
2028-05-06 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-04-29 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-04-22 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-04-15 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-04-08 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-04-01 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-03-25 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-03-18 09:30 - 12:00 and 96 more dates | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States

Shabbat Morning Services
2028-05-06 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-04-29 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-04-22 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-04-15 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-04-08 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-04-01 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-03-25 09:30 - 12:00, 2028-03-18 09:30 - 12:00 and 96 more dates | MD

First Friday Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
2028-05-05 18:00 - 20:30, 2028-04-07 18:00 - 20:30, 2028-03-03 18:00 - 20:30, 2028-02-04 18:00 - 20:30, 2028-01-07 18:00 - 20:30, 2027-12-03 18:00 - 20:30, 2027-11-05 18:00 - 20:30, 2027-10-01 18:00 - 20:30 and 16 more dates | MD
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.

Music and Maariv
2028-05-02 19:00 - 19:30, 2028-04-25 19:00 - 19:30, 2028-04-18 19:00 - 19:30, 2028-04-11 19:00 - 19:30, 2028-04-04 19:00 - 19:30, 2028-03-28 19:00 - 19:30, 2028-03-21 19:00 - 19:30, 2028-03-14 19:00 - 19:30 and 96 more dates | MD
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
2028-05-02 09:00 - 10:00, 2028-04-25 09:00 - 10:00, 2028-04-18 09:00 - 10:00, 2028-04-11 09:00 - 10:00, 2028-04-04 09:00 - 10:00, 2028-03-28 09:00 - 10:00, 2028-03-21 09:00 - 10:00, 2028-03-14 09:00 - 10:00 and 96 more dates | MD
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
2028-05-01 19:30 - 21:30, 2028-04-24 19:30 - 21:30, 2028-04-17 19:30 - 21:30, 2028-04-10 19:30 - 21:30, 2028-04-03 19:30 - 21:30, 2028-03-27 19:30 - 21:30, 2028-03-20 19:30 - 21:30, 2028-03-13 19:30 - 21:30 and 96 more dates | MD

Prayer Through Movement
2028-04-08 12:45 - 15:00, 2028-03-11 12:45 - 15:00, 2028-02-12 12:45 - 15:00, 2028-01-08 12:45 - 15:00, 2027-12-11 12:45 - 15:00, 2027-11-13 12:45 - 15:00, 2027-10-09 12:45 - 15:00, 2027-09-11 12:45 - 15:00 and 15 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, 2026-07-16 15:00 - 16:30, 2026-06-18 15:00 - 16:30, 2026-05-21 15:00 - 16:30 | MD
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.

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, 2026-05-13 12:00 - 13:00 | MD
Weekly on Wednesdays, 12 pm via ZOOM.

Shabbat Voices: Dr. David Michaels
2026-06-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
Doubt Science and the Degradation of Expertise

Join us for our final Shabbat Voices of 2026 with 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.
Sponsored by Claire Engers and David Silberman in memory of Charles and Arlene Silberman.

Shabbat Voices
2026-06-20 13:00 - 14:00 | MD
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

Ruach Song Circle
2026-06-17 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-05-20 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.
