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Morning Meditation with Fran Zamore
2027-01-19 09:00 - 10:00, 2027-01-12 09:00 - 10:00, 2027-01-05 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-12-29 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-12-22 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-12-15 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-12-08 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-12-01 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) and 72 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
2027-01-18 19:30 - 21:30, 2027-01-11 19:30 - 21:30, 2027-01-04 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-12-28 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-12-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-12-14 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-12-07 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-11-30 19:30 - 21:30 and 72 more dates | MD

Morning Minyan
2027-01-18 08:00 - 08:45, 2027-01-14 08:00 - 08:45, 2027-01-11 08:00 - 08:45, 2027-01-07 08:00 - 08:45, 2027-01-04 08:00 - 08:45, 2026-12-31 08:00 - 08:45, 2026-12-28 08:00 - 08:45, 2026-12-24 08:00 - 08:45 and 157 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
2027-01-17 09:30 - 10:00, 2027-01-10 09:30 - 10:00, 2027-01-03 09:30 - 10:00, 2026-12-27 09:30 - 10:00, 2026-12-20 09:30 - 10:00, 2026-12-13 09:30 - 10:00, 2026-12-06 09:30 - 10:00, 2026-11-29 09:30 - 10:00 and 61 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
2027-01-16 11:00 - 12:00, 2027-01-09 11:00 - 12:00, 2027-01-02 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-12-26 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-12-19 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-12-12 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-12-05 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-11-28 11:00 - 12:00 and 53 more dates | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States

Shabbat Morning Services
2027-01-16 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-01-09 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-01-02 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-12-26 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-12-19 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-12-12 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-12-05 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-11-28 09:30 - 12:00 and 72 more dates | MD

Limmud Classes PK-7
2027-01-16 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-01-09 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-01-02 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-12-26 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-12-19 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-12-12 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-12-05 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-11-28 09:30 - 12:00 and 51 more dates | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States

Music and Maariv
2027-01-12 19:00 - 19:30, 2027-01-05 19:00 - 19:30, 2026-12-29 19:00 - 19:30, 2026-12-22 19:00 - 19:30, 2026-12-15 19:00 - 19:30, 2026-12-08 19:00 - 19:30, 2026-12-01 19:00 - 19:30, 2026-11-24 19:00 - 19:30 and 69 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.

Prayer Through Movement
2027-01-09 12:45 - 15:00, 2026-12-12 12:45 - 15:00, 2026-11-14 12:45 - 15:00, 2026-10-10 12:45 - 15:00, 2026-09-12 12:45 - 15:00, 2026-08-08 12:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-11 12:45 - 15:00, 2026-06-13 12:45 - 15:00 and 8 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.

First Friday Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
2027-01-01 18:00 - 20:30, 2026-12-04 18:00 - 20:30, 2026-11-06 18:00 - 20:30, 2026-10-02 18:00 - 20:30, 2026-09-04 18:00 - 20:30, 2026-08-07 18:00 - 20:30, 2026-07-03 18:00 - 20:30, 2026-06-05 18:00 - 20:30 and 4 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.

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, 2026-03-19 15:00 - 16:30, 2026-02-19 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, 2026-05-06 12:00 - 13:00 and 20 more dates | 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.

Interim Report from Rabbi David Teutsch
2026-05-03 17:30 - 19:00 | MD
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, 2026-04-19 10:30 - 12:00 | MD
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.
REGISTER HERE

Shabbat Morning Services
2026-05-02 09:30 - 12:00 | MD
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 | 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.

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 | MD
For Zoom link, please contact: Presidents@adatshalom.net

Jenna Weissman Joselit Event
2026-04-30 19:00 - 20:30 | MD
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 | MD
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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Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Event
2026-04-20 19:00 - 20:00 | MD
Led by Combatants for Peace and The Parents Circle Families Forum, this powerful annual ceremony brings Israelis and Palestinians together to mourn, remember, and choose hope. Join us to watch the ceremony, hear from local speakers, and reflect in community.
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Shabbat Voices: Rachel Gildiner
2026-04-18 11:15 - 14:00 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
Women in Leadership: Victories and Ongoing Challenges

Rachel Gildiner, Executive Director of the Safety, Respect and Equity Network, joins us this April for Shabbat Voices.
Rachel Gildiner (she/her) is the Executive Director of the SRE Network (Safety, Respect and Equity), an organization committed to advancing gender equity and inclusive workplaces in the Jewish community. A leading expert in the field of relational engagement, Rachel previously served as Chief Engagement Officer at Hillel International, Executive Director of GatherDC (the premier relational platform for Jewish 20s & 30s in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area), and CEO of Gather, Inc. Prior to joining SRE, Rachel applied her relational approach to advance women’s equity in the Jewish workplace and beyond. In 2019, she launched Year of the Jewish Woman, a vibrant Facebook community where female Jewish professionals and allies can connect and discuss key issues and challenges. She is a vocal advocate and published thought leader in this area.
Rachel has a B.A. in Sociology from Columbia University, a B.A. in Modern Jewish Studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary, an M.A. in Higher Education Administration from The George Washington University, and a Certificate in Experiential Jewish Education from Yeshiva University. She is the inaugural recipient of the Phyllis G. Margolius Impossible Dream Award, a Schusterman Senior Fellow, and sits on the Board of The Jewish Theological Seminary. Rachel lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and three children.

Sponsored by Phyllis Lerner, to advance greater inclusivity and equity in our world.

11:15am-Session 1
1-2pm-Session 2

UPCOMING SPEAKER

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) and member of Adat Shalom
Sponsor: Claire Engers and David Silberman in memory of Charles and Arlene Silberman

Reconstructing Creativity
2026-04-16 15:00 - 16:30 | MD
What wisdom has your family, friends, teachers, or colleagues conveyed to you? What do you wish to pass along to others? At the next session of Reconstructing Creativity, we’ll delve into these questions and more. No art experience required.

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

The Adat Shalom Community Dialogue Initiative
2026-04-12 12:00 - 16:00 | MD
Community Day of Dialogue:
Listening and Building Allies with People We Strongly Disagree With.

Led by expert facilitator Cherie Brown, Executive Director of the National Coalition Building Institute, with Aaron Shneyer, Shaliach Tzibur of Adat Shalom

Have differences of opinion around Israel and Palestine strained your relationships with family, friends or fellow community members? This workshop offers an opportunity to enhance connection and compassion across our community and build practical tools that we can bring into any relationship. Learn how to listen to each other even when we disagree, especially on issues about Israel and Palestine. Support healthy dialogue, expand awareness of multiple viewpoints, and open pathways for healing strained relationships.

Join for lunch at 12:00pm. The workshop will begin at 12:30pm and go until 4:00pm.

Small Group Dialogue Circles
Beginning in May 2026, community members will be invited to join additional, ongoing dialogue opportunities. Facilitated circles of 6-10 community members will offer a safe space to engage in dialogue with those who may hold different opinions and understandings about Israel/Palestine, allowing for a healthy and productive opportunity to deepen understanding and connection. Dialogue groups will meet at least three times in May and June 2026.

REGISTER HERE

Passover Festival Service
2026-04-08 09:30 - 12:30 | MD
Join Rabbi Scott and Aaron Shneyer for Festival Service
Seventh Day: with Yizkor
No Onegs; the kitchen is closed.
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Passover Festival Service
2026-04-04 09:30 - 12:30 | MD
Join Rabbi Scott and Aaron Shneyer for Festival Service
Chol Hamoed
No Onegs; the kitchen is closed.
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Passover Festival Service
2026-04-02 09:30 - 12:30 | MD
Join Rabbi Scott and Aaron Shneyer for Festival Service
First Day
No Onegs; the kitchen is closed.
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Symphony of the Potomac | Free Chamber Music Concert
2026-03-22 14:00 - 15:30 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
An afternoon of chamber music spanning three centuries, including modern Jewish themes.
Small string & wind ensembles perform varied works: from Vivaldi to Bloch, Haydn to Florence Price.
Free and open to the public.
Link to watch remotely: https://boxcast.tv/view/symphony-of-the-potomac-at-adat-shalom-tyq9ix9pundiwypnmkkc

Shabbat Voices: Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush
2026-03-21 13:00 - 14:00 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
Faith, Social Justice, and America: A Family Story

Join us for our fourth Shabbat Voices session with Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, President and CEO of Interfaith Alliance.
An ordained Baptist minister, Rev. Raushenbush is a longtime interfaith leader and renowned advocate for civil rights and religious freedom. He works with affiliates, networks and leaders across the country to forge powerful alliances among people of diverse faiths and beliefs to build a resilient, inclusive multi-faith democracy.

Prior to coming to Interfaith Alliance, Rev. Raushenbush served as senior vice president of the Auburn Seminary, and as the founding and executive editor of HuffPost Religion. Rev. Raushenbush has also served as associate dean of religious life and the chapel at Princeton University and as the senior advisor for public affairs and innovation at Interfaith America. Additionally, he speaks regularly at colleges, faith communities, and institutes around the country.

He is the great-grandson of Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis and the great-grandson of the theologian Reverend Walter Rauschenbusch. He lives in New York City with his spouse, author Brad Gooch, and two children.

Check out his weekly podcast, State of Belief here!

Sponsored by Polly Panitz, Allen Joseph, and Stephen Isaacson in memory of Susana (Zsuzsi) Isaacson

UPCOMING SPEAKERS

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) and member of Adat Shalom
Sponsor: Claire Engers and David Silberman in memory of Charles and Arlene Silberman

Learning with Rabbi Sid
2026-03-15 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-03-08 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-03-01 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-02-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
The Triumph of Life: The Narrative Theology of Rabbi Yitz Greenberg
A Four-Week course with Rabbi Sid culminating with a Q and A with Rabbi Yitz from Jerusalem on March 15th
Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg is one of the most important Jewish thinkers of the past century. He is credited with launching the field of Holocaust studies in the early 1960’s. In 1974 he founded and served as President of Clal for over 20 years, one of the Jewish community’s most prominent think-tanks. An Orthodox rabbi who has always been deeply committed to Jewish pluralism and women’s equality, Yitz’s books, articles and public lectures have had a profound influence on the shape of American and world Jewry. Now, in his early 90’s, he has published his magnum opus, The Triumph of Life: A Narrative Theology of Judaism.
Rabbi Yitz is also one of Rabbi Sid’s most important mentors. The course will explore the book’s three sections: A Vision of Life in a Redeemed World; Covenant as a Method of World Repair; and The Covenant in the Third Era. Participants will be asked to pre-order the book and so that they can read each section in advance. Rabbi Sid will also help to “translate” Yitz’ theology in a Reconstructionist key. The fourth and last session will be a video Q and A with Rabbi Yitz from Jerusalem.
REGISTER HERE

Shabbat Voices: Liz Lerman
2026-02-21 13:00 - 14:00 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
The Choreography of Being Jewish

For our third Shabbat Voices of the season, please welcome choreographer and MacArthur Genius Award winner, Liz Lerman.

Liz Lerman is a choreographer, performer, writer, teacher, and speaker. She has spent the past four decades making her artistic research personal, funny, intellectually vivid, and up to the minute. A key aspect of her artistry is opening her process to everyone from shipbuilders to physicists, construction workers to ballerinas, resulting in both research and experiences that are participatory, relevant, urgent, and usable by others. Her choreography has examined everything from her days as a go-go dancer in 1974 to investigating the matters of our origins by putting dancers in the tunnels of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
She founded Liz Lerman Dance Exchange in 1976 and cultivated the company’s unique multi-generational ensemble into a leading force in contemporary dance until 2011, when she handed the artistic leadership of the company over to the next generation of Dance Exchange artists.

Sponsored by Estelle Quain and Sy Dubow in memory of Myrna Seidman

UPCOMING SPEAKERS

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) and member of Adat Shalom
Sponsor: Claire Engers and David Silberman in memory of Charles and Arlene Silberman

Trinity Chamber Players Free Concert
2026-02-15 14:00 - 15:30 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
Highlighting their 27th season, the Trinity Chamber Players present a special free concert for our community. Invite your friends! Click here for more info.
Click here to stream this concert.

Fight Like a Mensch: Strengths for Fighting Authoritarianism
2026-01-31 13:15 - 15:15 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
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?
Adat 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.
Participants 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.

Guest Speaker: Owen Lewis
2026-01-31 12:00 - 13:00 | MD
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.

Shabbat Voices: Denyce Graves
2026-01-17 13:00 - 14:00 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
The African-American Contribution to American Culture
Adat 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.
American 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.
Beyond 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.

Sponsored 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.

UPCOMING SPEAKERS

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) and member of Adat Shalom
Sponsor: Claire Engers and David Silberman in memory of Charles and Arlene Silberman

Tikkun Ha’Ir (Repairing the City): An Immersive Project in Hunger and Homelessness
2026-01-17 - 2026-01-19 | Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G Street NW, Washington DC, 20005, United States
Though it’s impossible to thoroughly simulate what it’s like to worry about where your next meal is coming from, or where you will sleep at night, the Tikkun Ha’Ir Immersive Project in Hunger and Homelessness seeks to have its participants experience, as well as examine and discuss these issues.
When: Saturday, January 17 through Monday January 19
Where: Church of the Epiphany Washington DC
Cost: $240
Please contact Pam Sommers with questions
REGISTER HERE
ABOUT
For three days and two nights, middle/high school students live in a church parish hall and work primarily in a Washington DC neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification. In addition to engaging in simulations of life in a shelter and food insecurity, they spend much of their time serving meals at an area food kitchen, and accompanying case workers who assist unhoused individuals on their rounds inside Union Station helping out at a family shelter. At all of these venues they meet with managers and directors who educate them about each organization and carve out time for questions.
Participants travel on foot or via metro to all of these places, accompanied by adult team leaders. At the start of the program, participants are divided into teams. Each team is given the amount of cash equivalent to a family living on federal SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits. Each team decides how that money will pay for all of the food they will consume for the duration of the Project. They may purchase food from the local supermarket and other shops, as well as purchase items from an in-house “store” set up by team leaders. In addition, each team participates in an “Iron Chef”-like competition, preparing a meal judged on presentation, creativity, taste, nutritional value and cost (the cheapest gets the most points). Each evening, participants gather for study, discussion and “Roses and Thorns” observations. The Torah is our primary source, with additional readings by both ancient and contemporary scholars (e.g., Don Isaac Abarbanel, Matthew Desmond, Rabbi Jill Jacobs). Everyone is expected to eventually bring all that they’ve studied/experienced back to our Adat Shalom community. They will contribute to a collective bimah presentation on hunger and homelessness as part of the chanting of Isaiah’s haftarah during the Yom Kippur Torah Service.
It’s abundantly clear that work and worship can take place in a mishkan of one’s own making, so why not let teens create a temporary spiritual home of their own devising? Have them interacting with the “gair” (stranger) that is mentioned so frequently in the Torah, but in immediate, hands-on, resonant situations? And then bring back that experience to their familiar spiritual home.
The inspiration for this project comes from two main sources. Certainly the words of Isaiah. And most significantly, from a community of Haitian people with whom Pam Sommers has had the privilege to work, break bread, celebrate and worship. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Rabbi Sid Schwarz, Adat Shalom’s founding rabbi, traveled to that ravaged country and, upon his return, encouraged Pam to organize a service mission to Leogane, the epicenter of the quake. That experience–which has resulted in four subsequent missions, and a close relationship with Pastor John Felix and his amazing NICL school, congregation and community – opened her mind about poverty, faith, hands-on education and learning from/working alongside those you have come to “help”.

Reconstructing Creativity
2026-01-15 15:00 - 16:30 | MD
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).
If you’d like to join us for Reconstructing Creativity, please email us at info@adatshalom.net.

Chanukah in the Dark at Theater J
2025-12-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Theater J, 1529 16th Street NW, Washington, DC, DC, 20036, United States
Join Adat Shalom and Limmud at Theater J on Sunday, December 21st for the 3pm showing of Chanukah in the Dark!
Please register by December 5th!

Shabbanukkah
2025-12-19 17:30 - 21:30 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
Join us for a magical night of light, laughter, and music as we welcome Shabbanukkah – Shabbat during Hanukkah!
We’ll kick things off with both a fabulous Tot Shabbat with Ms. Ellie, and festive Kabbalat Shabbat Services with Rabbi Scott and Jacob Stein of The Pop Ups. Following services, we’ll gather for a festive Shabbat dinner and play some Hanukkah games. Bring your family and friends! All are welcome!
Evening Schedule:

For our tot families:
5:30 – 6:15 PM | Tot Kabbalat Shabbat with Ms. Ellie
6:15 – 7 PM | Dinner and Hanukkah games!
For our Limmud/elementary families:
5:30 – 6 PM | Snacks, candle lighting in the foyer
6 – 6:45 PM | Kabbalat Shabbat with Rabbi Scott and Jacob Stein
6:45 – 8 PM | Dinner and Hanukkah games!
Please RSVP for Shabbanukah here by Friday, December 12th.

Reconstructing Creativity
2025-12-18 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-12-18 15:00 - 16:30, 2025-11-20 19:30 - 21:00 | MD
If you’d like to join us for Reconstructing Creativity, please email us at info@adatshalom.net.

Shabbat Voices: Yoel Sykes
2025-12-06 13:00 - 14:00 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
We are kicking-off Shabbat Voices during the 11th Annual Allan Schwarz Music Shabbaton with guest Yoel Sykes of Neva Tehilla!
Yoel is a spiritual facilitator who co-creates intentional community through music and prayer, cultivating and teaching deep listening and open hearted communication. Born and raised in Jerusalem, Yoel is known through his work as part of the Nava Tehila leadership team, where he has composed many melodies for Jewish liturgy, recorded 4 professional albums and co-led musical kabbalat Shabbat services for 13 years. Yoel studied music at the Center for Eastern Music in Jerusalem and flamenco guitar in the Fundacion de Christina Heeren school of Flamenco Arts in Seville, Spain.
Sponsored by Rabbi Sid Schwarz and Sandy Perlstein
Learn more about the 11th Annual Allan Schwarz Music Shabbaton and view the weekend schedule here.

UPCOMING SPEAKERS
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 and Donald Kane, Rabbi George Driesen, Phil and Marla Zipin, Joyce and Nelson Migdal, and 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) and member of Adat Shalom
Sponsor: Claire Engers and David Silberman in memory of Charles and Arlene Silberman

First Friday Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
2025-12-05 18:00 - 20:30 | 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.
Please RSVP here by November 28th. Contact info@adatshalom.net if you have any questions.

11th Annual Allan Schwarz Music Shabbaton
2025-12-05 - 2025-12-06 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
Join Adat Shalom for the 11th Annual Allan Schwarz Music Shabbaton!
This year, we are thrilled to welcome Yoel Sykes of Neva Tehila as our guest artist.
Yoel is a spiritual facilitator who co-creates intentional community through music and prayer, cultivating and teaching deep listening and open hearted communication. Born and raised in Jerusalem, Yoel is known through his work as part of the Nava Tehila leadership team, where he has composed many melodies for Jewish liturgy, recorded 4 professional albums and co-led musical kabbalat Shabbat services for 13 years. Yoel studied music at the Center for Eastern Music in Jerusalem and flamenco guitar in the Fundacion de Christina Heeren school of Flamenco Arts in Seville, Spain. Yoel will also kick-off our Shabbat Voices series for 2025/2026! View the full line-up here.
Check out Yoel Sykes’ Youtube here.
Shabbaton Schedule
Friday, December 5th
6 PM | Musical Kabbalat Shabbat with guest Yoel Sykes
7:15 PM | First Friday Shabbat dinner
8 PM | Yoel in conversation with Beth Sperber Richie discussing his Jewish musical journey
Saturday, December 6th
9:30 AM | Shabbat Morning Services with Yoel Sykes, Aaron Shneyer, Rabbi Sid, and friends
12 PM | Shabbat Lunch
1 PM | Yoel will offer a teaching and more music at an after Oneg Tish (Shabbat table)
Sponsored by Rabbi Sid Schwarz and Sandy Perlstein
About Allan Schwarz z’l (1922-2013)
Allan Schwarz passed away on the 18th of Cheshvan/October 21, at the age of 91. He was born in Berlin, and his childhood was deeply affected by the rise of Nazism. Just two weeks before Kristallnacht, at the age of 16, he made his way to the United States as a result of the efforts of his uncle, Cantor Chaskel Gewirtz, and his Aunt Bertha and Uncle Sam.
He lived with Bertha and Sam in Brooklyn until he enlisted in the U.S. Army and returned to the European theater to fight in WWII. His mother and younger sister died in the Shoah. His father survived the war in an Italian POW camp and later came to live in New York. His other sister was rescued through Youth Aliyah and raised a family in Israel.Allan is survived by his wife, Judy (Brand), to whom he was married for 62 years, and his three children, Mindy Stern, Rabbi Sidney Schwarz and Rena Schwarz. Allan played many leaderships roles in the Jewish community, including serving as the President of the Franklin Square Jewish Center, a Board member at the JCC of West Hempstead, and a docent at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County. A devout Jew and proud Zionist, he worked professionally for the Israel Bonds organization until his retirement.
Allan Schwarz’s life traced the tragedy and triumph of the Jewish people’s experience of the 20th century. He was an outstanding student in Berlin but the war did not allow him to finish his formal education.A self-taught man, Allan was a voracious reader who could engage any and all on a wide range of topics. He was a first-class athlete, excelling at soccer, first in Germany and then in New York Club leagues. Making his living as a salesman, he made sure that his children had access to quality Jewish educational experiences.
Previous Allan Schwarz Music Shabbaton Guest Artists
Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann (2024), Jacob Spike Kraus (2023), Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz (2022), Rabbi Josh Warshawsky (2021), Micah Hendler (2020), Galeet Dardashti (2019), Joey Weisenberg (2018), Shir Meira Feit (2017), Naomi Less (2016), Rabbi Noam Katz (2015).

Parashat Vayetzei
2025-11-29 | MD

Office Closed
2025-11-26 - 2025-11-28, 2025-10-15, 2025-10-03 | MD

Seeds of Mussar with Martha Hare
2025-11-23 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-11-02 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-10-26 10:30 - 12:00 | MD
Seeds of Mussar: An Introduction to the Study and Practice of Mussar
This 3-part course will introduce a method that focuses on refining our attributes (middot) so that we are able to serve others with greater and greater joy. We will use Jewish mindfulness techniques to get in touch with our own soul and use that lens to understand others. The Torah introduced the idea of loving our neighbor as ourselves thousands of years ago; this Mussar program provides each student with a path toward meeting this overarching goal of Judaism.
Registration forthcoming – keep an eye on Ha Shavua

Parashat Toldot
2025-11-22 | MD

Rosh Chodesh Kislev
2025-11-21 | MD

Sigd
2025-11-20 | MD

Standing Together - The Fight Ahead: From Ceasefire to a Just Peace
2025-11-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
Join Standing Together leaders Sally Abed and Alon Lee Green at Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation to hear their reflections on the grassroots movement for a ceasefire, the necessity of Jewish-Palestinian organizing, and the steps the movement will be taking going forward to end the occupation and build peace.

Daveners' Workshop - David Sieradzki
2025-11-16 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-10-19 10:30 - 12:00 | MD

Parashat Chayei Sara
2025-11-15 | MD

Adrienne Kohn Program for Spritual Growth with Rodger Kamenetz
2025-11-15 - 2025-11-16 | MD
Adat Shalom is thrilled to welcome Rodger Kamenetz for the Adrienne Kohn Program for Spritual Growth. Kamenetz is an award-winning poet, author and teacher, best-known for The Jew in the Lotus. His account of an historic dialogue between rabbis and the Dalai Lama became an international bestseller, prompting a reevaluation of Judaism in the light of Buddhist thought.
The New York Times called it a “revered text.” His newest book which he will be teaching from at Adat Shalom is Seeing into the Life of Things: Imagination and the Sacred Encounter.
Sponsored by the Adrienne Kohn Fund for Spiritual Growth
Weekend Schedule

Saturday, November 15th | 1 PM | Shabbat Workshop: How to Count Your Blessings
We are living in a storm of reactivity. Everywhere in our social media, in our politics, and in the news, we are encouraged to react. This workshop will explore how to use Jewish practice to overcome these afflictive states of mind and find our way back to feeling a little bit more sane. We will refresh the daily Jewish morning gratitude practice, learn how to find blessings in the every day, and how to cherish them, giving us strength and resilience as we face the storm.
Sunday, November 16th | 12 PM | Lunch & Learn
The Dalai Lama asked two questions to the Jewish scholars and rabbis who met with him in Dharamsala in 1990. The first was about Jewish spiritual survival in exile. The second, which has become increasingly important, is the problem of reactive emotions and how our spiritual practices might “purify” these states of mind. In this talk, Kamenetz will explore these two questions, the answers offered then, and how these questions are still relevant today. The talk will be followed by an open Q and A. Seeing Into the Life of Things will be available for purchase and autographs during the program.
(Registration for lunch is now closed).

Song Circle with Aaron Shneyer
2025-11-13 19:30 - 21:00 | MD

Inner Peace with Ellie Goldman
2025-11-09 10:30 - 12:30, 2025-11-02 10:30 - 12:30, 2025-10-26 10:30 - 12:30, 2025-10-19 10:30 - 12:30 | MD

30 years after Rabin: A Community Commemoration on Peace, Democracy, and Hope
2025-11-04 19:30 - 21:00 | MD
Come for music, conversations and selections from November4: a New Musical Play about an assassination that changed the course of history.
With panelist guests including Laura Blumenfeld and Aaron Miller.
Register here.

Parashat Lech-Lecha
2025-11-01 | MD

Yom HaAliyah
2025-10-29 | MD

Parashat Noach
2025-10-25 | MD

Reconstructing Creativity
2025-10-23 19:30 - 21:00 | MD
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89161834724

Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan
2025-10-22 | MD
Beginning of new Hebrew month of Cheshvan. Cheshvan is the 8th month of the Hebrew year. Corresponds to October or November on the Gregorian calendar

Interfaith Comedy Night
2025-10-19 17:30 - 19:30 | MD
Adat Shalom is cosponsoring this event at the Bender JCC: An evening of laughter, community, and connection. Hosted in partnership with InterfaithComedy.com, featuring diverse comedians and light refreshments. Reserve tickets here.

Parashat Bereshit
2025-10-18 | MD

Simchat Torah Festival Services
2025-10-14 09:30 - 12:30 | MD
Day of Celebrating the Torah Torah:
Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12;
Numbers 29:35-30:1
Haftarah: Joshua 1:1 – 1:18
https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/simchat-torah-2025?utm_source=js&utm_medium=icalendar

Erev Simchat Torah Celebration
2025-10-13 17:30 - 21:00 | MD

Sukkot VII (Hoshana Raba)
2025-10-13 | MD

Shmini Atzeret
2025-10-13 | MD

Sillies in the Sukkah
2025-10-12 10:00 - 12:00 | MD

Sukkot VI (CH''M)
2025-10-12 | MD

Sukkot V (CH''M)
2025-10-11 | MD

Kabbalat Shabbat and Dinner in the Sukkah/Patio
2025-10-10 18:00 - 20:15 | MD

Sukkot IV (CH''M)
2025-10-10 | MD

Song circle with Aaron Shneyer - In the Sukkah
2025-10-09 19:30 - 21:00 | MD

Teen Music Session in Sukkah w/ dinner
2025-10-09 18:00 - 19:30 | MD

Sukkot III (CH''M)
2025-10-09 | MD

Back to School Night
2025-10-08 18:00 - 20:00 | MD

Sukkot II
2025-10-08 | MD

Sukkot Day 1 Services
2025-10-07 09:30 - 13:00 | MD

Sukkot I
2025-10-07 | MD

Erev Sukkot
2025-10-06 | MD

Build the Sukkah
2025-10-05 10:00 - 12:00 | MD

Parashat Ha'Azinu
2025-10-04 | MD

Yom Kippur Services - Ohel
2025-10-02 10:00 - 13:30 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States

Yom Kippur Services - Bayit
2025-10-02 09:30 - 13:30 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States

Yom Kippur
2025-10-02 | MD

Kol Nidre Services - Ohel
2025-10-01 18:45 - 21:15 | MD

Kol Nidre Services - Bayit
2025-10-01 18:15 - 21:15 | MD

Erev Yom Kippur
2025-10-01 | MD

Limmud Classes K-7
2025-09-27 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-09-20 09:30 - 12:00 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States

Shabbat Shuva
2025-09-27 | MD

Parashat Vayeilech
2025-09-27 | MD

Tzom Gedaliah
2025-09-25 | MD

Rosh Hashanah Day 2 Services - Bayit
2025-09-24 09:30 - 13:00 | MD
Get Tickets and More Details Here!

Rosh Hashanah II
2025-09-24 | MD

Rosh Hashanah Day 1 Services Ohel
2025-09-23 10:00 - 13:00 | MD

Rosh Hashanah Day 1 Services Bayit
2025-09-23 09:30 - 13:00 | MD

Rosh Hashanah 5786
2025-09-23 | MD
The Jewish New Year. Also spelled Rosh Hashanah
Torah: Genesis 21:1-21:34; Numbers 29:1-29:6 Haftarah: I Samuel 1:1 – 2:10

Erev Rosh Hashanah
2025-09-22 | MD

Morning Minyan at Adat Shalom
2025-09-21 09:30 - 10:00 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States

Prayer Through Movement
2025-09-20 12:45 - 15:00 | Triple Classroom
You are invited to join our Prayer Through Movement Chug every second Shabbat of the month in the triple classroom from 12:45-3:00.
The chug explores the connection of the body and spirit and the creative process. Each session is self-contained and there is no commitment to come every week. Sessions begin with gentle movement focused on breath, joint mobility, awareness of moving from the “inside,” and connections of the body to the environment. Through improvisation and collaboration, together we will create a short dance using the parasha, prayers, holidays, or other content suggested by participants as jumping off points. No dance experience is required, just a curiosity and willingness to participate.

Reconstructing Creativity
2025-09-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Adat Shalom, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, United States
Please contact Info@AdatShalom.net for Zoom access.

Jewish Responsibilities: Climate Change, with Ron Edelstein
2025-09-17 19:00 - 20:00 | MD

The Rabbi's Study
2025-06-25 12:00 - 12:35 | MD
The Rabbi’s Study – Delving into the Weekly Parsha with Rabbi Scott Perlo
Step into The Rabbi’s Study, a weekly gathering where participants join Rabbi Scott Perlo for an intimate and in-depth exploration of the Torah portion that will inspire his upcoming Shabbat drash (sermon). This is no ordinary study group—The Rabbi’s Study opens a space for deep, thought-provoking dialogue as Rabbi Scott shares insights, interpretations, and questions that often go unseen on Shabbat morning.
In this class, participants will dig into the week’s parsha together, uncovering the nuances, layers, and resonances within the text. Rabbi Perlo guides the study with his signature blend of humor, wisdom, and curiosity, inviting participants to grapple with ancient questions and discover contemporary relevance in the Torah’s timeless words. Each session encourages lively discussion and reflection, allowing participants to shape and challenge the ideas that may unfold in Rabbi Scott’s drash.
Whether you’re a seasoned student of Torah or a newcomer to Jewish learning, The Rabbi’s Study offers a rare opportunity to explore the weekly parsha in a setting that’s both rigorous and accessible.
