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SUMMARY:Morning Minyan at Adat Shalom
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://www.adatshalomdmv.org/event/morning-minyan-at-adat-shalom-2/2026-01-11/
LOCATION:Adat Shalom\, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20817\, United States
CATEGORIES:Prayer
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SUMMARY:Morning Minyan
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://www.adatshalomdmv.org/event/morning-minyan/2026-01-12/
CATEGORIES:Prayer
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SUMMARY:Israeli Dancing
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URL:https://www.adatshalomdmv.org/event/israeli-dancing/2026-01-12/
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260113T090000
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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:20260113T190000
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SUMMARY:Music and Maariv
DESCRIPTION:Basic evening prayers woven with melodies to uplift and soothe our souls. Via Zoom. Please email Info@AdatShalom.net for Zoom access.
URL:https://www.adatshalomdmv.org/event/music-and-maariv/2026-01-13/
CATEGORIES:Classes,Prayer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260114T120000
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SUMMARY:Rabbi's Study
DESCRIPTION:Weekly on Wednesdays\, 12 pm via ZOOM.
URL:https://www.adatshalomdmv.org/event/rabbis-study/2026-01-14/
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260115T080000
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SUMMARY:Morning Minyan
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://www.adatshalomdmv.org/event/morning-minyan/2026-01-15/
CATEGORIES:Prayer
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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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SUMMARY:Tikkun Ha’Ir (Repairing the City): An Immersive Project in Hunger and Homelessness
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWhen: Saturday\, January 17 through Monday January 19\nWhere: Church of the Epiphany Washington DC\nCost: $240 \nPlease contact Pam Sommers with questions \nREGISTER HERE \nABOUT\nFor 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. \nParticipants 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. \nIt’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. \nThe 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”.
URL:https://www.adatshalomdmv.org/event/tikkun-hair-repairing-the-city-an-immersive-project-in-hunger-and-homelessness/
LOCATION:Church of the Epiphany\, 1317 G Street NW\, Washington DC\, 20005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Youth and Family
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SUMMARY:Shabbat Morning Services
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URL:https://www.adatshalomdmv.org/event/shabbat-morning-services/2026-01-17/
CATEGORIES:Prayer
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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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