Lil'mud
Shabbat Mornings for Young Families
Our morning begins with Lil’mud, an interactive class for kids 18 months to 4 years old, where children explore Hebrew, holidays, customs, and Jewish culture through play, music, and hands-on learning. We then come together for Tot Shabbat with Ms. Ellie – a lively, music-filled celebration of Shabbat – followed by a warm and welcoming community oneg.
Schedule
9:30–10:50 AM: Lil’mud Class
11:00 AM–12:00 PM: Tot Shabbat with Ms. Ellie
Come build community, celebrate Shabbat, and create meaningful Jewish moments for you and your family at Adat Shalom!
ברוך הבא | Baruch Haba | Welcome
At Adat Shalom, we’re passionate about helping children develop a strong, joyful connection to Judaism.
Limmud meets on Saturday mornings and is open to children from Pre-K through 7th grade. During this time, students participate in creative, age-appropriate, and experiential learning that helps them connect with Jewish tradition and with one another.
Through our Limmud education program, students explore Jewish values—like social action, community, connection to Israel, and love of Torah—in a way that feels relevant, engaging, and meaningful. Our educators bring energy and warmth into the classroom, sparking curiosity and encouraging students to ask big questions, connect with tradition, and discover their own place in Jewish life.
Limmud at Adat Shalom is open to both member and non-member families and we offer special introductory membership rates for families with school-age children.
We’d love to welcome you. Be in touch with Rozzie.Eppsteiner@AdatShalom.net for more information about classes and enrollment.
How We Got Here with Marc Grossman
Why do most Jews live in the US and Israel today?
How did your family end up where they are?
How did the invent of Christianity and Islam impacted Jewish life and thought?
And what does any of this have to do with bagels?
In this class series, we will be tracing the epic 2,000-year journey of how Jewish communities survived, thrived, and sometimes barely made it through some of history’s wildest plot twists. We will start in 70 CE when everything changed with the destruction of the Second Temple. From there, we’ll follow the trail through: How Judaism completely reinvented itself to survive. The rise and fall of the Pale of Settlement (aka where half your ancestors probably lived). Why antisemitism became a “modern” problem in the 1800s. The birth of the idea that became Israel Plus, how Jewish food became the comfort food we know and love!
Fair warning: This is discussion-based, so your voice and questions matter. We’re not just learning what happened – we’re figuring out why it matters to YOU and your place in this ongoing story.
Cost: $65
Class schedule:
TBA
Please contact Marc Grossman with any questions at marcgrossman2@gmail.com
Beineinu
Teens will gather monthly to share, listen, vent, confide, eat, and bond. Driving theme each month—jealousy, stress, competition, loss, celebration, isolation—all through a Jewish lens. Rotating between participants’ homes. Meeting times to be decided by participants and their families.
What happens in Beineinu stays in Beineinu! Dates and locations of the meet ups will be determined by the group.
Chords of Glory
Chords of Glory is a musical service opportunity for 6th–12th graders who love to sing, move, act, or play instruments—and want to make a difference. Through weekly rehearsals and live performances, participants bring joy and connection to people in senior centers, shelters, hospitals, and other care settings.
Chords meets Sundays during the school year.
Cost: $360 members / $540 non-members
SSL Credit: Up to 60 hours
Please be in touch with Pam.Sommers@AdatShalom.net for more information and to enroll your student.
Tikkun Ha'Ir
Since its inception in 2016, the Tikkun Ha’ir Program has immersed over 100 students in a study of hunger, homelessness, racial equity and gentrification in Washington, D.C. Our participants live and work in a church in downtown DC for 2 nights and 3 days, serve meals for those in need, engage in simulations and workshops, and compete in an unconventional cooking competition.
MLK Weekend: Saturday, January 16 through Monday January 18, 2027
Click here to learn more!