7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Human Rights Service Service Leader: Rabbi Doug Heifetz Guest Speaker: Philip Leaf, Ph.D. Please join our annual Human Rights Shabbat honoring International Human Rights Day 2020. We will focus on "Health Care is a Human Right." In addition to our Shabbat prayers, our service includes: a Special Report on Local Community […]
5:00 pm Chanukah Yarning Circle Led by Miriam Winder Kelly and Arlene J.M. Grant Please join our first Chanukah Yarning Circle. Our service opens with simultaneous menorah candle lighting, blessings, singing Ma'oz Tzur, and prayers for healing. We continue with our participants sharing personal stories of inspiration (1 to 3 minutes in length) using songs, […]
7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz "My Legs Were Praying" (quote from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel) This Shabbat, just before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, provides a great opportunity to reflect on the legacy of the civil rights struggle, the progress, and the many steps that remain incomplete. We will read and […]
7:30 pm Tu B'Shvat Seder - New Year for the Trees Leader: Miriam Winder Kelly Co-Leader: Arlene JM Grant Please join us for a special participatory Tu B'Shvat Seder to celebrate the New Year for the Trees. Tu B'Shvat symbolizes redemption of the land and environmental awareness. Let's celebrate our place in nature and the […]
6:30 pm Virtual Field Trip to NYC! Kabbalat Shabbat Service at West End Synagogue Come with us to New York City – virtually, of course – for a Kabbalat Shabbat Service hosted by a Reconstructionist congregation on the Upper West Side, the West End Synagogue. WES has invited our Beit Tikvah community to join them […]
7:30 pm Reflecting on Purim Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz A Tale of Two Queens Join us for this end-of-Purim service. The biblical Book of Esther, read by Jews on the Purim holiday, mentions two queens - Esther and Vashti. Both of them confront oppressive conditions, in very different ways. We will explore […]
7:30 pm National Refugee Shabbat Program Speaker: Arlene J.M. Grant, Esq. Please join us for our National Refugee Shabbat program, “We Shall Do Strangers No Wrong.” We will discuss the significance of Tikkun Olam to reunite families separated due to unjust immigration laws. We will explore ways to support reunification and families through established advocacy […]
7:30 pm Passover: Embracing Matzah Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz No Room for Fluff - The Inner Meaning of Matzah During our service on this night before Passover, we explore the spiritual meaning of matzah and the avoidance of leavened products during Passover. Beyond the most obvious dietary meanings, Jewish tradition has often associated […]
7:30 pm Holocaust Remembrance Day Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz The Rise of Fascism & The Tower of Babel For Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) we reflect on the rise of the Nazi fascist movement. As part of our service, we will read the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, which many […]
7:30 pm Earth Day Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Kol Ami of Virginia A Virtual Field Trip Friday, April 23 is the day after Earth Day, a perfect time to reflect on this beautiful planet and the natural blessings God has bestowed upon us. We are taking a virtual field trip to join with Kol Ami, […]
