7:30 PM Juneteenth Shabbat Service with Maria Markham Thompson We're Still Here: Let's Eat! Passover. August Monday. Juneteenth. How is emancipation remembered after the end of enslavement, even if the descendants are not "full-free"? Maria Markham Thompson will share her experiences celebrating emancipation in communities of Jews, West Indians, and African-Americans. Join us for a […]
7:00 PM Artist Talk & Virtual Studio Visit - with Anna Fine Foer Baltimore-based artist Anna Fine Foer constructs collage landscapes with scientific, political, meta-physical, and Jewish significance, depicting three or more dimensions on a two-dimensional plane. With an academic background in fiber/crafts, she has worked as a textile conservator in Haifa, Tel Aviv, and […]
7:00 pm Unknown Worlds: Jews in Science Fiction & Fantasy D.H. Aire, guest speaker Inspired by the stories of Jewish communities in places as varied as Ethiopia, Kaifeng in China, and the Bene Menasha of India, D.H. Aire sought out true, exaggerated, and invented stories with Jewish characters and themes — and not finding enough […]
7:30 pm Shabbat Healing Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz Rabbi Doug leads a special Friday evening healing service dedicated to offering support and overcoming isolation during this time of pandemic. The service will fall during the week of Tisha B'Av, traditionally a mournful, commemorative holiday. The occasion calls us to notice the ways in which […]
7:30 pm National Refugee Shabbat Service Leader: Debbie Badawi Please join us for our National Refugee Shabbat. We will explore some history of refugees in the US and a few liturgical readings on being strangers in a strange land. Our discussion will touch on why this is a "Jewish" issue, what immigration means to us […]
Elul Service & Shofar Sounding 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm on Zoom Service Leader: Rabbi Doug Heifetz Join us for a Friday evening service celebrating the start of the month of Elul. Elul is the contemplative month which precedes Rosh Hashanah. During the service we will have a short guided meditation, aimed to help each […]
Discussion: The 'Divine Spark' 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm on Zoom Program Leaders: Edna Garte and Rabbi Doug Heifetz Many cultures have expressed a belief in the divine or universal in each person. In Judaism, that’s often called a ‘divine spark’. What does the idea of the ‘divine spark’ mean to you? Is it only […]
Study/Discussion: The Balanced Checkbook of the Soul 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm on Zoom Program Leader: Rabbi Doug Heifetz The act of cheshbon hanefesh – balancing the checkbook of the soul – is the key spiritual work of the season. But it’s not easy. Confronting what we did, or didn’t do, over the past year […]
Music That Moves Your Soul 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm on Zoom Program Leaders: Ira May and Rabbi Doug Heifetz Music provides a key entryway into the High Holy Day season for a great many Jews. Prayer melodies of the holidays can carry deep joy, yearning, trepidation and many other feelings and moods. Please join […]
The Shofar: Wake-Up Call for the Spirit 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm on Zoom Service/Program Leader: Rabbi Doug Heifetz Please join in for a short Friday evening service. It will include a study session and discussion about a variety of traditional and personal meanings for the shofar. The shofar is a key symbol for the […]
