Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Program – POSTPONED

THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A FUTURE DATE.   Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Program Our speaker is Uta Allers, who is a trainer, translator, and workshop leader in Germany and the U.S. She is a German gentile born during the Nazi era and the bombing raids during World War II. She describes her […]

Virtual Discussion Group: The Jewish Stories of I.L. Peretz & A Related Folktale

7:00 PM  The Jewish Stories of I.L. Peretz & A Related Folktale We’ll discuss three very short stories of I.L. Peretz, and, if time permits, a related folktale. The stories are charming and a bit profound. We’ll explore what thoughts and feelings these Yiddish stories evoke. We’ll send out the stories, background information, and a few […]

Virtual Discussion Group: It’s Unorthodox

7:00 PM  It’s Unorthodox Did you view the four-episode Netflix series Unorthodox? Briefly, it centers on a young Satmar Hasidic woman in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, who escapes the strict confines of her community and arranged marriage to find herself in Berlin. We’ll discuss our reactions to the series and explore how some others in the Jewish community have […]

Shavuot Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz – Online

7:30 PM Shavuot Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz Shavuot - Guidance through the Wilderness At Shavuot, we celebrate receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai. Our ancestors arrived at Mt. Sinai during their desert wandering, far from their familiar settings back in Egypt. As they journeyed through the unknown wilderness, Torah gave them a welcome new […]

Virtual Discussion Group: What Am I, Chopped Liver?: Jewish Food Folkways

7:00 PM  What Am I, Chopped Liver?: Jewish Food Folkways These days, most of us are doing a lot of cooking at home. Are you cooking comfort food? Are you reaching back to the food of your ancestors? Using the free YIVO class: A Seat at the Table: A Journey Into Jewish Food as our starting point, we’ll […]

Shabbat Service for Juneteenth – “We’re Still Here: Let’s Eat!”

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 […]

Artist Talk & Virtual Studio Visit – with Anna Fine Foer

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 […]

Unknown Worlds: Jews in Science Fiction & Fantasy (virtual discussion)

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 […]

Healing Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz (virtual service)

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 […]

National Refugee Shabbat (virtual service)

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 […]


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