BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Jewish Federation of Greater Washington - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Jewish Federation of Greater Washington X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.shalomdc.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Jewish Federation of Greater Washington REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T130000 DTSTAMP:20260810T190915Z CREATED:20260806T194930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260810T190915Z UID:10009432-1787659200-1787662800@www.shalomdc.org SUMMARY:Israeli 2026 Election Series Part 1 DESCRIPTION:Join the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington and The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington for the first program in our 2026 election series. \nPart 1 – How Israel votes: Understanding Israel’s electoral system\nHear from Hila Kedar\, Federation’s Educational Engagement Shlicha\, Dean Bagdadi\, Director of The Jewish Peoplehood Leadership Academy (JLA) – Kol Ami\, and Adam Odesser\, director of the JCRC’s Dr. Stuart Lessans Israel Action Center. \nThe three Israeli natives will explain how Israel’s electoral system works\, who the major political parties are\, how governments are formed\, and what makes Israeli elections so unique. URL:https://www.shalomdc.org/event/israeli-2026-election-series-part-1/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,Israel Connections ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.shalomdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/How-Israel-Votes.png ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington (JCRC)":MAILTO:nmedrano@jcouncil.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T200000 DTSTAMP:20260805T162007Z CREATED:20260805T162007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T162007Z UID:10009431-1787682600-1787688000@www.shalomdc.org SUMMARY:High Holidays Cheat Code: Understanding Services from the Inside DESCRIPTION:6:00 pm: Happy Hour\n6:30 pm: Class begins \nGoing to High Holiday services without any background can feel like seeing a movie in a language you don’t speak—you can feel the power of it\, but you’re mostly watching other people be moved by something you can’t quite access. \nIn this class led by guest Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block\, who will co-lead this year’s High Holiday services with Rabbi Jenna\, learn about the structure\, symbolism\, and theology of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—the architecture of the prayerbook\, the meaning behind the central prayers\, what the shofar is actually trying to do to you\, and why the whole experience is more psychologically sophisticated than it might look. You’ll walk away with new eyes for one of the most powerful ritual experiences in Judaism. \nCome early for happy hour to toast to a new year and meet new people (maybe even someone to sit next to at services). URL:https://www.shalomdc.org/event/high-holidays-cheat-code-understanding-services-from-the-inside/ LOCATION:Sixth & I\, 600 I St NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20001\, United States CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,Jewish Holidays, Rituals, and Traditions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.shalomdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/High-Holiday-Cheat-Code.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Sixth &%3B I":MAILTO:info@sixthandi.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T203000 DTSTAMP:20260625T172604Z CREATED:20260623T134415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260625T172604Z UID:10008628-1787682600-1787689800@www.shalomdc.org SUMMARY:Northern Virginia Leadership Cohort Kickoff Event DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.shalomdc.org/event/northern-virginia-leadership-cohort-2026-27-2/ LOCATION:Northern\, VA*\, Northern\, VA* CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,Leadership & Philanthropy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.shalomdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/NOVA-Leadership-Breakfast-360x270-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington":MAILTO:info@www.shalomdc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T203000 DTSTAMP:20260701T183500Z CREATED:20260623T203922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T183500Z UID:10008646-1787684400-1787689800@www.shalomdc.org SUMMARY:The Promised Land: Text\, Tradition\, and Interpretation DESCRIPTION:INSIGHTS & IDEAS: TUESDAY NIGHT LEARNING WITH GIDEON AMIR\nAugust 4\, 11\, 18\, 25 | 7-8:30 PM ET\nLocation: Zoom Classroom \nGod promised Abraham\, Isaac\, and Jacob that their descendants would inherit the land of Canaan. After the Exodus from Egypt and forty years of wandering in the desert\, the Israelites\, under Joshua’s leadership\, conquered the Promised Land and settled there. \nHowever\, the biblical text raises difficult geographical and ethical questions. \nJoin us to explore these questions and examine how they have been understood and addressed across generations. URL:https://www.shalomdc.org/event/the-promised-land-text-tradition-and-interpretation/2026-08-25/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,Youth & Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.shalomdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Online-class.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Haberman Institute for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:info@habermaninstitute.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR