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Family friendly Purim shpiel at 9:00am (no rsvp or tickets required) followed by carnival at 9:30 (tickets required)
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Join the Temple Shalom community on Sunday, March 1, for a festive Purim Carnival featuring a Megillah reading, carnival games, prizes, and a morning filled with food, fun, and community celebration.
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Join us as we celebrate Purim with a good old-fashioned carnival! Games, entertainment, an inflatable obstacle course, prizes, and all kinds of delicious treats! Costumes are encouraged!
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1 event,Have a wonderful Passover with fabulous items from our Passover mini-bazaar! We have a wide assortment of Passover goods, from vintage to modern Seder plates, decorative Matzah covers and Afikomen bags, enticing holiday items for children, distinctive Miriam and Elijah cups, unique Matzah trays, and lots of plagues.
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Fridays @ 10:30 AM Dates: 11/21/25 – 1/30/26 Skip Dates: 11/28, 12/26 Best suited for ages 0 – 4 years old Join us for a fun-filled morning celebrating Shabbat. Learn about customs, traditions, and prayers through music, and movement.
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Join us for a lively Metro Minyan gathering this March 6th! Join us as we welcome the start of Shabbat and kick off a relaxing weekend. Have a friend whose never been to Metro Minyan! Use our BOGO deal to get a free ticket for your friend! We'll start with a little bit of learning […]
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3 events,Have a wonderful Passover with fabulous items from our Passover mini-bazaar! We have a wide assortment of Passover goods, from vintage to modern Seder plates, decorative Matzah covers and Afikomen bags, enticing holiday items for children, distinctive Miriam and Elijah cups, unique Matzah trays, and lots of plagues.
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The purim fun continues this weekend! Please join us at Congregation Adat Reyim for our purim carnival.
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Come join the NSP Community Chevre Kaddisha (NSP CCK) for our first annual Zayin Adar meeting. A chevre kaddisha is a “holy society” that carries out Jewish end-of-life and death rituals, and Zayin Adar, or the 7th of the Hebrew month of Adar, is when the chevre traditionally meets. This year we’ll meet a little […]
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Explore the history and current relevance of the mid-20th century Red Scare. Learn about this dark period, which particularly affected civil rights activists, teachers, Hollywood stars, and DC’s federal workers, including many Jewish figures. Author and New York Times reporter Clay Risen will be in conversation with Capital Jewish Museum Executive Director, Bea Gurwitz. Presented in […]
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A relaxed, hands-on evening where we'll demystify the art of hosting Passover. |
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Fridays @ 10:30 AM Dates: 11/21/25 – 1/30/26 Skip Dates: 11/28, 12/26 Best suited for ages 0 – 4 years old Join us for a fun-filled morning celebrating Shabbat. Learn about customs, traditions, and prayers through music, and movement.
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Embrace the joy of Purim together in Queer community and explore the Queerness of the holiday with some special learning and a Shabbat feast surrounded by friends, new and old. |
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An inspiring and uplifting virtual event celebrating the Hebrew new year and reimagining the Seder through the lens of compassion, sustainability, and Jewish tradition.
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Fridays @ 10:30 AM Dates: 11/21/25 – 1/30/26 Skip Dates: 11/28, 12/26 Best suited for ages 0 – 4 years old Join us for a fun-filled morning celebrating Shabbat. Learn about customs, traditions, and prayers through music, and movement.
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Sing, Dance, and Celebrate Shabbat! Tot Shabbat is a welcoming, musical Shabbat experience for families with young children. Gather with us on select Saturday mornings at 11:00 am to sing, smile, and share in the joy of community. Tot Shabbat is a monthly Saturday morning gathering for young children and their families — filled with […]
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Ever wish Shot of Torah was longer? Do you want the opportunity to share your thoughts on Torah with other like-minded folks? Join 2239 and Rabbi Rachel as we grapple with this week's Torah portion in chavruta (study groups). Brunch will be served, so come with an appetite for study and delicious food! Please note, this event is intended for the young professionals group.
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The Art of Passover tells the story of this holiday using art objects as visual resources for learning and understanding. Enjoy the powerful art included in the slideshow as well as the in-depth narration.
$9.00 – $36.00
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Explore the Passover story—from Egypt to liberation—through ancient and modern texts that grapple with slavery, plagues, and freedom. Join a welcoming learning session to reflect on oppression, resilience, and what liberation means for us today.
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This session will explore the issues surrounding one of the central, widely accepted values of Pesach: the prohibition against consuming foods and drinks produced through leavening. While these consumables are most often associated with bread products, they also include items such as beer. The common element is yeast, something humans tend to enjoy and appreciate, but which, in the biblical narrative, is viewed quite differently.
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Join the American Jewish Committee (AJC) Washington, D.C. Region for the 34th Annual Ambassadors’ Seder on March 25, 2026, and take a seat at the table with ambassadors, diplomats, U.S. officials, and civic leaders. Celebrate the timeless themes of Passover—freedom, faith, unity, and hope—while engaging in meaningful conversations about today’s global challenges. With thanks to […]
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Every year, we’re asked to imagine ourselves as if we personally left Egypt. But that doesn’t land the same way each year. This Pesach, many of us are arriving at the Seder carrying… a lot. Personally, communally, globally. The Seder has always been an opportunity to talk around the table, hear each other’s stories, and […]
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Fridays @ 10:30 AM Dates: 11/21/25 – 1/30/26 Skip Dates: 11/28, 12/26 Best suited for ages 0 – 4 years old Join us for a fun-filled morning celebrating Shabbat. Learn about customs, traditions, and prayers through music, and movement.
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Celebrate Shabbat with songs, stories, crafts, and tasty treats! Perfect for kids ages 0-6 and their families. Welcome to interfaith families, LGBTQ+ families, and families of every shape and story!
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Begin your Shabbat with music, meaning, and a sense of togetherness. Afterward, enjoy a relaxed, delicious dinner and a chance to connect with others in the warmth of community. It’s a wonderful opportunity to unwind, share stories, and enjoy the simple joy of Shabbat together. Please RSVP to let us know how many will be […]
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Catch Theater J's production of Eureka Day, a sharp and wildly timely comedy about a progressive school board forced to confront a mumps outbreak and the question of what happens when facts become subjective and every solution divisive. Or skip the theater and join a candid group discussion about the pressure to follow the parenting herd when it comes to trends, choices, and unsolicited advice. Not feeling the conversation? Pull up a chair in the library, pour yourself a glass of wine or seltzer, grab a nosh, and just enjoy the company of other parents who get it.
$54.00 – $118.00
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Join the National Rainbow Seder, one of the nation’s largest and longest-running Passover seders for the queer Jewish community and its allies. |
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Gather with friends, neighbors, and loved ones to celebrate the story of liberation, resilience, and hope at our annual Community Passover Seder!
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Join us for a warm, welcoming Second Night Seder that blends tradition, conversation, and community. Together we’ll retell the story of the Exodus through ritual, song, and shared reflection—making space for questions, multiple perspectives, and meaningful connections to our lives today. Whether this is your first seder or your fiftieth, all are welcome at the table.
$15
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Celebrate Passover in community at Kol Ami Second Night Seder, led by Rabbi Bruce Aft and Ari Jacobson.
$12 – $36
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Fridays @ 10:30 AM Dates: 11/21/25 – 1/30/26 Skip Dates: 11/28, 12/26 Best suited for ages 0 – 4 years old Join us for a fun-filled morning celebrating Shabbat. Learn about customs, traditions, and prayers through music, and movement.
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Join us for a Pesachpalooza! A fun morning celebrating Pesach as a community of young families and featuring author Susan Kusel reading her award wining book The Passover Guest. Every family will receive a copy of the book for Susan to sign.
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