B'nai Israel Congregation

Stretch your body and mind as you look towards a new year. This program may take place outdoors, weather permitting. Check our website calendar (bnaiisraelcong.org/calendar) for up to date information. Presented by the Mindfulness Task Force of the Adult Education Committee.

You are invited to attend either of our two services led by community rabbis and cantors in the Sadugor Gazebo, Founders’ Garden. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, attendance will be limited to 75 people in the Gazebo (weather permitting). Once filled, families will be invited to join through our live video stream while at the memorial park or from home. The link to the memorial service will be found on our website along with the opportunity to submit names of loved ones to be remembered and announced by our clergy. For directions and other information, please visit www.gardenofremembrance.org or call 301-428-3000.

This service will be conducted by Rabbi Matthew Simon and Cantor Josh Perlman.

Join Rabbi Mitchell Berkowitz at Judean Memorial Gardens while visiting the graves of your loved ones.

Break the ice into Machar and enjoy some Ice cream at home.

You are invited to attend either of our two services led by community rabbis and cantors in the Sadugor Gazebo, Founders’ Garden. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, attendance will be limited to 75 people in the Gazebo (weather permitting). Once filled, families will be invited to join through our live video stream while at the memorial park or from home. The link to the memorial service will be found on our website along with the opportunity to submit names of loved ones to be remembered and announced by our clergy. For directions and other information, please visit www.gardenofremembrance.org or call 301-428-3000.

Citizen 865 is the powerful story of the search for the men of an obscure SS training camp in Trawniki, Poland who helped the SS murder 1.7 million Polish Jews. OSI would identify more than a dozen men who were hiding in plain sight in cities and suburbs across America. (Jakob Reimer, aka Citizen 865, was found in Lake Carmel, NY and tried in federal court in Brooklyn; James Comey was U.S. Attorney for that district and weighed in the decision.) Debbie Cenziper is an investigative journalist, professor, and author based in Washington, D.C. A contributing reporter for the investigative team at The Washington Post, she has won many major awards in print journalism, including the 2007 Pulitzer Prize. Cenziper is the co-author of the critically acclaimed Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality. She was recently named the director of investigative journalism at the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism.

Hang out with all of your USY friends and get to know some new ones!

Give heed to the shofar, the sharp, piercing blasts of the shofar! Join us in the B’nai Israel parking lot for a pre-Rosh Hashanah Shofar Service. The sounds of the shofar awaken our souls and remind us that a new year dawns and new opportunities await. Space is limited.

Join Hadar for a communal virtual Selihot with Joey Weisenberg, co-director of the Rising Song Institute, and Rav Aviva Richman, Rosh Yeshiva at Hadar. Equal parts conversation, prayer, study and song, we will delve into the lyrics of Joey’s songs, premiere never-before-seen videos of Joey and the Hadar Ensemble and join together to sing melodies of teshuvah and celebration.

Maintaining a relationship with the Divine is not always an easy task. We have expectations for what we derive from a relationship, and we know that we must also invest ourselves in order for the relationship to grow and flourish. Anu Amekha is a short, yet powerful, piyyut (liturgical poem) from the Yom Kippur liturgy. Join me in exploring how it highlights the possibilities, and the challenges, for maintaining a relationship with God.

Hear about what 2021 may hold in this first lecture of the Men’s Club and Sisterhood Speaker Series.

8:45 AM–12:30 PM Traditional Service 9:30–10:45 AM Virtual Youth Services (grades K–6) 10:00–11:15 AM Virtual Teen Service (grades 7–12) 2:00 –3:30 PM Renew: A Contemplative & Holistic Service with Rabbi Aderet Drucker 4:30–5:15 PM Virtual Tots Service 7:00–7:45 PM Evening Service