Ma Chadash July 10

Ma Chadash: What's New at Adat Shalom?

This Weekend

Friday, July 12th

Shavat Vayinafash in solidarity with Lights for Liberty at 6:00 PM

Me et at New York Ave Presbyterian Church ( 1313 New York Ave NW

Washington DC) following into Lafayette Park at 7:00 PM

Saturday, July 13th

Shabbat Morning Services with Rabbi Fred and Rabbi Hazzan Rachel

at 9:30 AM in the Sanctuary

Tot Shabbat with Miss Ellie at 10:30 AM in the Library

Join Miss Ellie for a rambunctious celebration of Shabbat that includes music, dance/movement, storytelling, and a Torah parade. Great fun for all kids and their adults. Grandparents welcome!

Israeli TV with Idan - Fauda! at 1:00 PM in the Library

Join Idan as we experience 3 different aspects of Israel through popular TV Shows, discuss the show and the culture of Israel! This time: Israeli-Palestinian relations through the extremely popular show Fauda!

Social Action Opportunities

Sunday, September 8th - Social Action Workshop: The Intersectionality of Racism and Antisemitism Register here .

A workshop exploring how racism and anti-Semitism function in society, including how they divide people, internalize oppression, and their role in the white nationalist movement.

Workshop facilitators - Rabbi Mordechai Liebling , Founder and Director of the Social Justice Organizing Program at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College; Graie Hagans , National Organizer and Training Manager for Bend the Arc Jewish Partnership for Justice.

Shepherd's Table needs volunteers for August 11! Sign up here .

This August, we will once again serve three meals a day to the residents of the Rockville Women's Shelter (formerly known as CBS). Volunteers are needed to serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We are looking for volunteers for Sunday August 18 and Tuesday August 20.

Contact Debbie Tipton for more information.

Torah School Registration - CLOSES 7/15

Register here for Torah School. ALL REGISTRATION and payment IS DUE JULY 15 . Payment in full can include an ACH payment plan .

Would you like to be a Oneg Captain? Now is the time to pick your date! Please click here and select a date that works for you.

If you would like to propose a "Themed Oneg" now is the time to claim it, the rules still follow, No Themed Onegs on a day of a Simcha. Let Debbie Bluestein know your date choice and your theme asap.

Be mindful of the NEW RULES being implemented about being an Usher this year, if you want to be an Usher you must go through the security training being offered over the summer, which you can register for here .

If you want to sign up as a crew member, PLEASE WAIT until June 24th. Contact Hospitality Chair, Debbie Bluestein , with questions or concerns.

Life Cycle

Celebrating a birth, wedding, or other simcha? Please let us know about it! Need a visit with clergy or an aliyah? Contact our clergy assistant, Sarah Wesson .

If you have a death in the family or other life cycle emergency, please contact one of the co-chairs of the Adat Shalom Life Cycle Committee:

Shelley Rudick

Victor Rezmovic

Marc Gunther

Betsy Reinstein Dewey

Reach any of the above committee members at [email protected] .