March 21, 2026 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – 8th Annual HIAS Refugee Shabbat Led by Rabbi Jeremy Kridel with speaker from HIAS Saturday, March 21 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Location: Bender JCC of Greater Washington Free for Machar and Bender JCC members and friends Light refreshments will be served This meaningful evening brings our community together with others around the world to stand in solidarity […]
March 22, 2026 @ 9:30 am – Machar Sponsor Builders and Dreamers: Habonim Dror and Transformational Jewish Camping This talk will also include an intergenerational dialogue on Jewish camps over the years, so please come prepared with a few words about a Jewish summer camp you, your children, or grandchildren attended, and what it meant to your family and your relationship with […]
March 29, 2026 @ All Day –
March 29, 2026 @ 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm – PASSOVER SEDER Sunday March 29 at 4:30 p.m Location is a wonderful and familiar location on Cedar Lane in Bethesda, MD, with plenty of space for the service and for the buffet dinner. Exact location will be disclosed to those who RSVP as attending. Please click HERE to RSVP and signup to bring something!
April 5, 2026 @ All Day –
April 12, 2026 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm – Beth Chai Sponsor
April 14, 2026 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Join Rabbi Jeremy as we continue our monthly sessions reading Pirkei Avot (“the Ethics of the Fathers)” from beginning to end. We’ll continue to look at what the rabbis thought it meant to be a rabbi, and what their ideas might mean to us today.
April 15, 2026 @ 7:15 pm – All members are welcome to join. If you are not a Board member, please let the Congregational Administrator know that you wish to attend so she can send you the link.
April 17, 2026 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm –
April 19, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – 10AM to Noon! No Zoom. Meet at Koiner Farm, 737 Easley St., Silver Spring, 20910. Bring a bag lunch, picnic blanket or folding chair if you need a chair. Dress for being outdoors. All adults and youth welcome to Koiner Farm in Silver Spring for intergenerational Earth Day prorgam. Back-up at Garret Park school location […]