Pray. Learn. Gather. Connect.
Whether we are gathering in-person (safely!) or over the airwaves, this is your home, your community. And we couldn't be more honored and inspired to gather with you as we walk hand-in-hand through this moment together. Below, you will find a comprehensive collection of upcoming services, classes, and other opportunities to engage. We affirm once again that our unwavering connection to each other is among our greatest blessings at Adas, and is felt just as palpably in our hearts, and even online, as it is in our building.
In-Person Worship
Outdoor Musical Service with Clergy & Band
Chag Sameach
Erev Shavuot Gatherings:
Not to be missed.
In-Person Worship
Join Us For In-Person Shabbat Services at Adas
In-Person Worship
TEM-led Shabbat Services,
May Dates Now Open
Register Here to Join In-Person or Livestream Below:
Livestream Each Week
Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Livestream Each Week
Saturday Morning Services
Livestream Each Week
Families with Children
Livestream Each Week
Havdalah Service
Register Here to Join In-Person on Tuesday Morning, or Click to Join the Zoom Below:
Weekday Prayer
Sunday Shacharit
Weekday Prayer
Weekday Shacharit
Weekday Prayer
Weekday Mincha/Maariv
Weekday Prayer
Friday Mincha Service
*New Day: Every Wednesday
Torah Bites from our Clergy
Service with Rabbi Holtzblatt
Morning Awakening
Parsha Class
Friday Parsha with Clergy
Shabbat Learning
Boker Ohr Parsha Study
Authenticity and Identity:
Spring 2021 Virtual & In-Person Exhibition
This spring, Adas Israel is proud to host Identity and Authenticity, an international art exhibition in our Quebec Street lobby. In partnership with Day Eight, a Jewish arts organization, and curated by Dr. Ori Soltes , over 70 works of visual art will be with us during the period of the Omer -- visions, dedication, steady hands, and the Torah that blooms from the painters.
Photo by Ari Strauss
Israel Engagement Event:
State (Medina): Unpacking the Abraham Accords — Co-Sponsored with AJC
Join us and the American Jewish Committee as we present a panel of experts including Amb. Dan Shapiro, Ahdeya Ahmed Al-Sayed, president of the Bahrain Journalists Association and Laziza Dalil, vice president of Mimouna to unpack and assess the impact, possibilities & challenges for Israel and her neighbors presented by the Abraham Accords.
MakomDC Series Event:
Midrash: From Classics to Us with Rabbi Sarah Krinsky
This series will explore not just the content of midrash, but its process. What gaps exist in the biblical text that midrash comes to fill? We will encounter texts from classic rabbinic writings to modern poetry, asking how these midrashim clarify, challenge, or expand the Torah’s own stories; each session will also end with the opportunity to write and share our own midrashim. Session 1 will use the akeidah (binding of Isaac) as its jumping off point, and session 2 will use the creation of Adam and Eve.
JTS Event:
Where Does the Jewish Future Begin?
How do we build Jewish community and inspire Jewish life? How do we nurture Jewish identity that is deep and lasting? How do we use Jewish text and tradition to offer meaning to modern Jews? Join JTS’s new Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz in dialogue with Rachel Gildiner, JTS alumna and Executive Director of GatherDC. About what comes next for the Jewish community.
Hesed Committee Event:
Adas Cooks @ Home
Hesed Cooks @ Home is feeding more people than ever! Each month, hundreds of people, from children to seniors, eat our delicious home-cooked food through six non-profit organizations who count on our donations. It's easy to join us! Just cook and freeze one or both dishes anytime before May 23, then deliver to the synagogue parking lot. Details are below.
EDCJCC Event:
My Father's Memoir of WWII in the USSR: Stories Set to Song
We are pleased to partner with JxJ and host one of their amazing selections for their 2021 Festival. My father's Memoir of WWII in the USSR: Stories Set to Song with dynamic duo, Miriam Isaacs and Vladimir Fridman as they employ poetry and song to trace Miriam’s father’s WWII journey through Poland, the USSR, and Central Asia.
Library Event:
Meet Author Geraldine Brooks
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks, creator of the best-selling historical novels "The Year of Wonders," "March," and "Caleb’s Crossing," as well as the acclaimed Jewish-themed novels, "People of the Book" and "The Secret Chord," will discuss her literary work and answer participants’ questions.
MakomDC Event:
Dr. Joy Ladin: Reading Between the Angels
Few people identify as transgender, but all of us have “trans experiences,” experiences of being more than, or less than, or simply other than the roles and identities we are born or grow into. This talk will teach everyone to recognize and name their own “trans experiences,” and use them to read Biblical texts in new ways, ways that reflect the fullness of our humanity.
Library Event:
Meet Astronomer-Author Avi Loeb
Are we alone in the universe? World-famous astrophysicist and longtime Harvard professor, Avi Loeb will discuss his provocative science memoir, "Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth," taking us on a mind-bending journey from Israel to the far reaches of space to show the latest evidence for extraterrestrial intelligent life. Co-sponsored by Adas Israel & Congregation Beth El.
Musical Moments:
Composers’ Corner Havdallah with Zach Mayer
Join us for Havdallah and a grand finale to this year’s Composers’ Corner programming!We join Zach in celebrating the release of his new album Zamru, recorded entirely during quarantine in Zach's own living room (and coat closet) in Boston, Massachusetts. This album is a full rendering of his inner musical mind, as each note on every instrument was played by him alone, including soprano and baritone saxophones, piano, kanjira drum, harmonium, keyboard and vocal harmonies.
