Upcoming Events: May 31-June 6

Shavua Tov! Below, I’ve compiled a list of Jewish events I’ve found to be going on next week. Please feel free to comment with any others, and I will add them. See you around town! Sunday, May 31 JSSA Gala http://www.jssa.org/events?p_p_id=8&p_p_action=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_col_id=column-2&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_8_struts_action=%2Fcalendar%2Fview_event&_8_eventId=25 Torah Fair with Rabbi Menachem Youlus http://www.shalomdc.org/calendar/index.aspx?id=75&eventid=290101 B’nai Shalom Film Festival http://www.shalomdc.org/calendar/index.aspx?id=75&eventid=206765 Arlington National [...]

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Celebrate Shavuot in DC!

Happy Wednesday! Hope everyone had a relaxing Memorial Day weekend, and an easy transition into work yesterday. Holiday weeks are lots of fun, and this year, for Jews, we get double of that. Because not only was Monday Memorial Day, but Friday is Shavuot, the celebration of when Moses brought Gd’s laws down from Mount [...]

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Upcoming Events: May 24-30

Shavua Tov! Below, I’ve compiled a list of Jewish events I’ve found to be going on next week. Please feel free to comment with any others, and I will add them. See you around town! Sunday, May 24 Jewish Meditation http://www.shalomdc.org/calendar/index.aspx?id=75&eventid=203423 Closing performance of “The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall” http://washingtondcjcc.org/center-for-arts/theater-j/on-stage/08-09-season/rise-and-fall/beyond-the-stage.html Monday, May 25 [...]

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DC’s first Jewish Tweetup a success

As I publicized last week, the #dcjtweetup went off without a hitch on Thursday evening at Buffalo Billiards in Dupont. Organized by @vboykis and @awapy, the event was well attended but still small enough for all of us, largely strangers, to talk. The conversations I was privy to focused on life in DC, using Twitter, [...]

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Upcoming Events: May 17-23

Shavua Tov! Below, I’ve compiled a list of Jewish events I’ve found to be going on next week. Please feel free to comment with any others, and I will add them. See you around town! Sunday, May 17 “A Lifetime of Perspective” exhibit opening http://www.jccgw.org/articlenav.php?id=354 Israel Engagement Assembly http://www.shalomdc.org/calendar/index.aspx?id=75&eventid=210065 AischDC Supper under the Stars http://www.shalomdc.org/calendar/index.aspx?id=75&eventid=173631 [...]

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Around the Diaspora in Three Hours: Jews in India

…okay, so a barely clever word steal from Jules Verne. I have my fun where I can. I’ve been waiting a long time for this Jewish Study Center class on Jews in India, I have. Back in March, my check was refunded when the class was unexpectedly cancelled. So a little scheduling mishap on Wednesday [...]

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Upcoming Events: May 10-16

Shavua Tov! Below, I’ve compiled a list of Jewish events I’ve found to be going on next week. Please feel free to comment with any others, and I will add them. See you around town! Sunday, May 10: Mother’s Day! Fused Glass Jewelry Workshop http://www.jccgw.org/articlenav.php?id=94 Fellner Annual Memorial Lecture http://www.shalomdc.org/calendar/index.aspx?id=75&eventid=214817 “It’s a Beautiful Day in [...]

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Jewish American Heritage Month enters its fourth year in Washington, DC

On April 20, 2006, former President George W. Bush proclaimed May to be Jewish American Heritage Month, a time to honor and celebrate American Jewry’s rich and textured history. This matter was brought to Congress by Jewish politicians Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and Sen. Arlen Specter (formerly R-Pa.) Far beyond just waving a few [...]

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Upcoming Events: May 3-9

Shavua Tov! Below, I’ve compiled a list of Jewish events I’ve found to be going on next week. Please feel free to comment with any others, and I will add them. See you around town! Sunday, May 3- Tuesday, May 5 AIPAC Policy Conference http://www.shalomdc.org/calendar/index.aspx?id=75&eventid=115121 Sunday, May 3 On the road to Beit Shemesh: Community [...]

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