7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Courage in Solitude: The Lone Soldier Experience with Friends of the IDF February 12, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Courage in Solitude: The Lone Soldier Experience with Friends of the IDF Young Leadership D.C. invites you to an engaging conversation of The Lone Soldier Experience in Washington, D.C., Discover valuable insights, network with like-minded professionals, and be part of meaningful conversations, while enjoying a kosher wine. The event is intended for young professionals of the age 21-40. Questions? YLDC@fidf.org. $40
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm JNFuture Tu Bishvat Wine & Trees with Jewish National Fund February 13, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm JNFuture Tu Bishvat Wine & Trees with Jewish National Fund Join young Zionists and commemorate Tu BiShvat, the original Earth Day. Learn about Jewish National Fund-USA's crucial work in preserving the beautiful land of Israel. Connect with like-minded visionaries and hear how you can be part of a movement that is building a greener, brighter future for the people of Israel. This event is open to young philanthropists ages 22-40. Thursday, February 13, 2025 7:00 - 9:00 pm Metro Center, NW Address Provided Prior to Event Email jkaplan@jnf.org for more information. Cost Range: 0 - 54 $54
10:30 am - 11:30 am The American Jewish Community: New Identity Challenges After Oct. 7 with WHC February 23, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am The American Jewish Community: New Identity Challenges After Oct. 7 with WHC The killing of 1,200 Israelis on Octo_ber 7, 2023, by Hamas mil_i_tants becomes a hor_ri_ble crime that chal_lenges the core of Rabbi John Rosove's beliefs. For months, he finds him_self lost in doubt and grief and, yes, a desire for revenge. In the end, as the tragedy of Gaza unfolds, his brave voice does not waver in its deter_mi_na_tion to see peace and social jus_tice come to the Mid_dle East, for the chil_dren of Pales_tine and Israel. Rabbi Rosove and WHC Rabbi Sue Shankman will discuss the challenges facing the American Jewish community since October 7.
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Poems for Our Days with the Haberman Institute for Jewish Studies February 25, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Poems for Our Days with the Haberman Institute for Jewish Studies Presented by Dr. Rachel Korazim, Israeli Scholar and Educator The calamity of October 7 and the war that followed had left Israel and the Jewish world in shock and despair. The unimaginable became our reality. As more details of the horror unfold, as we are facing the painful daily losses in battle and the plight of the hostages and their families. Not less troubling, are the terrible losses and devastation in Gaza. We find ourselves less and less able to talk about it. The expression most commonly used is ein milim -- No Words! Yet - some struggle and do find words to express pain and anger, despair and abandonment. In our session, we will read and discuss poetry written these very days. The poems are often raw and painful, while at the same time full of love and even hope. Some are in the form of prayers such as a new ÒKadish', and many reference biblical motifs, such as the Akeida or Joseph. Others address the new Òcorrect' language since one cannot say any more simple thin
February 12, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Courage in Solitude: The Lone Soldier Experience with Friends of the IDF
February 23, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am The American Jewish Community: New Identity Challenges After Oct. 7 with WHC
February 25, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Poems for Our Days with the Haberman Institute for Jewish Studies
